Patent ID: 8529345

Claim:
A gaming system in a casino gaming network, comprising: a gaming table system comprising: a gaming controller, memory, at least one interface for communicating with at least one other device in the gaming network, and a gaming table including a gaming table surface, the gaming table surface comprising a display system including a display configured to display gaming content; a first handheld device operable and configured to: communicate with the gaming controller, select, using a first input interface of the first handheld device, information relating to a first portion of game content, the information being displayed at a first location of the display of the display system of the gaming table surface, the information being selected by the first handheld device making a first contact between the first input interface of the first handheld device and the first location of the display system of the gaming table surface where the information is displayed, wherein the first contact occurs at a location of the display system where the selected information is displayed, and provide a first portion of the selected information to the gaming table system by making a second contact between the first input interface of the first handheld device and a second location of the display system of the gaming table surface, the second contact being made by the first input interface of the first handheld device being brought into physical contact with the second location of the display system of the gaming table surface; and the gaming table system being operable to: control a wager-based game played at the gaming system, receive the first portion of selected information from the first handheld device in response to an occurrence of the second contact between the first handheld device and the display system of the gaming table surface at the second location, determine, using the first portion of the selected information, a first portion of input instructions, associate the first portion of input instructions with a first player at the gaming table, identify at least one first action to be initiated on behalf of the first player for implementing the first portion of input instructions, and initiate the at least one first action.