US 9,138,652 B1Granted

Fantasy sports integration with video content

OwnerDavid S. Thompson, David A. Divineinventors

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Abstract

Fantasy sports information may be integrated with video content of games or sporting events. An example technique includes determining one or more athletes on a roster of a fantasy sports team of a user, receiving video content of a game or sporting event, and identifying at least one athlete of interest that is on the roster of the fantasy sports team of the user depicted in the video content of the game or sporting event. The video content may then be displayed along with a visual indicator associated with the at least one athlete of interest to indicate that the athlete of interest is on the roster of the fantasy sports team of the user. The visual indicator may be selectable to control playback of the video content and/or to display a fantasy roster of the user.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

under control of one or more processors executing instructions stored in memory, performing operations comprising:
determining, by the one or more processors, athletes on a roster of a fantasy sports team of a user;
receiving video content of a game or sporting event, the video content of the game or sporting event depicting multiple athletes;
and
identifying, the one or more processors, at least one athlete of interest that is:
on the roster of the fantasy sports team of the user;
and
depicted in the video content of the game or sporting event;
causing, by the one or more processors, presentation of the video content of the game or sporting event on a display;
and
causing, by the one or more processors, presentation, on the display, of a visual indicator associated with the at least one athlete of interest to indicate that the athlete of interest is on the roster of the fantasy sports team of the user,
wherein the visual indicator is caused to be presented at or proximate to a location on the display at which the at least one athlete of interest is presented on the display, and
wherein the visual indicator tracks the motion of the at least one athlete of interest, such that when the at least one athlete of interest moves on the display, the visual indicator moves with the at least one athlete of interest.

10 more elements

A computing device, comprising:

one or more processors;
and
memory communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving, by the one or more processors, video content of a game or sporting event, the video content of the game or sporting event depicting multiple athletes;
determining, by the one or more processors, athletes on a roster of a fantasy sports team of a user;
and
identifying, by the one or more processors, at least one athlete of interest that is:
on the roster of the fantasy sports team of the user;
and
depicted in the video content of the game or sporting event;
causing, by the one or more processors, presentation of the video content of the game or sporting event on a display;
and
causing, by the one or more processors, presentation, on the display, of a visual indicator indicating a location of the at least one athlete of interest on the display to indicate that the athlete of interest is on the roster of the fantasy sports team of the user.

10 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/550,906Filed 21 Nov 2014 · continuation in part
Priority: 22 May 2013
Granted: 22 Sep 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

A63F 13/828
Special adaptations for executing a specific game genre or game mode: managing virtual sport teams
A63F 13/537
Involving additional visual information provided to the game scene, e.g. by overlay to simulate a head-up display [HUD] or displaying a laser…:…
H04N 21/23418
Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs: involving operations for…
H04N 21/234318
Involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements: by…

Family

Application61/826,485Us provisional application · filed 22 May 2013
Application61/862,089Us provisional application · filed 5 Aug 2013
Application14/285,607Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 22 May 2014
US 9,056,253 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2014/0349750 A1Published application
US 9,138,652 B1This patent

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