SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE VISUALIZATION OF SPORTS INFORMATION

• US 20080066011A1
• Filed: 01/11/2007
• Published: 03/13/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yahoo Assets LLC
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Lin, Eric, Kumar, Sushant, La, John, Del Balso, Eric, Lo Conte, Manlio Armando, Toft, Kumiko T., Mills, Michael, Urrabazo, Roger
• Granted Patent: US 8,108,795 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2747 Remote storage of video programs received via the downstream path, e.g. from the server
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/782 on tape

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a system and method for visualizing information, e.g., information regarding a sporting event. The method may comprise identifying an event type and generating a plurality of buttons, the plurality of buttons arranged in a button hierarchy. A first level of the button hierarchy comprising one or more first level buttons is displayed with a lens further displayed on a given one of the one or more first level buttons, the lens operative to present first level data for the given first level button.

Claims

1. A method for visualization information, the method comprising:

identifying an event type;

generating a plurality of buttons, the plurality of buttons arranged in a button hierarchy

displaying a first level of the button hierarchy comprising one or more first level buttons;

displaying a lens on a given one of the one or more first level buttons, the lens operative to present first level data for the given first level button.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the event type is a sporting event.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the sporting event is selected from the set of events consisting of football, baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer and rugby.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the event is a fantasy sports event.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the first level data changes dynamically.

6. The method of claim 1 comprising navigating the lens between the one or more first level buttons and wherein the first level data changes as a function of a given first level button.

7. The method of claim 6 comprising:

presenting an informational display pane in conjunction with the button hierarchy; and

modifying information that the informational display pane displays in response to the navigation.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the information is related to the given first level button.

9. The method of claim 1 comprising:

selecting the given first level button; and

displaying one or more second level buttons that are related to the given first level button.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein displaying a given second level button comprises displaying second level data for the given second level button.

11. The method of claim 10 comprising navigating the lens between the one or more second level buttons and wherein the second level data changes as a function of a given second level button.

12. The method of claim 9 comprising:

selecting the given second level button; and

displaying one or more third level buttons that are related to the given second level button.