@patent {238166,
	title = {Participant Grouping for Enhanced Interactive Experience},
	volume = {US 8,914,373 B2},
	number = {U.S. Patent and Trademark Office},
	year = {2014},
	edition = {United States of America},
	chapter = {US},
	abstract = {Representative embodiments of a method for grouping participants in an activity include the steps of: (i) defining a\&nbsp;grouping policy; (ii) storing, in a database, participant records\&nbsp;that include a participant identifer, a characteristic associated\&nbsp;With the participant, and/or an identifier for a participant{\textquoteright}s\&nbsp;handheld device; (iii) defining groupings based on the policy\&nbsp;and characteristics of the participants relating to the policy\&nbsp;and to the activity; and (iv) communicating the groupings to\&nbsp;the handheld devices to establish the groups.},
	issn = {8914373},
	author = {Gary King and Lukoff, Brian and Eric Mazur}
}
