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Fantasy sports contest highlight segments systems and methods

  • US 8,702,504 B1
  • Filed: 08/30/2002
  • Issued: 04/22/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing highlight segments 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;

    generating for display on a display screen the user'"'"'s fantasy roster, wherein at least one of the displayed names is configured to be selectable by the user on-screen;

    receiving an on-screen user selection of one of the selectable names in the user'"'"'s fantasy roster; and

    in response to the user selection, determining that a highlight segment depicts a play that contributed to the user'"'"'s fantasy sports score and includes the real-life athlete corresponding to the selected name;

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

    generating the highlight segment for display to the user.

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