# US 2014/0194200 A1 · Method And Device For Fantasy Sport Player Recommendations > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0194200 A1 - Document ID: US20140194200A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/203,281 - Filed: 2014-03-10 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2011-06-22 - Assignees: Disney Enterprises, Inc. - Applicants: Disney Enterprises, Inc. - Inventors: James N. SLOAN; David M. Fishel; Michael A. Polikoff; Jonathan G. Kinnersley; James R. Kelley; Pierre Y. Becquey; Nathan M. Ravitz - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140194200A1 ## CPC - A63F 13/828: Managing virtual sport teams - A63F 13/00: Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions - A63F 13/44: involving timing of operations, e.g. performing an action within a time slot - A63F 13/46: Computing the game score - A63F 13/65: automatically by game devices or servers from real world data, e.g. measurement in live racing competition - A63F 13/79: involving player-related data, e.g. identities, accounts, preferences or play histories - A63F 13/798: for assessing skills or for ranking players, e.g. for generating a hall of fame - A63F 13/85: Providing additional services to players - A63F 2300/558: by assessing the players' skills or ranking - A63F 2300/575: for trading virtual items - A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A method and device are for fantasy sport applications including receiving a plurality of ranking values associated with a sport player; assigning a corresponding weight value to each ranking value; determining a score value as a function of the ranking value and the corresponding weight value; determining a final ranking value as a function of the score values for the sport player; and generating a recommendation for the sport player as a function of the final ranking value. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 -26. (canceled) ### Claim 27 A method for a fantasy sport application, comprising: by a processor device: receiving a plurality of ranking values associated with a sport player; receiving a current draft status; assigning a corresponding weight value to each ranking value; determining a score value as a function of the ranking value and the corresponding weight value; determining an adjusted ranking value as a function of the score values for the sport player; and generating a recommendation for the sport player as a function of a current draft status and the adjusted ranking value. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The method of claim 27, wherein the method is performed for at least one further sport player and wherein the method further comprises: generating a recommendation list for the sport player and the at least one further sport player as a function of the corresponding adjusted ranking values. ### Claim 29 (depends on 28) The method of claim 28, wherein the sport players are listed in the recommendation list in an order according to their corresponding adjusted ranking value. ### Claim 30 (depends on 28) The method of claim 28, wherein the weight value is assigned as a function of at least one of a first static weighting based upon a category, a second static weighting based upon the category and a number of successful draft picks, a dynamic weighting based upon a behavior of users, a dynamic weighting based upon a past behavior of users, historical data related to one of the plurality of sport players, and the current draft status. ### Claim 31 (depends on 27) The method of claim 27, wherein the current draft status includes one of a pre-draft status, an in-process draft status and a post-draft status of a draft in the fantasy sport application. ### Claim 32 (depends on 28) The method of claim 28, further comprising: determining an adjusted ranking value of a replacement player; and generating an updated recommendation list including the replacement player when the replacement player has a higher adjusted ranking value than for one of the plurality of sport players already included in the recommendation list. ### Claim 33 (depends on 28) The method of claim 28, further comprising: receiving a set of filter values to be applied to the recommendation list; and generating an updated recommendation list as a function of the set of filter values. ### Claim 34 (depends on 28) The method of claim 28, further comprising: determining a factor affecting a fantasy team as a whole; determining if the factor has one of a positive effect and a negative effect on the fantasy team; and generating an updated recommendation list as a function of the positive and negative effects. ### Claim 35 (depends on 28) The method of claim 28, wherein, when the fantasy sport application includes an auction draft, the method further comprises: determining a factor affecting a fantasy team as a whole; determining if the factor has one of a positive effect and a negative effect on the fantasy team; and generating a recommendation for a bid on one of the plurality of sport players. ### Claim 36 (depends on 28) The method of claim 28, further comprising: adding a backup player to the recommendation list, the backup player being related to a selected one of the plurality of sport players. ### Claim 37 (depends on 28) The method of claim 28, further comprising: adjusting the adjusted ranking value of one of the plurality of sport players when the one of the plurality of sport players has a common bye-week as a selected one of the plurality of sport players. ### Claim 38 (depends on 27) The method of claim 27, wherein the method is performed for at least one further sport player and wherein the method further comprises: re-determining the adjusted ranking value further as a function of at least one of an average auction value, an average draft position, and a combination thereof. ### Claim 39 A device, comprising: a communication arrangement configured to communicate via a communication network; a memory arrangement; and a processor to perform operations comprising: receiving a plurality of ranking values associated with a sport player, receiving a current draft status, assigning a corresponding weight value to each ranking value, determining a score value as a function of the ranking value and the corresponding weight value, determining an adjusted ranking value as a function of the score values for the sport player, and generating a recommendation the sport player as a function of a current draft status and the adjusted ranking value. ### Claim 40 (depends on 39) The device of claim 39, wherein the operations are performed for at least one further sport player and wherein the operations further comprise: generating a recommendation list for the sport player and the at least one further sport player as a function of the corresponding adjusted ranking values. ### Claim 41 (depends on 40) The device of claim 40, wherein the sport players are listed in the recommendation list in an order according to their corresponding adjusted ranking value. ### Claim 42 (depends on 40) The device of claim 40, wherein the weight value is assigned as a function of at least one of a first static weighting based upon a category, a second static weighting based upon the category and a number of successful draft picks, a dynamic weighting based upon a behavior of users, a dynamic weighting based upon a past behavior of users, historical data related to one of the plurality of sport players, and the current draft status. ### Claim 43 (depends on 39) The device of claim 39, wherein the current draft status includes one of a pre-draft status, an in-process draft status and a post-draft status of a draft in the fantasy sport application. ### Claim 44 (depends on 40) The device of claim 40, wherein the operations further comprise: determining an adjusted ranking value of a replacement player and generate an updated recommendation list including the replacement player when the replacement player has a higher adjusted ranking value than for one of the plurality of sport players already included in the recommendation list. ### Claim 45 (depends on 40) The device of claim 40, wherein the operations further comprise: receiving a set of filter values to be applied to the recommendation list and generate an updated recommendation list as a function of the set of filter values. ### Claim 46 A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including a set of instructions executable by a processor, the set of instructions, when executed, causing the processor to: receive a plurality of ranking values associated a plurality of sport players; receive a current draft status; assign a weight value to each ranking value; determine a score value as a function of the ranking value and the respective weight value; determine an adjusted ranking value as a function of the score values for each of the plurality of sport players; and generate a recommendation list of the plurality of sport players as a function of a current draft status and the adjusted ranking values.