INTERACTIVE LIVE EVENT OUTCOME SELECTION AND PREDICTION

• US 20170124473A1
• Filed: 10/30/2015
• Published: 05/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CBS Interactive Inc. (Paramount Global (f/k/a ViacomCBS Inc.))
• Original Assignee: CBS Interactive Inc. (Paramount Global (f/k/a ViacomCBS Inc.))
• Inventors: Lopez, Leonard Michael, Carbonell Di Mola, Carlos Javier, Solebello, Raymond, Soblotne, Christian J, Quinlivan, Patrick Mark
• Granted Patent: US 10,318,879 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 7/01 Probabilistic graphical models, e.g. probabilistic networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A method for providing an interactive interface for live event outcome selection and prediction may include generating a set of cells for an event. The set of cells may be provided to a client device to present in a user interface. A selection of a cell may be received from the client device. The selected cell may be assigned to a user account. The method may generate a coordinate for each cell in the set, wherein each cell coordinate includes a plurality of dimensions, each dimension corresponding to a different entity of the event, and wherein each cell coordinate is unique for the set of cells. The method may comprise calculating, prior to the start of the event, a probability that an event result represented by a cell coordinate will occur; and presenting the probability in association with the cell on the user interface. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

generating a set of cells for an event;

providing the set of cells to a client device to present in a user interface;

receiving a selection of a cell from the client device;

assigning the selected cell to a user account;

generating a coordinate for each cell in the set on a random basis, wherein each cell coordinate includes a plurality of dimensions, each dimension corresponding to a different entity of the event, and wherein each cell coordinate is unique for the set of cells;

calculating, prior to the start of the event, a probability that an event result represented by a cell coordinate will occur; and

presenting the probability in association with the cell on the user interface.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising:

receiving, after the start of the event, live data about the event;

parsing the live data;

predicting, using the parsed live data, an event result; and

presenting an indication in the cell having a cell coordinate representing the predicted event result.

3. The method of claim 2, comprising:

calculating a probability of the predicted event result; and

presenting the probability in association with the cell representing the predicted event result on the user interface.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein randomly generating a coordinate for a cell comprises randomly generating an integer for each dimension of the coordinate.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the event comprises a sporting event and an event entity comprises a competitor in the sporting event.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising:

determining, at an event time interval, which cell has a cell coordinate that corresponds to a status of the event;

presenting an indication in the determined cell;

notifying the user assigned to the determined cell; and

providing a reward to the user account of the notified user.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising receiving payment for the selected cell from the user account.

8. An apparatus comprising:

a processor circuit;

a grid manager operative on the processor circuit to generate a set of cells for an event, assign a cell coordinate to each cell in the set, wherein each cell coordinate includes a plurality of dimensions, each dimension corresponding to a different entity of the event, and wherein each cell coordinate is unique for the set of cells, and assign a cell to a user account;

an event data interpreter operative on the processor circuit to receive live data about the event, parse the live data, predict an event result from the parsed live data, and compare the predicted event result to cell coordinates for a set of cells;

a network interface operative on the processor circuit to communicate the set of cells to a client device; and

a user interface generator operative on the processor circuit to generate a user interface for presentation on a client device, receive the set of cells from the grid manager, and present the set of cells in the user interface via the network interface.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, comprising:

a probability calculator operative on the processor circuit to calculate a probability that an event result represented by a cell coordinate will occur during the event, and the user interface generator to present the probability in associated with the cell having the cell coordinate on the user interface.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, the probability calculator further operative to calculate a percentage of instances of events where the cell coordinates of a cell corresponded to an event result, and the user interface generator to present the percentage in association with the cell on the user interface.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, the user interface generator further operative to receive the cell coordinates that match a predicted event, and modify an appearance of the cell having the cell coordinates on the user interface.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, the event data interpreter further operative to determine, at an event time interval, which cell has a cell coordinate that corresponds to a status of the event, provide the cell coordinate to the user interface generator, and notify a user assigned to the determined cell, and the user interface generator operative to presenting an indication in the determined cell.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, comprising:

a user account manager operative on the processor circuit to receive a selection of a cell and a user account from a client device and assign a user account to the selected cell.

14. The apparatus of claim 8, the user account manager further operative to receive a payment from a user account, and to provide a reward to the user account when a cell assigned to the user account has a cell coordinate that corresponds to a status of the event at an event time interval.

15. At least one computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause an apparatus to:

receive live data about an event in progress;

parse the live data;

predict an event result according to the parsed live data;

compare the predicted event result to cell coordinates for a set of cells, wherein each cell coordinate includes a plurality of dimensions, each dimension corresponding to a different entity of the event, and wherein each cell coordinate is unique for the set of cells; and

notify a user interface generator of a cell having cell coordinates that match the predicted event result.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the apparatus to:

calculate a probability that an event result represented by a cell coordinate will occur during the event; and

provide the probability to the user interface generator for presentation on a display.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the apparatus to provide a live data stream of the event to the client device or to a second client device associated with a user account.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the apparatus to:

select additional content related to the event; and

provide the additional content to the client device for display on the user interface.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the apparatus to:

determine, at an event time interval, which cell has a cell coordinate that corresponds to a status of the event;

provide the cell coordinate to the user interface generator; and

notify a user assigned to the determined cell.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the apparatus to:

generate a set of cells for an event prior to a start of the event;

invite one or more participants to select cells in the set of cells;

receive a selection of a cell from one of the invited participants; and

assign the selected cell to a user account associated with the selecting invited participant.