Patent Document ID: 8282455
Application ID: 12438948
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A system for measuring the performance of a participant in a game, wherein the game is comprised of a series of discrete trials wherein for each trial the participant receives a score selected from one of a finite set of discrete scores based on the participant's performance for each trial, the system comprising a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium in communicative contact with a network and having a database, the system configured to: receive over the network a set of counts corresponding to the numbers of each score from the discrete set received by the participant for each trial during the game; compute a weighted score based on an assigned set of weight factors for each type of score in the discrete set and an entered set of counts of each score from the discrete set; wherein the computed weighted score corresponds to the performance of the participant in the game; wherein the system is configured to measure the performance of a plurality of participants by: computing weighted scores for each participant; storing the computed weighted scores associated with each participant in a ranking database; and ranking the plurality of participants based on the computed weighted score associated with each participant wherein the system is configured to: determine a first average computed weighted score for each participant for all games played by participants who have obtained at least one computed weighted score from playing the game at a first location where the game is played; determine a second average computed weighted score for each participant for all games played only at the first location by the participant; and compare the first and second average computed weighted scores.