Patents by Inventor Daire Manning

Daire Manning has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for fantasy sports gambling
    Patent number: 8651957
    Abstract: A method and system for providing an interactive gaming system is disclosed. At least one interactive social gaming community allows a plurality of users to engage in a wagering contest against a single entity. An initial amount of gaming units associated with an initial user investment is allocated to each user. A payout table is dynamically generated and includes at least one threshold amount of gaming units associated with rewards available to the user. A bet request signal received from a user is automatically reconciled with an outcome of at least one type of contest occurring during an active gaming period. A user account is updated by modifying an amount of gaming units in a user account based on a result of the at least one type of contest and determines if user has earned the reward associated with the at least one threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Paddy Power PLC
    Inventors: Justin Edward Goldman, Robert Daniel Shedd, Alan David deLevie, Jonathan Beatty, Simon Keating, Daire Manning, Catherine O'Mahony
  • System and Method for Fantasy Sports Gambling
    Publication number: 20120115585
    Abstract: A method and system for providing an interactive gaming system is disclosed. At least one interactive social gaming community allows a plurality of users to engage in a wagering contest against a single entity. An initial amount of gaming units associated with an initial user investment is allocated to each user. A payout table is dynamically generated and includes at least one threshold amount of gaming units associated with rewards available to the user. A bet request signal received from a user is automatically reconciled with an outcome of at least one type of contest occurring during an active gaming period. A user account is updated by modifying an amount of gaming units in a user account based on a result of the at least one type of contest and determines if user has earned the reward associated with the at least one threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Justin Edward Goldman, Robert Daniel Shedd, Alan David deLevie, Jonathan Beatty, Simon Keating, Daire Manning, Catherine O'Mahony