Patent ID: 8531462
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: A63B,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: evaluating a play during a game to form an event datum associated with execution of the play, including receiving, using an application programming interface module, a data input associated with the play, processing the data input using an input module in data communication with the application programming interface module to generate one or more characteristics associated with the play, recording the one or more characteristics, and generating the event datum, the event datum configured to be used in generating an output comprising at least one animation and comprising the one or more characteristics; using the event datum to form an event packet, the forming the event packet comprising generating data configured to be processed by a scorekeeping and animation generation application to generate the output using the event datum and forming one or more control signals using a logic module in a computer system having the scorekeeping and animation generation application, each of the one or more control signals comprising a tag and configured to be sent to an animation engine to activate the at least one animation and to identify the at least one animation as part of an animation sequence; generating the at least one animation using the event packet, the at least one animation being associated with the execution of the play; presenting the at least one animation with a graphical representation of a score in the game on an endpoint; and compiling the at least one animation with other animations, the at least one animation and the other animations being an animated representation of a game including using one or more avatars to represent each player of one or more teams playing in the game and wherein the animated representation is generated as the game is scored and configured to be displayed using one or more modifiable viewing angles.