Patent ID: 11869315
Assignee: nan
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 11:
12. A method of providing a peer-to-peer sports game, comprising:
storing, in a database, data, the database configured to communicate with third party data providers;
establishing, by a game server, communication with the database and a plurality of user gaming devices, wherein each of the plurality of user gaming devices comprises a processor configured to provide a game interface to a user, and wherein the game server comprises a processor configured to provide a sports game to each of the plurality of user gaming devices;
executing the game interface by the processor of each of the plurality of user gaming devices, wherein the game interface is configured to have the processor of the each of the plurality of user gaming devices execute the sports game by:
presenting an opening screen to show a plurality of virtual rooms and a predefined number of sporting events available for at least one of viewing and entering;
presenting a leaderboard screen to show rankings of the plurality of users when the user enters one of the plurality of virtual rooms;
presenting a plurality of buttons to allow the user to select one of the predefined number of sporting events and a predefined number of different types of competitions on the one of the predefined number of sporting events over a course of the sports game;
allowing the user to enter an amount of credits for one of the predefined number of different types of competitions, a first, on the one of the predefined number of sporting events;
presenting a submit button to allow the user to submit the amount of credits for the one of the predefined number of different types of competitions, the first, on the one of the predefined number of sporting events;
there is a remainder of the predefined number of different types of competitions, not the first;
allowing the user to continue to enter and submit amounts of the credits for each of the remainder of the predefined number of different types of competitions, without repeating a previously submitted predefined number of different types of competitions, on the one of the predefined number of sporting events; and
updating the leaderboard screen to reflect a final ranking of the plurality of users, wherein a winner of the sports game is determined at an end of the sports game based upon the final ranking.