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Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 27, 2024
Applicant:

Sportsmedia Technology Corporation, Durham, NC (US);

Inventor:

Gerard J. Hall, Durham, NC (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2187 (2011.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/43 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2187 (2013.01); G07F 17/3288 (2013.01); H04N 21/25825 (2013.01); H04N 21/25841 (2013.01); H04N 21/2625 (2013.01); H04N 21/43076 (2020.08); H04N 21/8153 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention provides a server platform in communication with a plurality of user devices. The server platform retrieves and transmits data regarding a live broadcast event to the plurality of user devices and provides an interactive activity related to the live broadcast event. In one embodiment, in order to account for delays between the broadcasts of different players, the server platform utilizes at least one graphical element and/or at least one audiovisual element of the live broadcast event to generate separate pools of players participating in the interactive activity, thereby increasing fairness.


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