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US 11,227,468 B2Granted
Indexing methods and apparatus with competitive performance parameters
AssigneeCfph, LLC
InventorPhilip M. Ginsberg
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Abstract
Some embodiments may include a poker indexing service. For example, a multi dimensional vector of player performance and/or other data may be determined based on gaming related activity that is input or otherwise captured. Such a vector may be used in various forms to generate a metric or to facilitate wagering and/or other gaming activity. Other methods and apparatus are described.
Claims12
A method comprising:
- controlling, by at least one processor:
- processing performance data describing play of a plurality of games that are played by respective players of a plurality of players, in which the performance data is from at least one of image data or audio data captured at a capture device at at least one given remote venue coupled over a communication network with the at least one processor;
- calculating for each of the plurality of players, based on and in response to receiving respective performance data, a respective vector with a plurality of dimensions, in which each dimension of the plurality of dimensions describes a different aspect of game performance, in which each aspect is observable over multiple games of the plurality of games;
- determining for each of the plurality of players, based on a respective multidimensional vector and in response to calculating a respective vector, an index metric by applying an algorithm to a respective plurality of dimensions to convert the respective multidimensional vector to a respective numerical value;
- matching at least two players of the plurality of players together for a game based on at least one of a dimension of the multidimensional vector associated with each of the at least two players or the index metric associated with each of the at least two players;
- and
- facilitating play of the game with at least two players in response to the matching.
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An apparatus comprising:
- circuitry configured to control:
- processing performance data describing play of a plurality of games that are played by respective players of a plurality of players, in which the performance data is from at least one of image data or audio data captured at a capture device at at least one given remote venue coupled over a communication network with the apparatus;
- calculating for each of the plurality of players, based on the performance data and in response to receiving respective performance data, a respective vector with a plurality of dimensions, in which each dimension of the plurality of dimensions describes a different aspect of game performance, in which each aspect is observable over multiple games of the plurality of games;
- determining for each of the plurality of players, based on a respective multidimensional vector and in response to calculating a respective vector, an index metric by applying an algorithm to a respective plurality of dimensions to convert the respective multidimensional vector to a respective numerical value;
- matching at least two players of the plurality of players together for a game based on at least one of a dimension of the multidimensional vector associated with each of the at least two players and the index metric associated with each of the at least two players;
- and
- facilitating play of the game with at least two players in response to the matching.
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A non-transitory storage medium configured to store instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, control:
- processing performance data describing play of a plurality of games that are played by respective players of a plurality of players, in which the performance data is from at least one of image data or audio data captured at a capture device at at least one given remote venue coupled over a communication network with the apparatus;
- calculating for each of the plurality of players, based on the performance data and in response to receiving respective performance data, a respective vector with a plurality of dimensions, in which each dimension of the plurality of dimensions describes a different aspect of game performance, in which each aspect is observable over multiple games of the plurality of games;
- determining for each of the plurality of players, based on a respective multidimensional vector and in response to calculating a respective vector, an index metric by applying an algorithm to a respective plurality of dimensions to convert the respective multidimensional vector to a respective numerical value;
- matching at least two players of the plurality of players together for a game based on at least one of a dimension of the multidimensional vector associated with each of the at least two players and the index metric associated with each of the at least two players;
- and
- facilitating play of the game with at least two players in response to the matching.
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