GAME WITH CHANCE ELEMENT AND STRATEGY COMPONENT THAT CAN BE COPIED
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a computing device; and
non-transitory medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that when executed by the computing device cause the apparatus to;
receive an indication of a first plurality of decisions made by a first player under a first set of circumstances in a first set of games, in which each decision includes a choice of an action from a respective set of possible actions that each have an effect on a respective outcome of a respective game of the first set of games;
determine a first set of rules that, when followed under the first set of circumstances, generate the first plurality of decisions and would cause each game of the first set of games to have the respective outcome if followed;
determine a second set of rules that may be followed when making one or more decisions in a game, in which the one or more decisions include one or more choices of one or more actions from a respective set of possible actions that each would have an effect on an outcome of the game;
determine a first performance metric for the first set of rules at a first time;
determine a second performance metric for the second set of rules at the first time;
present first information about the first and second performance metrics to a second player;
determine a third performance metric for the first set of rules at a second time;
determine a fourth performance metric for the second set of rules at the second time; and
present second information about the third and fourth performance metrics to the second player, in which each performance metric of the first, second, third, and fourth performance metric indicates a respective level of success achieved from following a respective one of the first set of rules and the second set of rules.
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Abstract
In various embodiments, a first player may follow the same pattern of betting used by a second player.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a computing device; and non-transitory medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that when executed by the computing device cause the apparatus to; receive an indication of a first plurality of decisions made by a first player under a first set of circumstances in a first set of games, in which each decision includes a choice of an action from a respective set of possible actions that each have an effect on a respective outcome of a respective game of the first set of games; determine a first set of rules that, when followed under the first set of circumstances, generate the first plurality of decisions and would cause each game of the first set of games to have the respective outcome if followed; determine a second set of rules that may be followed when making one or more decisions in a game, in which the one or more decisions include one or more choices of one or more actions from a respective set of possible actions that each would have an effect on an outcome of the game; determine a first performance metric for the first set of rules at a first time; determine a second performance metric for the second set of rules at the first time; present first information about the first and second performance metrics to a second player; determine a third performance metric for the first set of rules at a second time; determine a fourth performance metric for the second set of rules at the second time; and present second information about the third and fourth performance metrics to the second player, in which each performance metric of the first, second, third, and fourth performance metric indicates a respective level of success achieved from following a respective one of the first set of rules and the second set of rules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
receive a second instruction from the second player to cease following the plurality of sets of rules during play of one of the second set of games; receive from the second player a third instruction detailing a third decision during the one of the second set of games, in which the third decision does not follow a currently followed set of rules; apply the third decision to the one of the second set of games; in which transmitting the description of the first set of rules includes at least one of alerting the second player to the first set of rules and transmitting, to a device of the second player, computer executable instructions that when executed result in a following of the first set of rules; present during each of the one or more games, an opportunity to manually enter a decision during each of the one or more games rather than follow the first set of rules; and
in which the second instruction is received in response to such presenting;determine that the first player is making decisions in another set of games that do not follow the first set of rules; in response to determining that the first player is making a decision in another set of games that do not follow the first set of rules, at least one of alert the second player that the first player has changed a pattern of play and transmit second computer executable instructions that when executed result in a following of the third set of rules; provide a search interface to the second player through which the second player may enter criteria that define the first, second, third, and fourth performance parameters based on criteria that the second player desires; receive request to follow a selected portion of the first set of rules from the second player but not all of the first set of rules during play of a plurality of further games; and follow just the selected portion of the first set of rules during play of the plurality of further games on behalf of the second player; in which the selected portion includes rules governing a play strategy and an unselected portion includes rules governing a money risking pattern; in which determining a first performance metric includes; (a) tracking decisions made in a third set of games by a first set of players, (b) determining a second set of players who have followed the first set of rules, in which the second set of players is a subset of the first set of players, and (c) determining an amount of money that the second set of players has won; in which presenting the first information includes; (a) assigning a first text identifier to the first set of rules, (b) assigning a second text identifier to the second set of rules, and (c) displaying a list that includes the first text identifier and the second text identifier, in which the list is ordered based on a ranking; and in which determining the first performance metric includes determining a performance metric describing the performance of the first set of rules with respect to games played in the hour preceding the first time, in which the first performance metric includes a first level of success achieved from following the first set of rules during the hour.
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10. The apparatus of claim 1, in which each respective level of success includes an amount of money won from playing a plurality of respective games as a result of risking money in the plurality of respective games.
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11. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the instructions cause the apparatus to:
provide a search interface to the second player through which the second player may enter criteria that define the first, second, third, and fourth performance parameters based on criteria that the second player desires.
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12. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a computing device, an indication of a first plurality of decisions made by a first player under a first set of circumstances in a first set of games in which the first player has risked money, in which each decision includes a choice of an action from a respective set of possible actions that each have an effect on a respective outcome of a respective game of the first set of games; determining, by the computing device, a first set of rules that, when followed under the first set of circumstances, generate the first plurality of decisions and would cause each game of the first set of games to have the respective outcome if followed; determining, by the computing device, a second set of rules that may be followed when making one or more decisions in a game, in which the one or more decisions include one or more choices of one or more actions from a respective set of possible actions that each would have an effect on an outcome of the game; determining, by the computing device, a first performance metric for the first set of rules at a first time; determining, by the computing device, a second performance metric for the second set of rules at the first time; presenting, by the computing device, first information about the first and second performance metrics to a second player; determining, by the computing device, a third performance metric for the first set of rules at a second time; determining, by the computing device, a fourth performance metric for the second set of rules at the second time; in which each performance metric of the first, second, third, and fourth performance metric indicates a respective level of success achieved from following a respective one of the first set of rules and the second set of rules; presenting, by the computing device, second information about the third and fourth performance metrics to the second player; receiving, by the computing device, a first instruction from the second player to risk money on behalf of the second player during a second set of games in accordance with a set of rules that is ranked the highest among a plurality of sets of rules that includes the first set of rules and the second set of rules; generating, by the computing device in response to receiving the first instruction, a second plurality of decisions in play of the second set of games on behalf of the second player; placing, by the computing device, at the first time in response to determining the first and second performance metrics, a first risk of money on behalf of the second player that is made in accordance with the first set of rules; and placing, by the computing device at the second time, in response to determining the third and fourth performance metrics, a second risk of money on behalf of the second player that is made in accordance with the second set of rules. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. An apparatus comprising:
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a computing device; and a non-transitory medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that when executed by the computing device cause the apparatus to; receive an indication of a first plurality of decisions made by a first player under a first set of circumstances in a first set of games in which the first player has risked money, in which each decision includes a choice of an action from a respective set of possible actions that each have an effect on a respective outcome of a respective game of the first set of games; determine a first set of rules that, when followed under the first set of circumstances, generate the first plurality of decisions and would cause each game of the first set of games to have the respective outcome if followed; receive a request from a device of a second player for a description of the first set of rules; transmit to a device of the second player, computer executable instructions that when executed result in a following of the first set of rules by the device of the second player during one or more games; determine that the first player is making decisions in another set of games that do not follow the first set of rules; and in response to determining that the first player is making decision in another set of games that do not follow the first set of rules, at least one of alert the second player that the first player has changed a pattern of play and transmit second computer executable instructions that when executed result in a following of the third set of rules.
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16. An apparatus comprising:
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a computing device; and a non-transitory medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that when executed by the computing device cause the apparatus to; receive an indication of a first plurality of decisions made by a first player under a first set of circumstances in a first set of games in which the first player has risked money, in which each decision includes a choice of an action from a respective set of possible actions that each have an effect on a respective outcome of a respective game of the first set of games; determining, by the computing device, a first set of rules that, when followed under the first set of circumstances, generate the first plurality of decisions and would cause each game of the first set of games to have the respective outcome if followed; receiving, by the computing device, a request from a device of a second player for a description of the first set of rules; transmitting, by the computing device, the description of the first set of rules to the device of the second player; receiving, by the computing device, a request to follow a selected portion of the first set of rules from the second player but not all of the first set of rules during play of a plurality of further games; and following, by the computing device, just the selected portion of the first set of rules during play of the plurality of further games on behalf of the second player. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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