Dynamic display of a game spread
OwnerDavid D. Jonesinventor
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Abstract
A display for conveying game information includes a bar graph and a coded legend. The bar graph has a first axis corresponding to spread values and a second axis corresponding to game time. Individual bars are plotted on the bar graph to indicate a spread between two scores at associated game times for a given game. The coded legend defining a first legend code indicating that a selected group of one or more players is active and a second legend code indicating that the selected group of one or more players is inactive. The individual bars plotted on the bar graph are coded according to the coded legend to associate the spread with activity and inactivity of the selected group of one or more players in the game.
Claims10
A method of displaying information about a game, the method comprising:
- gathering game data in computer-readable memory;
- determining a point spread between two team scores as a function of the game data;
- selecting a distinguishing game event, wherein the distinguishing game event is selected before or after an end of the game;
- establishing a first graphical coding system that indicates the distinguishing game event over one or more lengths of game time;
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- generating and displaying a first graphic that indicates the point spread over time, wherein the graphic is generated using a computer contemporaneously with the selection of the distinguishing game event and is coded over at least one corresponding length of game time according to the first graphical coding system;
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- generating and displaying a second graphic that indicates current scores and a current point spread.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.