Abstract: A demand driven game system and method uses a communications network driven by an engine to facilitate the scheduling of demand driven (sporting) games (DDG's), through passively accepting electronic expressions of interest for open slots (registrations), and actively filling slots through a matching service. Such functions can be performed through a combination of processing party preferences from a public interface, a team interface, setup preferences from an administrator interface and a referee interface, processing league data structures from a database, particularly competition rosters and referee rosters, processing DDG registrations and sending and receiving automated communications with relevant parties through SMS channels. DDG slots could be filled through a combination of transactional approaches, players/teams/individuals registering for specific slots, and service approaches, with players/teams/individuals registering to receive queries for DDG's of a specific character.

Abstract: System 10 implemented over network 120, is a semi-autonomous bot 14 for managing recruiting and player allocation functions, for sporting grades and sporting leagues, with sub-functions for finding and confirming recruits, controlled through administrative interface 11. The bot uses recruit interface 12, a discrete page on league website 17, to accept allocation requests from new players or the like, i.e. requests to join the league generally or to join particular teams. Using the preferences and personal details submitted in the recruit interface the bot can generate ranked lists 1411 of the most suitable teams for the initiator of the allocation. Ranking is performed by allocation algorithm 141 and uses team population data, team skill, team recruiting status (set through private team interface 13), team congruence with the initiators personal details (particularly age, gender etc), and previous allocation requests received by said team.