Patents Assigned to DraftKings, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11798357
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a multidimensional data structure based on fantasy sports account activity are described herein. Processors can maintain user profiles, each user profile having player lineups associated with fantasy sports contests. The processors can identify, for a first user profile, player lineups of the first user profile and respective contests for which the player lineups were entered. Each player lineup including players having players attributes. Each contest having contest attributes. The processors can generate, for the first user profile, a multidimensional data structure including a plurality of features. Each feature can have a respective value that is based on the player attributes corresponding to the players included in the player lineups and the contest attributes corresponding to the contests for which the player lineups were entered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: DRAFTKINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Rick Sawyer, Jordan Mendell, Frank Lo, Alexander John Krusz, Brendan Thompson Grove
  • Patent number: 11765434
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides event capture systems having one or more processors coupled to memory. The event capture system can identify a wager corresponding to a live event associated with a client device. The event capture system can identify a broadcast receiver device corresponding to the client device. The event capture system can generate recording instructions for the broadcast receiver device that cause the broadcast receiver device to initiate a recording of a broadcast of the live event. The event capture system can transmit the recording instructions to the broadcast receiver device to cause the broadcast receiver device to schedule a recording for the broadcast of the live event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: DRAFTKINGS, INC.
    Inventor: Jordan Mendell
  • Patent number: 11736592
    Abstract: In some aspects, the disclosure is directed to methods and systems for synchronized multi-client content delivery, and a content selection system based on individual and aggregated scores for the content items, to generate bundles or sets of content items having approximately corresponding scores. Server timers and local timers on client devices may be synchronized via notifications, and timer durations dynamically adjusted when client requests and responses are sent prior to client-side timer expiration, but received after server-side timer expiration, indicating communication latency has caused desynchronization. Timers may be adjusted on a global basis or per-client device basis. Through scoring and bundling, sets of content items that may be relevant to approximately an equal share of the recipient client devices may be selected and transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: DraftKings, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Giacalone, Ryan McCullough, Sumanth Reddy, Brandon Ward, Andrew Busch
  • Patent number: 11715345
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for using a non-regulated device to generate data objects via a regulated device. A first device can provide interface content items corresponding to one or more events for which to generate a data object, and receive, via a user selection, object information identifying an event of the one or more events, one or more object parameters, and a second device identifier identifying a second device of the user. The first device can generate a request to provide the object information to one or more servers, and transmit the request to provide the object information to one or more servers. The request causes the one or more servers to store an entry including the object information, generate a link to the object information, and transmit a message including the link to the second device of the user using the second device identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: DraftKings, Inc.
    Inventors: Jordan Mendell, Paul Liberman, Ed Zaleski
  • Patent number: 11704132
    Abstract: Systems and methods directed to managing computer resource allocation by monitoring signals indicating demand for services utilizing computer resources are described. A method includes maintaining, for each first event of first events, historical registration data and respective parameter values of the first event and identifying, for a second event having an open registration status, respective parameter values of the second event, and registration data for the second event. The method includes computing a similarity score between the second event and each first event of the plurality of first events, based on the respective parameter values of the first event and the second event and the registration data of the second event and the historical registration data of the first event, generating, for the second event, a projected number of entities based on determined information and determining a ranking of the second event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: DRAFTKINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Frank Lo, Brandon Joseph Ward, Alexander John Krusz, Brendan Thompson Grove
  • Patent number: 11654361
    Abstract: Systems and methods for prioritizing content packets based on a dynamically updated list of content filtering rules are described. A system is configured to identify an application executing on a client device to which to transmit content, the application associated with an account and determine that the application is configured with a configuration setting to apply a content filtering policy corresponding to a list of players including one or more players included in one or more lineups associated with the account. The system can receive a content item from a content source and determine one or more player tags associated with the content item. The system can determine that the content item includes a player tag corresponding to a player included in the list of players and transmit the content item to the client device for insertion in a content feed provided by the application responsive to the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: DRAFTKINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Nguyen, Daniel Kesack, William Hester, Sophie Dasinger, Edward Zaleski, Ethan Haskell, Corey Shtasel-Gottlieb
  • Publication number: 20230134297
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating notification interfaces based on media broadcast access events are provided. The system can determine, based on one or more attributes of the plurality of historic content streams accessed by a broadcast receiver device, an arrangement of the plurality of content items corresponding to the one or more live events. The system can generate display instructions for the broadcast receiver device that cause the broadcast receiver device to display a notification including the plurality of content items with a broadcast of a live event of the one or more live events according to the arrangement. The system can transmit the display instructions to the broadcast receiver device to cause the broadcast receiver device to display the notification including the plurality of content items with the broadcast of the live event of the one or more live events according to the arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: DraftKings, Inc.
    Inventor: Jordan Mendell
  • Publication number: 20230135514
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides live event systems having one or more processors coupled to memory. The live event system can access a plurality of messages associated with a live event broadcasted to a plurality of broadcast receiver devices via a broadcast provider system. The live event system can determine that at least one message of the messages satisfies a condition of a notification generation policy relating to the live event. The live event system can identify, from the broadcast receiver devices, a subset of broadcast receiver devices that satisfy a notification transmission policy relating to the live event. The live event system can transmit instructions to the broadcast provider system, instructions causing the broadcast provider system to communicate with each broadcast receiver device of the subset of broadcast receiver devices and cause each broadcast receiver device of the subset to display a notification identifying the live event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: DraftKings, Inc.
    Inventor: Jordan Mendell
  • Patent number: 11622156
    Abstract: Systems and methods for synchronizing client data structures with session events are disclosed. The system can establish a session responsive to a request from a host client device associated with a host player profile. The system can configure the host player profile to share records of events performed via the host player profile during the session, and can receive requests to join the session, each request associated with a respective viewer player profile. The system can receive a request from a viewer to permit automatic population of records corresponding to events performed via the host player profile during the session. The system can detect an event performed via the host player profile during the session, and generate a record corresponding to the event in the viewer player profile, which is used to enable performance of a corresponding event having the same event parameters via the viewer player profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: DraftKings, Inc.
    Inventors: Jordan Mendell, Edward Zaleski, Ethan Haskell
  • Patent number: 11604569
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a personalized lobby interface based on contest attributes and user attributes for one or more users of a contest management system. The contest management system can generate, execute and maintain a plurality of contests, such as but not limited to, fantasy sports contests. Further, the contest management system can maintain a plurality of user profiles with each of the user profiles associated with at least one user. To provide content and/or recommendations to one or user profiles, the contest management system can create one or more personalized lobbies for each of the user profiles. The personalized lobbies can display one or more contests selected by the contest management system that a user associated with the respective user profile may be interested in based in part on their respective profile attributes and/or contest history.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: DraftKings, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Lo, Brandon Joseph Ward, Brendan Thompson Grove, Jordan Mendell, Travis Dunn
  • Patent number: 11606598
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamically adjusting display content and parameters on a display region are provided. A display manager can control a display environment including a plurality of display regions and can display content items in the display regions. The display manager can identify an event record placed via a client device located in a display zone corresponding to a display region of the display environment. The event record can correspond to an event associated with at least one of the respective content items. The display manager can determine to change a first content item displayed within the display region or a value of a parameter of the display region. The display manager can modify the display region by replacing the first content item with a second content item corresponding to the event associated with the event record or by adjusting the parameter of the display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: DraftKings, Inc.
    Inventors: Rick Sawyer, Jordan Mendell
  • Patent number: 11574522
    Abstract: Systems and methods for synchronizing client data structures with session events are disclosed. The system can establish a session responsive to a request from a host client device associated with a host player profile. The system can configure the host player profile to share records of events performed via the host player profile during the session, and can receive requests to join the session, each request associated with a respective viewer player profile. The system can receive a request from a viewer to permit automatic population of records corresponding to events performed via the host player profile during the session. The system can detect an event performed via the host player profile during the session, and generate a record corresponding to the event in the viewer player profile, which is used to enable performance of a corresponding event having the same event parameters via the viewer player profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: DraftKings, Inc.
    Inventors: Jordan Mendell, Edward Zaleski, Ethan Haskell
  • Patent number: 11547940
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamically generating event cards from message streams is provided. A system receives a message of a sequence of messages from a content source, determine, from the message, the game condition of the game, compare the game condition with a previous game condition and determines events that occurred in the game based on the message and the comparison. The system can determine, for each event of the one or more events, an event type and individual player contributions of one or more players and assign, for each event of the one or more events, to each player that contributed in the event, a points allocation corresponding to the player's contribution in the event based on the points assignment policy and the event type. The system can generate event cards and transmit the event cards to emote devices according to a content filtering policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: DraftKings, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Kesack, William Hester, Jessie Haffey, Jonathan Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11501598
    Abstract: A video gaming machine provides partial symbols that match other partial symbols across adjacent horizontal frames. Matches of two melding frames provides absolute payouts, multipliers, bonus events and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: DraftKings, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Sahl
  • Patent number: 11487792
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for modifying and controlling access to private data objects. A system can maintain a node graph comprising nodes that each maintains an association with one or more neighbor nodes. The system can maintain private data objects that are generated based on a request from an organizer node, and include a list of authorized nodes and a setting to enable neighbors of authorized nodes to request inclusion in the list of authorized nodes. The system can receive a request for private data objects from a first node, and identify private data objects that include one or more neighbor nodes of the first node. The system can present a list of private data objects to the first node, and add the first node to the list of authorized nodes of the private data object subsequent to receiving a request from the first node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: DraftKings, Inc.
    Inventor: Jordan Mendell
  • Patent number: 11468743
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing bonus games based on positive and negative bonus accumulators are disclosed. The gaming system can generate, responsive to receiving an indication to begin a play of a game, a grid of symbols. Each symbol can have an attribute corresponding to one or more of a positive bonus value, a negative bonus value, and a credit value. The gaming system can calculate a positive accumulator value, a negative accumulator value, and a credit accumulator value based on the attribute. The gaming system can detect a condition to initiate a bonus game, and execute the bonus game based on the positive accumulator value and the negative accumulator value. The gaming system can adjust, responsive to executing the bonus game, a credit balance based on an outcome of the bonus game and the credit accumulator value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: DraftKings, Inc.
    Inventor: Kyle Morris
  • Patent number: 11457285
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides live event systems having one or more processors coupled to memory. The live event system can access a plurality of messages associated with a live event broadcasted to a plurality of broadcast receiver devices via a broadcast provider system. The live event system can determine that at least one message of the messages satisfies a condition of a notification generation policy relating to the live event. The live event system can identify, from the broadcast receiver devices, a subset of broadcast receiver devices that satisfy a notification transmission policy relating to the live event. The live event system can transmit instructions to the broadcast provider system, instructions causing the broadcast provider system to communicate with each broadcast receiver device of the subset of broadcast receiver devices and cause each broadcast receiver device of the subset to display a notification identifying the live event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: DraftKings, Inc.
    Inventor: Jordan Mendell
  • Patent number: 11451878
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating notification interfaces based on interactions with broadcast events are provided. The system can maintain content items corresponding to a live event, and identify interactions provided via a broadcast receiver device while the broadcast receiver device presented corresponding historic live event broadcasts. The system can determine an arrangement of the content items corresponding to the live event based on attributes of the historic live event broadcasts. The system can generate display instructions for the broadcast receiver device that cause the broadcast receiver device to display the content items with a broadcast of the live event according to the arrangement, and transmit the display instructions to the broadcast receiver device to cause the broadcast receiver device to display the content items with the broadcast of the live event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: DraftKings, Inc.
    Inventor: Jordan Mendell
  • Patent number: 11445264
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating notification interfaces synchronized with broadcast events and local interactions are disclosed. The system can receive a plurality of interactions corresponding to a conditional event opportunity of a live event from a respective plurality of client devices, and identify a broadcast receiver device that is presenting a broadcast of the live event. The system can generate instructions for a broadcast receiver device that causes an application executing on the broadcast receiver device to display one or more content items corresponding to the conditional event opportunity. The system can transmit the instructions to the broadcast receiver device to cause the application to display the one or more content items with the broadcast of the live event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: DraftKings, Inc.
    Inventor: Jordan Mendell
  • Publication number: 20220270431
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for using a non-regulated device to generate data objects via a regulated device. A first device can provide interface content items corresponding to one or more events for which to generate a data object, and receive, via a user selection, object information identifying an event of the one or more events, one or more object parameters, and a second device identifier identifying a second device of the user. The first device can generate a request to provide the object information to one or more servers, and transmit the request to provide the object information to one or more servers. The request causes the one or more servers to store an entry including the object information, generate a link to the object information, and transmit a message including the link to the second device of the user using the second device identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: DraftKings, Inc.
    Inventors: Jordan Mendell, Paul Liberman, Ed Zaleski