FANTASY SPORTS CONTEST HIGHLIGHT SEGMENTS SYSTEMS AND METHODS

• US 20140189517A1
• Filed: 03/05/2014
• Published: 07/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rovi Technologies Corporation (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rovi Technologies Corporation (Adeia Inc.)
• Inventors: Hughes, Patrick J., Barber, David
• Granted Patent: US 9,557,901 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/719
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/828 Managing virtual sport teams
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4755 for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre retrieval personalisation and generation of user profiles for the retrieval of video data G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4781 Games
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8586 by using a URL processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02

Abstract

Systems and methods for providing multimedia highlight segments featuring real-life action related to fantasy sports competition. Links to highlight segments are provided in conjunction with fantasy sports contest information. A Highlight Center is provided with links to compilations of highlight segments featuring the best action culled from a pool of highlight segments. The user may be alerted of newly available highlight segments affecting fantasy scoring while the user watches a fantasy sports related television broadcast.

Claims

1-80. -80. (canceled)

81. A method for providing segments of one or more media assets to a user of a fantasy sports contest application, comprising:

determining an identity of a user in a fantasy sports contest;

accessing fantasy sports contest information associated with the user from a database, wherein the fantasy sports contest information comprises a fantasy roster containing names of real-life athletes selected by the user;

determining that a segment of the one or more media assets depicts an event that contributed to the user'"'"'s fantasy sports score and includes at least one of the real-life athletes selected by the user;

ranking the segment based on a relevance of the event associated with the segment to the user'"'"'s fantasy sports score; and

generating the segment for display to the user.

82. The method of claim 81 further comprising compiling the segment into one or more segment compilations based on one or more themes.

83. The method of claim 82, wherein the compiling comprises parsing the segments of the one or more media assets to obtain the one or more segment compilations.

84. The method of claim 81, wherein generating the segment for display comprises communicating the segment to at least one of a recording device and a display device of the user.

85. The method of claim 81 further comprising:

generating for display to the user information that identifies the segment.

86. The method of claim 81, further comprising:

receiving, from the user, a selection of one of the real-life athletes associated with the user'"'"'s fantasy roster; and

ranking the segment based on whether it contains the selected one of the real-life athletes.

87. The method of claim 81, further comprising:

alerting the user when the segment becomes available.

88. A system for providing segments of one or more media assets to a user of a fantasy sports contest application, comprising:

a memory configured to store fantasy sports contest information associated with the user in a database, wherein the fantasy sports contest information comprises a fantasy roster containing names of real-life athletes selected by the user;

processing circuitry configured to;

determine an identity of the user in a fantasy sports contest;

access the fantasy sports contest information associated with the user from the database;

determine that a segment of the one or more media assets depicts an event that contributed to the user'"'"'s fantasy sports score and includes at least one of the real-life athletes selected by the user;

rank the segment based on a relevance of the event associated with the segment to the user'"'"'s fantasy sports score; and

a display processor configured to;

generate the segment for display to the user.

89. The system of claim 88, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

compile the segment into one or more segment compilations based on one or more themes.

90. The system of claim 89, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to compile the segment by parsing the segments of the one or more media assets to obtain the one or more segment compilations.

91. The system of claim 88, wherein the display processor is further configured to:

communicate the segment to at least one of a recording device and a display device of the user.

92. The system of claim 88, wherein the display processor is further configured to:

generate for display to the user information that identifies the segment.

93. The system of claim 88, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

receive, from the user, a selection of one of the real-life athletes associated with the user'"'"'s fantasy roster; and

rank the segment based on whether it contains the selected one of the real-life athletes.

94. The system of claim 88, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

alert the user when the segment becomes available.

95. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions thereon for providing segments of one or more media assets to a user of a fantasy sports contest application, the instructions comprising:

instructions to determine an identity of the user in a fantasy sports contest;

instructions to access fantasy sports contest information associated with the user from a database, wherein the fantasy sports contest information comprises a fantasy roster containing names of real-life athletes selected by the user;

instructions for determining that a segment of the one or more media assets depicts an event that contributed to the user'"'"'s fantasy sports score and includes at least one of the real-life athletes selected by the user;

instructions for ranking the segment based on a relevance of the event associated with the segment to the user'"'"'s fantasy sports score; and

instructions to generate the segment for display to the user.

96. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 95, further comprising:

instructions for compiling the segment into one or more segment compilations based on one or more themes.

97. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 96, wherein the compiling comprises parsing the segments of the one or more media assets to obtain the one or more segment compilations.

98. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 95, wherein the instructions to generate the segment for display comprise instructions for communicating the segment to at least one of a recording device and a display device of the user.

99. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 95, further comprising:

instructions to generate for display to the user information that identifies the segment.

100. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 95, further comprising:

instructions to receive, from the user, a selection of one of the real-life athletes associated with the user'"'"'s fantasy roster; and

instructions to rank the segment based on whether it contains the selected one of the real-life athletes.