CONTENT SCHEDULING FOR FANTASY GAMING
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a user database including information concerning at least one entity of interest;
a program database including multimedia content information, said multimedia content information being associated with items of multimedia content and including a temporal interval during which the items of multimedia content are available; and
a presentation scheduling facility coupled to the user database and the program database, the presentation scheduling facility configured to determine a number of items of multimedia content that are associated with the at least one entity of interest based on the information concerning the at least one entity of interest and the multimedia content information, and configured to provide a scheduling screen containing identifications of the determined number of items of multimedia content.
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Abstract
A user database includes information concerning at least one entity of interest. A program database includes multimedia content information associated with items of multimedia content and including a temporal interval during which the items of multimedia content are available. A presentation scheduling facility is communicatively coupled to the user database and the program database. The presentation scheduling facility is configured to determine a number of items of multimedia content that are associated with the at least one entity of interest based on the information concerning the at least one entity of interest and the multimedia content information, and configured to provide a scheduling screen containing identifications of the determined number of items of multimedia content.
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20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a user database including information concerning at least one entity of interest; a program database including multimedia content information, said multimedia content information being associated with items of multimedia content and including a temporal interval during which the items of multimedia content are available; and a presentation scheduling facility coupled to the user database and the program database, the presentation scheduling facility configured to determine a number of items of multimedia content that are associated with the at least one entity of interest based on the information concerning the at least one entity of interest and the multimedia content information, and configured to provide a scheduling screen containing identifications of the determined number of items of multimedia content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9)
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6. The system of claim 6, wherein said items of multimedia content that are unavailable to the user are unavailable because of a subscription level of the user, and wherein the presentation schedule facility is further configured to receive an indication from the user requesting a change to the user'"'"'s subscription level in order to access said unavailable multimedia content.
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10. A method, comprising:
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determining a number of items of multimedia content that are associated with at least one entity of interest based on information concerning the at least one entity of interest and multimedia content information associated with said multimedia content; providing a scheduling screen containing identifications of the determined number of items of multimedia content. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
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determining a number of players associated with a fantasy team, each of said number of players associated with a real team within a real-life sports league; determining a number of media content items associated with the number of players, including using the real team associated with each of said number of players to query multimedia content information; presenting identifiers of said number of media content items associated with the number of players; and receiving a user input to select one of said number of media content items, wherein said selection indicates at least one of a request to view said selected one of said number of media content items or a request to record said selected one of said number of media content items. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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