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Granted Patent B2
US 9,082,074 · App. 13/986,241 · Granted Jul 14, 2015

Computerized system and method for calibrating sports statistics projections by player performance tiers

Inventors: Leonard John LaPadula, III (Rochester, NH); Jon Abraham (Sudbury, MA)
Assignee: Advanced Sports Logic, Inc.
G06N5/02A63F13/828G06N5/022G06Q10/00A63F2300/69
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Patent No.
US 9,082,074
App. No.
13/986,241
Granted
Jul 14, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The system and method provides team guidance recommendations. The system and method provides player selection guidance by realistically valuing top-tier and lower-tier players. The system and method provides situational-based starting lineup recommendations by creating and using tier-specific, non-normal distributions in a probability distribution-based system for providing fantasy sports player selection guidance. The system and method generates variance and accuracy information from historical data of a particular player projection system, and generates non-normal fantasy point distributions from the same player projection system using the previously generated variance and accuracy information.

Claims (30)

1. A computer-implemented method for using historical player projection data to build non-normal probability distributions for various tiers of player performance, comprising:

providing an archive of player fantasy point projections, wherein the archive comprises fantasy point projection data;

calculating tiered probability distributions of projection variances using the fantasy point projection data;

calculating tiered probability distributions of projection accuracy using the fantasy point projection data; and

creating non-normal fantasy point probability distributions from future player statistics projections thereby providing users with fantasy sport team management guidance.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the archive comprises AccuScore NFL player fantasy point projections.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising providing new player statistics projections.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein calculating tiered probability distributions of the projection accuracy is based on the tiers from week −12.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein calculating tiered probability distributions of the projection variances uses the average of Tier 3 players to approximate the variance for Tier 5 players.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the fantasy sport team management guidance comprises starting lineup recommendations.

7. The computer system for using historical player projection data to build non-normal probability distributions for various tiers of player performance, comprising:

providing an archive of player fantasy point projections, wherein the archive comprises fantasy point projection data;

calculating tiered probability distributions of projection variances using the fantasy point projection data;

calculating tiered probability distributions of projection accuracy using the fantasy point projection data; and

creating non-normal fantasy point probability distributions from future player statistics projections thereby providing users with fantasy sport team management guidance.

8. The computer system of claim 7 , wherein the archive comprises AccuScore NFL player fantasy point projections.

9. The computer system of claim 7 , further comprising providing new player statistics projections.

10. The computer system of claim 7 , wherein calculating tiered probability distributions of the projection accuracy is based on the tiers from week −12.

11. The computer system of claim 7 , wherein calculating tiered probability distributions of the projection variances uses the average of Tier 3 players to approximate the variance for Tier 5 players.

12. The computer system of claim 7 , wherein the fantasy sport team management guidance comprises starting lineup recommendations.

13. A non-transitory computer program product comprising program instructions encoded on one or more computer readable mediums that when executed by one or more processors cause a process for using player projection data to build non-normal probability distributions to be carried out, the process comprising:

providing an archive of player fantasy point projections, wherein the archive comprises fantasy point projection data;

calculating tiered probability distributions of projection variances using the fantasy point projection data;

calculating tiered probability distributions of projection accuracy using the fantasy point projection data; and

creating non-normal fantasy point probability distributions from future player statistics projections thereby providing users with fantasy sport team management guidance.

14. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the archive comprises AccuScore NFL player fantasy point projections.

15. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 13 , further comprising providing new player statistics projections.

16. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 13 , wherein calculating tiered probability distributions of the projection accuracy is based on the tiers from week −12.

17. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 13 , wherein calculating tiered probability distributions of the projection variances uses the average of Tier 3 players to approximate the variance for Tier 5 players.

18. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the fantasy sport team management guidance comprises starting lineup recommendations.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 17, 2013
From: LAPADULA, LEONARD J., III; ABRAHAM, JOHN
To: ADVANCED SPORTS LOGIC, INC.
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61687100 · Apr 18, 2012
Related Publication 20130282640A1 · Oct 24, 2013