US 10,293,263 B2Granted

Custom content feed based on fantasy sports data

OwnerDavid S. Thompson, David A. Divineinventors

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Abstract

Techniques for configuring and operating a fantasy sports interleaver service are described herein. In some examples, a custom content feed can be generated for a user based on one or more topics of interest to the user. The one or more topics of interest to the user may include athletes on a roster of a fantasy team associated with a fantasy sports account of the user. Content segments may be identified that are relevant to the one or more topics of interest to the user and a custom content feed may be generated for the user that includes the content segments. The custom content feed may also include content from a social networking account of the user. The custom content feed may be served to a client device of the user and/or shared with one or more contacts of the social networking account of the user.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

under control of one or more processors configured with executable instructions stored in memory:
determining, by operation of the one or more processors, one or more topics of interest to a user, the one or more topics of interest to the user comprising athletes on a roster of a fantasy team associated with a fantasy sports account of the user;
identifying, by operation of the one or more processors, multiple content segments that are relevant to the one or more topics of interest to the user, wherein the identifying comprises identifying tagged content segments associated with the roster of the fantasy team of the fantasy sports account of the user;
generating a custom content feed for the user, by operation of the one or more processors, wherein the generating comprises using the identified tagged content segments, and wherein the custom content feed comprises the identified tagged content segments and content from a social networking account of the user;
and
causing, by operation of the one or more processors, the custom content feed including the multiple content segments and the content from the social networking account of the user to be served by one or more network connections to a client device of the user.

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A system comprising:

one or more processors;
and
memory communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, the memory storing instructions that when executed by the one or more processors configure the system to perform operations comprising:
determining, by operation of the one or more processors, one or more topics of interest to a user, the one or more topics of interest to the user comprising athletes on a roster of a fantasy team associated with a fantasy sports account of the user;
identifying, by operation of the one or more processors, multiple content segments that are relevant to the one or more topics of interest to the user, wherein the identifying comprises identifying tagged content segments associated with the roster of the fantasy team of the fantasy sports account of the user;
generating a custom content feed for the user, by operation of the one or more processors, wherein the generating comprises using the identified tagged content segments, and wherein the custom content feed comprises the identified tagged content segments and content from a social networking account of the user;
and
causing, by operation of the one or more processors, the custom content feed including the multiple content segments and the content from the social networking account of the user to be served by one or more network connections to a client device of the user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/893,661Filed 11 Feb 2018 · continuation
Priority: 22 May 2013
Published: US 2018/0161680 A114 Jun 2018
Granted: 21 May 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification16 codes

A63F 13/828
Special adaptations for executing a specific game genre or game mode: managing virtual sport teams
A63F 13/35
Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection…: details…
A63F 13/46
Controlling the progress of the video game: computing the game score
A63F 13/537
Involving additional visual information provided to the game scene, e.g. by overlay to simulate a head-up display [HUD] or displaying a laser…:…

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Application61/826,485Us provisional application · filed 22 May 2013
Application61/862,089Us provisional application · filed 5 Aug 2013
Application14/285,607Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 22 May 2014
Application14/550,906Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 21 Nov 2014
Application14/846,886Parent of this continuation · filed 7 Sep 2015
Application15/261,973Parent of this continuation · filed 11 Sep 2016
US 2018/0161680 A1Pre-grant publication · published 14 Jun 2018
US 9,889,382 B2Parent of this continuation
US 9,440,152 B2Parent of this continuation
US 9,138,652 B1Parent of this continuation-in-part
Application14/846,886Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 9,056,253 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2014/0349750 A1Published application
US 2015/0375117 A1Published application
US 2016/0375365 A1Published application
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