FANTASY SPORTS APPLICATION USING HISTORICAL PLAYERS AND METHOD OF USE

Abstract

A fantasy sports application or more specifically to a fantasy sports application that integrates the historically great “immortal” players onto a drafted team which includes players that are currently active in the sport. A user may challenge a second user to an online match via the application, instant message or through social media. The user who drafts the statistically better team wins the head-to-head competition.

Claims

1. A fantasy sports application, comprising; a server based database including, a player list including, active players and historical players, each player identified by, name, sport and roster position, a statistical complete season performance data from each player, an algorithm to compress complete season data into a fantasy score for each player, a list of program users allowing, a first program user from the list of program users to challenge a second program user to a match via an online invitation, a virtual coin toss application to determine a draft selection order, a team roster for each user comprised of a sport position list, a draft selection list of players, the draft selection list limited by sport and position, a draft wherein each user fills his roster with players from the draft selection list, a calculation algorithm to determine the highest fantasy score from each team roster, and, a points allocation to each participating user.

2. The fantasy sports application of claim 1 wherein the draft is conducted as a snake draft.

3. The fantasy sports application of claim 1 wherein the user can designate one or more favorites on the player list.

4. The fantasy sports application of claim 1 wherein the application can designate one or more immortal players from historical players on the player list.

5. The fantasy sports application of claim 4 wherein the immortal players may have a higher fantasy score.

6. The fantasy sports application of claim 4 wherein the immortal players may not be available for the draft unless the user drafting the immortal player has accumulated enough points, through one or more of, participation, winning matches and an in application purchase.

7. The fantasy sports application of claim 4 including a wheel of chance wherein a user may spin to gain one or more of, points or access to an immortal player.

8. A method competing in a fantasy sports application, comprising; providing a server based database including, a player list including, active players and historical players, each player identified by, name, sport and roster position, statistical complete season performance data from each player, an algorithm to compress complete season data into a fantasy score for each player, a list of program users allowing participating users as, a first program user from the list of program users to challenge a second program user to a match via an online invitation, providing a virtual coin toss application to determine a draft selection order, providing a team roster for each user comprised of a sport position list, providing a draft selection list of players, the draft selection list limited by sport and position, providing a snake draft wherein each user fills his roster with players from the draft selection list wherein, the coin toss winner makes a first choice of one player for the first sport position on the users team roster from the draft selection list, the coin toss looser makes a second choice of one player for the first sport position on the users team roster from the draft selection list and the coin toss looser makes a first choice of one player for the second sport position on the users team roster from the draft selection list, the coin toss winner makes a second choice of one player for the second sport position on the users team roster from the draft selection list and the coin toss winner makes a first choice of one player for the third sport position on the users team roster from the draft selection list, the coin toss winner and coin looser, as users, continue making two alternating draft picks until each team roster position is full, providing a calculation algorithm to determine the highest fantasy score from each team roster, a point allocation to each user for participation, and, an additional allocation of one or more points to the draft winner.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0017] The following description of the embodiments can be understood in light of the Figures which illustrate specific aspects of the embodiments and are part of the specification. Together with the following description, the Figures demonstrate and explain the principles of the embodiments. The same reference numerals or word descriptions in different drawings represent the same element, and thus their descriptions may be omitted.

[0018] FIG. 1 is a logic diagram of the present invention,

[0019] FIG. 2 is draft screen of the present invention, and,

[0020] FIG. 3 is a wheel of chance of the present invention.

[0021] It is to be understood that the above mentioned arrangements are only illustrative of the application of the principles of the present disclosure. Numerous modifications or alternative arrangements may be devised by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure and the appended claims are intended to cover such modifications and arrangements. Thus, while the present disclosure has been shown in the drawings and described above with particularity and detail, it will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that numerous modifications, including, but not limited to, variations form, function and manner of operation, may be made without departing from the principles and concepts set forth herein.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0022] FIG. 1 is a logic diagram for one embodiment of the present invention or fantasy sports application, including a first user 100, who will first select a sport platform for a mock draft, the first user 100 chooses another user from a list of users 110 where the list will first list “friends” of the first user 100 followed by other users currently online and then all remaining users. Users will be listed in alphabetical orders within the primary sort criteria. Once the first user 100 has selected an opponent or second user 115, the second user 115 will have the opportunity to accept or reject the invitation to compete. If the invitation to compete is accepted a coin toss 120 will be used to decide which user will make the first fantasy player selection. The fantasy player selection is configured in a “snake draft” 130 where if the first user 100 wins the coin toss, they will make the first player selection in the first draft round. The second user 115 will then make their first round pick and immediately make their second round player selection. This process is repeated until each field or roster position is filed for the respective sport. With the draft complete the application will automatically calculate a winner 140. Each user will be awarded one or more points for participating in the match and the winner will be awarded additional points for their efforts 150. The users may choose to have a rematch or may initiate a challenge to a different user and restart the process.

[0023] FIG. 2 is a representative embodiment of a player draft screen. The player 210 information will be available from the application on the screen 500 of a tablet or smart phone. Players which have been designated as “favorite” by the user, will be listed first, and include an indicator 220 such as a star. Retired players which can be considered “immortal” historical players will also include an indicator 225. The remaining players will be listed in alphabetical order. The application will also indicate the sport selected 200 and the player position currently being filled 205.

[0024] FIG. 3 in a representative view of the “wheel of chance” 300, the wheel 300 including a plurality of divisions 301 where the possible spin outcomes are indicated. A user will have the opportunity to earn immortal players 310, a play speed up 315 or additional awards such as fantasy points or salary points 320.