Techniques for user rankings within gaming systems
US11612821B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 3, 2021 |
| Grant date | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 3, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F2300/61
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
Techniques are described herein for a gaming system that maintains an internal score and an external score for each user. The system maintains the internal scores to reflect demonstrated user skill. The system uses the accurate internal scores to facilitate communication between client computing devices associated with users that have been selected to participate in gameplay instances based on the internal scores. The external scores maintained by the system displayed to the users. Because the external scores are not used for matchmaking, the external scores may be adjusted in any way without requiring internal consistency. For example, to combat gameplay stagnation, the gameplay system periodically resets maintained external scores. For a time, comparisons between the reset external scores do not accurately reflect the users' rankings within the game. However, as the users participate in gameplay, the external scores return to levels that are similar to the users' internal scores.
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