Suicide Player Pool Fantasy Sports Games

• US 20110034225A1
• Filed: 08/10/2010
• Published: 02/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Eric L. Butz
• Original Assignee: Suicide Fantasy Sports, LLC
• Inventors: Butz, James F. JR., Butz, Eric L.
• Granted Patent: US 8,512,148 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/4
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/12 involving interaction between a plurality of game devices, e.g. transmisison or distribution systems protocols for networked virtual reality, networked games H04L29/06034
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/30 Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/35 Details of game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/46 Computing the game score
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/65 automatically by game devices or servers from real world data, e.g. measurement in live racing competition
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/75 Enforcing rules, e.g. detecting foul play or generating lists of cheating players
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/798 for assessing skills or for ranking players, e.g. for generating a hall of fame computing the game score A63F13/46
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/828 Managing virtual sport teams
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/554 by saving game or status data
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/69 Involving elements of the real world in the game world, e.g. measurement in live races, real video

Abstract

Methods, systems, articles, and the like related to fantasy sports games are described. In various aspects, a selection of a fantasy roster for a first game period can be received from a fantasy sports participant. The fantasy roster can include one or more selected real players selected by the fantasy sports participant from a pool of eligible real players who are eligible for use by the fantasy sports participant during the first game period. Statistics representative of performance of the selected real players during the first game period can be recorded and a total season score for the fantasy sports participant can be adjusted based on the recorded statistics. The pool of eligible real players for use by the fantasy sports participant during a second game period that follows the first period can be updated by deleting the selected real players from the pool.

Claims

1. A computer program product comprising a machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one programmable processor, cause the at least one programmable processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving, at a server comprising at least one processor, a selection by a fantasy sports participant of a fantasy roster for a first game period, the fantasy roster comprising one or more selected real players selected by the fantasy sports participant from a pool of eligible real players who are eligible for use by the fantasy sports participant during the first game period;

recording statistics representative of performance of the selected real players during the first game period;

adjusting a total season score for the fantasy sports participant based on the recorded statistics; and

updating the pool of eligible real players for use by the fantasy sports participant during a second game period that follows the first period by deleting the selected real players from the pool.

2. A computer program product as in claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise initiating the pool of eligible real players for use by the fantasy sports participant during an initial game period of a fantasy sports season such that the pool of eligible real players includes a number of real players who play a first sports position in a team sport upon which the fantasy sports season is based, the number of real players being greater than a total number of game periods in the fantasy season.

3. A computer program product as in claim 2, wherein the operations further comprise setting the total number of game periods in the fantasy season as follows:

GP≦

RT×

RPPT

wherein GP is the total number of game periods, RT is a number of real teams in the team sport, and RPPT is a number of real players per real team who play the first sports position during a game of the real sport.

4. A computer program product as in claim 3, wherein each game period of the total number of game periods includes more than one game by each real team.

5. A computer program product as in claim 2, wherein the operations further comprise allowing more than one use of each real player as follows:

AU≧

GP÷

(RT×

RPPT)

wherein AU is a number of allowed uses of a real player per fantasy season, GP is the total number of game periods, RT is a number of real teams in the team sport, and RPPT is a number of real players per real team who play the first sports position during a game of the real sport.

6. A computer program product as in claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, in a subsequent game period to the first game period, a second selection of a real player who was one of the one or more selected real players of the fantasy roster for the fantasy sports participant in the first game period;

allowing the second selection of the real player to become part of a second fantasy roster for the fantasy sports participant during the subsequent game period; and

adjusting the statistics for the first game period to delete those statistics generated by the real player during the first game period.

7. A computer program product as in claim 6, wherein the operations further comprise:

querying the fantasy sports participant for a verification that the fantasy sports participant agrees to a penalty comprising the deleting of those statistics generated by the real player during the first game period; and

receiving the verification before the allowing and the adjusting.

8. A system comprising:

at least one programmable processor; and

a machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one programmable processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving a selection by a fantasy sports participant of a fantasy roster for a first game period, the fantasy roster comprising one or more selected real players selected by the fantasy sports participant from a pool of eligible real players who are eligible for use by the fantasy sports participant during the first game period;

recording statistics representative of performance of the selected real players during the first game period;

adjusting a total season score for the fantasy sports participant based on the recorded statistics; and

updating the pool of eligible real players for use by the fantasy sports participant during a second game period that follows the first period by deleting the selected real players from the pool.

9. A system as in claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise initiating the pool of eligible real players for use by the fantasy sports participant during an initial game period of a fantasy sports season such that the pool of eligible real players includes a number of real players who play a first sports position in a team sport upon which the fantasy sports season is based, the number of real players being greater than a total number of game periods in the fantasy season.

10. A system as in claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise setting the total number of game periods in the fantasy season as follows:

GP≦

RT×

RPPT

wherein GP is the total number of game periods, RT is a number of real teams in the team sport, and RPPT is a number of real players per real team who play the first sports position during a game of the real sport.

11. A system as in claim 10, wherein each game period of the total number of game periods includes more than one game by each real team.

12. A system as in claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise allowing more than one use of each real player as follows:

AU≧

GP÷

(RT×

RPPT)

wherein AU is a number of allowed uses of a real player per fantasy season, GP is the total number of game periods, RT is a number of real teams in the team sport, and RPPT is a number of real players per real team who play the first sports position during a game of the real sport.

13. A system as in claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, in a subsequent game period to the first game period, a second selection of a real player who was one of the one or more selected real players of the fantasy roster for the fantasy sports participant in the first game period;

allowing the second selection of the real player to become part of a second fantasy roster for the fantasy sports participant during the subsequent game period; and

adjusting the statistics for the first game period to delete those statistics generated by the real player during the first game period.

14. A system as in claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise:

querying the fantasy sports participant for a verification that the fantasy sports participant agrees to a penalty comprising the deleting of those statistics generated by the real player during the first game period; and

receiving the verification before the allowing and the adjusting.

15. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, at a server comprising at least one processor, a selection by a fantasy sports participant of a fantasy roster for a first game period, the fantasy roster comprising one or more selected real players selected by the fantasy sports participant from a pool of eligible real players who are eligible for use by the fantasy sports participant during the first game period;

recording statistics representative of performance of the selected real players during the first game period;

adjusting a total season score for the fantasy sports participant based on the recorded statistics; and

updating the pool of eligible real players for use by the fantasy sports participant during a second game period that follows the first period by deleting the selected real players from the pool.

16. A computer-implemented method as in claim 15, further comprising initiating the pool of eligible real players for use by the fantasy sports participant during an initial game period of a fantasy sports season such that the pool of eligible real players includes a number of real players who play a first sports position in a team sport upon which the fantasy sports season is based, the number of real players being greater than a total number of game periods in the fantasy season.

17. A computer-implemented method as in claim 16, further comprising setting the total number of game periods in the fantasy season as follows:

GP≦

RT×

RPPT

wherein GP is the total number of game periods, RT is a number of real teams in the team sport, and RPPT is a number of real players per real team who play the first sports position during a game of the real sport.

18. A computer-implemented method as in claim 17, wherein each game period of the total number of game periods includes more than one game by each real team.

19. A computer-implemented method as in claim 16, further comprising allowing more than one use of each real player as follows:

AU≧

GP÷

(RT×

RPPT)

wherein AU is a number of allowed uses of a real player per fantasy season, GP is the total number of game periods, RT is a number of real teams in the team sport, and RPPT is a number of real players per real team who play the first sports position during a game of the real sport.

20. A computer-implemented method as in claim 15, further comprising:

receiving, in a subsequent game period to the first game period, a second selection of a real player who was one of the one or more selected real players of the fantasy roster for the fantasy sports participant in the first game period;

allowing the second selection of the real player to become part of a second fantasy roster for the fantasy sports participant during the subsequent game period; and

adjusting the statistics for the first game period to delete those statistics generated by the real player during the first game period.