Patent ID: 11886688
Assignee: VETNOS LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 18:
19. A system for providing a skill-based game, the system comprising:
a non-transitory storage medium storing machine-readable code;
at least one activity server system comprising a processor configured to execute the machine-readable code and to communicate over a wide area network with a plurality of presentation computing devices, each distinct one of the presentation computing devices associated with a distinct one of a plurality of users, and to receive information from the plurality of presentation computing devices; and
a device storage system coupled to the activity server system storing (i) information concerning the plurality of users, each user identifiable by a user account, and (ii) event data pertinent to a set of events and a set of participants in the set of events;
wherein, the machine-readable code, when executed by the activity server system, causes performance of computer processes comprising:
evaluating, by the activity server system, using an automated process based upon statistical analysis, the set of participants, to determine a statistically expected fantasy score to be scored by the set of participants in at least one event in the set of events;
serving, over the wide area network, to the presentation devices, a game comprising:

(A) a plurality of matchups selectable by a given user, wherein each selectable matchup in the plurality of matchups offers, to the given user, an opportunity:
to select whether a fantasy score of a first participant, chosen from the set of participants, will be over, or under, an expected fantasy score of the first participant; and

(B) an associated fixed odds payout that is based on a number of matchups selected by the given;
causing the presentation device of the given user to display the matchups selected by the given user and the associated fixed odds payouts;
receiving, separately, from the presentation devices, over the wide area network, user roster data characterizing a set of user-selected winners;
after occurrence of at least one event in the set of events, updating the event data pertinent to participants in the set of events based on a set of outcomes associated with the set of events; and
using the updated data to determine if the given user is a winner based on the selections by the given user, wherein determination of whether the given user is a winner or loser is based upon the given user's selection and not based on the selections of other users.