Patent ID: 8175726

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving a first seed skill score for a first game that has previously been played by a player, the first seed skill score comprising a first seed average score and a first seed confidence level, the first seed average score reflecting an average score of the player in the first game and the first seed confidence level reflecting a distribution of scores by the player in the first game; determining an initial skill score of the player for a new game based on at least the first seed skill score of the player for the first game, wherein the new game and the first game are different games that are related by a compatibility factor reflecting compatibility between the first game and the new game, the initial skill score for the new game comprising an initial average score based on the first seed average score and an initial confidence level based on the first seed confidence level; and recording the initial skill score of the player in a storage device of a gaming computing device in association with the new game.