Patent ID: 8968079
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A multiplayer interactive video gaming device for playing a card game, said device comprising: a personal computer assembly including an input/output system, a keyboard port, one and only one game processor device, said one game processor device configured to receive input data via said input/output system from said keyboard port; a plurality of spatially separate player stations, each said player station including at least one data input device configured to output a player input signal responsive to player activation; an interface assembly in operative communication with said keyboard port and with more than one of said player stations, said interface assembly including an interface processor device configured to receive said player input signals and to output interface signals to said keyboard port, said interface signals corresponding to particular said data input devices; and a single video display viewable from each of said player stations, wherein each said player station includes a currency acceptor configured to accept currency from a player at the corresponding player station for wagering purposes and to output a currency input signal corresponding to an amount of currency accepted, wherein said interface assembly is configured to receive said currency input signals and to output corresponding currency output signals, and wherein said one game processor device is configured to receive said currency output signals via said keyboard port and said input/output system, a plurality of spatially separate player stations housed by said cabinet, each said player station including a plurality of data input switches, each said data input switch configured to output a binary player input signal which changes state upon activation of said data input switch by a player at the corresponding said player station; a plurality of communication lines, each said communication line connected to a corresponding said data input switch and configured to convey the player input signals thereof; an interface assembly in operative communication with said keyboard port and with a plurality of said communication lines, said interface assembly including an interface processor device configured to receive said player input signals carried by said communication lines and to output digital interface signals to said keyboard port, said interface signals corresponding to particular said data input devices; a single video display viewable from each of said player stations; and wherein each said player station includes a currency acceptor configured to accept currency from a player at the corresponding player station for wagering purposes and to output a currency input signal corresponding to an amount of currency accepted and wherein said interface assembly is configured to receive said currency input signals and to output corresponding currency output signals to said one game processor device for execution of said video card gaming program responsively to data carried by said currency output signals, wherein said one game processor is programmed to: wherein said one game processor is programmed to: