Dynamic Tournament Ranking System for Wagering Games
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need in wagering games to enhance the player's experience and maintain excitement, particularly in tournaments, where participants who trail behind leaders may lose interest due to a lack of competitive engagement.
Innovation Solution
A gaming system and method that selectively awards an enhanced tournament play result, allowing participants to achieve a predetermined ranking by determining an enhanced tournament result value and displaying it on a gaming machine, keeping all participants engaged through variable and dynamic ranking displays.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional tournament play is used where participants compete for prizes, then competition and excitement are maintained for top players, but participants who trail behind leaders lose interest due to lack of competitive engagement
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic tournament play by allowing players to receive enhanced results that can change their ranking position in real-time. The system dynamically adjusts tournament standings based on enhanced results awarded to players, ensuring that players who were previously trailing can move up the leaderboard and maintain engagement throughout the tournament.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter of tournament ranking by introducing enhanced results with variable values that can place players at predetermined rankings. This parameter change allows the system to modify player positions in the tournament leaderboard, ensuring all players have opportunities to achieve higher rankings regardless of their initial standing.
2Adaptability or versatility
If enhanced tournament play results are selectively awarded to place players at predetermined rankings, then player engagement is maintained for all participants, but the tournament outcome becomes less dependent on traditional competitive play
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by determining enhanced result values in advance that are sufficient to place players at predetermined rankings. The system pre-calculates the values needed for enhanced results to achieve specific ranking positions, allowing players to be placed at predetermined rankings before the tournament concludes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the system monitors tournament progress and selectively awards enhanced results based on player performance and tournament state. The feedback loop ensures that enhanced results are awarded appropriately to maintain player engagement while preserving the integrity of the competitive play.
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AI summary
Gaming systems and methods provide a tournament game which selectively awards an enhanced tournament play result. The enhanced tournament play result may be of variable value which is selected for the given instance in order to place the receiving tournament player in some predetermined rank in the tournament. Such a variable enhanced tournament play result in the tournament game may be used to help keep all participants interested in the tournament, even those participants who trail the tournament leaders by a wide margin.