Patent ID: 8083591

Claim:
A computer implemented method for providing a gaming service for a plurality of users in a gaming session, the method comprising: identifying a plurality of game parameter categories for a game to be played by the plurality of users in the gaming session, each game parameter category including a plurality of selectable game parameters; updating a session history based on a first game parameter set of a first match of the game, the first game parameter set including selected game parameters from the plurality of game parameter categories used in conducting the first match; accessing stored game preferences from the plurality of users in the gaming session, the game preferences indicating at least some of the selectable game parameters that each of the plurality of users prefer; forming a second game parameter set that is different than the first game parameter set by selecting one game parameter in each of the plurality of game parameter categories as a function of the stored game preferences and the session history; and conducting a second match of the game to be played among the plurality of users subsequent to the first match using the second game parameter set.