US 11,887,442 B2
Indexing methods and apparatus with competitive performance parameters
Philip M. Ginsberg, Newport Coast, CA (US)
Assigned to CFPH, LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed by CFPH, LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Jan. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/575,922.
Application 17/575,922 is a continuation of application No. 16/580,692, filed on Sep. 24, 2019, granted, now 11,227,468.
Application 16/580,692 is a continuation of application No. 15/801,852, filed on Nov. 2, 2017, granted, now 10,445,987, issued on Oct. 15, 2019.
Application 15/801,852 is a continuation of application No. 13/886,585, filed on May 3, 2013, granted, now 9,811,978, issued on Nov. 7, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/642,812, filed on May 4, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2022/0139171 A1, May 5, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01); A63F 9/24 (2006.01); A63F 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3293 (2013.01) [G07F 17/3237 (2013.01); G07F 17/3239 (2013.01); G07F 17/3276 (2013.01); A63F 2009/2435 (2013.01); A63F 2011/0072 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. 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.