SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SPORTS AND SPORTING EVENTS RELATED SOCIAL/GEO/PROMO LINK PROMOTIONAL DATA SETS FOR END USER DISPLAY OF INTERACTIVE AD LINKS, PROMOTIONS AND SALE OF PRODUCTS, GOODS, GAMBLING AND/OR SERVICES INTEGRATED WITH 3D SPATIAL GEOMAPPING, COMPANY AND LOCAL INFORMATION FOR SELECTED WORLDWIDE LOCATIONS AND SOCIAL NETWORKING

• US 20130073389A1
• Filed: 04/04/2012
• Published: 03/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Stephan Heath
• Original Assignee: Stephan Heath
• Inventors: Heath, Stephan
• Granted Patent: US 10,127,563 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.54
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

A technique, method, apparatus, and system to provide sports and sporting events related, integrated social networking, real time geospatial mapping, geo-target location based technologies including GPS and GIS and multiple points of interest, receiving current location of user'"'"'s electronic or mobile device and multiple points of interest, cloud-type configuration storing and handling user data across multiple enterprises, generating user behavior data and ad links, promotions (“social/geo/promo”) links on a website for sports and sporting events related products, goods, gambling, and/or services, including sports related social/geo/promo data sets for user customized visual displays showing 3D map presentations with correlated or related broad or alternative categories of social/geo/promo links to be displayed with web page content for view and interaction by an end user.

Claims

1. A method for providing sports and sporting events related social networking interactions using Internet and mobile devices that provide end user customized interactive displays of three dimensional (3D) geospatial maps comprising end user customized ad links and promotions relating to sports or sporting events related products, goods, gambling, or services, and sports related company and local information for selected worldwide locations, said method comprising:

(a) collecting and analyzing initial end users data via a processor on a computer system or mobile device to provide initial end users data sets, said initial end users data sets comprising (1) initial end users'"'"' (A) online activity, (B) geo-target location based technologies including GPS and GIS and multiple points of interest, (C) receiving current location of user'"'"'s electronic or mobile device and multiple points of interest, (D) online communications, (E) group chat, (F) circle of friends, (G) hangouts, (H) games, (I) sports and sporting events interests, (J) players and player profiles, (K) social networking, (L) search inquiries, (M) videos or photos, (N) instant messenger, (O) social networking activities, (P) end user profiles, (Q) viewing and interactions with online ad links, promotions, (R) purchasing, (S) purchasing behavior, (T) generating user behavior data, (U) preferences and (V) buying patterns;

said initial end user data sets further comprising initial end users related (2) consumer profiles, (3) trends, (4) cloud-type configuration sharing and handling large amounts of user data across multiple enterprises and (5) target markets;

(b) generating, via a processor on a computer system or mobile device, first promotional data sets from said initial end user data sets, said first promotional data sets comprising first sets of customized ad links, promotions for each of (i) said initial end users, (ii) additional end users, and (iii) target end user groups, said first sets of customized ad links, promotions relating to (1) Products, (2) Goods, (3) Services, (4) company and local information for selected worldwide locations, (5) integrated social networking and (6) associated 3D geospatial mapping coordinates; and

(c) generating, via a processor on a computer system or mobile device, second promotional data sets from said first promotional data sets to provide 3D geospatial map interactive displays comprising said first sets of customized ad links, promotions relating to (1) Products, (2) Goods, (3) Services, (4) company and local information for selected worldwide locations, (5) integrated social networking and (6) associated 3D geospatial mapping coordinates; and

(d) selecting and integrating, into said 3D geospatial map interactive displays comprising said first sets of customized ad links, promotions, a first social/geo/promo link category for a first position of a social/geo/promo link promotional data set; and

identifying one or more second social/geo/promo link categories using one or more correlation criteria, at least one second social/geo/promo link category having one or more correlation criteria associated with the first social/geo/promo link category.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein a sport or sporting event is selected from men'"'"'s or women'"'"'s amateur, high school, college, university, recreation, professional, local, city, county, state, region, Provence, country, union, league, associated, or group of countries, continental, hemisphere, related sport or sporting event.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein said sport or sporting event is selected from NFL, NCAAF, NCAAB, NBA, NASCAR, Horse racing, Golf, MLB, NHL, Indy Car, Cricket, Soccer, Football, Basketball, college basketball, Tennis, Motor racing, hockey, boxing, and fighting.

5. A method according to claim 1, wherein said sport or sporting event is selected from

(a) soccer selected from World Cup, a FIFA event, Premier League, AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, OFC, UEFA, Olympics, NCAA;

(b) Cricket selected from ICC World Cup, World Twenty, Olympics, college, NCAA;

(c) Tennis selected from Wimbledon, Australian Open, French Open, Shanghai Open, US Open, Indian Wells, ATA, WTA, Davis Cup, Hopman Cup, Federation Cup, Olympics;

(d) hockey selected from NHL, WHA, IIHF, junior hockey league, adult sport leagues, Olympics;

(e) Volleyball selected from college, professional, beach volleyball, Olympics, NCAA;

(f) Horse Racing from The Kentucky Derby, The Preakness, The Belmont Stakes, Gulfstream Park Handicap, Santa Ana Handicap, Breeder'"'"'s Cup;

(g) Polo from The Queen'"'"'s Cup, Polo in the Park, Princes of Wales Cup, Veuve Clicquot Gold Cup, Mercedes-Benz Polo Challenge, Cartier International Polo, the Warwickshire Cup;

(h) Auto Racing from dirt track, electric drag racing, karting, open wheel racing, rally racing, road rallying, sports car racing, stock car racing, formula-one racing, Indy car racing;

(i) Summer Olympics, Winter Olympics, Paralympics, Youth Olympics, Special Olympics, Commonwealth Games;

(j) Golf selected from PGA, Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open, The Open Championship, college, men'"'"'s, women'"'"'s, NCAA, USGA, Golf Canada, International Golf Network, World Golf Federation, GCSAA, National Golf Federation, IGF, World Senior Golf Federation, Ryder Cup, Olympics;

(k) American Football selected from college, professional, high school, NFL, AFC, WFL, IFAF, CFL, UFL, IFL, APFL, Arena Football League, Professional Indoor Football League, Ultimate Indoor Football League, Empire Football League, Mid Continental Football League, Empire Football League, Mid Continental Football League, New England Football League, North American Football League, Alberta Football League, Maritime Football League, Northeastern Football Alliance, Rocky Mountain Football League, Central Football League, Southern States Football League, Minor League Football Association, Oklahoma Metro Football League, Florida Football Alliance, Big Northeast Football Federation, Gridiron Developmental Football League, Five Star Football League, Regional American Football League, Stars Football League, Texas Six man Football League, Canadian Junior Football League, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Collegiate Sprint Football League, National Junior College Athletic Association, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, National Capital Amateur Football Association, Canadian Interuniversity Sport, Quebec Junior Football League, Canadian Colleges Athletic Association, ONEFA Organizació

n Nacional Estudiantil de Fú

tbol Americano, Collegiate;

Women'"'"'s leagues;

Independent Women'"'"'s Football League, Lingerie Football League, Women'"'"'s Football Alliance, Women'"'"'s Spring Football League, Super Bowl;

(l) Basketball selected from men'"'"'s, women'"'"'s, college, NCAA, professional, NBA, men'"'"'s, women'"'"'s, college, professional, ABA, BAA, CBA, NCAA, D-League, NBL, USBL, WNBA, Dream Team, Olympics, WBC, TOA);

(m) Baseball selected from MLB, AL, NL, Japan'"'"'s Central League and Pacific League;

Cuba'"'"'s West League and East League;

Caribbean Series;

Latin American winter leagues;

the Dominican Winter League, Mexican Pacific League, Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League, and Venezuelan Professional Baseball League, South Korea, Taiwan, and China professional leagues;

European professional leagues, Dutch league, Italian league, Australia, Olympic Games, European Baseball Confederation, Baseball World Cup, Olympic baseball tournament, International Baseball Federation (IBAF), Women'"'"'s baseball amateur basis, Women'"'"'s Baseball World Cup, World Baseball Classic, Baseball World Series;

(n) Table Tennis selected from college, professional, ABA, BAA, CBA, NCAA, men'"'"'s, women'"'"'s, D-League, NBL, USBL, WNBA, Dream Team, Olympics, WBC, TOA, Olympic Games, World Championships, World Table Tennis Championships, Top International Table Tennis Tournaments, World Cup, World Clubs Championships, ITTF Pro Tour Events, ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals, African Championships, Asian Championships, European Championships, Latin American Championships, North American Championships, Oceania Championships, Pan-American Games, Commonwealth Games, Mediterranean Games, Arab Championship;

(o) Boxing from title fights, promotion fights, professional, amateur, Olympics;

(p) Fighting from TFC, UFC, MMA;

(q) Wrestling from WWE, TNA, CMLL, OVW, APW, UPW, CWF, HWA, AWF, WOW, ECWA, JCW, WCWO, WWA, Olympics;

(r) Cycling from International Cycling Union Pro Tour, Five Continent Circuit Championship (America, Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania), World Championships, National Cycling Championships, Giro d′

Italia, Tour de France, Vuelta a Espana, Olympics;

(s) Alternative sports selected from Racing, Backpacking, Water and Snow Skiing, Bicycling, Big Wave Surfing, Bodyboarding, Riding, Canoeing, Diving, Hiking, Motor Sports, Kayaking, Scuba Diving, Running, Motocross, Hang Gliding, Walking, Horseback Riding, Climbing, Ice and Roller Skating, Jet Skiing, Stilts, Kite flying, Kneeboarding, Motorcycling, Motor racing, Mountain Biking, Sailing, Scootering, Skate Boarding, Snow Shoeing, Snowboarding, cross country skiing, fishing, Trekking, Wakeboarding, Rafting, Windsurfing, Badminton, Chess, Olympics;

(t) Adventure sports selected from Adventure Racing, Airsoft, Backpacking, Ballooning, Barefoot Skiing, Base Jumping, Bicycling, Big Wave Surfing, Bike Trials, BMX, BMX Dirt, BMX Freestyle, BMX Street, BMX Vert, Bodyboarding, Bossaball, Bouldering, Buildering, Bull Riding, Bungee Jumping, Extreme Canoeing, Canopying, Cave Diving, Caving, Spelunking, Cliff Jumping, Dog Sledding, Extreme Biking, Extreme Hiking, Extreme Ironing, Extreme Motor Sports, Extreme Sea Kayaking, Extreme Skiing, Flowboarding, Four Wheel Driving, Free Diving, Free Running, Freeboarding, Freestyle Motocross, Gliding, Hang Gliding, Heli Skiing, Hill Walking, Horseback Riding, Hot Air Ballooning, Ice Climbing, Indoor Rock Climbing, Inline Skating, Jet Skiing, Jumping Stilts, Kite Landboarding, Kite boarding, Kite surfing, Kite wing, Kneeboarding, Le Parkour, Luge, Motocross, Motorsports—

Motorcycling, Drag racing, Freestyle Motocross, Mountain Biking, Mountain Biking Free ride, Mountain Biking North Shore, Mountain Biking Slope style, Mountain Boarding, Mountain Climbing, Mountaineering, Paintball, Parachuting, Paragliding, Para motoring, Parasailing, Parkour, Pole Climbing, Poweriser—

Jumping Stilts, Rafting, Rappelling—

Abseiling, Rock Climbing, Roller Derby, Roller Skating, Russian Climbing, Extreme Rugby, Sailing, Sand Kiting, Sand boarding, Scootering, Scuba Diving, Shark Diving, Skate Boarding, Ski Joring, Ski Jumping, Skiboarding, Extreme Skiing, Skiboarding, Sky Flying, Skydiving, Skysurfing, Slack lining, Slam ball, Snake boarding, Snorkeling, Snow Kiting, Snow Shoeing, Snowboarding, Snow cross, Snowmobiling, Snow skating, Soaring, Spearfishing, Speed Climbing, Speed Skiing, Street Climbing, Street Luging, Stunt Pogo, Super cross, Swimming, Surfing, Tree Climbing, Trekking, Trials Biking, Tricking, Unicycling, Urban Kayaking, Wakeboarding, Water Skiing, White Water Rafting, Whitewater Canoeing, Whitewater Kayaking, Whitewater Rafting, Wind sports, Windsurfing, Wingsuit Flying, Winter Swimming, and Zorbing.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting a third social/geo/promo link category for a second position of the social/geo/promo link promotional data set, where the third social/geo/promo link category is different from the one or more identified second social/geo/promo link categories.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the social/geo/promo link promotional data set is associated with a web page; and

the social/geo/promo link categories are ordered by relevance to the web page.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying one or more second social/geo/promo link categories using one or more correlation criteria further comprises:

identifying one or more social/geo/promo link categories having a correlation measure that is less than a correlation threshold.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein:

the social/geo/promo link categories are associated with one or more category identifiers; and

at least one of the one or more correlation criteria of a second social/geo/promo link category is a measure of the correlation between a category identifier associated with the second social/geo/promo link category and a category identifier associated with the first social/geo/promo link category.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein at least one second social/geo/promo link category has a separate correlation measure for at least one pair-wise combination of a category identifier associated with the at least one second social/geo/promo link category and a category identifier associated with the first social/geo/promo link category.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one second social/geo/promo link category has a composite correlation measure, the composite correlation measure being one of a maximum, a minimum, or a combination of the separate correlation criteria for the at least one second social/geo/promo link category.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein identifying one or more social/geo/promo link categories having a correlation measure that is less than a correlation threshold further comprises:

identifying one or more social/geo/promo link categories having a composite correlation measure that is less than a correlation threshold.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein said computer system or mobile device is provided by a mobile device operator using a mobile device communication standard.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein said Product or Service includes celebrity or entertainment news.

2. A method for providing social networking interactions using internet and mobile websites that provide end user customized interactive displays of three dimensional (3D) geospatial maps comprising end user customized ad links, promotions relating to Sports related products, goods, gambling, or services, and related company and local information for selected worldwide locations, said method comprising:

(a) electronically assigning, via a processor on a computer system, an end user identifier to a client mobile device or computer receiving a request from said end user;

(b) electronically providing via a processor on a computer system or mobile device, 3D geospatial interactive display data showing (1) first promotional data collections for separate locations shown on said displays, said first promotional data collections comprising interactive links to ad links, promotions related to (1) Products, (2) Goods, (3) Services, (4) company and local information for selected worldwide locations, (5) social networking and (6) associated 3D geospatial mapping coordinates; and

(c) electronically providing, via a processor on a computer system or mobile device, an interactive display on said client computer of said 3D geospatial interactive display provided in step (b);

(d) electronically monitoring, collecting and analyzing, via a processor on a mobile device or computer system data analysis system, end user data relating to end users'"'"' (i) online activity, (ii) geo-target location based technologies including GPS and GIS and multiple points of interest, (iii) receiving current location of user'"'"'s electronic or mobile device and multiple points of interest, (iv) online communications, (v) group chat, (vi) circle of friends, (vii) hangouts, (viii) games, (ix) sports and sporting events interests, (x) player and player profiles, (xi) social networking, (xii) search inquiries, (xiii) videos or photos, (xiv) instant messenger, (xv) social networking activities, (xvi) end user profiles, (xvii) viewing and interactions with online ad links, promotions, (xviii) purchasing, (xix) purchasing behavior, (xx) generating user behavior data, (xxi) preferences, and (xxii) buying patterns, to provide end users output data;

(e) electronically processing via a processor on a computer system or mobile device, said end user output data from step (d) to electronically generate second consumer data sets related to one or more of said end users, additional end users, and target end user groups, said second consumer data sets comprising end user related consumer profiles, trends, cloud-type configuration sharing and handling large amounts of user data across multiple enterprises and target markets, based on said analyzing in step (c);

(f) electronically processing said first and second consumer data sets to generate second end user geospatial interactive displays, said data sets using multi-dimensional and scalable geospatial mapping with interactive links to ad links, promotions related to (1) Products, (2) Goods, (3) Services, (4) company and local information for selected worldwide locations, (5) social networking and (6) associated 3D geospatial mapping coordinates;

(g) selecting and integrating, into said second end user geospatial interactive displays from step (f), a first social/geo/promo link category for a first position of a social/geo/promo link promotional data set; and

identifying one or more second social/geo/promo link categories using one or more correlation criteria, at least one second social/geo/promo link category having one or more correlation criteria associated with the first social/geo/promo link category.

(h) electronically displaying on said client mobile device or computer system said second end user geospatial interactive display data sets provided in steps (f) or (g).

13. A method comprising:

selecting a first sports related social/geo/promo link category for a first position of a sports related social/geo/promo link promotional data set, the first sports related social/geo/promo link category being in a set of candidate sports related social/geo/promo link categories; and

for at least one empty position in the sports related social/geo/promo link promotional data set;

identifying sports related social/geo/promo link categories having a correlation measure that is less than a correlation threshold, the identified sports related social/geo/promo link categories being in the set of candidate categories, at least one sports related social/geo/promo link category in the set of candidate sports related social/geo/promo link categories having one or more correlation criteria associated with a most recently selected sports related social/geo/promo link category; and

selecting a next sports related social/geo/promo link category for a next empty position of the sports related social/geo/promo link promotional data set, the next sports related social/geo/promo link category being in the set of candidate sports related social/geo/promo link categories.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

removing the identified sports related social/geo/promo link categories from the set of candidate sports related social/geo/promo link categories.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

removing the selected sports related social/geo/promo link categories from the set of candidate sports related social/geo/promo link categories.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein:

the sports related social/geo/promo link categories in the set of candidate sports related social/geo/promo link categories are associated with a web page; and

the sports related social/geo/promo link categories in the set of candidate sports related social/geo/promo link categories are ordered by relevance of the sports related social/geo/promo link categories to the web page.

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