Player adjustment scoring system
AssigneeDfs Innovations LLC
InventorTom Perkin
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Abstract
Systems and methods of conducting a fantasy sport contest are disclosed. According to some embodiments, the fantasy sport contest is provided for participants to join. The fantasy sport contest includes one or more fantasy teams where each fantasy team includes a multiplicity of real-life players. A player adjustment value (PAV) is determined for each of the real-life players. Accumulated statistics of the real-life player during real-life games are converted into a baseline fantasy score according to a baseline scoring system. The baseline fantasy score is adjusted according to the real-life player's PAV to produce an adjusted fantasy score of the real-life player.
Claims11
A method of conducting a fantasy sport contest for a plurality of participants to join, comprising:
- for each of a plurality of real-life players in a player pool, the player pool comprised of real-life players available for selection by a fantasy sport contest participant,
- determining by the server, a baseline fantasy value of the real-life player, the baseline fantasy value indicative of a projected fantasy score of the real-life player;
- prior to the at least one real-life game:
- determining, by the at least one server, a player adjustment value (PAV) for the real-life player based on the baseline fantasy value of the real-life player, the PAV determined to make adjusted fantasy values of the real life players more equal;
- for each of the plurality of participants, receiving, by at least one server a network from a plurality of clients, a selection of a plurality of real-life players;
- during the at least one real-life game:
- converting, by the at least one server, statistics of the real-life players for the at least one real-life game into baseline fantasy scores according to a baseline scoring system, and
- adjusting, by the at least one server, the baseline fantasy score of the selected real-life players according to the determined PAVs to produce an adjusted fantasy score of the real-life player for the at least one real-life game.
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