Method and system for providing real time sports betting information
First Claim
1. A method for providing sporting event odds and information, in substantially real time where the sports books, gamblers and enthusiasts want real time odds and information on the sports books computer, the method comprising:
- providing a program that utilizes an Internet connection to provide real time sports bet odds and information for a plurality of sports games from a plurality of sport books, said real time sports bet odds and information being downloaded and stored on a user'"'"'s computer, and wherein said program being incapable of placing bets;
the program displaying a major line move alert indicating when a number of sport books change their odds for a bet for a sports game in the same direction with a user settable period of time and a bet tracker that displays a list of the bets made by a user or a line seeker alert indicating when a sport book has odds that satisfy a set of criteria of the user;
navigating said display in order to acquire real time sports bet odds and information using a menu made up of various menus, and for any particular game or bet, the program being capable of visually cycling through odds for the plurality of sport books; and
the program being able to download and store, on the user'"'"'s computer, information about occurrences in connection with odds, analyzing said information and alerting the user when a predetermined occurrence takes place in connection with the odds.
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Abstract
The present invention involves a method and system for providing sports betting information, in real time, utilizing a standard Internet connection on a computer to display the odds from a plurality of sports books. The system provides its users with a line seeker alert, a major line move alert, a bet tracker, and a fully customizable display. A method of gaining real time sports betting information without the use of a web browser, through the use of a separate program written in the C++ programming language is disclosed.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for providing sporting event odds and information, in substantially real time where the sports books, gamblers and enthusiasts want real time odds and information on the sports books computer, the method comprising:
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providing a program that utilizes an Internet connection to provide real time sports bet odds and information for a plurality of sports games from a plurality of sport books, said real time sports bet odds and information being downloaded and stored on a user'"'"'s computer, and wherein said program being incapable of placing bets; the program displaying a major line move alert indicating when a number of sport books change their odds for a bet for a sports game in the same direction with a user settable period of time and a bet tracker that displays a list of the bets made by a user or a line seeker alert indicating when a sport book has odds that satisfy a set of criteria of the user; navigating said display in order to acquire real time sports bet odds and information using a menu made up of various menus, and for any particular game or bet, the program being capable of visually cycling through odds for the plurality of sport books; and the program being able to download and store, on the user'"'"'s computer, information about occurrences in connection with odds, analyzing said information and alerting the user when a predetermined occurrence takes place in connection with the odds. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for providing sporting event odds and information, for sports books, in substantially real time where the sports books, gamblers and enthusiasts want real time odds and information on the sports books computer, the method comprising:
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providing a program that utilizes an Internet connection to provide real time sports bet odds and information for a plurality of sports games from a plurality of sport books, said real time sports bet odds and information being downloaded and stored on a user'"'"'s computer, and wherein said program being incapable of placing bets; the program displaying real time odds and information including a major line move alert indicating when a number of sport books change their odds for a bet for a sports game in the same direction with a user settable period of time; navigating said display in order to acquire real time sports bet odds and information using a menu made up of various menus, and for any particular game or bet, the program being capable of visually cycling through odds for the plurality of sport books; and the program being able to download and store, on the user'"'"'s computer, information about the odds, analyzing the information and logging and tracking bets for a total of winnings and losses. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for providing sporting event odds and information, for sports books, in substantially real time where the sports books, gamblers and enthusiasts want real time odds and information on the sports books computer, the method comprising:
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providing a program that utilizes an Internet connection to provide real time sports bet odds and information for a plurality of sports games from a plurality of sport books, said real time sports bet odds and information being downloaded and stored on a user'"'"'s computer, and wherein said program being incapable of placing bets; the program displaying real time odds and information including a major line move alert indicating when a number of sport books change their odds for a bet for a sports game in the same direction with a user settable period of time; navigating said display in order to acquire real time sports bet odds and information using a menu made up of various menus, and for any particular game or bet, the program being capable of visually cycling through odds for the plurality of sport books; and the program being able to download and store, on the user'"'"'s computer, information about the odds and allowing for the display of odds on the user'"'"'s computer to be manipulated for a more efficient use of said program. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for providing sporting event odds and information, for sports books, in substantially real time where the sports books, gamblers and enthusiasts want real time odds and information on the sports books computer, the method comprising:
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program that utilizes an Internet connection to provide real time sports bet odds and information for a plurality of sports games from a plurality of sport books, said real time sports bet odds and information being downloaded and stored on a user'"'"'s computer, and wherein said program being incapable of placing bets; means for a display of real time sports bet odds and information including a major line move alert indicating when a number of sport books change their odds for a bet for a sports game in the same direction with a user settable period of time; means for navigating said display in order to acquire real time sports bet odds and information, said navigation means comprising a menu made up of various menus, and for any particular game or bet, the program being capable of visually cycling through odds for the plurality of sport books; and means for downloading and storing, on a user'"'"'s computer, occurrences in connection with the odds analyzing the information and alerting a user when a predetermined occurrence takes place in connection with the odds. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for providing sporting event odds and information, for sports books, in substantially real time where the sports books, gamblers and enthusiasts want real time odds and information on the sports books computer, the method comprising:
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providing a program that utilizes an Internet connection to provide real time sports bet odds and information for a plurality of sports games from a plurality of sport books, said real time sports bet odds and information being downloaded and stored on a user'"'"'s computer, and wherein said program being incapable of placing bets; the program displaying real time odds and information including a major line move alert indicating when a number of sport books change their odds for a bet for a sports game in the same direction with a user settable period of time; navigating said display in order to acquire real time sports bet odds and information using a menu made up of various menus, and for any particular game or bet, the program being capable of visually cycling through odds for the plurality of sport books; and customizing the program so that the program downloads and stores, on the user'"'"'s computer, occurrences connected with odds offered by one or more sports book, processes said downloaded information, and alerts the user when a predetermined occurrence takes place in connection with the odds offered by one sports book or a predetermined number of sports books to enable the user to acquire the information he needs automatically. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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