Fantasy sport platform with augmented reality player acquisition
First Claim
1. A system for assembling a fantasy sports team using augmented reality, comprising:
- one or more mobile devices in electronic communication with a network, each mobile device comprising an imaging device;
a user database storing information about one or more users of the system and one or more fantasy sports teams associated with the one or more users;
a sports player database storing information about a plurality of real-world players of one or more sports;
a fantasy game server that communicates with the one or more mobile devices via the network, the fantasy game server being operable to host an augmented fantasy sports game and comprisinga user interface module that generates a user interface accessible by the one or more mobile devices, andan augmented reality module;
wherein the augmented reality module receives environmental information about the one or more users'"'"' environment from the imaging device of the one or more mobile devices, generates a real-world depth map from the environmental information received from the imaging device of the one or more mobile devices, generates a virtual depth map depicting images of one or more real-world players of one or more sports from the sports player database, blends the real-world depth map with the virtual depth map to create an augmented depth map depicting the environmental information received from the imaging device of the one or more mobile devices and the images of one or more real-world players of one or more sports from the sports player database;
wherein the one or more mobile devices receive the augmented depth map via the user interface; and
wherein the user interface allows users of the one or more mobile devices to capture one or more images of the real-world players, adding the real-world player to one or more of the fantasy sports teams associated with the user and storing the updated information about the user'"'"'s one or more fantasy sports teams in the user database.
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Abstract
The present technology provides a system and method for assembling a fantasy sports team using augmented reality. The technology employs a fantasy game server in communication with one or more users'"'"' electronic devices. The technology uses environmental data provided by the imaging device of the users'"'"' electronic devices to generate a real-world depth map, generates a virtual depth map depicting digital images of sports players and/or promotion and other tokens, and blends the virtual depth map with the real-world depth map to generate an augmented reality depth map. The users of the system access the augmented reality depth map through the user interface on their electronic devices to capture the sports players they wish to add to their fantasy sports teams.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for assembling a fantasy sports team using augmented reality, comprising:
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one or more mobile devices in electronic communication with a network, each mobile device comprising an imaging device; a user database storing information about one or more users of the system and one or more fantasy sports teams associated with the one or more users; a sports player database storing information about a plurality of real-world players of one or more sports; a fantasy game server that communicates with the one or more mobile devices via the network, the fantasy game server being operable to host an augmented fantasy sports game and comprising a user interface module that generates a user interface accessible by the one or more mobile devices, and an augmented reality module; wherein the augmented reality module receives environmental information about the one or more users'"'"' environment from the imaging device of the one or more mobile devices, generates a real-world depth map from the environmental information received from the imaging device of the one or more mobile devices, generates a virtual depth map depicting images of one or more real-world players of one or more sports from the sports player database, blends the real-world depth map with the virtual depth map to create an augmented depth map depicting the environmental information received from the imaging device of the one or more mobile devices and the images of one or more real-world players of one or more sports from the sports player database; wherein the one or more mobile devices receive the augmented depth map via the user interface; and wherein the user interface allows users of the one or more mobile devices to capture one or more images of the real-world players, adding the real-world player to one or more of the fantasy sports teams associated with the user and storing the updated information about the user'"'"'s one or more fantasy sports teams in the user database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for assembling a fantasy sports team using augmented reality, comprising the steps of:
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selecting one or more real-world players of one or more sports from a sports player database; generating an algorithm that randomizes geolocations of the plurality of real-world players in the sports player database; detecting a user'"'"'s geolocation using geolocation identification software executing on a mobile device; generating an alert notification when a selected real-world player enters a threshold radius of the user'"'"'s geolocation; sending the alert notification over a network to the user'"'"'s mobile device; generating a real-world depth map from environmental information received from an imaging application of the mobile device; generating a virtual depth map comprising images of the one or more selected real-world players that are within the threshold radius of the user'"'"'s geolocation; blending the real-world depth map with the virtual depth map to generate an augmented depth map depicting the environmental information received from the imaging application of the mobile device and the images of the one or more selected real-world players; providing the augmented depth map to the user'"'"'s mobile device through a user interface; capturing the real-world players depicted on the augmented depth map through the user interface; updating fantasy sports team information associated with the user and stored on a user database. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for assembling a fantasy sports team using augmented reality, comprising:
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one or more mobile devices connected to a network, each mobile device comprising an imaging device and geolocation identification software that identifies the user'"'"'s geolocation; a user database storing information about one or more users of the system and one or more fantasy sports teams associated with each user; a sports player database storing information about a plurality of real-world players of one or more sports and an interest flag for each of the real-world players; a fantasy game server connected to the network, the fantasy game server being operable to host an augmented fantasy sports game and comprising a user interface module that generates a user interface accessible by the one or more mobile devices, a player geolocation randomization module, an alert notification module, and an augmented reality module; wherein the geolocation randomization module generates an algorithm for providing the real-world players with geolocation information and stores the geolocation information in the sports player database; wherein the alert notification module generates an alert notification when a real-world player that the user has flagged enters a threshold radius of the user'"'"'s geolocation and sends the alert notification to the user'"'"'s mobile device over the network; wherein the augmented reality module receives environmental information about the user'"'"'s environment from the imaging device of the user'"'"'s mobile device, generates a real-world depth map from the environmental information received from the imaging device, generates a virtual depth map depicting images of one or more real-world players from the sports player database and images of one or more promotion tokens, blends the real-world depth map with the virtual depth map to create an augmented depth map depicting the environmental information received from the imaging device and the images of the real-world players and the images of the promotion tokens; wherein the one or more mobile devices receive the augmented depth map through the user interface; and wherein the user interface allows users of the one or more mobile devices to capture one or more of the real-world players, adding the real-world player to one or more of the fantasy sports teams associated with the user and storing the updated information about the user'"'"'s one or more fantasy sports teams in the user database, and to capture one or more of the promotion tokens, adding the promotion token to a promotion bank associated with the user and storing promotion bank information associated with the user in the user database. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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