Patent ID: 9033798
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method executed by one or more computing devices for enabling real-time competition between a first user and a second user, the method comprising: receiving, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, information from a first user including a first competitive position associated with a live event that occurs over a specified duration of time; receiving, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, information from a second user including a second competitive position also associated with the live event, wherein the first competitive position and the second competitive position are mutually exclusive; transmitting, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, information for display as an entertaining experience on a computing device associated with at least one of the first user and the second user during the specified duration of time, the entertaining experience including a graphical representation of a casino-style game having a subject matter that is disparate from a subject matter of the live event, the graphical representation of the casino-style game including one or more first symbols representing the first competitive position and one or more second symbols representing the second competitive position; and transmitting, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, after the specified duration of time has ended, information to the first user and the second user indicating either: