Integration of personalized fantasy data with general sports content
First Claim
1. A fantasy sports context generator for generating a fantasy sports context interface that links online content to entities in an online fantasy sports game, the fantasy sports context generator comprising:
- correlation logic for determining if a real-life sports entity identified by name in the online content is relevant to a user'"'"'s fantasy sports team, wherein the user'"'"'s fantasy sports team is associated with a user of the context generator, andplayer interface logic for presenting a player interface feature if the sports entity is relevant to the user'"'"'s fantasy sports team, wherein the player interface feature is associated with a selected sports player,wherein the selected sports player is selected based upon the sports entity, andwherein the player interface logic is operable to cause an action in response to selection of the player interface feature.
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Abstract
As a user views online content such as a news articles on a Web page, a personalized fantasy sports context interface provides information and Web links related to fantasy sports teams or players such as the names of real-life players and teams that are mentioned in the online content. The fantasy sports context is displayed in conjunction with, e.g., alongside, the online content to provide convenient access to the information and the Web links while the user is viewing the content. The displayed information includes a list of players mentioned in the article, links to Web pages related to each listed player. The fantasy sports context also provides features for performing actions related to each listed player, such as viewing recent news items the player or adding/dropping the player to/from the user'"'"'s fantasy sports team.
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41 Claims
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1. A fantasy sports context generator for generating a fantasy sports context interface that links online content to entities in an online fantasy sports game, the fantasy sports context generator comprising:
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correlation logic for determining if a real-life sports entity identified by name in the online content is relevant to a user'"'"'s fantasy sports team, wherein the user'"'"'s fantasy sports team is associated with a user of the context generator, and player interface logic for presenting a player interface feature if the sports entity is relevant to the user'"'"'s fantasy sports team, wherein the player interface feature is associated with a selected sports player, wherein the selected sports player is selected based upon the sports entity, and wherein the player interface logic is operable to cause an action in response to selection of the player interface feature. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A fantasy sports context interface that provides information and selectable action features for linking online content to a fantasy sports game, the fantasy sports context interface comprising:
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player interface logic for presenting a player interface feature associated with a sports player if the sports player is referenced by the online content and the sports player is relevant to a user'"'"'s fantasy sports team associated with a user; wherein the player interface logic is operable to cause an action in response to selection of the feature, wherein the action is based upon the player, and wherein the player interface logic is further operable to present the player interface feature in a category, wherein the category is based upon the type of relationship between the sports player and the fantasy sports team; and a content presentation component for presenting the content, wherein the content presentation component is operable to present a hyperlink, wherein the hyperlink comprises a label that includes the name of the sports player, and wherein the hyperlink refers to a player profile page for providing information about the sports player. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. A personalized fantasy sports context generator for generating a fantasy sports context for an item of sports content accessed by a user, comprising:
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entity identification logic for identifying a fantasy sports entity in the item of sports content; context display logic for presenting information associated with the fantasy sports entity in a fantasy context user interface, wherein the information is displayed in association with the entity; and action display logic for presenting an action feature to the user, wherein the action feature is displayed in association with the fantasy sports entity in the fantasy context user interface, and wherein the action feature is operable to cause an action in response to selection of the feature. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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29. Fantasy context generation logic, comprising:
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search logic for identifying a recognized player in an article of content by searching the content for a recognized player name, wherein the recognized player name identifies a recognized player; correlation logic for determining if the recognized player is relevant to a user; link logic for constructing a player hyperlink associated with the recognized player if the recognized player is relevant to the user, wherein the player hyperlink comprises a label which includes the recognized player name, and wherein the player hyperlink refers to a player profile page for providing information related to the recognized player; content linking logic for converting an occurrence in the article of the recognized player name to the player hyperlink; and context generation logic for generating a fantasy sports context interface if the recognized player is relevant to the user, wherein the context interface includes at least one player interface feature associated with the recognized player. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32)
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33. A method of generating a fantasy sports context for an item of sports content for presentation to a user, comprising the steps of:
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acquiring at least one metadata value for at least one known entity from an entity database; determining if the at least one metadata value is present in the sports content; determining if the at least one known entity is relevant to the user; if the at least one metadata value is present in the sports content and the at least one known entity is relevant to the user, performing the following steps a-c; a. adding the at least one known entity to the fantasy sports context as at least one matching entity, b. generating at least one entity link, wherein the at least one entity link comprises a label that includes the name of the at least one known entity, wherein the at least one entity link refers to at least one entity profile page for providing information about at least one known entity, and c. presenting the item of sports content to the user, wherein the at least one entity link appears in the item of sports content. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A computer program product comprising program code for generating a fantasy sports context interface that links online content to entities in an online fantasy sports game, the computer program product comprising:
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program code for determining if a real-life sports entity identified by name in the online content is relevant to a user'"'"'s fantasy sports team, wherein the user'"'"'s fantasy sports team is associated with a user of the context generator, and program code for presenting a player interface feature if the sports entity is relevant to the user'"'"'s fantasy sports team, wherein the player interface feature is associated with a selected sports player, wherein the selected sports player is selected based upon the sports entity, and wherein the player interface logic is operable to cause an action in response to selection of the feature.
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41. A computer program product comprising program code for generating a fantasy sports context interface that links online content to entities in an online fantasy sports game, the computer program product comprising:
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program code for identifying a recognized player in an article of content by searching the content for a recognized player name, wherein the recognized player name identifies a recognized player; program code for determining if the recognized player is relevant to a user; program code for constructing a player hyperlink associated with the recognized player if the recognized player is relevant to the user, wherein the player hyperlink comprises a label which includes the recognized player name, and wherein the player hyperlink refers to a player profile page for providing information related to the recognized player; program code for converting an occurrence in the article of the recognized player name to the player hyperlink; and program code for generating a fantasy sports context interface if the recognized player is relevant to the user, wherein the context interface includes at least one player interface feature associated with the recognized player.
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