SYSTEMS AND/OR METHODS FOR STOCK PORTFOLIO BASED COMPETITIVE SIMULATIONS

• US 20130178258A1
• Filed: 02/25/2013
• Published: 07/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Augustus C. Johnson Jr
• Original Assignee: Augustus C. Johnson Jr
• Inventors: JOHNSON, Augustus C. Jr.
• Granted Patent: US 8,747,198 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/4
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/00 Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions gaming systems which provide a financial reward G07F17/32
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/23 for interfacing with the game device, e.g. specific interfaces between game controller and console
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/44 involving timing of operations, e.g. performing an action within a time slot
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/795 for finding other players; for building a team; for providing a buddy list
• 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: G06Q 40/06 Asset management; Financial planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements

Abstract

The exemplary embodiments described herein relate to systems and/or methods for competitive simulations and, more particularly, to systems and/or methods in which users build stock portfolios that compete against each other, with the performance of each user'"'"'s stock portfolio being based on one or more stock market related metrics (e.g., price per share, market capitalization, volume of trade, etc.). A user'"'"'s portfolio may be formed and/or reformed so as to comply with certain predefined criteria (e.g., company traded on a particular exchange, company belonging to a particular market sector, etc.). The performance of each team/portfolio may be depicted using sports-related imagery (e.g., as teams on a football field, a basketball court, around a baseball diamond, etc.).

Claims

1. A computer system configured to facilitate a competitive simulation between a plurality of users, each said user having an associated team, the system comprising:

processing resources including at least one processor, a memory, and a computer data, the processing resources being configured to selectively cooperate with one another to at least;

enable a plurality of teams to be built in accordance with the requirements of a pre-selected sport, each said team comprising a plurality of players, and each said player representing an asset having a value assigned by an associated market;

define games to be played between the teams;

for each said game, compare market-related metrics for the players of each team playing in the game, the market related metrics being provided by an application accessible by the computer system; and

determine, via at least said computer system, a winner of each said game based on the comparing.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the sport involves two teams competing against one another.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing resources are further configured to simulate one or more leagues, the built teams being assigned to a single one of said one or more leagues.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein for each said game, the comparing is performed for one business week.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein for each said game, the comparing is performed in connection with a plurality of predefined periods, each said period corresponding to one trading day.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the market-related metrics denote values associated with the assets.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing resources are further configured to:

specify that the players are to be displayed on a field according to the selected sport; and

specify how the displayed players are to be animated, based at least in part on the comparing.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the comparing is performed on a player-by-player basis.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein each said player is assigned to a position appropriate for the sport and the comparing is performed on a position-by-position basis.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the comparing is performed based on aggregated values of the players on each team.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein the players on a respective team are changeable based on trades or sales of the players.

11. A computer system configured to conduct a competitive simulation between a plurality of users in accordance with a theme tied to a selected sport, each said user having an associated team with a plurality of player positions fillable with players, the system comprising:

processing resources including at least one processor, a memory, and a computer data, the processing resources being configured to selectively cooperate with one another to at least;

fill the positions on the teams via a draft, and/or enable the users to fill the positions on their teams via the draft, wherein each said player in the draft represents an asset having an objectively quantifiable market-based value discernable with reference to a data feed application accessible via the computer system;

enable each said user to designate a lineup for that user'"'"'s team based on players drafted to that team and the positions associated with the selected sport;

simulate team performances in predefined game scenarios of the competitive simulation, the performances being based on the values of the assets corresponding to the players in the lineups of the teams participating in the game scenarios as discerned with reference to the data feed application.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein a team is rewarded with a bonus situation provided randomly or in dependence on a predetermined event.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the bonus situation is one or more of a corner-kick, a penalty kick, a free throw attempt, and a power play, the bonus situation being selected in dependence on the selected sport.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein a team is penalized randomly or in dependence on a predetermined event.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein each said player is assigned to a position on a respective team in dependence on an industry sector in which the associated asset belongs.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein simulated team performance is displayable on a field appropriate for the sport.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the lineup is changeable during a game simulation

20. The system of claim 11, wherein the processing resources are further configured to:

specify that the players are to be displayed on a field according to the selected sport; and

specify how the displayed players are to be animated, based at least in part on the comparing.

15. The system of 14, wherein the team is penalized with one or more of a technical foul, a player being placed in a penalty box, and an ejection of a player, as appropriate for the selected sport.