Patent ID: 7300352

Claim:
A system of configuring a graphical user interface comprising: at least one processor; at least one interface operable to provide a communication link to at least one other network device; and memory; the system being operable to: identify a gaming system, the gaming system including a plurality of physical components which actually exist in three-dimensional space, the plurality of components each having a relative position in the gaming system with respect to each other; generate a graphical representation of a first portion of the gaming system, said graphical representation including graphical objects representing one or more of the physical components of said gaming system; and display, in a first window of the graphical user interface, a first portion of the graphical representation, wherein the first portion of the graphical representation includes one or more displayed objects representing one or more of the physical components which are located in the first portion of the gaming system; display at least a portion of said displayed objects in positions relative to one another in a manner which substantially matches the relative positions of the corresponding physical components in the first portion of the gaming system which said displayed objects represent; wherein the first portion of the graphical representation includes a first person object uniquely representing a first actual person located in the first portion of the gaming system; and wherein the first person object is displayed during at least one time period when the first actual person is not participating in an active gaming session at a gaming table.