Systems, Methods And Apparatus For Identifying Preferred Sporting Events Based On Fantasy League Data

• US 20170312635A1
• Filed: 04/27/2016
• Published: 11/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dish Technologies LLC (Echostar Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Echostar Technologies LLC (Echostar Corporation)
• Inventors: Maldonado, Michael Patrick, Hauser, Steven Phillip
• Granted Patent: US 10,322,348 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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 13/828 Managing virtual sport teams

Abstract

Various embodiments of systems, apparatus, and/or methods are described for identifying a preferred sporting event. A receiving device receives fantasy league data, sports data, and programming information for candidate sporting events. The receiving device then analyzes the programming information for one or more preferred sporting events based at least in part on the fantasy league data and the sports data. The user may then be notified of the preferred sporting event.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving fantasy league data;

receiving sports data from a sports data provider;

receiving programming information for a plurality of candidate sporting events that are available to be viewed;

analyzing the programming information for one or more preferred sporting events based at least in part on the fantasy league data and the sports data; and

outputting a notification of the one or more preferred sporting events.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a selection of the one or more preferred sporting events; and

displaying the selected sporting event on a presentation device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

automatically recording the one or more preferred sporting events.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the fantasy league data comprises at least one player on a user'"'"'s fantasy sports team, a grouping of players on the user'"'"'s fantasy sports team, at least one player on another user'"'"'s fantasy sports team, a grouping of players on another user'"'"'s fantasy sports team, scoring rules for the user'"'"'s fantasy sports league, or a combination thereof.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the sports data comprises statistics related to the plurality of candidate sporting events available to be viewed.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the statistics comprise active team statistics, active player statistics, a game score, a likelihood of a comeback, a rivalry, a likelihood of an exciting event, or a combination thereof.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the notification comprises one or more of a visual notification, an audio notification, and a tactile notification.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the notification is output by a presentation device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the notification indicates one or more player positions, one or more players likely to gain fantasy points, a likelihood of an exciting event, a description of a game'"'"'s status, a game score, or a combination thereof.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the sports data provider is a crowd-sourced data source.

11. A receiving device, comprising:

a user communication module to receive fantasy league data;

a communication module to receive sports data and programming information for a plurality of candidate sporting events that are available to be viewed;

a control logic to analyze the programming information for one or more preferred sporting events based at least in part on the fantasy league data and the sports data; and

a rendering module to output a notification of the one or more preferred sporting events.

12. The receiving device of claim 11, wherein the user communication module receives a selection of the one or more sporting events, and wherein the rendering module outputs the selected sporting event to a presentation device.

13. The receiving device of claim 11, wherein the control logic automatically records the one or more preferred sporting events.

14. The receiving device of claim 11, wherein the fantasy league data comprises at least one player on a user'"'"'s fantasy sports team, a grouping of players on the user'"'"'s fantasy sports team, at least one player on another user'"'"'s fantasy sports team, a grouping of players on another user'"'"'s fantasy sports team, scoring rules for the user'"'"'s fantasy sports league, or a combination thereof.

15. The receiving device of claim 11, wherein the sports data comprises statistics related to the plurality of candidate sporting events available to be viewed.

16. The receiving device of claim 15, wherein the statistics comprise active team statistics, active player statistics, a game score, a likelihood of a comeback, a rivalry, a likelihood of an exciting event, or a combination thereof.

17. The receiving device of claim 11, wherein the notification comprises one or more of a visual notification, an audio notification, and a tactile notification.

18. The receiving device of claim 11, wherein the notification is output by a presentation device.

19. The receiving device of claim 11, wherein the notification indicates one or more player positions, one or more players likely to gain fantasy points, a likelihood of an exciting event, a description of a game'"'"'s status, a game score, or a combination thereof.

20. The receiving device of claim 11, wherein the sports data provider is a crowd-sourced data source.