Systems and methods for integrating graphic animation technologies in fantasy sports contest applications
View Patent ↗Systems and methods for integrating graphic animation technologies with fantasy sports contest applications are provided. This invention enables a fantasy sports contest application to depict plays in various sporting events using graphic animation. The fantasy sports contest application may combine graphical representation of real-life elements such as, for example, player facial features, with default elements such as, for example, a generic player body, to create realistic graphic video. The fantasy sports contest application may provide links to animated videos for depicting plays on contest screens in which information associated with the plays may be displayed. The fantasy sports contest application may play the animated video for a user in response to the user selecting such a link. In some embodiment of the present invention, the fantasy sports contest application may also customize animated video based on user-supplied setup information. For example, the fantasy sports contest application may provide play information and other related data to allow a user to generate animated videos using the user's own graphics processing equipment and graphics animation program.
1. A method for displaying animated video related to a sporting event on a display device, the method comprising:
displaying sporting event information on the display device, wherein the sporting event information comprises status information related to past occurrences in the sporting event;
receiving a user selection associated with particular status information; and
presenting the animated video on the display device, wherein the animated video:
is related to the particular status information, and
depicts only a portion of the overall sporting event.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sporting event is in-progress at a time that the sporting event information is displayed on the display device.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the status information comprises player statistics from the sporting event.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the status information comprises team statistics from the sporting event.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sporting event information further comprises status information related to past occurrences from other sporting events.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the animated video depicts a plurality of non-continuously occurring segments of the sporting event, and wherein the plurality of non-continuously occurring segments are presented in consecutive order without interruption on the display device.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the animated video loops continuously until a user selected stop command is received.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein advertising information is presented along with the animated video on the display device.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the display device is part of a mobile device.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the display device is a touch-screen device.
11. A system for displaying animated video related to a sporting event, the system comprising:
a display device; and
a processor configured to:
display sporting event information on the display device, wherein the sporting event information comprises status information related to past occurrences in the sporting event;
receive a user selection associated with particular status information; and
present the animated video on the display device, wherein the animated video:
is related to the particular status information, and
depicts only a portion of the overall sporting event.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the sporting event is in-progress at a time that the sporting event information is displayed on the display device.
13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the status information comprises player statistics from the sporting event.
14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the status information comprises team statistics from the sporting event.
15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the sporting event information further comprises status information related to past occurrences from other sporting events.
16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the animated video depicts a plurality of non-continuously occurring segments of the sporting event, and wherein the processor is further configured to present the plurality of non-continuously occurring segments in consecutive order without interruption on the display device.
17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to continuously loop the animated video until a user selected stop command is received.
18. The system of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to present advertising information along with the animated video on the display device.
19. The system of claim 11 , wherein the display device is part of a mobile device.
20. The system of claim 11 , wherein the display device is a touch-screen device.