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Fantasy game and method of play

Fantasy game and method of play description/claims

The invention claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/970,411 entitled FANTASY GAME AND METHOD OF PLAY by Keir Kimble, filed on Sep. 6, 2007, which Provisional Patent Application is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

Fantasy sports games have become ubiquitous in today's society. Leagues associated with such fantasy games form in bars, the workplace, neighborhoods, and schools. Typically, the games center on a professional sport, such as football, and attain a good portion of their popularity from the established popularity of the sport on which the game is based. Participants within individual leagues gather prior to the opening of the sports season and draft teams of players. The participants then manage their team, selecting which players to play and which ones to leave inactive. Points are generated based on each player's performance.

Most professional sports attain a significant number of their players through a draft. For example the National Football League holds its draft of NCAA football players each Spring. This particular draft has become wildly popular over the year's. USA Today.com found that ESPN's coverage of the 2006 draft attracted over thirty six million viewers. To some, the NFL draft has become as important as the Super Bowl.

This Summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts in a simplified form that are further described below in the Detailed Description. This Summary, and the foregoing Background, is not intended to identify key aspects or essential aspects of the claimed subject matter. Moreover, this Summary is not intended for use as an aid in determining the scope of the claimed subject matter.

A fantasy game and method of play are presented that are centered on a sports draft. Game participants predict the selection order of available players prior to the draft. Points are awarded according to the correctness of the game participant's predictions. Points may be awarded for inexact predictions that fail within predetermined groupings within rounds of the subject draft. Tie breaking selections may be incorporated within the game. Playoffs may also be incorporated as game participants successfully advance from intra-league play. Automated play is provided that permits real-time reporting and play among the participants while the draft occurs.

These and other aspects of the present system and method will be apparent after consideration of the Detailed Description and Figures herein. It is to be understood, however, that the scope of the invention shall be determined by the claims as issued and not by whether given subject matter addresses any or all issues noted in the Background or includes any features or aspects recited in this Summary.

Non-limiting and non-exhaustive embodiments of the present invention, including the preferred embodiment, are described with reference to the following figures, wherein like reference numerals refer to like parts throughout the various views unless otherwise specified.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a computing system adapted to implement an embodiment of the draft selection game.

FIG. 2 depicts a system schematic of one contemplated embodiment of a system for at least partially implementing the draft selection game.

FIG. 3 depicts an exemplary embodiment of a log-in page that may be used with an embodiment of the draft selection game.

FIG. 4A depicts a portion of an exemplary embodiment of a page that may be used describing a manner of playing an embodiment of the draft selection game.

FIG. 4B depicts another portion of the exemplary embodiment of the page depicted in FIG. 4A.

FIG. 5A depicts an exemplary embodiment of a page that may be used for member registration in one embodiment of the sports draft game.

FIG. 5B depicts another portion of the exemplary embodiment of the page depicted in FIG. 5A.

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