System and method for the visualization of sports information

• US 8,108,795 B2
• Filed: 01/11/2007
• Issued: 01/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yahoo Assets LLC
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Urrabazo, Roger, Toft, Kumiko T., Lin, Eric, La, John, Kumar, Sushant, Del Balso, Eric, Mills, Michael, Lo Conte, Manlio Armando
• Primary Examiner(s): Bashore, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): Distefano, Gregory A
• Application Number:
  US11/622,329
• Publication Number:
  US 20080066011A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,846 Days
• Field of Search: 715/810, 715/811, 715/825
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2747 Remote storage of video programs received via the downstream path, e.g. from the server
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/782 on tape

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a system and method for visualizing information, e.g., information regarding a sporting event. The method may comprise identifying an event type and generating a plurality of buttons, the plurality of buttons arranged in a button hierarchy. A first level of the button hierarchy comprising one or more first level buttons is displayed with a lens further displayed on a given one of the one or more first level buttons, the lens operative to present first level data for the given first level button.

Claims

1. A method for providing visualization information to a user display device, the method comprising:

validating one or more user supplied credentials for a user in order to access a user profile for the user;

generating a plurality of buttons based on the user profile, the plurality of buttons arranged in a button hierarchy;

generating a display of a first level of the button hierarchy comprising one or more first level buttons, the one or more first level buttons including one or more scoreboards;

generating a display of a lens focusing on a given one of the one or more first level buttons, the lens operative to present first level data for the given first level button;

receiving a selection of the given first level button focused by the lens;

identifying statistical information associated with the given first level button;

generating a display of a second level scoreboard corresponding to the given first level button and a second level of the button hierarchy comprising one or more second level buttons, the one or more second level buttons including the identified statistical information associated with the first level button;

receiving a selection of a given second level button corresponding to a given identified statistical information associated with the first level button; and

generating a display of a third level scoreboard corresponding to the given first level button and a third level of the button hierarchy comprising one or more third level buttons, the one or more third level buttons including statistical information associated with the given second level button from the second level of the button hierarchy at a finer granularity than that provided by the given second level button.

2. The method of claim 1 comprising identifying an event type, wherein the event type is a sporting event.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the sporting event is selected from the set of events consisting of football, baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer and rugby.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein the event is a fantasy sports event, the method further comprising:

displaying fantasy sports event information based on the user profile information in conjunction with the first level buttons and the one or more second level buttons.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the first level data changes dynamically.

6. The method of claim 1 comprising navigating the lens between the one or more first level buttons and wherein the first level data changes as a function of a given first level button.

7. The method of claim 6 comprising:

presenting an informational display pane in conjunction with the button hierarchy; and

modifying information that the informational display pane displays in response to the navigation.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the information is related to the given first level button.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein displaying a given second level button comprises displaying second level data for the given second level button.

10. The method of claim 9 comprising navigating the lens between the one or more second level buttons and wherein the second level data changes as a function of a given second level button.