Systems and methods for using an interactive television program guide to access fantasy sports contests

A method for using an interactive television program guide application to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the method comprising:

• receiving a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates;
• adding the real-life sports player to a user's fantasy team roster;
• determining which programs include the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the program with the real-life sports player included in the user's fantasy team roster;
• providing to the user an opportunity to view a schedule of the programs that include the real-life sports player;
• and
• displaying the schedule to the user in response to a user indication of the opportunity.

A method for using an interactive television program guide application to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the method comprising:

• receiving a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates;
• adding the real-life sports player to a user's fantasy team roster;
• determining with the interactive television program guide application that a program includes the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the program with the real-life sports player included in the user's fantasy team roster;
• and
• scheduling the program for automatic recording for the user.

A method for using an interactive television program guide application to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the method comprising:

• receiving user selections associated with the fantasy sports contest in which the user participates;
• displaying an unobstructed view of a program;
• determining that the program is related to a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates by comparing program data associated with the program to the user selections associated with the fantasy sports contest in which the user participates;
• determining with the interactive television program guide application that an event has occurred in the program if it is determined that the program is related to the fantasy sports contest in which the user participates;
• and
• displaying, in response to the determination that the event has occurred, an overlay on top of the program, wherein the overlay includes fantasy sports contest information associated with the event.

A method for using an interactive television program guide application to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the method comprising:

• receiving a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates;
• adding the real-life sports player to a user's fantasy team roster;
• providing to the user the ability to select a program for viewing;
• determining that the program includes the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the program with the real-life sports player included in the user's fantasy team roster;
• and
• displaying, in response to user selection of the program and in response to determining that the program includes the real-life sports player, fantasy sports contest information associated with the real-life sports player in conjunction with video for the program.

A method for using an interactive television program guide application to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the method comprising:

• receiving a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates;
• adding the real-life sports player to a user's fantasy team roster;
• displaying a plurality of program guide listings;
• determining that one of the displayed plurality of program guide listings includes the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the one of the displayed plurality of program guide listings with the real-life sports player included in the fantasy sports roster;
• displaying, in response to determining that the one of the displayed plurality of program guide listings includes the real life sports player, fantasy sports contest information associated with the real-life sports player.

An interactive television program guide application system operative to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the system comprising:

• a display device;
• and
• control circuitry configured to:
• receive a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates;
• add the real-life sports player to a user's fantasy team roster;
• determine that a program includes the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the program with the real-life sports player included in the user's fantasy team roster;
• and
• direct the display device to display, in response to determining that the program includes the real-life sports player, information indicating to the user that the program is related to the fantasy sports contest.

An interactive television program guide application system operative to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the system comprising:

• a display device;
• a user input device;
• and
• control circuitry configured to:
• receive a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates;
• add the real-life sports player to a user's fantasy team roster;
• determine which programs include the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the program with the real-life sports player included in the user's fantasy team roster;
• provide to the user an opportunity to view a schedule of the programs that include the real-life sports player that has been selected in the fantasy sports contest in which the user participates;
• receive from the user input device a user indication of the opportunity;
• and
• direct a display device to display the schedule to the user.

An interactive television program guide application system operative to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the system comprising:

• control circuitry configured to:
• receive a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates;
• add the real-life sports player to a user's fantasy team roster;
• determine that a program includes the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the program with the real-life sports player included in the user's fantasy team roster;
• and
• schedule the program for automatic recording for the user.

An interactive television program guide application system operative to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the system comprising:

• a display device;
• and
• control circuitry configured to:
• receive user selections associated with a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates;
• display an unobstructed view of a program;
• determine that the program is related to the fantasy sports contest in which the user participates by comparing program data associated with the program to the user selections associated with the fantasy sports contest in which the user participates;
• determine that an event has occurred in the program if it is determined that the program is related to the fantasy sports contest in which the user participates;
• and
• direct the display device to display, in response to the determination that the event has occurred, an overlay on top of the program, wherein the overlay includes fantasy sports contest information associated with the event.

An interactive television program guide application system operative to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the system comprising:

• a display device;
• a user input device;
• and
• control circuitry configured to:
• receive a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates;
• add the real-life sports player to a user's fantasy team roster;
• provide to the user the ability to select a program for viewing;
• determine that the program includes the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the program with the real-life sports player included in the user's fantasy team roster;
• and
• direct the display device to display, in response to user selection of the program and in response to determining that the program includes the real-life sports player, fantasy sports contest information associated with the real-life sports player in conjunction with video for the program.

An interactive television program guide application system operative to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the system comprising:

• a display device;
• a user input device;
• and
• control circuitry configured to:
• receive a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates;
• add the real-life sports player to a user's fantasy team roster;
• display a plurality of program guide listings;
• determine that one of the displayed plurality of program guide listings includes the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the one of the displayed plurality of program guide listings with the real-life sports player included in the fantasy sports roster;
• and
• direct a display device to display, in response to determining that the one of the displayed plurality of program guide listings includes the real life sports player, fantasy sports contest information associated with the real-life sports player.

An interactive television program guide application operative to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the system comprising:

• means for receiving a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates;
• means for adding the real-life sports player to a user's fantasy team roster;
• means for determining with the interactive television program guide application that a program includes the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the program with the real-life sports player included in the user's fantasy team roster;
• and
• means for displaying, in response to determining that the program includes the real-life sports player, information indicating to the user that the program is related to the fantasy sports contest.

An interactive television program guide application system operative to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the system comprising:

• means for receiving a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates;
• means for adding the real-life sports player to a user's fantasy team roster;
• means for determining which programs include the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the program with the real-life sports player included in the user's fantasy team roster;
• means for providing to the user an opportunity to view a schedule of the programs that include the real-life sports player that has been selected in the fantasy sports contest in which the user participates;
• and
• means for displaying the schedule to the user in response to a user indication of the opportunity.

An interactive television program guide application system operative to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the system comprising:

• means for receiving a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates;
• means for adding the real-life sports player to a user's fantasy team roster;
• means for determining with the interactive television program guide application that a program includes real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the program with the real-life sports player included in the user's fantasy team roster;
• and
• means for scheduling the program for automatic recording for the user.

An interactive television program guide application system operative to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the system comprising:

• means for receiving user selections associated with a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates;
• means for displaying an unobstructed view of a program;
• means for determining that the program is related to the fantasy sports contest in which the user participates by comparing program data associated with the program to the user selections associated with the fantasy sports contest in which the user participates;
• means for determining with the interactive television program guide application that an event has occurred in the program if it is determined that the program is related to the fantasy sports contest in which the user participates;
• and
• means for displaying, in response to the determination that the event has occurred, an overlay on top of the program, wherein the overlay includes fantasy sports contest information associated with the event.

An interactive television program guide application system operative to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the system comprising:

• means for receiving a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates;
• means for adding the real-life sports player to a user's fantasy team roster;
• means for providing to the user the ability to select a program for viewing;
• means for determining that the program includes the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the program with the real-life sports player included in the user's fantasy team roster;
• and
• means for displaying, in response to user selection of the program and in response to determining that the program includes the real-life sports player, fantasy sports contest information associated with the real-life sports player in conjunction with video for the program.

An interactive television program guide application system operative to provide fantasy sports contest information to a user, the system comprising:

• means for receiving a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates;
• means for adding the real-life sports player to a user's fantasy team roster;
• means for displaying a plurality of program guide listings;
• means for determining that one of the displayed plurality of program guide listings includes the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the one of the displayed plurality of program guide listings with the real-life sports player included in the fantasy sports roster;
• and
• means for displaying, in response to determining that the one of the displayed plurality of program guide listings includes the real life sports player, fantasy sports contest information associated with the real-life sports player.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium for an interactive television program guide application, the machine-readable medium having machine program logic recorded thereon for:

• receiving a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates;
• adding the real-life sports player to a user's fantasy team roster;
• determining with the interactive television program guide application that a program includes the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the program with the real-life sports player included in the user's fantasy team roster;
• and
• displaying, in response to determining that the program includes the real-life sports player information indicating to the user that the program is related to the fantasy sports contest.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium for an interactive television program guide application, the machine-readable medium having machine program logic recorded thereon for:

• receiving a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates;
• adding the real-life sports player to a user's fantasy team roster;
• determining which programs include the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the program with the real-life sports player included in the user's fantasy team roster;
• providing to the user an opportunity to view a schedule of the programs that include the real-life sports player that has been selected in the fantasy sports contest in which the user participates;
• and
• displaying the schedule to the user in response to a user indication of the opportunity.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium for an interactive television program guide application, the machine-readable medium having machine program logic recorded thereon for:

• receiving a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates;
• adding the real-life sports player to a user's fantasy team roster;
• determining with the interactive television program guide application that a program includes the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the program with the real-life sports player included in the user's fantasy team roster;
• and
• scheduling the program for automatic recording for the user.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium for an interactive television program guide application, the machine-readable medium having machine program logic recorded thereon for:

• receiving user selections associated with a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates;
• displaying an unobstructed view of a program;
• determining that the program is related to the fantasy sports contest in which the user participates by comparing program data associated with the program to the user selections associated with the fantasy sports contest in which the user participates;
• determining with the interactive television program guide application that an event has occurred in the program if it is determined that the program is related to the fantasy sports contest in which the user participates;
• and
• displaying, in response to the determination that the event has occurred, an overlay on top of the program, wherein the overlay includes fantasy sports contest information associated with the event.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium for an interactive television program guide application, the machine-readable medium having machine program logic recorded thereon for:

• receiving a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates;
• adding the real-life sports player to a user's fantasy team roster;
• providing to the user the ability to select a program for viewing;
• determining that the program includes the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the program with the real-life sports player included in the user's fantasy team roster;
• and
• displaying, in response to user selection of the program and in response to determining that the program includes the real-life sports player, fantasy sports contest information associated with the real-life sports player in conjunction with video for the program.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium for an interactive television program guide application, the machine-readable medium having machine program logic recorded thereon for:

• receiving a user selection of a real-life sports player associated a real-life sports team in a fantasy sports contest in which the user participates;
• adding the real-life sports player to a user's fantasy team roster;
• displaying a plurality of program guide listings;
• determining that one of the displayed plurality of program guide listings includes the real-life sports player by comparing program data associated with the one of the displayed plurality of program guide listings with the real-life sports player included in the fantasy sports roster;
• and
• displaying, in response to determining that the one of the displayed plurality of program guide listings includes the real life sports player, fantasy sports contest information associated with the real-life sports player.