Patent ID: 11872497
Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A computing system comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more memories having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:
receiving, by a multi-tenant gaming service, from a first customer of the multi-tenant gaming service, a selection to use a customer-generated matchmaking algorithm, wherein the multi-tenant gaming service hosts video games for a plurality of customers including the first customer, wherein the multi-tenant gaming service provides a service-generated matchmaking algorithm, and wherein the multi-tenant gaming service allows the first customer to select between usage of the customer-generated matchmaking algorithm or the service-generated matchmaking algorithm;
providing, by the multi-tenant gaming service, based on the selection, indications of a plurality of video game player matchmaking requests for processing by the customer-generated matchmaking algorithm;
providing, by the multi-tenant gaming service, based on the selection, player characteristic data for the processing by the customer-generated matchmaking algorithm, the player characteristic data corresponding to the plurality of video game player matchmaking requests;
receiving, by the multi-tenant gaming service, an indication of a first player match determined by the customer-generated matchmaking algorithm based on the video game player matchmaking requests and the player characteristic data, wherein the first player match is between at least a first player and a second player; and
hosting, by the multi-tenant gaming service, execution of a first video game session to which the first player and the second player are connected.