IP Library Granted Patent US 9,564,015
Granted Patent B2
US 9,564,015 · App. 14/162,735 · Granted Feb 7, 2017

Skill normalized hybrid game

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,564,015
App. No.
14/162,735
Granted
Feb 7, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention operate a skill normalized hybrid game. One embodiment includes a skill normalized hybrid game, including: a gambling game; an entertainment game; a game world engine constructed to manage the entertainment game and communicate gameplay gambling event occurrences based upon a player's skillful execution of the entertainment game that trigger randomly generated payouts for the gambling game to the gambling game; and a skill normalization module constructed to: receive player performance measurements for at least one player from the game world engine; assign a handicap to the at least one player based at least in part upon the performance measurements for the at least one player from the game world engine; and send information concerning handicaps to the game world engine that configures the game world engine to implement each assigned handicap within the skill normalized hybrid game.

Claims (23)

1. A network distributed skill normalized hybrid gaming system, comprising:

a real world server connected to a game world server, wherein the real world server is constructed to provide a gambling game configured to provide a randomly generated payout for a wager of an amount of credits using a random number generator;

a controller connected to the game world server by a network, wherein the controller is constructed to execute an entertainment game providing an outcome upon a player's skillful execution of the entertainment game; and

the game world server connecting the controller to the real world server by the network, wherein the game world server is constructed to:

communicate gameplay gambling event occurrences received from the controller to the real world server, wherein the gambling event occurrences are based upon the player's skillful execution of the entertainment game that trigger the wager of the amount of credits in the gambling game and generation of the randomly generated payout for the gambling game for the wager of the amount of credits;

determine player performance measurements for the player, the player performance measurements including the outcome of the player's skillful execution of the entertainment game and the amount of credits utilized by the player in the wager of the amount of credits as triggered in the gambling game;

assign a ranking to the player based at least in part upon the received player performance measurements;

assign a handicap to the player based at least in part upon the ranking and a ratio between the outcome of the player's skillful execution of the entertainment game and the amount of credits utilized by the player in the wager as triggered in the gambling game included in the performance measurements for the player from the game world server;

handicap the player by instructing the controller to implement the handicap against the player within the entertainment game executed by the controller; and

generate a visual display indicating the handicap within the entertainment game.

2. The network distributed skill normalized hybrid gaming system of claim 1 , wherein:

the player performance measurements further include results for the player against an opponent player; and

the ranking is assigned to the player based upon the opponent player's rank and the player's results against the opponent player.

3. The network distributed skill normalized hybrid gaming system of claim 1 , wherein:

the player performance measurements further include information on experience points earned by the player based upon game attributes; and

the ranking is assigned to the player based upon the information on experience points earned by the player and an expected ranking based upon previously earned experience points by the player.

4. The network distributed skill normalized hybrid gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the game world server is further constructed to determine that the player's performance measurements deviate from expected player performance measurements.

5. The distributed skill normalized hybrid gaming system of claim 4 , wherein the determining that the player's performance measurements deviate from expected player performance measurements utilizes an outlier test.

6. The network distributed skill normalized hybrid gaming system of claim 5 , wherein the outlier test is the Grubb's outlier test.

7. The network distributed skill normalized hybrid gaming system of claim 5 , wherein the outlier test is the Dixon Q-test.

8. The network skill normalized hybrid game of claim 4 , wherein the game world server is further constructed to adjust a player's handicap upon determining that the player's performance measurements deviate from expected player performance measurements.

9. The network distributed skill normalized hybrid gaming system of claim 4 , wherein the expected player performance is based upon historical player performance measurements.

10. The network distributed skill normalized hybrid gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the game world server and the real world server are constructed using a same processing apparatus.

Assignments (6)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2020
From: GAMBLIT GAMING, LLC
To: SPV 47, LLC
Reel/Frame 053122/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2020
From: GAMBLIT GAMING, LLC
To: SPV 47, LLC
Reel/Frame 051973/0476 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2018
From: GAMBLIT GAMING, LLC
To: SPV 47, LLC
Reel/Frame 045888/0454 →
TRANSFER OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 23, 2017
From: ACAS, LLC (F/K/A AMERICAN CAPITAL, LTD.)
To: SPV 47, LLC
Reel/Frame 042554/0313 →
CONVERSION OF HOLDER OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2017
From: AMERICAN CAPITAL, LTD
To: ACAS, LLC
Reel/Frame 042447/0187 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2016
From: GAMBLIT GAMING, LLC
To: AMERICAN CAPITAL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 041226/0652 →