Patent ID: 8202157

Claim:
A method comprising: determining, by a processor of a computing device operable to track a plurality of gaming sessions of a game, a first gaming session associated with a first player; determining, by the processor, a rank for each of a plurality of gaming sessions comprising the first gaming session and at least one other gaming session, each at least one other gaming session having a respective rank that is lower than the rank of the first gaming session, wherein one of the at least one other gaming session is associated with a second player and thereby determining the rank associated with the first gaming session to be higher than the rank associated with the gaming session of the second player, and further wherein determining the rank of each of the plurality of gaming sessions comprises determining, processor, for each of the plurality of gaming sessions a number of prior gaming sessions that are not concluded and determining the rank of each of the plurality of gaming sessions based on the number; determining an event which triggers a decrease in the rank of the first gaming session relative to the other gaming sessions, the event being other than a change in the number of prior gaming sessions that are not concluded; and decreasing, by the processor, the rank of the first gaming session upon the occurrence of the event.