Patent Document ID: 8974277
Application ID: 13752371
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. In a computing environment comprising an online game service and a plurality of online game players playing a game at remote client computers that are connected to the game service, a method for establishing mixed martial arts (MMA) fantasy leagues to a plurality of participants utilizing an automated web-based platform, the method comprising the steps of: a) registering the plurality of participants into the automated web-based platform by entering requested information and creating a participant account; b) at least one of: matching the plurality of participants with other participants registered in the automated web-based platform to establish a plurality of fantasy public leagues and allowing participants to invite others to create fantasy private leagues; c) organizing the fantasy leagues in accordance with game rules, including scoring metrics based on MMA fight results or accomplishments; at least one of: holding period, transactional add, transactional drop, and fight quantity restrictions; a predefined course of time; and a predefined method of victory; d) allowing the plurality of participants to draft from a pool of real world MMA fighters to create fantasy teams; e) computing points scored by each fighter rostered on said fantasy teams based on real world statistical performances and accomplishments of the fighter during MM A matches; f) comparing the total points of each fantasy team to each other at the end of the predefined course of time; and g) declaring the winner of the fantasy league as at least one of: the team having the most accumulated points during the predefined course of time and the team having the most accumulated points during a specific sub period of the predefined course of time.