Methods of handling cards and of selectively delivering bonus cards
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
A63F-001/12
A63F-001/14
출원번호
US-0422167
(2012-03-16)
등록번호
US-8931779
(2015-01-13)
발명자
/ 주소
Grauzer, Attila
Blaha, Ernst
Krenn, Peter
Scheper, Paul K.
출원인 / 주소
Bally Gaming, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
TraskBritt
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223
초록▼
Methods of delivering groups of cards to a card game and, upon the occurrence of an event, dispensing a bonus card comprising feeding playing cards individually from an infeed area of a card handling device into an intermediate storage compartment designated for receiving playing cards. At least one
Methods of delivering groups of cards to a card game and, upon the occurrence of an event, dispensing a bonus card comprising feeding playing cards individually from an infeed area of a card handling device into an intermediate storage compartment designated for receiving playing cards. At least one bonus card may be fed from an infeed area of a card handling device into an intermediate storage compartment designated for receiving bonus cards. Groups of playing cards are selectively delivered. At least one bonus card may be selectively delivered.
대표청구항▼
1. A method of delivering groups of playing cards to a card game and delivering at least one bonus card, comprising: automatically feeding a plurality of playing cards from an infeed area of a card handling device into playing card intermediate storage compartments designated to receive playing card
1. A method of delivering groups of playing cards to a card game and delivering at least one bonus card, comprising: automatically feeding a plurality of playing cards from an infeed area of a card handling device into playing card intermediate storage compartments designated to receive playing cards using a card infeed system to move the plurality of playing cards and a control system to assign each playing card of the plurality to a respective playing card intermediate storage compartment, wherein a group of cards is formed in at least one playing card intermediate storage compartment;automatically feeding at least one bonus card from the infeed area into a bonus card intermediate storage compartment, the bonus card intermediate storage compartment being designated to receive only at least one bonus card and comprising an intermediate storage compartment other than the playing card intermediate storage compartments using the card infeed system to move the at least one bonus card and the control system to assign the at least one bonus card to the bonus card intermediate storage compartment;automatically selectively delivering a group of playing cards from a playing card intermediate storage compartment to an output area of the card handling device using a card output system to move the group of playing cards and the control system to assign playing cards of the plurality to a respective delivered group; andautomatically selectively delivering at least one bonus card from the bonus card intermediate storage compartment to the output area using the card output system to move the at least one bonus card and the control system to assign the at least one bonus card to the respective delivered group. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein selectively delivering the at least one bonus card comprises randomly delivering the at least one bonus card. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein automatically selectively delivering the at least one bonus card comprises automatically delivering the at least one bonus card upon the occurrence of an event selected from the group consisting of a jackpot reaching a predetermined amount, the jackpot reaching a preselected date and time, delivery of a selected group of playing cards, a player loyalty account reaching a predetermined balance, and receipt of a signal from the control system. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein feeding the at least one bonus card from the infeed area into the bonus card intermediate storage compartment comprises feeding the at least one bonus card from the infeed area into a bonus card-receiving compartment of a carousel of a shuffler. 5. The method of claim 3, wherein automatically delivering the at least one bonus card comprises automatically delivering the at least one bonus card upon delivery of a royal flush. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein feeding the at least one bonus card from the infeed area into the bonus card intermediate storage compartment comprises feeding only one bonus card into the bonus card intermediate storage compartment. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein feeding the at least one bonus card from the infeed area into the bonus card intermediate storage compartment comprises detecting a presence of the at least one bonus card using a card sensing system and automatically transferring the at least one bonus card into the bonus card intermediate storage compartment using the control system in response to detection of bonus card presence. 8. The method of claim 1, further comprising maintaining the playing card intermediate storage compartments free of bonus cards and maintaining the at least one bonus card intermediate storage compartment free of playing cards using the control system. 9. The method of claim 1, further comprising assigning at least one intermediate storage compartment of a movable card storage device to receive only bonus cards therein as a bonus card intermediate storage compartment using the control system before feeding the at least one bonus card into the bonus card intermediate storage compartment. 10. A method of handling playing cards and bonus cards in a card game, comprising: automatically placing at least one bonus card into at least one bonus card compartment of a movable card storage device using a card infeed system to move the at least one bonus card, the at least one bonus card compartment being designated by a control system comprising a processor to receive only at least one bonus card therein;automatically placing playing cards into playing card compartments of the movable card storage device using the card infeed system to move the playing cards to form groups of cards in the playing card compartments, the playing card compartments being designated by the control system to receive only playing cards therein and comprising compartments of the movable card storage device other than the at least one bonus card compartment;automatically delivering groups of playing cards from the playing card compartments to a card output tray of the movable card storage device using a card output system to move the groups of playing cards; andautomatically delivering at least one bonus card from the at least one bonus card compartment to the card output tray using the card output system to move the at least one bonus card and the control system to assign the at least one bonus card to a respective delivered group. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein delivering the at least one bonus card comprises randomly delivering the at least one bonus card. 12. The method of claim 10, wherein automatically delivering the at least one bonus card comprises automatically delivering the at least one bonus card upon the occurrence of an event selected from the group consisting of a jackpot reaching a predetermined amount, the jackpot reaching a preselected date and time, delivery of a selected group of playing cards, a player loyalty account reaching a predetermined balance, and receipt of a signal from the control system. 13. The method of claim 12, wherein automatically delivering the at least one bonus card comprises automatically delivering the at least one bonus card upon delivery of a royal flush. 14. The method of claim 10, wherein placing the at least one bonus card into the at least one bonus card compartment comprises detecting a presence of the at least one bonus card using a card sensing system and automatically transferring the at least one bonus card into the at least one bonus card compartment using the control system in response to detection of bonus card presence. 15. The method of claim 10, further comprising maintaining the playing card compartments free of bonus cards and maintaining the at least one bonus card compartment free of playing cards using the control system. 16. The method of claim 10, further comprising assigning at least one compartment of the movable card storage device to receive only bonus cards therein as a bonus card storage compartment using the control system before feeding the at least one bonus card into the at least one bonus card compartment. 17. A method of handling playing cards and bonus cards in a plurality of card games, comprising: forming a network connecting a plurality of card handling devices to a server or computer in communication with each card handling device of the plurality of card handling devices;automatically placing at least one bonus card from a card input area of at least one card handling device of the plurality of card handling devices into at least one bonus card compartment of the at least one card handling device using a card infeed system of the at least one card handling device to move the at least one bonus card, the at least one bonus card compartment being designated by a control system of the at least one card handling device to receive only at least one bonus card therein;automatically moving playing cards from the card input area and placing playing cards into playing card compartments of the movable card storage device using the card infeed system to move the playing cards, the playing card compartments being designated by the control system to receive only playing cards therein and comprising compartments of the movable card storage device other than the at least one bonus card compartment;automatically delivering groups of playing cards from the playing card compartments to an output tray of at least some card handling devices of the plurality of card handling devices using card output systems of the respective at least some card handling devices to move the groups of playing cards and the control systems of the respective at least some card handling devices to assign playing cards to respective groups; andautomatically delivering at least one bonus card from at least one bonus card compartment to an output tray of at least one card handling device containing a group of playing cards of the plurality of card handling devices using the card output system to move the at least one bonus card and the control system to assign the at least one bonus card to the group of playing cards in the output tray of the at least one card handling device. 18. The method of claim 17, wherein automatically delivering the at least one bonus card from the at least one card handling device comprises automatically delivering the at least one bonus card from the at least one card handling device in response to a signal from the server or computer. 19. The method of claim 18, wherein delivering the at least one bonus card from the at least one card handling device in response to the signal from the server or computer comprises randomly selecting the at least one card handling device from which the at least one bonus card is delivered using the server or computer. 20. The method of claim 18, wherein delivering the at least one bonus card from the at least one card handling device in response to the signal from the server or computer comprises selecting the at least one card handling device from which the at least one bonus card is delivered according to a schedule using the server or computer. 21. The method of claim 1, further comprising automatically sensing cards to identify each card as one of a bonus card or a playing card prior to feeding the card into a compartment. 22. The method of claim 10, further comprising automatically sensing an identity of each card as either a bonus card or a playing card prior to placing the card into a compartment. 23. The method of claim 17, further comprising automatically identifying each card as either a bonus card or a playing card prior to placing the card into a compartment.
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