Real-Time Display of Fantasy Sports Player Transaction Data
AssigneeYahoo! Inc.
InventorsBrian NG, Dean Nakabayashi, Scott Pitkin, Sean Montgomery, Mark Kawakami, Ron Belmarch
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for providing up-to-date statistical information about fantasy sports players is disclosed herein. The volume and type of transactions made by a plurality of users regarding the fantasy sports players are used to generate at least one statistical value for respective players. The statistical values for respective players are provided in an online interface, providing ease of viewing of transaction activity regarding the players and/or facilitating a user's next transactions relative to the transaction activity of the plurality of users.
Claims33
An interface for displaying player trends in an online fantasy sports game, the interface comprising:
- at least one player description component that displays a name of a fantasy sports player;
- and
- at least one player information indicator for displaying an indication of a statistical value associated with the fantasy sports player,
- wherein the interface is operable to periodically refresh the indication of the statistical value to display a recent value of the statistical value.
An interface for displaying player trends in an online fantasy sports game, the interface comprising:
- a player table comprising at least one row, wherein the at least one row represents a corresponding fantasy sports player, and at least one column, wherein the at least one column comprises:
- a player description column for displaying a description of the fantasy sports player, the description including a name of the fantasy sports player;
- at least one player information indicator for displaying a representation of a statistical value associated with the fantasy sports player;
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- wherein the interface is operable to periodically refresh the representation of the statistical value to display a recent value of the statistical value.
A computer enabled method for providing player trends for online fantasy sports games, the method comprising:
- tracking transactions made by a plurality of users regarding at least one fantasy sports player;
- generating a statistical value for the fantasy sports player based on the tracked transactions;
- displaying a player identifier and a representation of the statistical value for the fantasy sports player;
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- dynamically updating the representation of the statistical value based on real-time transactions made by the plurality of users.
A computer program product comprising program code for providing information about fantasy sports players, the computer program product comprising program code for:
- generating a first statistical value associated with a fantasy sports player;
- presenting an identifier of the fantasy sports player and the first statistical value;
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- updating the first statistical value in real-time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.