Patent ID: 8764531

Claim:
A computerized competition method, comprising: accumulating a plurality of competition scores in a computer memory from multiple competitions in a competition environment implemented using at least one computer, wherein the plurality of competition scores are retained from among the multiple competitions using a processor in communication with the memory; determining a variable observed percentage based on a number of awards won from the multiple competitions and a total number of the multiple competitions, using the processor; and selecting, using the processor, one of the competition scores to be a threshold for further competitions in the competition environment, wherein passing the threshold determines an award, and wherein the selecting is based on a parameter determined by: (a) if a predefined percentage of awards is not greater than a current value of the variable observed percentage, then setting the parameter equal to the predefined percentage of awards, and (b) if the current value of the variable observed percentage is greater than the predefined percentage of awards, then setting the parameter equal to the greater of: zero or a difference based on the predefined percentage of awards and the current value of the variable observed percentage.