PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16000058
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["463", "022000"]

Abstract:
A method of providing or receiving value from or to a participant value in a game tournament wherein a plurality of participants play a casino-style game, includes calculating an expected value for the position of each participant in the tournament, the expected value based upon the number of wagering units held by the participant at the point in time, the number of wagering units held by each other participant in the tournament at the point in time and a payout table for the tournament.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of providing a game participant in a casino-style game tournament wherein participants participate in the tournament using player terminals located in a gaming establishment, the player terminals linked via an electronic network to a central processing unit, value based upon the participant's equity in the tournament, the method comprising:\n receiving, at least one equity cash out value, transmitting the at least one equity cash out value from the player terminal to the central processing unit via the electronic network and storing, with the central processing unit, the at least one equity cash out value wherein the at least one equity cash out value is input by the participant using the player terminal; determining the number of participants in the tournament; determining the number of wagering units of each of the participants; accessing, with a central processing unit, a pay-out table for the tournament, the payout table providing a pay-out ratio wherein a predetermined number of winners of the tournament receive a portion of a prize pot based upon their wagering unit position at the end of the tournament; estimating an equity for the participant in the tournament with the central processing unit, the central processing unit determining the equity based upon the number of wagering units held by the participant and the number of wagering units held by each other participant in the tournament; comparing the participant's equity to the stored equity cash out value; and\n (i) if the tournament participant's equity has reached or exceeded the at least one equity cash out value, automatically withdrawing the participant from the tournament and providing the tournament participant with value proportional to the participant's equity; or \n (ii) if the tournament participant's equity has not reached the at least one equity cash out value, continuing tournament play.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.04651
- Patent Class: 463.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13839034', '14841243', '15348492', '13050221', '14745179']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.3723277873969014
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5640302844202039
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.3914980370992317
- Mean Citation Score: 430.939836
- Max Citation Score: 460.7842
- Similarity Product: 455.68773473993537

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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