Fantasy sports system and method thereof
First Claim
1. A method of playing a fantasy sport comprising:
- forming at least two fantasy teams, each team associated with at least one actual player from an actual sport that is played over a multiple-game schedule;
selecting a plurality of scoring statistics based on actual scoring statistics associated with the actual sport to measure the performance of the fantasy team;
selecting a series corresponding to a portion of an actual schedule of the sport; and
determining and evaluating the scoring statistics accrued by the fantasy team during the course of the selected series, wherein series comprises a number of games and the portion in all the selected series is less than the total games in the schedule of the sport over a season.
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Abstract
A method of playing a fantasy sport that relates to forming at least two fantasy teams, in which each team is associated with at least one actual player from an actual sport that is played over a multiple-game schedule, selecting a plurality of scoring statistics based on actual scoring statistics associated with the actual sport to measure the performance of the fantasy team, selecting a series corresponding to a portion of an actual schedule of the sport, and determining and evaluating the scoring statistics accrued by the fantasy team during the course of the selected series. The series includes a number of games that is less than the total games in the schedule of the actual sport over a season. A system and an article of manufacture for playing the fantasy sport are also provided.
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32 Claims
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1. A method of playing a fantasy sport comprising:
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forming at least two fantasy teams, each team associated with at least one actual player from an actual sport that is played over a multiple-game schedule;
selecting a plurality of scoring statistics based on actual scoring statistics associated with the actual sport to measure the performance of the fantasy team;
selecting a series corresponding to a portion of an actual schedule of the sport; and
determining and evaluating the scoring statistics accrued by the fantasy team during the course of the selected series, wherein series comprises a number of games and the portion in all the selected series is less than the total games in the schedule of the sport over a season. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29)
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25. A system for playing a fantasy sport comprising:
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a real-life sport selection having a multiple game schedule, a plurality of players each of which forms a fantasy team each comprising at least one actual player from the actual sport selected, a selection of a plurality of scoring statistic categories based on actual types of scoring statistic categories associated with the actual sport to measure the performance of the fantasy team, a selection of a number of series corresponding to and including less than the total number of games of an actual yearly schedule of the sport, and optionally a selection of a number of games in each series that is a portion of the total games in the series. - View Dependent Claims (26, 30)
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27. An article of manufacture comprising:
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a computer readable medium; and
a data structure stored thereon adapted and configured to route signals, wherein the data structure comprises a computer readable system for playing a fantasy sport comprising;
a processing system configured and adapted to communicate with a plurality of computers, wherein the processing system is arranged to accept input of;
a real-life sport selection having a multiple game schedule, a plurality of players each of which forms a fantasy team each comprising at least one actual player from the actual sport selected, a selection of a plurality of scoring statistic categories based on actual types of scoring statistic categories associated with the actual sport to measure the performance of the fantasy team, a selection of a number of series corresponding to and including less than the total number of games of an actual yearly schedule of the sport, and optionally a selection of a number of games in each series that is a portion of the total games in the series, wherein the processing system calculates fantasy scoring statistics based on the actual scoring statistic categories accrued by the fantasy team over the at least one series.
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31. A method of playing fantasy sports, comprising:
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providing a fantasy sports league;
receiving league formation registration from at least two fantasy teams, each team associated with at least one actual player from an actual sport that is played over a multiple-game schedule;
receiving selection of a plurality of scoring statistics based on actual scoring statistics associated with the actual sport to measure the performance of the fantasy team;
receiving selection of a series corresponding to a portion of an actual schedule of the sport;
receiving the scoring statistics accrued by the fantasy team during the course of the selected series, wherein series comprises a number of games and the portion in all the selected series is less than the total games in the schedule of the sport over a season;
processing the scoring statistics accrued; and
transmitting results based on the statistics accrued. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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