Abstract: A method of interactive gaming includes identifying a broadcast event, generating interactive questions for the broadcast event based upon a subject of the broadcast event, organizing the generated questions based on a structure of the broadcast event, and providing the organized questions to a user during a broadcast of the broadcast event through an interactive gaming interface based on the structure of the broadcast event.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 25, 2011
Date of Patent:
January 7, 2014
Assignee:
Fox Interactive Media, Inc.
Inventors:
James Bernard, Matthew Calos, Keith Dobkowski, Kevin Goldner, Edward Goren, Ryan Kuttler, Patrick Miller, Adam Slotnick, Darrin Vaniglia, Thomas Zentmeyer
Abstract: A system and method for user controllable presentation of content on a user device having an interactive GUI and configured for network interaction with a living content system is provided. The living application system has a set of applications and configuration files. A shell application is run on the client device and is configured to execute one or more applications downloaded to the shell application. Content is provided either directly to the user device from content sources or via the living application system. A GUI management module is configured to apply user preferences to downloaded applications to generate graphical displays on the user device, wherein said graphical displays are real-time displays that can be superimposed over existing windows in a frame having variable opacity, size, continuity, shape and placement.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 5, 2009
Publication date:
June 4, 2009
Applicant:
FOX INTERACTIVE MEDIA
Inventors:
Ronald P. Berryman, Donald E. Synstelien
Abstract: A system and method for user controllable presentation of content on a user device having an interactive GUI and configured for network interaction with a living content system is provided. The living application system has a set of applications and configuration files. A shell application is run on the client device and is configured to execute one or more applications downloaded to the shell application. Content is provided either directly to the user device from content sources or via the living application system. A GUI management module is configured to apply user preferences to downloaded applications to generate graphical displays on the user device, wherein said graphical displays are real-time displays that can be superimposed over existing windows in a frame having variable opacity, size, continuity, shape and placement.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 5, 2009
Publication date:
June 4, 2009
Applicant:
FOX INTERACTIVE MEDIA
Inventors:
Ronald P. Berryman, Donald E. Synstelien
Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for deploying a requested widget as an advertisement on a remote device. The system comprising means for determining location of the remote device, means for determining if the requested widget to be placed on the remote device exists, and means for serving the requested widget as an advertisement to the remote device if the location is enabled for the requested widget and the requested widget exists. The present invention can also be viewed as a method for deploying a requested widget as an advertisement on a remote device. The method operates by determining location of the remote device, determining if the requested widget to be placed on the remote device exists, and serving the requested widget as an advertisement to the remote device if the location is enabled for the requested widget and the requested widget exists.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 18, 2008
Publication date:
January 22, 2009
Applicant:
Fox Interactive Media
Inventors:
Donald E. Synstelien, Jesse Edwards, Frank Spitzka, Michael Ayers