Patent ID: 9251650
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: G07F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method of operating instances of a game having a plurality of game positions that can be occupied by players, the method comprising: associating with a player a plurality of weights relating to respective game positions, each weight indicative of a respective bias towards placement of the player at the respective game position; initialising the weights prior to participation of the player in a game, wherein initialising comprises setting the weight for a selected starting position to a given value indicating a first bias towards placement of the player at the starting position, and setting the weights for other positions to one or more other values indicating a lower bias towards placement at those positions relative to the first bias, wherein setting the weight for the selected starting position comprising calculating the average weight for that starting position, where where N is a configurable parameter and TableSize is the number of players at a full table; in response to participation of a player in a first game instance at a given game position, updating each of the plurality of weights to indicate an altered bias towards placement at each respective position; and assigning the player to a second game instance based on one or more of the updated weights.