Patent ID: 9087320
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for accessing information stored by a sports platform based on roles and relationships, the method comprising: receiving a request to access a user interface that displays information about one or more sports-related items; identifying a user associated with the received request; determining one or more user roles associated with the user, wherein a role defines an actor type of the user in a sports team and is selected from the group consisting of a parent, a player, a coach, a team manager, a fan, an administrator, and a guest and wherein the role automatically identifies information that the identified user can access based on the actor type; determining one or more user relationships with other objects associated with the requested user interface, wherein a relationship corresponds to a real-world relationship including parent and child, coach and player, and player and team; accessing information describing one or more users, roles, and relationships to which the requested user interface is restricted, wherein the combination of a user's determined roles and a user's determined relationships allows the system to automatically determine access rights that identify a customized view for the user without receiving access rights manually from the user or an administrator; retrieving information associated with the requested user interface that is accessible to the identified user based on the user's associated roles and relationships; and displaying the requested user interface including the information accessible to the identified user and preventing the display of information that is not allowed based on the identified user's determined roles and relationships, wherein the preceding steps are performed by at least one processor.