Systems and methods for using an interactive television program guide to access fantasy sports contests
First Claim
1. A method for using an interactive television program guide application to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the method comprising:
- receiving a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates;
adding the real-life sports player to a user'"'"'s fantasy team roster;
determining with the interactive television program guide application that a program includes the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the program with the real-life sports player included in the user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; and
displaying, in response to determining that the program includes the real-life sports player, information indicating to the user that the program is related to the fantasy sports contest.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for using an interactive television program guide application to access fantasy sports contests are presented. In some embodiments of the present invention, the interactive television program guide application may display information indicating to a user that one or more programs is related to a fantasy sports contest. In some embodiments of the present invention, the application may provide to the user a schedule of programs related to one or more fantasy sports contests in which the user participates. The application may provide additional features to fantasy sports contestants including automatic recording of programs related to a user'"'"'s fantasy sports contest, playback of highlight video clips for events that affect a user'"'"'s fantasy sports contest standing, and targeted advertisements for fantasy sports contests.
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Citations
116 Claims
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1. A method for using an interactive television program guide application to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the method comprising:
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receiving a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates; adding the real-life sports player to a user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; determining with the interactive television program guide application that a program includes the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the program with the real-life sports player included in the user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; and displaying, in response to determining that the program includes the real-life sports player, information indicating to the user that the program is related to the fantasy sports contest. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for using an interactive television program guide application to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the method comprising:
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receiving a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates; adding the real-life sports player to a user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; determining which programs include the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the program with the real-life sports player included in the user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; providing to the user an opportunity to view a schedule of the programs that include the real-life sports player; and displaying the schedule to the user in response to a user indication of the opportunity. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A method for using an interactive television program guide application to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the method comprising:
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receiving a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates; adding the real-life sports player to a user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; determining with the interactive television program guide application that a program includes the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the program with the real-life sports player included in the user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; and scheduling the program for automatic recording for the user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for using an interactive television program guide application to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the method comprising:
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receiving user selections associated with the fantasy sports contest in which the user participates; displaying an unobstructed view of a program; determining that the program is related to a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates by comparing program data associated with the program to the user selections associated with the fantasy sports contest in which the user participates; determining with the interactive television program guide application that an event has occurred in the program if it is determined that the program is related to the fantasy sports contest in which the user participates; and displaying, in response to the determination that the event has occurred, an overlay on top of the program, wherein the overlay includes fantasy sports contest information associated with the event. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for using an interactive television program guide application to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the method comprising:
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receiving a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates; adding the real-life sports player to a user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; providing to the user the ability to select a program for viewing; determining that the program includes the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the program with the real-life sports player included in the user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; and displaying, in response to user selection of the program and in response to determining that the program includes the real-life sports player, fantasy sports contest information associated with the real-life sports player in conjunction with video for the program. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for using an interactive television program guide application to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the method comprising:
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receiving a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates; adding the real-life sports player to a user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; displaying a plurality of program guide listings; determining that one of the displayed plurality of program guide listings includes the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the one of the displayed plurality of program guide listings with the real-life sports player included in the fantasy sports roster; displaying, in response to determining that the one of the displayed plurality of program guide listings includes the real life sports player, fantasy sports contest information associated with the real-life sports player. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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30. An interactive television program guide application system operative to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the system comprising:
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a display device; and control circuitry configured to; receive a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates; add the real-life sports player to a user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; determine that a program includes the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the program with the real-life sports player included in the user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; and direct the display device to display, in response to determining that the program includes the real-life sports player, information indicating to the user that the program is related to the fantasy sports contest. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. An interactive television program guide application system operative to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the system comprising:
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a display device; a user input device; and control circuitry configured to; receive a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates; add the real-life sports player to a user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; determine which programs include the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the program with the real-life sports player included in the user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; provide to the user an opportunity to view a schedule of the programs that include the real-life sports player that has been selected in the fantasy sports contest in which the user participates; receive from the user input device a user indication of the opportunity; and direct a display device to display the schedule to the user. - View Dependent Claims (39)
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40. An interactive television program guide application system operative to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the system comprising:
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control circuitry configured to; receive a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates; add the real-life sports player to a user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; determine that a program includes the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the program with the real-life sports player included in the user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; and schedule the program for automatic recording for the user. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. An interactive television program guide application system operative to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the system comprising:
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a display device; and control circuitry configured to; receive user selections associated with a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates; display an unobstructed view of a program; determine that the program is related to the fantasy sports contest in which the user participates by comparing program data associated with the program to the user selections associated with the fantasy sports contest in which the user participates; determine that an event has occurred in the program if it is determined that the program is related to the fantasy sports contest in which the user participates; and direct the display device to display, in response to the determination that the event has occurred, an overlay on top of the program, wherein the overlay includes fantasy sports contest information associated with the event. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. An interactive television program guide application system operative to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the system comprising:
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a display device; a user input device; and control circuitry configured to; receive a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates; add the real-life sports player to a user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; provide to the user the ability to select a program for viewing; determine that the program includes the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the program with the real-life sports player included in the user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; and direct the display device to display, in response to user selection of the program and in response to determining that the program includes the real-life sports player, fantasy sports contest information associated with the real-life sports player in conjunction with video for the program. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. An interactive television program guide application system operative to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the system comprising:
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a display device; a user input device; and control circuitry configured to; receive a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates; add the real-life sports player to a user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; display a plurality of program guide listings; determine that one of the displayed plurality of program guide listings includes the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the one of the displayed plurality of program guide listings with the real-life sports player included in the fantasy sports roster; and direct a display device to display, in response to determining that the one of the displayed plurality of program guide listings includes the real life sports player, fantasy sports contest information associated with the real-life sports player. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58)
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59. An interactive television program guide application operative to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the system comprising:
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means for receiving a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates; means for adding the real-life sports player to a user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; means for determining with the interactive television program guide application that a program includes the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the program with the real-life sports player included in the user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; and means for displaying, in response to determining that the program includes the real-life sports player, information indicating to the user that the program is related to the fantasy sports contest. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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67. An interactive television program guide application system operative to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the system comprising:
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means for receiving a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates; means for adding the real-life sports player to a user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; means for determining which programs include the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the program with the real-life sports player included in the user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; means for providing to the user an opportunity to view a schedule of the programs that include the real-life sports player that has been selected in the fantasy sports contest in which the user participates; and means for displaying the schedule to the user in response to a user indication of the opportunity. - View Dependent Claims (68)
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69. An interactive television program guide application system operative to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the system comprising:
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means for receiving a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates; means for adding the real-life sports player to a user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; means for determining with the interactive television program guide application that a program includes real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the program with the real-life sports player included in the user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; and means for scheduling the program for automatic recording for the user. - View Dependent Claims (70, 71, 72, 73)
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74. An interactive television program guide application system operative to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the system comprising:
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means for receiving user selections associated with a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates; means for displaying an unobstructed view of a program; means for determining that the program is related to the fantasy sports contest in which the user participates by comparing program data associated with the program to the user selections associated with the fantasy sports contest in which the user participates; means for determining with the interactive television program guide application that an event has occurred in the program if it is determined that the program is related to the fantasy sports contest in which the user participates; and means for displaying, in response to the determination that the event has occurred, an overlay on top of the program, wherein the overlay includes fantasy sports contest information associated with the event. - View Dependent Claims (75, 76, 77, 78, 79)
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80. An interactive television program guide application system operative to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the system comprising:
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means for receiving a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates; means for adding the real-life sports player to a user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; means for providing to the user the ability to select a program for viewing; means for determining that the program includes the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the program with the real-life sports player included in the user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; and means for displaying, in response to user selection of the program and in response to determining that the program includes the real-life sports player, fantasy sports contest information associated with the real-life sports player in conjunction with video for the program. - View Dependent Claims (81, 82, 83, 84)
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85. An interactive television program guide application system operative to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the system comprising:
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means for receiving a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates; means for adding the real-life sports player to a user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; means for displaying a plurality of program guide listings; means for determining that one of the displayed plurality of program guide listings includes the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the one of the displayed plurality of program guide listings with the real-life sports player included in the fantasy sports roster; and means for displaying, in response to determining that the one of the displayed plurality of program guide listings includes the real life sports player, fantasy sports contest information associated with the real-life sports player. - View Dependent Claims (86, 87)
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88. A non-transitory machine-readable medium for an interactive television program guide application, the machine-readable medium having machine program logic recorded thereon for:
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receiving a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates; adding the real-life sports player to a user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; determining with the interactive television program guide application that a program includes the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the program with the real-life sports player included in the user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; and displaying, in response to determining that the program includes the real-life sports player information indicating to the user that the program is related to the fantasy sports contest. - View Dependent Claims (89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95)
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96. A non-transitory machine-readable medium for an interactive television program guide application, the machine-readable medium having machine program logic recorded thereon for:
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receiving a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates; adding the real-life sports player to a user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; determining which programs include the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the program with the real-life sports player included in the user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; providing to the user an opportunity to view a schedule of the programs that include the real-life sports player that has been selected in the fantasy sports contest in which the user participates; and displaying the schedule to the user in response to a user indication of the opportunity. - View Dependent Claims (97)
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98. A non-transitory machine-readable medium for an interactive television program guide application, the machine-readable medium having machine program logic recorded thereon for:
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receiving a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates; adding the real-life sports player to a user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; determining with the interactive television program guide application that a program includes the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the program with the real-life sports player included in the user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; and scheduling the program for automatic recording for the user. - View Dependent Claims (99, 100, 101, 102)
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103. A non-transitory machine-readable medium for an interactive television program guide application, the machine-readable medium having machine program logic recorded thereon for:
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receiving user selections associated with a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates; displaying an unobstructed view of a program; determining that the program is related to the fantasy sports contest in which the user participates by comparing program data associated with the program to the user selections associated with the fantasy sports contest in which the user participates; determining with the interactive television program guide application that an event has occurred in the program if it is determined that the program is related to the fantasy sports contest in which the user participates; and displaying, in response to the determination that the event has occurred, an overlay on top of the program, wherein the overlay includes fantasy sports contest information associated with the event. - View Dependent Claims (104, 105, 106, 107, 108)
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109. A non-transitory machine-readable medium for an interactive television program guide application, the machine-readable medium having machine program logic recorded thereon for:
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receiving a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates; adding the real-life sports player to a user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; providing to the user the ability to select a program for viewing; determining that the program includes the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the program with the real-life sports player included in the user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; and displaying, in response to user selection of the program and in response to determining that the program includes the real-life sports player, fantasy sports contest information associated with the real-life sports player in conjunction with video for the program. - View Dependent Claims (110, 111, 112, 113)
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114. A non-transitory machine-readable medium for an interactive television program guide application, the machine-readable medium having machine program logic recorded thereon for:
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receiving a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates; adding the real-life sports player to a user'"'"'s fantasy team roster; displaying a plurality of program guide listings; determining that one of the displayed plurality of program guide listings includes the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the one of the displayed plurality of program guide listings with the real-life sports player included in the fantasy sports roster; and displaying, in response to determining that the one of the displayed plurality of program guide listings includes the real life sports player, fantasy sports contest information associated with the real-life sports player. - View Dependent Claims (115, 116)
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