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

Claim 21:
22. A method for providing a skill-based game, the method comprising:
evaluating, by at least one activity server system, using an automated process based upon statistical analysis, at least one participant in at least one event within a set of events to determine a statistically expected fantasy score to be scored by the participant in the at least one event, wherein the activity server system:
comprises a processor and is configured to execute machine-readable code on a non-transitory storage medium and to communicate over a wide area network with a plurality of presentation computing devices, each of the plurality of presentation computing devices associated with at least one of a plurality of users, and to receive information from the plurality of presentation computing devices; and
is coupled to a device storage system storing (i) information concerning the plurality of users, each user identifiable by a user account, and (ii) event data pertinent to the set of events and participants in the set of events;

serving, over the wide area network, to the presentation devices, a game comprising:
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 will be over, or under, an expected fantasy score of the first participant; and
an associated fixed odds payout that is based on a number of matchups selected by the given user;

causing the presentation device of the given user to display the matchups and the associated fixed odds payout;
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 the 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 selections and not based on the selections of other users.