Automated Point Tracking System for Wagering
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems lack an efficient and user-friendly method for tracking and managing points among participants in gaming or wagering contexts, particularly in online environments, where manual intervention and lack of centralized authority complicate point allocation and adjustments.
Innovation Solution
A computer-based system utilizing database tables and user interfaces to track and adjust points among participants, allowing for wager-related and non-wager-related point changes, with features for user identification, wager creation, outcome determination, and point distribution, facilitated by a network environment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual intervention is used for point tracking and management, then user control and flexibility are maintained, but system complexity increases and efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically tracks points, determines wager outcomes, and adjusts point allocations without requiring manual intervention. The computer system performs these functions autonomously through programmed processes, eliminating the need for human operators to manually track and manage points among participants.
Solution Approach 2:
A centralized computer system acts as an intermediary between participants, wagers, and point management. This intermediary automatically processes wager information, determines outcomes based on stored criteria, and adjusts point allocations accordingly, simplifying the overall system by consolidating management functions in a single automated platform.
2Productivity
If centralized authority is implemented for point management, then point allocation efficiency improves, but system control and security requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously monitors wager outcomes and automatically adjusts point allocations based on determined results. This feedback mechanism ensures that point distribution accurately reflects wager outcomes while maintaining centralized control through automated reconciliation of points with actual game or event results.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-establishes point allocation rules and outcome determination criteria before wagers are placed. By having these criteria predetermined and stored in the system, the centralized authority can efficiently process and resolve wagers without requiring complex real-time decision-making, thereby improving allocation efficiency while maintaining control through predefined protocols.
3Ease of operation
If automated processes are used for point adjustment, then user experience improves, but system development and implementation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The computer system is designed to handle multiple functions including point tracking, wager processing, outcome determination, and point allocation within a single integrated platform. This multi-functional approach improves user experience by providing comprehensive automated services while managing implementation complexity through consolidation rather than through multiple separate systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The system divides point management into distinct functional modules: point tracking, wager processing, outcome determination, and point allocation. This segmentation allows for easier implementation and maintenance of automated processes, as each module can be developed and tested independently before integration, thereby reducing overall implementation complexity while maintaining comprehensive automation.
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AI summary
Methods of tracking points among participants in various wagers. An indication of a wager may be received, including point distributions, participants, an event, etc. An indication of an outcome of the wager may be received. Points may be allocated among participants in accordance with a desired point distribution based on the outcome of the wager. An indication of a point adjustment may be received, and points may be adjusted accordingly. The point adjustment may be associated with an external exchange between participants in a wager. Other embodiments are disclosed.