Systems and methods for advanced competitive virtual sports competitions
US11331585B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 8, 2019 |
| Grant date | May 17, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 8, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F2300/69
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
Methods and systems for creating an advanced virtual sports platform over a computer network by establishing and storing input data sources for a real-world competition; receiving, querying, and storing user account credentials from users; querying and generating user leagues the one real-world competition; receiving and storing user teams for the competition user league; operating a live draft for the competition user leagues and teams, including draft timer and nonresponse autopick features; querying and receiving stage data for the competition from input data sources; establishing bonus specifiers for the user leagues; outputting stage data scores; assigning user team points based on the output stage data scores; generating rankings for the user teams; and displaying rankings for the user teams. Other aspects include analyzing the platform data for significant variations between expected and actual performance.
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