System and method for determining the volatility of a game based on one or more external data feeds
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a volatility determination system configured to;
(a) collect data from one or more external data feeds, said external data feeds being selected from the group consisting of;
at least one of a plurality of social networking websites, at least one of a plurality of news services, at least one of a plurality of internet search engines, at least one of a plurality of databases of sporting event scores, at least one of a plurality of weather databases, at least one of a plurality of rich site summary feeds, a stock market, a futures exchange, a foreign exchange market, and at least one of a plurality of message board websites;
(b) determine external feed data based on the collected data, said external feed data being separate from any data collected in association with any plays of any wagering games and said external feed data being separate from any player tracking data collected in association with any plays of any wagering games by any players;
(c) analyze the determined external feed data for any uses of any of a plurality of different terms;
(d) determine metric data based on the analyzed external feed data, the metric data in part representing how often a first one of the plurality of terms is used in the external feed data relative to how often each of one or more other terms of the plurality of terms are used in the external feed data;
(e) analyze the determined metric data;
(f) determine volatility data based on the analyzed metric data; and
(g) output the determined volatility data; and
a gaming system comprising;
at least one processor;
at least one display device;
at least one input device; and
at least one memory device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device to;
(i) receive the determined volatility data from the volatility determination system;
(ii) display a play of a wagering game, wherein said wagering game has a volatility which is determined, at least in part, based on the received determined volatility data such that if first determined volatility data based on first external feed data is received from the volatility determination system, a first play of the wagering game at a first wager amount is associated with a first wagering game volatility and if second, different determined volatility data based on second, different external feed data is received from the volatility determination system, a second play of the wagering game at the first wager amount is associated with a second, different wagering game volatility;
(iii) determine any awards associated with said play of the wagering game; and
(iv) display any determined awards.
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system and method for determining the volatility of a game based on one or more external data feeds. Generally, the system is configured to communicate with and collect data from one or more external data feeds, use the collected data to determine volatility data representing the volatility of a game, and provide one or more plays of the game having the volatility represented by the volatility data. In various embodiments, the system includes a volatility determination system including a data accumulator, an external feed data analyzer, and a metric data analyzer; and a gaming system. The volatility determination system collects the data from the external data feeds and uses the collected data to determine the volatility data representing the volatility of the game, and the gaming system provides a play of the game having the volatility represented by the determined volatility data.
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22 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a volatility determination system configured to; (a) collect data from one or more external data feeds, said external data feeds being selected from the group consisting of;
at least one of a plurality of social networking websites, at least one of a plurality of news services, at least one of a plurality of internet search engines, at least one of a plurality of databases of sporting event scores, at least one of a plurality of weather databases, at least one of a plurality of rich site summary feeds, a stock market, a futures exchange, a foreign exchange market, and at least one of a plurality of message board websites;(b) determine external feed data based on the collected data, said external feed data being separate from any data collected in association with any plays of any wagering games and said external feed data being separate from any player tracking data collected in association with any plays of any wagering games by any players; (c) analyze the determined external feed data for any uses of any of a plurality of different terms; (d) determine metric data based on the analyzed external feed data, the metric data in part representing how often a first one of the plurality of terms is used in the external feed data relative to how often each of one or more other terms of the plurality of terms are used in the external feed data; (e) analyze the determined metric data; (f) determine volatility data based on the analyzed metric data; and (g) output the determined volatility data; and a gaming system comprising; at least one processor; at least one display device; at least one input device; and at least one memory device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device to; (i) receive the determined volatility data from the volatility determination system; (ii) display a play of a wagering game, wherein said wagering game has a volatility which is determined, at least in part, based on the received determined volatility data such that if first determined volatility data based on first external feed data is received from the volatility determination system, a first play of the wagering game at a first wager amount is associated with a first wagering game volatility and if second, different determined volatility data based on second, different external feed data is received from the volatility determination system, a second play of the wagering game at the first wager amount is associated with a second, different wagering game volatility; (iii) determine any awards associated with said play of the wagering game; and (iv) display any determined awards. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 21)
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10. A method comprising:
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(a) collecting, by a volatility determination system, data from one or more external data feeds, said external data feeds being selected from the group consisting of;
at least one of a plurality of social networking websites, at least one of a plurality of news services, at least one of a plurality of internet search engines, at least one of a plurality of databases of sporting event scores, at least one of a plurality of weather databases, at least one of a plurality of rich site summary feeds, a stock market, a futures exchange, a foreign exchange market, and at least one of a plurality of message board websites;(b) determining, by the volatility determination system, external feed data based on the collected data, said external feed data being separate from any data collected in association with any plays of any wagering games and said external feed data being separate from any player tracking data collected in association with any plays of any wagering games by any players; (c) analyzing, by the volatility determination system, the determined external feed data for any uses of any of a plurality of different terms; (d) determining, by the volatility determination system metric data based on the analyzed external feed data, the metric data in part representing how often a first one of the plurality of terms is used in the external feed data relative to how often each of one or more other terms of the plurality of terms are used in the external feed data; (e) analyzing, by the volatility determination system, the determined metric data; (f) determining, by the volatility determination system, volatility data based on the analyzed metric data; (g) outputting, by the volatility determination system, the determined volatility data; (h) receiving, by at least one gaming system processor, the determined volatility data from the volatility determination system; (i) displaying, by at least one display device of the gaming system, a play of a wagering game, wherein said wagering game has a volatility which is determined, at least in part, based on the determined volatility data such that if first determined volatility data based on first external feed data is received from the volatility determination system, a first play of the wagering game at a first wager amount is associated with a first wagering game volatility and if second, different determined volatility data based on second, different external feed data is received from the volatility determination system, a second play of the wagering game at the first wager amount is associated with a second, different wagering game volatility; (j) determining, by the at least one gaming system processor, any awards associated with said play of the wagering game; and (k) displaying, by the at least one display device, any determined awards. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22)
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