Onsite fantasy sports game using onsite and network-based data collection and processing
First Claim
1. A computer-based method for running a fantasy sports game at an onsite facility, such as a restaurant, bar, or the like, with network-based support, comprising:
- selecting a game period for playing the fantasy sports game, the game period being defined as a portion of a single day corresponding with occurrence of a set of sporting events;
generating an input form for the fantasy sports game comprising a set of game elements corresponding to the set of sporting events for the game period;
transferring the input form to the onsite facility via a communications network;
receiving player data via the communications network, the player data indicating selections of subsets of the game elements by a plurality of game players associated with the onsite facility; and
generating results of the fantasy sports game for the game players based on data for the set of sporting events and the player data.
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Abstract
A system, and corresponding method, for operating fantasy sports games onsite at one or more facilities, such as restaurants, stadiums or arenas. The system includes a game management system that generates an input sheet for a fantasy sports game for a particular game period that defines game elements for a set of sporting events that occur during the game period. The system includes onsite game systems located at geographically dispersed facilities that are linked to a communications network to communicate with the game management system. The onsite game systems receive the input sheet, facilitate input of data for game players, and transfer the player data to the game management system. The mechanism generates results for each of the onsite game systems based on data for the set of sporting events and on the received player data. The mechanism transfers the facility-specific results to the onsite game systems for display.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-based method for running a fantasy sports game at an onsite facility, such as a restaurant, bar, or the like, with network-based support, comprising:
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selecting a game period for playing the fantasy sports game, the game period being defined as a portion of a single day corresponding with occurrence of a set of sporting events;
generating an input form for the fantasy sports game comprising a set of game elements corresponding to the set of sporting events for the game period;
transferring the input form to the onsite facility via a communications network;
receiving player data via the communications network, the player data indicating selections of subsets of the game elements by a plurality of game players associated with the onsite facility; and
generating results of the fantasy sports game for the game players based on data for the set of sporting events and the player data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A network-based method of providing a facility-specific fantasy sport game environment, comprising:
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with an onsite game system at an onsite facility, inputting player data for a plurality of game players that defines a set of game element selections for a set of sporting events held within a game period;
transferring the player data from the onsite facility to a game management system over a communications network;
during the game period, operating the game management system to generate game results for the game players by processing data for the set of sporting events and the transferred player data, to generate a leaderboard including the game results, and to transfer the leaderboard to the onsite facility over the communications network; and
with the onsite game system, displaying the leaderboard on a display device at the onsite facility. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system adapted for supporting operating fantasy sports games onsite at particular facilities, comprising:
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a game management system linked to a communications network, the game management system comprising memory and a game management mechanism generating an input sheet for a fantasy sports game for a game period and storing the input sheet in the memory, the input sheet defining a set of game elements for a set of sporting events occurring during the game period; and
a plurality of onsite game systems located at a plurality of geographically dispersed facilities and linked to the communications network, each of the onsite game systems adapted for receiving the input sheet, inputting player data for game players based on a plurality of the input sheets received from game players at the facilities, and transferring the player data to the game management system;
wherein the game management mechanism generates game results for each of the onsite game systems at each of the facilities based on data for the set of sporting events and on the transferred player data and transfers the game results to each of the onsite game systems over the communications network. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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