IP Library Granted Patent US 7,717,429
Granted Patent B2
US 7,717,429 · App. 11/669,996 · Granted May 18, 2010

Card game with counting

Assignee: CFPH, LLC
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,717,429
App. No.
11/669,996
Granted
May 18, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various embodiments include determining a value of a statistic describing cards that have been dealt from a deck, and modifying the rules of a game based on the statistic.

Claims (38)

1. A system comprising:

a memory, having stored thereon, a set of instruction, in which, when executed by a computing device, the set of instructions cause the computing device to perform a method comprising the acts of:

providing an indication of a deck of cards;

playing a game using the deck of cards;

determining a first value of a card count describing the deck of cards;

determining at least one card used from the deck of cards in the game, in which rules for determining a winner of the game are defined by the rules of blackjack;

determining a second value of the card count based on the first value and the at least one card;

determining that the second value is at least one of greater than a first threshold and less than a second threshold; and

in response to determining that the second value is at least one of greater than the first threshold and less than the second threshold, initiating a shuffling of the deck of cards prior to using the deck for any further games.

2. The system of claim 1 in which initiating the shuffle includes signaling that a reshuffle is due.

3. The system of claim 1 in which the card count represents a difference between a number of ten-value cards remaining in the deck and a number of cards remaining in the deck with point values of two through six.

4. The system of claim 1 in which the card count represents a difference between a number of cards with point values of two through six removed from the deck and a number of ten-value cards removed from the deck.

5. The system of claim 1 in which determining the second value of the card count includes incrementing the first value if the at least one card has a point value of two through six, and decrementing the first value if the at least one card has a point value of ten.

6. The system of claim 4 in which the first threshold is nine and in which the second threshold is negative eight.

7. The system of claim 4 in which the first threshold is nine and in which the second threshold is negative nine.

8. The system of claim 1 in which determining at least one card occurs after the first value has been determined and in which determining a second value occurs after the at least one card has been determined.

9. A system comprising:

a memory, having stored thereon, a set of instruction, in which, when executed by a computing device, the set of instructions cause the computing device to perform a method comprising the acts of:

providing an indication of a deck of cards;

playing a first game using the deck of cards;

determining the first value of the first card count describing the first game, in which rules for determining a winner of the first game are defined by the rules of blackjack;

playing a second game;

determining the second value of the second card count describing the second game, in which the second game includes a game played from a separate deck than the first game and in which rules for determining a winner of the second game are defined by the rules of blackjack; and

displaying the first value and the second value together on a display device to non-participants in the first game and second game.

10. The system of claim 9 in which displaying together includes displaying on a public monitor.

11. The system of claim 9 in which the display device includes a screen of a mobile device through which a wager may be placed related to at least one of the first game and the second game.

12. The system of claim 11 , in which the method further comprises:

receiving an indication of the wager from the mobile device.

13. A system comprising:

a memory, having stored thereon, a set of instruction, in which, when executed by a computing device, the set of instructions cause the computing device to perform a method comprising the acts of:

providing an indication of a deck of cards;

playing a first game using the deck of cards;

determining the first value of a first card count describing the first game, in which rules for determining a winner of the first game are defined by the rules of blackjack;

playing a second game;

determining the second value of the second card count describing the second game, in which rules for determining a winner of the second game are defined by the rules of blackjack, and in which the second game includes a game played from a separate deck than the first game;

determining a third value of a statistic based on the first value and the second value; and

displaying the third value on a display device to non-participants in the first game and second game.

14. The system of claim 13 in which the statistic represents an average of the first statistic and the second statistic.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 3, 2007
From: LUTNICK, HOWARD W.; MERKEL, STEPHEN M.
To: CFPH, LLC
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 6082464800 · Sep 6, 2006
Related Publication 20080054568A1 · Mar 6, 2008