Patent ID: 11875641
Assignee: WALKER DIGITAL TABLE SYSTEMS, LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by a game controller of a physical table system, wherein the physical table system comprises:
(i) at least one physical table including an area of the table on which a dealer of the table places gaming elements corresponding to a transaction being conducted on the table, upon beginning to process the transaction; and
(ii) for each of the at least one physical table, a detecting component corresponding to the area, operable to detect a gaming element being placed on the area and read data from the gaming element;
and wherein the instructions comprise instructions for the game controller to:
identify a first at least one gaming element detected by the detecting component as corresponding to an inventory status, thereby identifying at least one inventory gaming element as being present within the area;
identify a second at least one gaming element detected by the detecting component as corresponding to a non-inventory status, thereby identifying at least one non-inventory gaming element as being present within the area,
wherein both the at least one inventory gaming element and the at least one non-inventory gaming element are detected as being within the area at a same time;

infer, based on a presence of both inventory and non-inventory gaming elements within the area at the same time, that a Change Transaction is being conducted by a dealer of the table; and
initiate a Change Transaction mode for the table.