Patent ID: 7303474

Claim:
A method of providing gaming with automation using verbal communication, comprising: providing verbal information of a current game status to a first game player and a second game player from a voice synthesis device through voiced calls on a communication network, wherein the communication network includes one of: a Public Switching Telephone Network (PSTN), a wireless communication network, and a Voice over IP (VoIP) network; receiving verbal instructions from the first game player and the second game player at the voice synthesis device through the communication network in response to providing the verbal information; applying the verbal instructions from the first and second game players to update the current game status; providing verbal information of the updated current game status to the first and second game players from the voice synthesis device through the communication network; and bridging the voiced call with the first game player with the voiced call with the second game player so that the first game player can hear the second game player but the second game player cannot hear the first game player.