Patent ID: 8764567
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A method, performed by a computing device, for asynchronous matchmaking for an online, turn-based game comprising: initiating, by the computing device, a turn-based game having a plurality of player slots in response to a request from a first user; assigning the first user to a first slot in the plurality of slots; allowing the first user to take a turn in the turn-based game in the first slot before all of the other plurality of slots have been assigned to other users; matching the first user with a second user for the turn-based game based on a specified set of matching criteria, wherein the specified set of matching criteria comprises a skill level of the first user, and wherein other users are matched who are at approximately the same skill level; assigning the second user to a second slot in the plurality of slots; and allowing the second user to take a turn in the turn-based game in the second slot.