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- Patent Title: Computer-implemented methods and systems enabling fan participation in calling plays at sporting and other events
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Application No.: US16108574Application Date: 2018-08-22
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Publication No.: US10695678B2Publication Date: 2020-06-30
- Inventor: George F. Colony , Julie H. Meringer , Susan D. Membrino , William Packard Colony
- Applicant: Your Call Technology, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MA Newton
- Assignee: YOUR CALL TECHNOLOGY, LLC
- Current Assignee: YOUR CALL TECHNOLOGY, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Newton
- Agency: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
- Main IPC: A63F13/32
- IPC: A63F13/32 ; A63F13/812 ; G06Q50/34 ; A63F13/65 ; A63F13/2145 ; A63F13/25 ; A63F13/332 ; A63F13/335 ; A63F13/92 ; A63F11/00

Abstract:
A computerized method and system of facilitating state-based participation in calling plays in a football game thereby allowing fans to proactively participate in real-time in the game. A computing device receives a user profile corresponding to a user registered to vote in a real-time football game. A sequence of states is initiated in response to start of a play during the real-time football game. The sequence of states includes receiving a set of plays from a coach, sending the set of plays to a user, and receiving a vote from the user. A result of a real-time play based on the winning play is received and the coach is score updated. The computerized method and system is not limited to football, and may also be applied to other live events such as soccer, baseball, golf, hockey, basketball, movie screenings, game shows, award shows, sales meetings, political events, and business conferences.
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