EP 1989673 A4 20120321 - QUICKLY PROVIDING GOOD MATCHUPS
Title (en)
QUICKLY PROVIDING GOOD MATCHUPS
Title (de)
SCHNELLE BEREITSTELLUNG VON GUTEN KOMBINATIONEN
Title (fr)
PROCÉDÉ DE FOURNITURE RAPIDE D'APPARIEMENTS ADAPTÉS
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 2007001612 W 20070120
- US 35498206 A 20060216
Abstract (en)
[origin: US2007191101A1] Multiplayer tournaments may be established, and then automatically executed by tournament server devices to help provide users with quality matchups against players of similar skill. Tournaments may be defined by an administrator, and then automatically instantiated any number of times to accommodate demand by players. Some tournaments may group players of similar rank in tournament rounds, and may also employ a window factor to prevent players from playing together too soon after playing together in a prior round. Some tournaments may use a leaderboard qualification process, allowing potential entrants to qualify for tournaments by accomplishing feats specified in qualification parameters.
IPC 8 full level
A63F 13/12 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP KR US)
A63F 13/12 (2022.01 - EP); A63F 13/30 (2014.09 - EP); A63F 13/71 (2014.09 - US); A63F 13/795 (2014.09 - US); A63F 13/798 (2014.09 - US); G06Q 50/10 (2013.01 - KR); A63F 2300/50 (2013.01 - EP US); A63F 2300/558 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
- [I] WO 2005102480 A1 20051103 - WATERLEAF LTD [GB], et al
- [I] US 2005278041 A1 20051215 - BORTNIK MICHAL [US], et al
- [I] WO 2004004853 A2 20040115 - SKILL POKER COM INC [CA], et al
- [I] WO 03088161 A1 20031023 - YAHOO INC [US], et al
- [I] US 2002188360 A1 20021212 - MURAMORI MASASHI [JP], et al
- [A] US 2002052229 A1 20020502 - HALLIBURTON RONALD [US], et al
- [A] US 2002119824 A1 20020829 - ALLEN JEFFREY L [US]
- [A] GB 2384719 A 20030806 - HEWLETT PACKARD CO [US]
- [A] WO 0071218 A1 20001130 - STEPHENSON JOHN H [US]
- [A] JP 2001157782 A 20010612 - DOWANGO KK
- See references of WO 2007097850A2
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
US 2007191101 A1 20070816; AU 2007218066 A1 20070830; AU 2007218066 B2 20110811; CA 2637169 A1 20070830; EP 1989673 A2 20081112; EP 1989673 A4 20120321; JP 2009526603 A 20090723; KR 20080094031 A 20081022; WO 2007097850 A2 20070830; WO 2007097850 A3 20071025
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 35498206 A 20060216; AU 2007218066 A 20070120; CA 2637169 A 20070120; EP 07716874 A 20070120; JP 2008555239 A 20070120; KR 20087019387 A 20080807; US 2007001612 W 20070120