ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,277,831, issued on April 15, was assigned to Skillz Platform Inc. (Las Vegas).
"Peer-to-peer wagering platform" was invented by Andrew Paradise (San Francisco), Casey Chafkin (Boston), Jason Petralia (Winchester, Mass.) and Ahmed Abdalla (North Attleboro, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Data characterizing historical skills-based gaming metrics for a first user and historical skills-based gaming metrics for at least one second user is accessed. Using the accessed data and a set of rules, a targeted advertisement to present to the first user is determined. The targeted advertisement specifies at least one skills-based game and a chara...