ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,929, issued on July 22, was assigned to Electronic Arts Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.).

"Deep learning system for data-driven skill estimation" was invented by Chong Zhao (Belmont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and machine-readable media for determining player skill for video games. The method includes aggregating a plurality of player statistics for match outcomes from a plurality of video games. The method also includes calculating, for each player in a pool of players, a matchmaking rating for each player based on the plurality of player statistics, the mat...