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Gaming event management system

  • US 8,920,232 B2
  • Filed: 07/18/2007
  • Issued: 12/30/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for managing gaming events, the system comprising:

  • a management computing device adapted to receive information regarding a first sub-event associated with a gaming event having one or more participants, the information regarding the first sub-event providing a first sub-event score to at least one first sub-event participant of the one or more participants according to a set of first sub-event rules during a first sub-event interval, the first sub-event score being in a first format, and information regarding a second sub-event associated with the gaming event, the information regarding the second sub-event providing a second sub-event score to at least one second sub-event participant of the one or more participants according to a set of second sub-event rules during a second sub-event interval, the second sub-event score being in a second format that is different from the first format;

    a scheduling coordinator computing device adapted to schedule, for the first sub-event, the first sub-event interval, and for the second sub-event, the second sub-event interval;

    a registration coordinator computing device adapted to register, for the first sub-event, the at least one first sub-event participant, and, for the second sub-event, the at least one second sub-event participant; and

    a scoring processor computing device adapted to convert the first sub-event score and the second sub-event score into a standard format, record the first sub-event score in the standard format and the second sub-event score in the standard format, and determine whether each of the at least one first sub-event participant and the at least one second sub-event participant qualifies to be a participant in a subsequent sub-event associated with the gaming event based on the first sub-event score in the standard format and the second sub-event score in the standard format.

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