Patent ID: 11861989
Assignee: MILESTONE ENTERTAINMENT, LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A communication system for electronic interaction in a multi-player system, the system being adapted to interface with first and second electronic communications devices through a communication system, the first and second electronic communications devices including displays for presentation of live sports game play data to the players and with input devices for receiving player generated input, the first and second electronic communications devices having storage to store a game application program from a remote server, the first and second electronic communications devices having graphical display capability, the graphical display capability of the first electronic communications devices being different than the graphical display capability of the second electronic communications devices, the system utilizing live sports game play data from a live event, comprising:
a graphical information display generator for generating displays of information regarding graphical images of sports personalities, the graphical information display generator generating first displays for the first electronic communications devices and second displays for the second electronic communications devices wherein the first displays and second displays are of different degrees of resolution,
a control processor coupled to the communication system to:
(1) selectively provide the first displays to the first communications devices and the second displays to the second communications devices, and
(2) limit the amount of game play by the users,

an input for receiving live sports game play data,
an input adapted to receive game control input from the plurality of input devices, the game control input including player input regarding a selection associated with the graphical images of sports personalities and the live sports game play data,
a play server adapted to permit:
(1) one or more players to join in play regarding the graphical images of sports personalities and the live sports game play data,
(2) player to player communication, and
(3) game play with money, and
(4) a chat function to permit one player to communicate with a second player, including provision of a mini competition between one player challenging a second player,

a game analysis system, the game analysis system at least tracks user specific actions,
a point tally system including a processor for ranking the players score relative to one another based at least in part on the input regarding the live sports game play data, and a memory for storing the information, the point tally system providing the ranking information to the displays, the point tally system selecting at least the player with the highest score as at least one winner, and
a payment system for providing the winnings to the winner.