System and Method for Playing an Adjunct Game During a Live Sporting Event
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1. A system for encouraging one or more viewers to engage with a live sporting event comprising:
- means for receiving log-in information from one or more viewers operably connected with a database for storing viewer accounts;
means for receiving a selection of a live sporting event from each of the one or more viewers operably connected to a database for storing information relating to live sporting events;
means for receiving a selection of at least one athlete participating in the selected live sporting event from each of the one or more viewers operably connected to a database for storing team information;
means for receiving data indicative of certain play-by-play action in substantially real-time for the selected live sporting event;
means for comparing the data indicative of certain play-by-play action with each of the viewers'"'"' selected athlete; and
means for awarding points to each of the viewer'"'"'s if the selected athlete performs a pre-designated act.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to systems and methods for encouraging one or more viewers to engage with a broadcast of a live sporting event, and more specifically to a system and method for rewarding people for watching and interacting with live broadcast sporting events to promote loyalty to or improve recognition of sporting events, while collecting useful data about sports consumption habits as well as the rewards consumption patterns associated with those consumers.
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1. A system for encouraging one or more viewers to engage with a live sporting event comprising:
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means for receiving log-in information from one or more viewers operably connected with a database for storing viewer accounts; means for receiving a selection of a live sporting event from each of the one or more viewers operably connected to a database for storing information relating to live sporting events; means for receiving a selection of at least one athlete participating in the selected live sporting event from each of the one or more viewers operably connected to a database for storing team information; means for receiving data indicative of certain play-by-play action in substantially real-time for the selected live sporting event; means for comparing the data indicative of certain play-by-play action with each of the viewers'"'"' selected athlete; and means for awarding points to each of the viewer'"'"'s if the selected athlete performs a pre-designated act. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for encouraging one or more viewers to engage with a live sporting event comprising:
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receiving on a central computer log-in information from the one or more viewers; receiving on a central computer a live sporting event selection from each of the viewers; receiving on a central computer a selection of at least one athlete participating in the selected live sporting event; receiving on a central computer data indicative of certain play-by-play action in the selected live sporting event in substantially real-time; comparing the received data indicative of certain play-by-play action with each of the viewers'"'"' selected athletes; and awarding points to the viewers if the selected at least one athlete performs a pre-designated act. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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