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US 11,887,442 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:
- receiving, over a communication network, image data captured at a capture device at at least one given remote venue coupled over the communication network with the at least one processor, in which the image data includes a given machine-readable encoded symbol on a given playing card identifying a characteristic of the given playing card;
- processing the image data to determine performance data describing play of a plurality of games that are played by respective players of a plurality of players, in which the processing of the image data to determine the performance data includes determining from the given machine-readable encoded symbol the characteristic of the given playing card and determining from the characteristic of the given playing card at least one predetermined action related to play by a given player;
- calculating for each of the plurality of players, based on 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, an index metric by converting the respective multidimensional vector to a respective numerical value;
- matching at least two players of the plurality of players 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 the at least two players in response to the matching.
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An apparatus comprising:
- circuitry configured to control:
- receiving, over a communication network, image data captured at a capture device at at least one given remote venue coupled over the communication network with the apparatus, in which the image data includes a given machine-readable encoded symbol on a given playing card identifying a characteristic of the given playing card;
- processing the image data to determine performance data describing play of a plurality of games that are played by respective players of a plurality of players, in which the processing of the image data to determine the performance data includes determining from the given machine-readable encoded symbol the characteristic of the given playing card and determining from the characteristic of the given playing card at least one predetermined action related to play by a given player;
- calculating for each of the plurality of players, based on 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, an index metric by converting the respective multidimensional vector to a respective numerical value;
- matching at least two players of the plurality of players 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 the 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:
- receiving, over a communication network, image data captured at a capture device at at least one given remote venue coupled over the communication network with the at least one processor, in which the image data includes a given machine-readable encoded symbol on a given playing card identifying a characteristic of the given playing card;
- processing the image data to determine performance data describing play of a plurality of games that are played by respective players of a plurality of players, in which the processing of the image data to determine the performance data includes determining from the given machine-readable encoded symbol the characteristic of the given playing card and determining from the characteristic of the given playing card at least one predetermined action related to play by a given player;
- calculating for each of the plurality of players, based on 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, an index metric by converting the respective multidimensional vector to a respective numerical value;
- matching at least two players of the plurality of players 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 the at least two players in response to the matching.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.