Standardized Scoring Controller for Hybrid Gaming Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current gaming systems lack a standardized scoring system that allows seamless integration of skill-based entertainment games with chance-based gambling, making it difficult to manage player performance across multiple game titles and requiring dedicated exchanges for trading game world credits.
Innovation Solution
A networked system that includes a real-world engine for chance-based gambling and an entertainment system engine for skill-based games, with a controller that maps score values to standardized scores using linear, nonlinear, or formulaic conversions, enabling unified tournament management and credit updates across multiple games.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If separate scoring systems are used for different game titles, then each game can maintain its unique scoring characteristics, but player performance management becomes complex and requires dedicated exchanges for trading game world credits
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal standardized scoring framework that can accommodate multiple different game titles and scoring systems. The controller maps various game-specific score values to a common standardized score scale, enabling cross-game performance comparison and unified tournament management while preserving the unique characteristics of each game through configurable mapping relationships
2Ease of operation
If a standardized scoring system is implemented across multiple games, then tournament management and credit trading are simplified, but the ability to accommodate game-specific scoring nuances is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs configurable mapping parameters and conversion formulas that can be adjusted to match different game scoring characteristics. The controller allows administrators to define mapping relationships between various game score systems and the standardized score scale, enabling the system to adapt to different game types while maintaining standardized output for tournament management
3Reliability
If dedicated exchanges are used for trading game world credits between games, then credit trading can be managed, but operational efficiency is reduced and player experience is complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the credit conversion and trading functionality from complex dedicated exchanges and integrates it directly into the standardized scoring controller. By incorporating built-in conversion capabilities that automatically convert game-specific credits to standardized credits based on mapping relationships, the system eliminates the need for separate exchange mechanisms while maintaining reliable credit trading across multiple games
Data Source
AI summary
A network distributed processing system is disclosed, including a mobile computing device connected to a controller by a network, wherein the mobile computing device is constructed to execute an entertainment game; a server connected to the controller via a communication link, the server constructed to determine a result of a wagering event and provide the results of the wagering event to the controller; the controller connected to the mobile computing device by the network and connected to the server by the communication link, wherein the controller is constructed to: determine when a wagering event occurs during play of the entertainment game; request a resolution to the wagering event; receive a score value; receive an amount of real credit committed; map the score value to a standardized score value using the score value and the real credit commitment; and update an account of the player with the standardized score value.