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  Biometric online playing systemThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070265049. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
[0001]This Application claims priority from U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/122,888, entitled "Poker Online Playing System" filed on Jan. 10, 2005; and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/930,246, entitled "Off-Site Casino Play" filed on Sep. 1, 2004. FIELD OF USE [0002]The gaming system of the present invention enables an online player to enjoy quality play at any game within the casino complex, at any time, and from any location. The system enables the online player to select any player at a poker table and participate from a remote location, and secure the bet biometrically. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003]Casinos monitor the play of table gaming activities with mirrors and cameras recording twenty-four hours each day looking for dealer errors, player cheating, player use of systems, or any other irregularities. Also, pit crews constantly monitor play. [0004]While casinos have means to enable players to wager on horse races in various racetracks around the country and the world in real time, such a system is not available for other live play in the casino. [0005]While there are many poker-type games that can be played on the Internet, practically all of them offer the same wagering options, and many of them are canned or preprogrammed. As racetracks have expanded their reach with off-track betting, casinos can dramatically increase revenues by enabling play online. While wagers can be placed on horse races in various racetracks around the country and the world online and in real time, such system are not available for other live play in the casino. U.S. Pat. No. 5,762,552 (Vuong) discloses a network based gaming system that enables a plurality of players to place wagers on a real-time game of chance being conducted in a casino via a distributed network system or, alternatively, to place wagers on a game of chance using internally generated game sequences. In the preferred embodiment of the system, a gaming machine provides a menu of a plurality of live-action board games of chance, such as roulette, craps or baccarat. [0006]Many people enjoy poker but lack the skill or the bankroll to play in a high-profile game. Some people are uncomfortable in a crowded casino, particularly, alone prime time in the bigger casinos. The air is smoke-filled, heavy drinking is common, the crowds are shoulder to shoulder, people become separated, and space at gaming tables is rare. [0007]Once gaming information is captured on current gaming activity, quality online play becomes a reality. Each online player directly enters his playing decisions (hi/lo, winning player or best cards, player, value) into the gaming computer through a keypad. Once the hand is completed, the gaming computer knows all relevant information about the game in progress. This information is used to provide the online player with historical information about the players and the game. [0008]While there are many gaming sites online, they are programmed. A player makes a small bet and wins, another small bet and wins. When the online player makes a much larger bet, and loses, there is a lingering doubt as to the integrity of the gaming site. If the player is enabled to watch either a live game or a pre-recorded game from, perhaps, cameras above the gaming table, the integrity of the game can never be questioned. [0009]Poker is now the most popular card game because of television. On almost any evening, there is at least one poker tournament on cable television--usually "No-Limit Texas Hold'em." In the No-Limit version of Texas Hold'em, any participating player can wager any portion of his chips at any time. There is also a Limit version of Texas Hold'em, where there are limits to the amount of the wager. The use of windows and cameras located in front of each player enables the game to be broadcast and the home viewer can watch each player as the cards are dealt each round. [0010]What is needed is a gaming system that will enable a casino to increase the gaming activity throughout the casino without adding additional floor personnel (dealers, security guards, pit crew, etc.); that enables fully automated play of all gambling activities within a casino in a real time from anywhere within the complex, including but not limited to restaurants and lounges, luxury suites, and guest rooms; that will enable players to participate in quality off-site play; that will enable the off-site player to bet indirectly by selecting an active player and piggyback onto the player's play of the gaming unit; that will enable the off-site player to wager directly on live play in real time in games such as craps and roulette within the casino; and that will enable an off-site player to bet on live action within the casino from an Intranet or an Internet terminal. [0011]What is needed is a way to enable a player to place a wager online, while watching the play of the game in real-time to the online player to know that the game is legitimate and have confidence in the integrity of the game. What is needed is an online playing system that not only enables the online player to have the same excitement as a player sitting at a gaming table, but to have additional playing options that players seated at the table do not have. [0012]What is needed is a playing system that enables an online player to move from one table to another table, from one table game to another table game, from poker to blackjack to craps to roulette, from one casino site to another casino site, after each game to escape any perceived "cold streak." [0013]What is needed is an online playing option that enables an online player to select an onsite player and bet on that player's outcome much the same as an online player selects a horse at a racetrack based on previous winnings. [0014]At the same time, the gaming site must be confident of the identity of the player making the bet, so that once the bet is placed and the game begins, there is no question as to the source of the person placing the bet. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0015]The system of the present invention enables any player in the world with a television or an Internet terminal to sit alongside a poker superstar and place a small wager with them. This is in contrast to existing Internet sites that provide simulated and preprogrammed play. Participating casinos can dramatically increase revenues by reaching players located throughout the world. [0016]The system of the present invention enables any guest within the hotel complex to participate through Intranet terminals located in guest rooms, suites, lounges, and restaurants to participate in any live or recorded game at any time. [0017]The system of the present invention provides players with a quality online play option that is comparable to live play at the gaming tables, and for some players is actually preferred. The online player is able to move from player to player, from table to table, and from game to game without leaving the playing terminal. [0018]The system of the present invention enables the online player to select any player in the casino and wager on the outcome of the on-site player at the gaming table. The system can be used in any casino-type game (blackjack, poker, baccarat, craps, roulette, and slot machines). [0019]In the first preferred embodiment of the online poker gaming system of the present invention, the gaming system comprises a live poker game, and at least one gaming terminal. [0020]The live or recorded game of poker involves a group of players sitting around a table. The game is essentially a conventional game, whereby the players have fold, call, check, and raise playing options. Each player is playing for prize money so there is a cash incentive for each to do well. [0021]The player terminal displays images of the live or recorded game being broadcast for view by a player. The player terminal also includes a schematic of the game for presenting in a visual, of pertinent gaming data and game status. The player terminal also includes a keypad, enabling the online player to select one or more players to win; either a hand, the tournament, or both. The online player also selects a value for each selection. Continue reading... Full patent description for Biometric online playing system Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Biometric online playing system patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. 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