Note: Claims are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
CLAIMS:
What is claimed is:
1. A method, system and apparatus allowing a player that is not physically
present in a
Casino/House (the "Remote Player"), to participate in a real time, live,
casino style black jack card
game of chance (the "Black Jack Game"), whereby the Remote Player participates
in the live, real
time casino style Black Jack Game taking place in a Casino/House, and further
wherein the Remote
Player participates in the said Black Jack Game via an Interactive Black Jack
Casino Network
System (IBJCNS).
2. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the Black Jack Game is a card
game of
chance, whereby the Black Jack Game requires one deck, or multiple deck's of
playing cards,
wherein each deck of playing card's comprises 52 individual playing cards (the
"Deck"), and further
wherein each playing card in a Deck is embossed, imprinted and/or marked with
an identifiable
symbol and/or number. And wherein the rules of the Black Jack Game are those
rules, or a version
and/or variety of those rules commonly associated with the "Black Jack" card
game of chance, or the
"21" card game of chance, and/or another casino style card game of chance
similar in nature to the
"Black Jack" card game of chance, or the "21" card game of chance. And wherein
the Black Jack
Game is a card game of chance requiring the interactive participation of each
player participating in
each individual game and/or hand (the "Hand") of a Black Jack Game. And
further wherein Black
Jack Game player's purchase tokens) (both virtual and real) from the
Casino/House, which tokens)
purchased from the Casino/House are referred to as chips (the "Chip"), and a
Chips) represents the
amount of money required to purchase a Chip(s) from the House/Casino, which
amount of money,
and the currency of money in which a Chip(s) is valued is determined by the
House/Casino. And
where all Chips in a class of Chip's are worth the same value of each
individual member of Chip of
that class, and wherein their may be a variety of classes of Chips, and
whereby each class of Chips is
distinct, discernible and clearly identifiable as being a member of a
particular class of Chips, and
each member of the said class of Chip's are clearly discernible and
identifiable as not being a Chip
from any other class of Chip's. And wherein the Chips are used by the Black
Jack Game players to
wager and bet against the Casino/House in a Hand of a Black Jack Game, and
wherein wagering and
betting is conducted in accordance with the commonly accepted rules of the
Black Jack Game, as
well as those rules and regulations of the Casino/House in which the Black
Jack Game occurs.
3. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein a maximum of one Black Jack
Game player
for each Hand of a Black Jack Game must occupy a minimum of one Black Jack
Player Position
(BJPP) at a casino style Black Jack Game playing table (the "Black Jack
Table").
4. A method wherein a BJPP may be allocated and assigned to a Remote Player
rather than, and
opposed to, allocating and assigning the BJPP to a Black Jack Game player
physically present in the
Casino/House (the "Live Player"). And further wherein the BJPP will be
reserved for the Remote
Player for the duration of the Remote Player's Black Jack Game game playing
session, and the BJPP
will not be available during the Black Jack Game session for a Live Player, or
for any other Remote
Player other then the remote Player presently occupying the said BJPP.
5. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the Remote Player is connected
to, and may
communicate with the Casino/House via an interactive, real time, on line
facility.
6. A method in accordance with claim 1 and claim 5, wherein the IBJCNS
(Interactive Black
Jack Casino Network System) comprises a means of communicating a plurality of
live visual
image(s), wherein the said visual image(s) will/may include visual image(s)
displaying: the
Casino/House; Live players physically present at the Black Jack Table; the
face of each playing card
dealt to a Remote Player's BJPP, in addition to other visual images. The said
visual image(s) are
communicated on-line to a Remote Player, while a Remote Player's decision(s)
and specification(s)
are communicated and displayed at the Casino/House in a format that allows the
Black Jack Game
Dealer, Live Players, other Remote Players and spectators, to view and observe
the said decision(s)
and specification(s).
7. A method in accordance with claim 2, wherein the IBJCNS (Interactive Black
Jack Casino
Network System) comprises:
a) a table module (the "Table Module") wherein their exist a minimum of one
Table Module
for each Black Jack Table within a Casino/House offering Remote Player
participation in
a Black Jack Game, and further wherein the Table Module is capable of:
i) a means of electronically capturing a plurality of visual image(s), wherein
the captured visual image(s) will/may include:
~ visual image(s) of the Casino/House,
~ visual image(s) of the Black Jack Table, wherein the said visual
image(s), may/will include visual image(s) of the face and or
number side of each playing card dealt facing upwards Dealt to the
BJPP occupied by a Remote Player,
~ visual image(s) of the Black Jack Game Dealer;
~ visual image(s) of the face and/or number side of each of the
playing card dealt face down by the Black Jack Game Dealer to the
BJPP occupied by the Remote Player; and
~ a variety and selection of visual image(s), which variety and
selection of visual image(s) may be determined by the
Casino/House, and the said variety and selection of visual image(s)
may include visual image(s) of live entertainment events (e.g. stage
shows, animal shows, adult entertainment, etc.).
ii) a means of communicating a Remote Player's game direction(s) and
specification(s) to a Black Jack Game Dealer;
iii) a means of reserving a BJPP for a Remote Player at a Black Jack Table;
and
iv) a means of displaying for each Remote Player participating in a Hand at a
Black Jack Table, the Remote Player's player information and data,
wherein the said information and data is displayed and presented in a
manner that permits and enables the Black Jack Game Dealer, other
players and spectators to view and comprehend.
b) a player module (the "Player Module") wherein the Player Module provides a
user
interface for a Remote Player, and wherein the said user interface allows and
enables a
Remote Player to view live visual image(s) of the Black Jack Game Dealer, in
addition to
visual image(s) of the Casino/House, and each playing card dealt to a Remote
Player's
BJPP at the Black Jack Table occupied by the said Remote Player. The Player
Module
further allows for a method of communicating a Remote Player's
specification(s) and
direction(s) to a plurality of party's including: the Casino/House; Black Jack
Table;
Black Jack Game Dealer; all other players and spectators present at the said
Black Jack
Table. The Player Module further allows and enables communication between a
Remote
Player and the Casino/House, wherein the said communication can be for a
variety of
purpose(s) and function(s);
c) a casino/house module (the "House Module"), wherein the House Module
provides for a
variety of functions including: Remote Player allocation to a BJPP at a Black
Jack Table;
account maintenance functions; account data storage functions; interactive
money
transfer transaction functions; chip purchase functions; arbitration service
functions,
security service functions, etc.; and
d) a communication module (the "Communication Module") which Communication
Module
provides a method for communicating a plurality of visual image(s) and other
data from
the Casino/House to a plurality of Remote Player location(s); the
Communication
Module further provides a method for receiving, processing, communicating and
electronically directing Remote Player game direction's and specification's
received from
a Remote Player location, wherein the said specification(s) and directions(s)
are
communicated to a plurality of Black Jack Table(s) which are occupied by a
plurality of
Remote Player(s). The Communication Module is further capable of ascertaining
that
data received from the Remote Player location has been transmitted and
received in an
accurate and real time manner.
e) a Casino/House revenue module (the "House Revenue Module"), wherein the
House
Revenue Module is capable of generating and processing information and data
that
allows for the Casino/House to analyze and examine the financial performance
of the
Interactive Black Jack Casino Network System (IBJCNS);
8. A method in accordance with claim 2, wherein the Table Module comprises:
a) a means of capturing and communicating a plurality of visual image(s)
wherein the said
captured visual image(s) may/will contain the visual image(s) of the Black
Jack Game
Dealer, and further all of the said captured visual image(s) are in a format
that will be
compatible with being communicated to a Remote Player location;
b) a means of capturing a plurality of visual image(s), wherein the captured
visual image(s)
may/will contain the visual image(s) of the face and or number side of each
playing
card(s) dealt to a Remote Player's BJPP (the "Dealt Cards") by a Black Jack
Game
Dealer, and wherein the said Dealt Cards are dealt face and/or number side of
the
playing card(s) facing downwards, and further wherein the said visual image(s)
of the
said Dealt Card are captured in a format that may/will be compatible with,
allows and
enable the said visual image(s) to be communicated to a Remote Player
location;
c) a means of capturing a plurality of visual image(s), wherein the captured
visual image(s)
may/will contain the visual image(s) of the face and or number side of the
playing cards
dealt to a Remote Player's BJPP (the "Dealt Cards") by a Black Jack Game
Dealer, and
wherein the said Dealt Card(s) are dealt face and/or number side of the
playing card(s)
facing upwards, and further wherein the said visual image(s) of the said Dealt
Card(s) is
captured in a format that may/will be compatible with being communicated to a
Remote
Player location;
d) a means of communicating with the House Module and a Remote Player
location(s) for
the purpose of communicating a Remote Player(s) bet specification (wager) for
a
proceeding and/or following Hand of a Black Jack Game, wherein a bet
specification
(wager) will be communicated to a Black Jack Table and a Black Jack Game
Dealer, and
wherein the bet specification (wager) is received by the Black Jack Game
Dealer prior to
the said Black Jack Game Dealer beginning the process and procedure of dealing
a
proceeding and/or following Hand of a Black Jack Game playing session;
e) a means of communicating a Remote Player(s) game direction's and
specification's (i.e.:
request/refuse an additional playing card) to a Black Jack Table and a Black
Jack Game
Dealer;
f) a means of ensuring that all Remote Player(s) game directions and
specifications (i.e.
refuse/request an additional playing card) communicated from each Remote
Player(s)
participating in a Hand at a Black Jack Table have been communicated and
received by
the Casino/House, Black Jack Table and by the Black Jack Game Dealer prior to
the
Black Jack Game Dealer commencing a proceeding and/or following Hand of the
Black
Jack Game playing session;
g) a means if communication from a Remote Player is not received by the Table
Module
and the Black Jack Game Dealer prior to the expiry of a predetermined period
of time,
wherein a time-out default order is communicated to the Black Jack Game
Dealer, and
wherein the Black Jack Game Dealer is given direction to proceed with the
process and
procedure of dealing a Hand of a Black Jack Game playing session, and wherein
the
Remote Player is eliminated from the said Hand or a proceeding and/or
following Hand
of a Black Jack Game playing session;
h) a means of communicating and transmitting a plurality of visual image(s),
which said
visual image(s) may/will include live visual image(s) of a Black Jack Table
and a Black
Jack Game Dealer, and further wherein the visual image(s) will be communicated
to a
Remote Player location in an on-line real time manner, and the visual image(s)
will be
communicated in a format that is in accord and compatible with a format of
communication that is acceptable and processable by a Remote Player's, Player
Module;
i) a means of receiving, processing and communicating the Remote Player(s)
game
directions and specifications to: the Black Game Dealer; all Live Players; and
any other
Remote Player(s) participating in the Hand of the said Black Jack Game. And
further
wherein the said game directions and specifications are communicated in an on-
line real
time manner, and in a format that is in accord with a format that is
acceptable and
processable by the Remote Player's Player Module;
j) a means of ensuring that each Remote Player's game direction's and
specification's (e.g.:
place bet/refuse a game) participating in a Hand of a Black Jack Game have
been
received by the Table Module and the Black Jack Game Dealer prior to a Black
Jack
Game Dealer commencing a proceeding and/or following Hand of the said Black
Jack
Game playing session;
k) a means of visually displaying a Remote Player's chip balance continually,
for the
duration of a Remote Player's game session, wherein the Remote Player's chip
balance
may/will be visually displayed in a manner that allows the Black Jack Game
Dealer, all
Live players and spectators to observe and discern a Remote Player's Chip
balance;
l) a means of ensuring that a Remote Player's BJPP at a Black Jack Table is
reserved
exclusively for the use of the said Remote Player for the duration of the
Remote Player's,
Black Jack Game playing session. And wherein the BJPP (Black Jack Player
Position)
occupied by the said Remote Player cannot be occupied by a Live Player, and
there is
some method of communicating to any Live Player that may wish to occupy the
BJPP
occupied by the said Remote Player, during the Remote Player's Black Jack Game
playing session that the BJPP is presently occupied. Further wherein the said
BJPP
communication system would inform all Live Player(s) that the said BJPP is
presently
occupied, (e.g. light illuminating letters attached to the side of a Black
Jack Table
directly in front of the BJPP occupied by the said Remote Player, which
illuminated sign
will/may read "Occupied"),
m) a means of capturing a plurality of live visual image(s), wherein the
captured visual
image(s) will/may include live visual image(s) of the Casino/House and Black
Jack Table
from approximately the same view and angle that the Remote Player would view
the
Casino/House and Black Jack Table if the Remote Player were not at a remote
location,
but the Remote Player were instead a Live Player physically present in the
Casino/House
and occupying the said BJPP. And further wherein the captured visual image(s)
may/will
be manipulated by a Remote Player, and further wherein the Remote Player
may/will be
capable of manipulating and controlling elements of the captured visual
image(s), which
elements may/will include the angle, the focus and the magnification of the
visual
image(s) capturing device/apparatus;
n) a means of displaying a Remote Player(s) game name or moniker (the
"Moniker"), which
Moniker is a unique sequence of letters and or numbers chosen by a Remote
Player at the
commencement of a Black Jack Game playing session, or alternatively at the
time the
Remote Player initially establishes a Casino/House playing account, and
further the
Moniker is visually displayed in a manner that allows and enables a Black Jack
Game
Dealer, Live Player(s), other Remote Player(s) and spectators present at the
Black Jack
Table occupied by the said Remote Player, to distinguish and identify the
Moniker
attached to each BJPP occupied by a Remote Player;
o) a means of visually displaying a Remote Player(s) game directions and
specifications in a
manner that allows and enables the Black Jack Game Dealer, Live Player's,
other Remote
Player's and spectators present at the Black Jack Table occupied by the said
Remote
Player can distinguish and identify each Remote Player's game directions and
specifications;
p) a means of displaying at the completion of each Hand of a Black Jack Game
the Remote
Player's, Hand performance results (i.e. won / push / lost), wherein the
Remote Player's
Hand performance result(s) are visually displayed in a manner that the Black
Jack Game
Dealer, Live Players, other Remote Player's and spectators present at the
Black Jack
Table occupied by the said Remote Player may/will be capable of distinguishing
and
identifying each Remote Player's Hand performance result(s);
q) a means of communicating to ail other Remote Player's occupying a BJPP at
the same
Black Jack Table as a Remote Player, the said Remote Player's Black Jack Game
data and
information, wherein the Remote Player Black Jack Game data and information
communicated to all other Remote Player(s) occupying a BJPP at the Black Jack
Table
occupied by the said Remote Player will/may include:
I) a said Remote Player's game directions and specifications;
ii) a said Remote Player's game Moniker;
iii) a said Remote Player's Chip balance;
iii) a said Remote Player's Hand performance results ; and
iv) any other information and/or data determined by the Casino/House to be
necessary and/or useful.
r) a means of displaying the face and/or number side of each playing card
dealt face down
by a Black Jack Game Dealer to the BJPP assigned to a Remote Player, wherein
the said
Dealt Card(s) is dealt in a manner that allows the BJPP assigned to the said
Remote
Player to capture the live visual image(s) of the said Dealt Card(s).
9. A method in accordance with claim 2, wherein the Player Module is
integrated with a
Computer and/or Advanced Television and/or Interactive Multimedia Platform,
and the Player
Module comprises:
a) a means of receiving and displaying a plurality of visual image(s) in a
real time,
on-line manner, and wherein the displayed plurality of visual image(s)
may/will include:
i) visual image(s) of the Casino/House;
ii) visual image(s) of the Black Jack Game Dealer;
iii) visual image(s) of the Black Jack Table and other Live players and
spectators
present at the Black Jack Table occupied by the said Remote Player;
iv) a plurality of visual image(s), wherein the said plurality of visual
images are
selected by a Remote Player from a selection of visual image(s), and which
said
selection of visual images may/will be offered and made available by the
Casino/House, and wherein the visual image(s) may be unrelated to the Black
Jack Game and the Black Jack Table at which a Remote Player was, or is
conducting a Black Jack Game playing session, and wherein the said additional
visual image(s) may/will include visual images of entertainment, buildings,
animals, amusements; and
v) any of a variety a plurality of visual images, which plurality of visual
image(s)
may/will be determined by the House/Casino, and wherein the Casino House
determines that the said visual image(s) may/will enhance the Black Jack Game
playing session for a Remote Player.
b) a means of reproducing a plurality of audio sound data, wherein the said
audio sound data
may/will be communicated in a real time, on-line manner; and wherein the
communicated
audio sound data may/will include:
i) audio sound data of the Casino/House;
ii) audio sound data of the Black Jack Game Dealer;
iii) audio sound data of the Black Jack Table and other players;
iv) a plurality of audio sound data, which plurality of audio sound data are
chosen by
the Remote Player from a selection of audio data offered by the Casino/House,
and which audio sound data may be unrelated to the Black Jack Game and the
Black Jack Table at which the Remote Player was, or is, conducting a Black
Jack
Game playing session, and wherein the said audio sound data may/will include
the
audio sound(s) of entertainment, animals, music, etc.; and
v) any of a variety of audio sound data determined by the Casino/House to
enhance
the Black Jack Game playing session for a Remote Player.
c) a means of receiving and displaying on a separate window of the Player
Module video
display facility, the visual image(s) of the face and/or number side of the
playing cards
which playing cards have been dealt face down by a Black Jack Game Dealer to
the IRPS
(Interactive Remote Player Simulator) assigned by the said Remote Player, and
wherein
the said visual image(s) are displayed to a Remote Player in a real time, on-
line manner;
d) a means of receiving and displaying on a separate window of a Player Module
video
display facility, the visual image(s) of the face and/or number side of the
playing cards
which playing cards have been dealt face upwards by the Black Jack Game Dealer
to the
said Remote Player's BJPP, and wherein the said visual image(s) are displayed
to a
Remote Player in a real time on-line manner;
e) a means by which a Remote Player may direct and specify a bet specification
(wager)
prior to the commencement of a proceeding and/or following Hand of a Black
Jack
Game playing session;
f) a means by which a Remote Player may direct and specify complete a bet
specification
(wager) during a commenced Hand of a Black Jack Game playing session, wherein
the
bet specification (wager) is allowed pursuant to the rules of the Black Jack
Game;
g) a means of displaying a Remote Player's playing statistics to the said
Remote Player;
h) a means of displaying a Remote Player's Chip Balance to the said Remote
Player;
i) a means of transmitting a Remote Player's bet specifications (wager) to the
Casino/House, the Black Jack Table and the Black Jack Game Dealer, at which
the
Remote Player occupies a BJPP, and wherein the said communication will take
place in
an on-line, real time manner;
j) a means of communication between a Remote Player and the House Module for
the
purpose of:
i) a means of performing player account maintenance functions;
ii) a means of processing an interactive money transfer to/from a player
account;
iii) a means of processing a request for a BJPP at a Black Jack Table; and
iv) a means of chip purchase and chip redemption function((s);
v) a means of processing a request for arbitration and settlement services,
wherein
a dispute(s) arises between a Remote Player and a Black Jack Game Dealer; and
the Casino/House, and
vi) a means of performing any function and/or service requested by the Remote
Player which function and/or service is offered by the Casino/House.
k) a means by which a Remote Player may configure, arrange and organize
according to the
Remote Player's own specification(s) and direction(s) the said Remote Player
graphic
user interface, whereby the IBJCS system data and information as displayed on
the Player
Module video display facility may be configured and formatted according to the
Remote
Players direction((s);
l) a means of opening and establishing a Remote Player player account;
m) a means of altering Remote Player player account data and information; and
n) a means of closing a Remote Player player account.
10. A method in accordance with claim 2, wherein the House Module comprises:
a) a means of generating and storing player account data and information;
b) a means of performing account maintenance functions and procedures, wherein
the
account maintenance functions and procedures may/will comprise:
i) a means of opening a player account for a new Remote Player;
ii) a means of closing a player account for an existing Remote Player;
iii) a means of inputting, verifying and/or altering a Remote Player's player
account
data and information;
iv) a means of setting and/or verifying a Remote Player's account credit line;
v) a means of assigning a unique account code and a unique Personal
Identification
Code {PIN) to a Remote Player at the time a Remote Player opens a player
account, and
vi) a means of opening a transient account, which transient account is valid
and
existing for the duration of one Black Jack Game playing session.
c) a means of performing account balance maintenance function(s) and
procedure(s),
wherein the account balance maintenance function(s) and procedure(s) may/will
comprise:
i) a means of processing an interactive fund transfer transaction, wherein the
said
funds into a Remote Player's player account;
ii) a means of processing a payment specification and verifications for a fund
transfer transaction;
iii) a means of processing an interactive withdrawal transaction, wherein the
said
funds are withdrawn from a Remote Player's player account; and
iv) a means of processing a Remote Player player account credit line
maintenance
transaction.
d) a means of performing Chip transfer function(s) and procedure(s) wherein
the remote
Chip transfer function(s) and procedure(s) may/will comprise:
i) a means of conducting a Chip(s) purchase transaction wherein the funds used
to
purchase the said Chip(s) are allocated and transferred from a Remote Player's
player account;
ii) a means of conducting a Chip(s) purchase transaction wherein the funds
used to
purchase the Chip(s) are allocated and transferred from a source other than a
Remote Player's player account;
iii) a means of conducting a Chip redemption transaction wherein the funds
received
from the redeemed Chip(s) are allocated and transferred to a Remote Player's
player account; and
iv) a means of conducting a Chip redemption transaction wherein the funds
received
from the redeemed Chip(s) are allocated and transferred to a source other then
a
Remote Player's player account.
e) a means of assigning a Remote Player to a BJPP at a Black Jack Table,
wherein the
process of assigning a Remote Player to a BJPP comprises:
i) a means of assigning a BJPP to a Remote Player when a BJPP is immediately
available;
ii) a means of constructing and maintaining a waiting list for a plurality of
Remote
Player(s) when all BJPP(s) at all Black Jack Table(s) within the Casino/House
are
fully occupied and/or reserved;
iii) a means of constructing and maintaining a plurality of waiting list's for
a plurality
of Remote Player's when all BJPP's at all Black Jack Table(s) within the
Casino/House are fully occupied and wherein each of the plurality of waiting
lists
may have different qualifications for a Remote Player to be assigned to the
said
waiting list, and each waiting list may also have a different method or
methods
for processing how, when and under what set of conditions a Remote Player will
be removed from the waiting list and assigned to a BJPP, once a BJPP becomes
available;
iv) a means of assigning a Remote Player to any one of a plurality of waiting
list(s);
v) a means of assigning a Remote Player to a BJPP when the Remote Player(s)
meets
the specification(s) and qualification(s)to be assigned to that BJPP;
vi) a means of removing a Remote Player from a waiting list once the Remote
Player
has been assigned to a BJPP, or when/and if the Remote Player has voluntarily
terminated the waiting list session;
vii) a means of registering a Remote Player game name or moniker (the
"Moniker")
to a Remote Player for the duration of a playing session;
viii) a means of reserving a BJPP for a Remote Player for a requested time in
the
future; and
ix) a means of confirming and fulfilling a reservation of a BJPP by a Remote
Player
for Black Jack Game playing session to take place in the future.
a means of providing and conducting arbitration services between a Remote
Player and a
Black Jack Game Dealer and the Casino/House, wherein the arbitration services
of the
Casino/House may/will comprise:
i) a means of accessing and reviewing a time stamped transaction log of a
Remote
Players game direction(s) and specification(s) wherein the said direction(s)
and
specification(s) which previously occurred during a Black Jack Game playing
session;
ii) a means of accessing and reviewing a time stamped log of communication,
wherein the said communication originates with the Casino/House and is
communicated to a Remote Player location;
iii) a means of accessing a time stamped log of network problems disruptions,
wherein the said network problems and disruptions may/will have occurred
during
a Remote Player's game playing session;
iv) a means of communicating with an arbitrator wherein the said communication
comprises a Black Jack Game Dealer's assessment of the arbitrated event
transaction in addition to a Remote Player's assessment of the arbitrated
event.
The said assessments of the arbitrated event along with the said transaction
log(s)
are communicated to the said arbitrator for the purpose of completing an
arbitration; and
v) a means of communicating an arbitrator's decision to a Black Jack Game
Dealer
and a Remote Player, and further wherein a method and process of calculation
and
settlement of a Remote Player player account, wherein the said calculation and
settlement will be in accordance with the arbitrators decision of the
arbitration
event.
11. A method, in accordance with claim 2, wherein the Communication Module
comprises
a) a means of multiplexing the output for a Remote Player, whereby ensuring
that data
intended for a specific Remote Player is communicated to that said Remote
Player at the
said Remote Player's, Remote Player location;
b) a means of multiplexing the input from a plurality of Remote Player's
whereby ensuring
that data from a specific Remote Player at the said Remote Player's, Remote
Player
location, is communicated to the Casino/House, Black Jack Table and BJPP
assigned to
that said Remote Player;
c) a means of ensuring system transmission integrity, wherein the method
comprises:
i) a means of maintaining and storing a time stamped transaction log of a
Remote
Player(s) directions and specifications, which said directions and
specifications
were previously communicated to the Casino/house form the Remote Player
location;
ii) a means of maintaining and storing a time stamped log of communication
from
the Casino/House to the Remote Player(s); and
iii) a means of maintaining a time stamped log of system problems; (i.e.
interrupted
power supply, equipment failure, communication failure, network overload
etc.),
which system problems may result in a breakdown of communication between a
Remote Player and the Casino/House and a Black Jack Game Dealer.
12. A method and apparatus in accordance with claim 2, wherein an IBJCNS
(Interactive Black
Jack Casino Network System) comprising:
a) a Casino/House Interactive Black Jack System Apparatus (CIBJSA);
b) a Remote Player Black Jack System Apparatus (RPBJSA); and
c) a network arrangement providing a real time on-line communication method
between a
CIBJSA and a plurality of RPBJSA.
13. An apparatus in accordance with claim 12, wherein a CIBJSA (Casino/House
Interactive
Black Jack System Apparatus) comprises:
a) a data storage facility capable of:
i) a means of storing long term account and financial data;
ii) a means of storing transient account and financial data;
iii) a means of storing transient remote game data;
iv) a means of storing transaction log data; and
v) a means of storing player reservation and waiting list data.
b) a plurality of Black Jack Table Module System Apparatus (BJTMSA), wherein
each
BJTMSA is integrated with a CIBJSA, and further wherein the BJTMSA is capable
of:
i) a means of receiving and processing Remote Player game transaction data,
wherein the said game transaction data is communicated from a Remote Player
location via the CIBJSA; and
ii) a means of inputting, processing, generating and communicating the Black
Jack
Game game transaction data to a Remote Player location via the CIBJSA.
c) a House Module System Apparatus (HMSA) wherein the HMSA is integrated with
a
CIBJSA, and further wherein the HMSA is capable of:
i) a means of performing Casino/House Remote Player table allocation
function(s);
ii) a means of performing Remote Player reservation and waiting list
function(s);
iii) a means of performing Casino/House player account management function(s);
iv) a means of performing Casino/House Remote Player arbitration service
function(s); and
v) a means of performing any function(s) required to operate the IBCNS system
at its
fullest and greatest potential.
d) a processor integrated with the CIBJSA, wherein the processor is capable of
i) a means of receiving and multiplexing data originating at a BJTMSA(s)
location(s) and communicating the said data to a plurality of Remote Player
location(s);
ii) a means of receiving and multiplexing data from a Remote Player
location(s) and
communicating the said data to the assigned BJTMSA(s) location(s);
iii) a means of receiving and multiplexing HMSA (House Module System
Apparatus)
data and communicating the said data to a plurality of Remote Player
location(s);
iv) a means of multiplexing communication between the HMSA (House Module
System Apparatus) and a Remote Player;
v) a means of communicating via a world wide network arrangement for the
purpose
of communicating data (transmitting and/or receiving) in a real time, on-line
manner; and
vi) a means of ensuring data transmission integrity, wherein the processor is
capable
of ascertaining that data is transmitted to the appropriate location in a real
time
on-line manner.
14. An apparatus in accordance with claim 13, wherein the apparatus is a Black
Jack Table
Module System Apparatus (BJTMSA), and further wherein the BJTMSA comprises:
a) a Black Jack Table Video Capturing Facility (BJTVCF), whereby the BJTVCF is
capable
of
i) a means of capturing the visual image(s) of a Black Jack Table and a Black
Jack
Game Dealer and any Live Players at the same Black Jack Table occupied by the
said Remote Player;
ii) a means of capturing the visual image(s) of the Black Jack Table and
Casino/House from approximately the same position and angle that the Remote
Player would view if the Remote Player were not at a remote location but were
instead a Live Player physically present in the Casino/House; and
iii) a means of communicating captured visual image(s) via a world wide
network
arrangement.
b) a Black Jack Table Remote Player Display Facility (the "BJTRPDF") wherein
the
BJTRPDF is capable of:
i) a means of displaying the Remote Player(s) game direction(s) and
specification(s)
to each Live Player(s) occupying a BJPP at the Black Jack Table occupied by
the
said Remote Player;
ii) a means of displaying a Remote Player's Moniker to each Black Jack Game
Player, Live Player and spectator present at the Black Jack Table occupied by
the
said Remote Player;
iii) a means of displaying the face and or number side of each Remote
Player(s)
Dealt Card(s) to the Black Jack Game Dealer, Live Player and any spectators
present at the Black Jack Table occupied by the said Remote Player; and
iv) a means of displaying the Remote Player(s) Hand performance results
(wins/loss)
to each Black Jack Game Dealer, Live Player and spectator present at the Black
Jack Table occupied by the said Remote Player.
c) a plurality of Black Jack Table Virtual Player Simulator(s) (BJTVPS)
wherein each
BJTVPS is capable of conducting communication between a Remote Player and a
Black
Jack Game Dealer.
15. An apparatus in accordance with claim 14, wherein the apparatus is a
BJTVPS (Black Jack
Table Virtual Player Simulator), and further wherein the BJTVPS comprises:
a) a means of capturing the live visual image(s) of the face and or number
side of each of
the playing cards dealt face down by the Black Jack Game Dealer to the BJPP
occupied
by the Remote Player;
b) a means of ensuring that a Dealt Card(s) is processed in a manner that
allows the Card
Image Captioning Facility (CICF); assigned to the BJPP occupied by the said
Remote
Player to capture the visual image(s) of the Dealt Card(s);
c) a means of determining that the Dealt Card(s) are processed by a CICF, and
further that
the said captured visual image(s) are communicated to a Remote Player location
in a real
time on-line manner;
d) a means of communicating Remote Player game direction(s) and
specification(s),
wherein the method of communicating the Remote Players game directions
specifications
may/will include:
i) a video display facility capable of receiving and displaying communication
from
the Remote Player location;
ii) an audio sound reproduction facility, wherein the said facility is capable
of
reproducing audio sound data received from a Remote Player location; and
iii) a means of displaying and reproducing both audio and video data received
from a
Remote Player location.
e) a means of maintaining and displaying a Remote Player(s) Chip balance,
f) a means of communicating a Remote Player(s) Hand participation direction(s)
and bet
specification(s) (wager) for a proceeding and/or following Hand of a Black
Jack Game,
wherein the said method of communication may/will include:
i) a video display facility capable of receiving and displaying communication
from
the Remote Player location;
ii) an audio sound reproduction facility, wherein the said facility is capable
of
reproducing audio sound data received from the Remote Player location; and
iii) a means of displaying and reproducing both audio and video data received
from
the Remote Player location.
g) a means of communicating to a prospective Live Player that a BJPP at a
Black Jack Table
is occupied by a Remote Player and cannot be occupied by any other player.
16. An apparatus in accordance with claim 13, wherein the Casino/House Remote
Account
Maintenance System (CRAMS) further comprises a plurality of Remote Account
Maintenance
Facilities (RAMF) wherein a RAMF(s) is integrated with a CRAMS and a RAMF
comprises:
a) a means of accessing and processing player account data;
b) a means of displaying player account data;
c) a means of receiving and processing input from a RAMF operator;
d) a means of interactively communicating with a Remote Player and/or a
potential Remote
Player;
e) a RAMF graphic user interface (the "GUI"), wherein the GUI allows the RANIF
operator
to interface with the CRAMS and or a Remote Player;
f) a means of performing account maintenance procedure(s) and function(s),
wherein the
account maintenance procedure(s) and function(s) may/will comprise:
i) a means of opening a player accounts for a new Remote Players;
ii) a means of closing a p[layer account for an existing Remote Player;
iii) a means of inputting, and/or altering a Remote Player's player account
information;
iv) a means of assigning a unique account code and a unique Personal
Identification
Code (PIN) for the purpose of account access protection for a Remote Player
player account; and
v) a means of establishing a transient account, wherein the transient account
is valid
and existing for the duration of a maximum of one Black Jack Game playing
session.
g) a means of performing account balance maintenance procedures and functions
wherein
the account balance maintenance procedures and functions may/will comprise:
i) a means of allowing and processing an interactive fund transfer transaction
wherein the funds are transferred from a remote source into a Remote Player's
player account;
ii) a means of allowing and processing payment for a deposit into a Remote
Player
player account; and
iii) a means of allowing and processing the withdrawal of funds from a Remote
Player(s) player account.
h) a means of performing remote Chip transfer procedures and functions wherein
the remote
Chip transfer procedure(s) and function(s) may/will comprise:
i) a means of processing a Chip purchase transaction, wherein the said
transaction
utilizes funds from a Remote Player's player account;
ii) a means of processing a Chip purchase transaction, wherein the said
transaction
utilizes funds transferred from a source(s) other than a Remote Player's
player
account;
iii) a means of processing a Chip redemption transaction wherein the redeemed
funds
are transferred into a Remote Player's player account;
iv) a means of processing a Chip redemption transaction wherein the redeemed
funds
are transferred to a destination other then a Remote Player's player account;
and
v) a means of processing and enabling a Remote Player on-line player account
examination and inquiry transaction.
17. A method and apparatus of claim 16, wherein some, or all of the functions
performed by
CRAMS are automated to the extent that a Remote Player does not require the
assistance and/or
input from a RAMF operator.
18. A method and apparatus of claim 16, wherein a RAMF further comprises a
video and/or
audio sound capturing facility whereby the said facility is capable of
capturing and communicating
the video and/or audio sound data of the RAMF operator to a Remote Player
location.
19. A method and apparatus of claim 16 wherein a RAMF facility comprises a
video and/or
audio sound reproducing facility, wherein the said facility is capable of
communicating and
reproducing the said video images and/or audio sound data of the Remote Player
to the RAMF
operator.
20. An apparatus, in accordance with claim 13 wherein the Casino/House Remote
Player
Arbitration System (CRPAS) further comprises a plurality of Remote Player
Arbitration Facilities
(RPAF) and wherein each RPAF is integrated with the CRPAS and each CRPAF
further comprises:
a) a means of accessing and processing the transmission log data;
b) a means of displaying a Remote Player player account(s) data;
c) a means of receiving and processing input from a RPAF operator;
d) a means of interacting with a Remote Player;
e) a means of interacting with a Black Jack Game Dealer; and
f) a GUI for the said RPAF operator (arbitrator) allowing interactive and/or
deferred
processing of a claim settlement procedure, wherein the claim settlement
procedure
may/will comprise a means of viewing the participating party's arguments and
information
of the arbitrated event including: a dealer's arguments; a remote player's
arguments;
transaction log data; and
g) a GUI capable of enabling the RPAF arbitrator to communicate the
arbitrators decision to
all party's involved and/or participating in an arbitration transaction.
21. A method and apparatus of claim 20, wherein some, or all of the functions
and procedures
performed by CRPAS are automated to the extent that a Remote Player does not
require the
assistance and/or input from a RPAF operator.
22. A method and apparatus of claim 20, wherein a RPAF further comprises a
video and/or audio
sound capturing facility whereby the said facility is capable of capturing and
communicating the
video image(s) and/or audio sound data of the RPAF operator to a Remote
Player.
23. A method and apparatus of claim 20 wherein a RPAF comprises a video and/or
audio sound
reproducing facility, and wherein the said facility is capable of reproducing
the video image(s)
and/or audio sound data of the Remote Player to a RPAF operator.
24. An apparatus in accordance with claim 13 wherein the Casino/House Remote
Table
Allocation and Reservation System (CTARS) comprises:
a) a means of assigning a Remote Player to a BJPP when a BJPP meeting the
Remote Player
table allocation specifications is immediately available;
b) a means of assigning a Remote Player to a BJPP, if a Remote Player was
previously
reserved, and the reserved BJPP is immediately available;
c) a means of maintaining a waiting list of Remote Players if no BJPP meeting
the Remote
Player(s) table allocation specification(s) are immediately available;
d) a means of assigning a Remote Player(s) to a waiting list if no BJPP
meeting the Remote
Player(s) table allocation specification(s) are immediately available;
e) a means of assigning a BJPP to a Remote Player, and assigning a Remote
Player to an
available BJPP, as soon as a BJPP meeting the Remote Player(s) table
allocation
specification(s) is immediately available;
f) a means of removing a Remote Player form a waiting list once the Remote
Player has
been assigned to a BJPP;
g) a means of reserving a BJPP for a Remote Player for a requested time in the
future;
h) a means of confirming a Remote Player's BJPP reservation; and
i) a means of allowing a Remote Player to view and survey each Black Jack
Table and each
BJPP at each Black Jack Table for the purpose of determining the BJPP at which
the
Remote Player selects and determines to conduct the Remote Player game playing
session.
25. A method and apparatus of claim 24, wherein some, or all of the functions
performed by
CTARS are automated to the extent that a Remote Player does not require the
assistance and/or input
from a CTARS operator.
26. A method and apparatus of claim 24, wherein a CTARS further comprises a
video and/or
audio sound capturing facility, and wherein the said facility is capable of
capturing and
communicating the video image and/or audio sound data of the CTARS operator to
the Remote
Player.
27. A method and apparatus of claim 24. wherein a CTARS comprises a video
and/or audio
sound reproducing facility, and wherein the said facility is capable of
reproducing the video and/or
audio sound data of the Remote Player to the CTARS operator.
28. An apparatus in accordance with claim 12, being a Remote Player
Interactive Black Jack
System Apparatus (RPIBJSA) wherein the RPIBJSA further comprises:
a) a Remote Player audio/video display facility capable of reproducing the
sound data and
visual image(s) received from the CIBJSA (Casino/House Interactive Black Jack
System
Apparatus);
b) a storage devise capable of both RAM and long term storage of audio, video
and digital
data;
c) a processor integrated with the RPIBJSA wherein the processor is capable of
i) a means of communication with the CIBJSA (Casino/House Interactive Black
Jack System Apparatus);
ii) a means of processing and/or storing data received from the CIBJSA;
iii) a means of performing communication function(s) and procedure(s) via a
Graphic
User Interface (the "GUI"); and
iv) a means of processing Remote Player game data received via a graphic user
interface, and further wherein a means of communicating the said data to the
CIBJSA via a network arrangement.
29. A method and apparatus of claim 28 wherein the Graphic User Interface for
the Remote
Player Interactive Black Jack System Apparatus (RPIBJSA) comprises:
a) a means of displaying, concurrently, in separate windows of the RPAVDF
(Remote Player
Audio/Video Display Facility):
i) visual images of the Casino/House, Black Jack Table and other players
participating in the Black Jack Game playing session at the said Black Jack
Table;
ii) visual image(s) of the Casino/House and Back Jack Game Dealer;
iii) visual image(s) allowing a Remote Player to view other Remote Player
participating in the same Hand at the Black Hack Table occupied by the said
Remote Player;
iv) visual image(s) of the face and or number side of a Remote Player(s) Dealt
Cards;
v) a Remote Player's current Chip balance; and
vi) any other information and/or data necessary in order to make the RPIBJSA
system
operate at its greatest and fullest potential.
b) a means of capturing the Remote Player's game direction(s) and
specification(s);
c) a means of capturing the Remote Player's Hand direction(s) and
specification(s); and
d) a means of interactively communicating with the House Module via a separate
window of
a GUI.
30. A method and apparatus of claim 28 and claim 29, wherein the RPIBJSA
further comprises:
a) a graphic user interface capable of performing communication between a
RPIBJSA and a
CIBJSA, wherein the communication may/will occur in a separate window of the
video
display facility;
b) a means of performing account maintenance transaction procedures, wherein
the account
maintenance transaction procedures may/will comprise:
i) a means of opening a player account for a new Remote Player(s);
ii) a means of closing a player account for an existing Remote Player(s);
iii) a means of inputting and altering a Remote Player(s) player account
information;
iv) a means of processing a unique account code and a unique Personal
Identification
Code (PIN) for the purpose of account access protection; and
v) a means of opening a transient account whereby the transient account is
valid and
existing for the maximum of one Black Jack Game playing session.
c) a means of performing account balance maintenance function(s) and
procedure(s) wherein
the account balance maintenance procedure(s) and function(s) may/will
comprise:
i) a means of conducting a Chip Balance transaction procedure wherein each
Remote Player player account is revised and updated following each Hand within
a Black Jack Game playing session participated in by the said Remote Player,
and
further wherein the Remote Player, player account will following the said
transaction reflect the Remote Player's Hand results following the preceding
Hand of the Black Jack Game playing session;
ii) a means of processing an interactive fund transfer into a Remote Player's
player
account;
iii) a means of processing a payment of funds into a Remote Players player
account;
iv) a means of processing an interactive withdrawal of funds from a Remote
Player's
player account;
v) a means of processing Remote Player(s) player account credit line
maintenance;
and
vi) a means of processing a Remote Player player account transaction inquiry.
d) a means of performing a Chip transfer procedure wherein the remote Chip
transfer
function(s) and procedure(s) may/will comprise:
i) a means of processing a Chip(s) purchase transaction, wherein the said
Chip(s) are
purchased with funds transferred from the Remote Player's player account;
ii) a means of processing a Chip(s) purchase transaction, wherein the said
Chip(s) are
purchased with funds from a source other then the Remote Player's player
account;
iii) a means of processing a Chip(s) redemption transaction, wherein the said
funds
are redeemed into a Remote Player's player account;
iv) a means of processing a Chip(s) redemption transaction, wherein the said
funds
from the redeemed Chip(s) are redeemed to a destination other than the Remote
Player's player account; and
v) a means of processing Remote Player player account balance update and
inquiry
transaction.
31. A method and apparatus of claim 28 wherein the Graphic User Interface for
the Remote
Player Interactive Black Jack System Apparatus (RPIBJSA) may/will comprise:
a) a means and process of assigning a Remote Player to a BJPP at a Black Jack
Table,
wherein the process of assigning a Remote Player to a BJPP comprises:
i) a means of reserving a BJPP for a Remote Player currently assigned to
another
BJPP within the Casino/House, and wherein the Remote Player decides to be
assigned to a different BJPP then the BJPP to which he/she is currently
conducting a Black Jack Game playing session, and wherein the Remote Player
will be assigned to the said new BJPP when/and if a BJPP meeting the Remote
Player's table allocation specifications) becomes available within the
Casino/House;
ii) a means wherein the Remote Player may request a BJPP, and be assigned to a
position on a BJPP waiting list when no BJPP meeting the Remote Player(s)
table
allocation specifications is currently available;
iii) a means of inputting and storing a Remote Player's table allocation
specification(s), wherein the said table allocation specifications may be
utilized
during for the procedure of assigning a BJPP to a Remote Player, and wherein
the
said Remote Player's table allocation specification(s) may/will include:
~ a means of requesting a specific Black Jack Table at which a
Remote Player prefers to conduct the Black Jack Game playing
session;
~ a means of requesting a specific BJPP at a specific Black Jack
Table at which a Remote Player prefers to conduct a Black Jack
Game playing session;
~ a means by which a Remote Player can select to be assigned to a
specific BJPP, or a specific Black Jack Table based upon a Black
Jack Game Dealer or another player located at that selected Black
Jack Table, and
~ a means allowing a Remote Player to view all BJPP's and all Black
Jack Table's currently available for conducting a Black Jack Game
playing session.
~ a means by which a Remote Player who has never previously
provided any selection criteria may/will be assigned to the first
available BJPP.
iv) a means of processing a Remote Player table allocation specification(s)
transaction, wherein the said transaction is transacted for the purpose of
locating
a BJPP and a Black Jack Table at which a Remote Player may/will conduct a
Black Jack Game playing session. And further wherein the processing of the
Remote Player's table allocation specification(s) will/may include the
following:
~ a means of locating a previously stored Remote Player(s) table
allocation specifications which will/may include the preference of a
specific Black Jack Table at which a Remote Player prefers to
conduct the Black Jack Game playing session and/or the BJPP
position at a Black Jack Table at which a Remote Player prefers to
conduct a Black Jack Game playing session and/or a specific Black
Jack Game Dealer at whose table the Remote Player would like to
conduct a Black Jack Game playing session,
~ a means of applying table allocation specifications) for one/or
more Remote Player(s), wherein the Remote Player table allocation
specification(s) can be processed against rules and selection criteria
established by the Casino/House in order to determine a list of table
allocation selection criteria for a Remote Player, and wherein a
remote Players) table allocation selection criteria may/will include:
o a means of selecting a BJPP which meets all of the Remote
Player's BJPP table allocation specification(s) criteria;
o a means of presenting a Remote Player with a catalogue
and/or list of all currently available BJPP's;
o a means whereby a Remote Player may select and assign
themselves to a BJPP from a catalogue and/or list of
BJPP's;
o a means of presenting a Remote Player with the possibility
of waiting for a BJPP to become available that more closely
meets a Remote Player(s) table allocation specification
criteria, wherein the Remote Player is also presented with
an approximate calculation of how long the Remote Player
would be required to wait on a waiting list prior to being
assigned to a BJPP; and
o a means of presenting a Remote Player with a range of
table allocation selection criteria.
~ a means of prioritizing table allocation selection criteria, whereby a
level of importance and significance may be attached to each table
allocation selection criteria, and the said level of importance and
significance may be used in processing a Remote Player table
allocation procedure.
v) a method of receiving and processing a request by a Remote Player currently
occupying a BJPP and conducting a Black Jack Game playing session, wherein
the Remote Player may request to change and/or transfer BJPP's and Black Jack
Table's, and the Remote Player(s) BJPP transfer request may be processed in
priority to/or conjunction with / or subsequent to / processing a request by
another Remote Player waiting to begin a Black Jack Game playing session and
who has not yet been assigned a BJPP;
vi) a method allowing a Remote Player who has issued a BJPP transfer request
to
remain at the BJPP from which the BJPP transfer request was issued, and
whereby the Remote Player may remain conducting a Black Jack Game playing
session while, and until a BJPP meeting the Remote Player(s) table allocation
specifications becomes available;
vii) a method allowing a Remote Player who has issued a BJPP transfer request
to
terminate the Black Jack Game playing session at the BJPP at which the table
transfer request was issued and be assigned to a waiting list until a BJPP
meeting
the Remote Player(s) specifications becomes available;
viii) a method of assigning a BJPP to a Remote Player (when a Remote Player
has
issued a BJPP transfer request) as soon as a BJPP meeting the Remote Player(s)
specifications become available, whereby the said Remote Player is removed
from the waiting list of BJPP(s);
ix) a method of inputting a Remote Player(s) Moniker to a Remote Player(s) for
the
duration of a Black Jack Game playing session;
x) a method for the Remote Player completing a BJPP reservation procedure for
a
playing session time in the future; and
xi) a method of confirming and fulfilling the BJPP reservation procedure and
function.
32. A method and apparatus of claim 28 and claim 29 wherein the arbitration
procedure for a
Remote Player Interactive Black Jack System Apparatus (RPIBJSA) further
comprises:
a) a means of allowing and conducting arbitration services between a Remote
Player a
Black Jack Game Dealer and the Casino/House, wherein the arbitration services
may will
comprise:
i) a means of initiating an arbitration claim;
ii) a means allowing a Remote Player to communicate to all parties involved in
an
arbitration claim the Remote Player(s) interpretation of the arbitration
event; and
iii) a means of communicating to a Remote Player the arbitrators decision on
the
arbitration claim.
33. A method system and apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein the
RPIBJSA can
operate in a plurality of predetermined language(s), and further wherein those
predetermined
language(s) will/may include;
i) English;
ii) French;
iii) German;
iv) Chinese;
v) Japanese;
vi) Spanish;
vii)Italian; and
viii) any language or method of communication the Casino/House determines
and/ore
chooses.
34. A method in accordance with claim 8 ,wherein the House Module may/will be
further
capable of generating, storing, maintaining and processing a digital identity,
and wherein a Remote
Player may/will be capable of selecting a digital identity from a database of
said digital identities,
and wherein the said database is maintained by the House Module, and wherein
the digital identity(s)
will be in the format of an electronically produced digital image (the
"Digital Character") and
wherein the Digital Character may/will be in a format and in a style wherein
the Digital Character
has, and maintains cartoon like characteristics (e.g. a dog image, from a dogs
playing poker art
piece), or alternatively the said Digital Character may/will not be in cartoon
like style and format,
instead the said character will be in a style and format representing and
simulating a life like and
human image (e.g. Humphrey Bogart, Abraham Lincoln) and/or alternatively the
House Module
may/will provide a means by which a Remote Player may/will be capable of
designing and/or
altering a Digital Character, wherein the said designed Digital Character will
be of a quality and
meeting the preferences of a Remote Player, and further wherein the selected
and/or designed and/or
altered Digital Character will be used and utilized by a Remote Player and by
the Casino/House for
the purpose of visually representing the said Remote Player during a Black
Jack Game Session. and
further wherein the House Module may/will be capable of storing a Digital
Character selected,
created and/or altered by a Remote Player, and/or the House Module may/will be
further capable of
storing a Remote Player's preferences utilized for selecting, creating and/or
altering a Digital
Character wherein the said preference(s) may/will be utilized for recreating a
Digital Character, and
wherein the chosen Digital Character, or a Digital Character recreated by a
Remote players
preferences may/will be utilized in a subsequent Black Jack Game Session.
35. A method in accordance with claim 9 and claim 34, wherein a Player Module
may/will be
further capable of providing a graphic user interface capable of allowing a
Remote Player a means
by which to select a Digital Character, and wherein the said selected Digital
Character will be
selected from a database of Digital Characters, and further wherein the
may/will decide not to select
a Digital Character from the database of Character and instead the Remote
Player Module will
provide a means by which a Remote Player may/will be capable of designing,
constructing and or
altering a Digital Character, and wherein the said selected and/or designed
Digital Character will
represent the said Remote Player during a Black Jack Game Session and wherein
the said Remote
Player may/will be capable of controlling and manipulating the actions and/or
movements of the said
Digital Character during a Black Jack Game Session.
36. A method in accordance with claim 34 and claim 35 wherein the Player
Module may/will be
capable of communicating with the House Module and the Black Jack Table Module
during a
Remote Player Black Jack game session, wherein the purpose of the said
communication will permit
and enable the Remote Player at a Remote Player location to control and/or
manipulating a Digital
Character assigned to the BJPP occupied by the said Remote Player.
37. A method in accordance with claim 8, claim 34, claim 35 and claim 36
wherein a Black Jack
Table Module is capable of processing and displaying a Digital Character for
each BJPP occupied by
a Remote Player, and wherein the Digital Character will be visually displayed
in manner that permits
the Black Jack Game Dealer, any Live Player's and other Remote Players
occupying a BJPP at the
said Black Jack Table, and spectators. And further wherein the Digital
Character will be visually
displayed din manner that may/will permit and enable a Remote Player at a
Remote Location
occupying the BJPP assigned to the said digital character to manipulate and
control the said digital
characters.
38. A method in accordance with claim 7, wherein the House Revenue Module is
capable of
generating and processing system data and information, wherein the said
information and data is
generated and made available to the Casino/House, and wherein the Casino/House
may utilize the
said data and information for a plurality of purposes, and further wherein the
House Revenue
Module will/may generate, process and make available the following information
and data:
a) a means of generating and processing, for any duration of time and/or
period of time,
information and data that allows for the Casino/House to analyze and examine
the
performance of the Interactive Black Jack Casino Network System (IBJCNS),
specifically
relating to the number Remote Player's participating in Black Jack Game
playing
sessions;
b) a means of generating and processing, for any duration of time and/or
period of time,
information and data that allows for the Casino/House to analyze and examine
the
performance of the Interactive Black Jack Casino Network System (IBJCNS),
specifically
relating to the amount of money bet and wagered by Remote Player's.
c) a means of generating and processing, for any duration of time and/or
period of time,
information and data that allows for the Casino/House to analyze and examine
the
performance of the Interactive Black Jack Casino Network System (IBJCNS),
specifically
relating to the amount of won by Remote Player's participating in Black Jack
Game
playing sessions.
d) a means of generating and processing, for any duration of time and/or
period of time,
information and data that allows for the Casino/House to analyze and examine
the
performance of the Interactive Black Jack Casino Network System (IBJCNS),
specifically
relating to the amount won by the Casino /House from Remote Player's
participating in
Black Jack Game playing sessions.
e) a means of generating and processing, for any duration of time and/or
period of time,
information and data that allows for the Casino/House to analyze and examine
the
performance of the Interactive Black Jack Casino Network System (IBJCNS),
specifically
relating to the amount of money bet and wagered by Remote Player's.
f) a means of generating and processing any data and information required by
the
Casino/House wherein the information and data that may be generated by the
House
Revenue Module and wherein the said information and data is required by the
Casino/House for the purpose of determining the performance of the Interactive
Black
Jack Casino Network System (IBJCNS),
