Patent ID: 8313365
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable mediums comprising computer-executable instructions that when executed by a processor perform the method comprising: (a) receiving electronic information comprising a first virtual deck having a collection of sequentially arranged virtual playing instruments, wherein the sequential arrangement of the virtual playing instruments has been determined by a method comprising: (b) receiving a request for the first virtual deck of virtual playing instruments for use in the one or more electronic games; (c) comparing the sequential order and identifiers of the virtual playing instruments of the first virtual deck against a plurality of different virtual decks of virtual playing instruments including at least a second virtual deck and a third virtual deck, each of the plurality of different virtual decks having a sequential arrangement of virtual playing instruments, the virtual playing instruments having the at least one identifier; and (d) determining whether the sequential arrangement of the first virtual deck of virtual playing instruments is a duplicate of one of the sequential arrangements of any one of the plurality of different virtual decks.