Wireless Gaming Interface for Occupied Player Positions

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Solution Overview

Problem

Casinos face challenges in efficiently monitoring and managing gaming activities due to manual tracking systems, which are prone to errors and delays, and struggle with fluctuating demand, requiring significant resources for staffing and facility management.

Innovation Solution

A method involving wireless communications devices that configure user interfaces to allow selection of game outcome positions only for occupied player positions, preventing entry for unoccupied ones, and transmitting selection information to a back-end system for real-time data management, enabling accurate and timely data capture and flexible resource allocation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If manual tracking systems are used to monitor gaming activities, then staffing costs and facility management resources are reduced, but data capture timeliness and accuracy deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestaffing resourcesVSAvoiddata capture accuracy

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables self-service data capture through automated sensors, wireless communications devices, and computing systems that automatically track player positions, game outcomes, and betting activities without requiring manual intervention from casino staff, thereby maintaining high data accuracy while reducing staffing requirements

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual mechanical tracking systems with automated electronic systems including sensors, wireless communications, and computing systems that automatically capture and transmit gaming data, eliminating the need for manual data collection while improving accuracy and timeliness

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Device complexity

If manual tracking systems are used to monitor gaming activities, then system complexity is reduced, but data capture timeliness deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesystem complexityVSAvoiddata capture delay

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements continuous real-time data capture through constantly active sensors and wireless communications that continuously monitor and transmit gaming activities without interruption or manual intervention, eliminating delays inherent in manual periodic reporting while maintaining manageable system complexity through standardized protocols

Inventive Principle:

Principle #20Continuity of useful action

3Adaptability or versatility

If casino facilities are expanded to accommodate fluctuating demand, then customer service quality is improved, but resource commitment and construction costs increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedemand accommodation flexibilityVSAvoidfacility resources

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables dynamic resource allocation and demand-responsive operations through real-time data capture and analysis, allowing casinos to optimize facility utilization and staffing levels based on actual demand patterns rather than peak capacity requirements, thereby improving adaptability without proportionally increasing resource commitment

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The automated tracking system provides continuous feedback on gaming activities, player behavior, and demand patterns, enabling casino management to dynamically adjust operations, staffing, and resource allocation to match actual demand levels, thereby achieving high adaptability without requiring excess permanent resources

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

4Device complexity

If manual data entry is used to transfer information to computing systems, then system integration is simplified, but error introduction and processing delays increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesystem integration complexityVSAvoiddata transfer accuracy

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces manual data entry processes with automated electronic data capture and transmission systems that directly interface with computing systems, eliminating human error in data transcription while using standardized communication protocols to maintain manageable system integration complexity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS10565819B2Remote game play in a wireless gaming environment

Publication Date: 2020.02.18 LNW GAMING INC

AI summary

A system employs a server computing system with an integrated database and wireless communications devices. The wireless communications devices permits players to take a position on a potential outcome of a game and includes remote game play and remote backline playing (taking a position on a potential outcome of a position on game outcome taken by a primary player occupying a player position at a gaming table) and other types of positions not involving money. In response to the electronic indication that the primary player is no longer occupying the player position at the gaming table the system automatically initiates a period locking out players taking positions on the potential outcome of the game such as a position on game outcome lock out period for such proposed backline positions on game outcome and modifies the user interface on a wireless device of the dealer accordingly.