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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2006
Cristobal Baray, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Shawn Robinson, San Jose, CA (US);
Chuck Riess, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Cristobal Baray, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Shawn Robinson, San Jose, CA (US);
Chuck Riess, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A fantasy sports alert agent provides notifications of relevant news articles and occurrences in a fantasy sports game, such as fantasy team roster changes or player trades, and also suggests changes to a fantasy team roster to improve the team's chances of winning. The notifications are based on items of data received from an item generator, which is typically a server process that communicates with the agent via a network. The alert agent may suggest alternative fantasy team roster lineups and, if the user accepts a suggestion, the agent may change the lineup. Each notification includes a call to action feature, such as a web link, which a user can select to perform an action, such as accepting a trade or changing the team's roster. The notifications may be displayed on a user's computer screen by the alert agent, or by an RSS reader or electronic mail reader.