Method and related Systems for Displaying a Multiplayer Game
OwnerEugene Giordaniinventor
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides an integrated method for managing progression of a tournament and automatically configuring and pairing live streams of opposing tournament participants. The method can be applied to both one vs one and team vs team style tournament games. In particular, an algorithm is trained to generate match pairings and detect when a participant or team of participants have won the match then pair them with another winning participant or team in a subsequent round. The method saves a significant amount of effort on the part of the tournament participant wanting to broadcast their gameplay and provides an easy interface for viewers to switch between the perspectives of different participants.
Claims9
A computer-implemented method of displaying a multiplayer game in a tournament comprising one or more rounds, the method comprising:
- a) receiving user data comprising a list of tournament participants;
- b) generating a set of first round matches by pairing each tournament participant in a match with one or more other tournament participants;
- c) broadcasting a display of each of the first round matches, each broadcasted display comprising a live stream of an in-game view for the one or more tournament participants in the match;
- d) for each first round match broadcast, detecting a visual trigger in the display indicating that the match has ended and thereby determining one or more winning tournament participants and one or more losing tournament participants;
- e) generating a set of second round matches by pairing one or more winning tournament participants with one or more other winning participants;
- f) repeating steps (c)-(e) for each successive tournament round until one or more tournament winners are determined.
A computer-implemented method according to claim 5, wherein the visual trigger is an in-game event which is automatically generated once a game has ended.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.