Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for exciting moment notification for a live event. An exciting moment notification method includes first defining in a table in memory of a computer, an exciting moment occurring during a live event, such as a card game, awards program or a sporting event, and then annotating a multiplicity of images of different instances of the live event with the exciting moment. The method further includes video streaming a live instance of the live event over a computer communications network and matching a frame of the video streamed live instance in the memory of the computer to an annotated one of the multiplicity of images. Finally, the method includes transmitting a message to at least one subscriber of the instance of the live event indicating an occurrence of the exciting moment.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for crowd-sourced event management. A method for crowd-sourced event management includes receiving from a purchaser from over a computer communications network, a selection to purchase an admissions ticket to an event scheduled for performance on a particular date at a particular venue and assigning a seat within the venue to the purchaser. A specification also is received from over the computer communications network, by the purchaser, of a specific action to be performed during the performance. Later, it is determined whether or not to perform the specific action during the performance and in the event that the specific action is determined to be performed during the performance, a message is displayed at the venue indicating the determination along with a portion of the venue including the assigned seat.

Abstract: Managing the resale of a partial interest in an online wager includes assembling an arrangement of user interface (UI) controls in a UI to an online wagering system tracking multiple online wagers, each having a separate time of purchase odds, a paid price of acquisition and a corresponding owner. The UI is presented in a display of a subscriber to the system and different contemporaneous odds are tracked for each of the wagers. A heads-up display (HUD) is then rendered as a transparent overlay over at least a portion of the UI. The HUD has two user interface controls—an activation button activating a process to transact a partial interest in a selected wager, and a meter showing a time remaining before receiving an outcome for the selected wager, and also a variance between a corresponding one of the contemporaneous odds and time of purchase odds for the selected wager.

Abstract: Managing the resale of a partial interest in an online wager includes assembling an arrangement of user interface (UI) controls in a UI to an online wagering system tracking multiple online wagers, each having a separate time of purchase odds, a paid price of acquisition and a corresponding owner. The UI is presented in a display of a subscriber to the system and different contemporaneous odds are tracked for each of the wagers. A heads-up display (HUD) is then rendered as a transparent overlay over at least a portion of the UI. The HUD has two user interface controls—an activation button activating a process to transact a partial interest in a selected wager, and a meter showing a time remaining before receiving an outcome for the selected wager, and also a variance between a corresponding one of the contemporaneous odds and time of purchase odds for the selected wager.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for exciting moment notification for a live event. An exciting moment notification method includes first defining in a table in memory of a computer, an exciting moment occurring during a live event, such as a card game, awards program or a sporting event, and then annotating a multiplicity of images of different instances of the live event with the exciting moment. The method further includes video streaming a live instance of the live event over a computer communications network and matching a frame of the video streamed live instance in the memory of the computer to an annotated one of the multiplicity of images. Finally, the method includes transmitting a message to at least one subscriber of the instance of the live event indicating an occurrence of the exciting moment.

Abstract: In a spontaneous eco-system of aftermarket brokered wagers different subscribers are registered to an aftermarket wager brokering computing system and a request received from one of the subscribers to import a wager pool of new wagers none of which are published in the aftermarket wager brokering system. For each of the new wagers, odds are then extracted from the request, and also an amount wagered, and yet further a list of participants owning the new wagers, none of whom are subscribed to the aftermarket wager brokering system other than the one of the subscribers from which the request is received. Finally, the extracted information is written to a registry, the new wagers published for aftermarket re-sale and an entry written to the registry responsive to an acquisition of a portion of one of the new wagers so as to indicate a fractional ownership of the one of the new wagers.

Abstract: A suggestion method for aftermarket brokered wagers includes selecting a subscriber to an aftermarket brokered wager computing system and determining at least one profile characteristic for the subscriber. Thereafter, a set of available wagers owned by other subscribers are filtered according to the determined profile characteristic to produce a recommended wager owned by a specific one of the other subscribers. Consequently, a message is pushed to a mobile device of the selected subscriber recommending a fractional purchase of the recommended wager at odds established at a time of acquisition of the recommended wager irrespective of contemporaneous odds for the recommended wager. In response to the acceptance of the recommended fractional purchase by the selected subscriber, a registry entry is then written in the brokered wager computing system denoting a fractional ownership of the recommended wager by the selected subscriber along with the specific one of the other subscribers.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for a wager registration for aftermarket brokered wagers. A wager registration method for aftermarket brokered wagers includes receiving from an initial bettor in an aftermarket brokered wager computing system a digital image of a physical wager established with a purveyor of wagers independent of the aftermarket brokered wager computing system. The method additionally includes validating an authenticity of the digital image and responsive to the validation, writing a record to a registry indicating one hundred percent (100%) ownership of the wager by the bettor at an amount and odds indicated by the image. The method yet further includes confirming the record upon receipt of the physical wager and subsequently updating the record in the registry to indicate only a fractional ownership of the wager responsive to a third-party aftermarket buyer purchasing a fractional share of the wager.

Abstract: In a spontaneous eco-system of aftermarket brokered wagers different subscribers are registered to an aftermarket wager brokering computing system and a request received from one of the subscribers to import a wager pool of new wagers none of which are published in the aftermarket wager brokering system. For each of the new wagers, odds are then extracted from the request, and also an amount wagered, and yet further a list of participants owning the new wagers, none of whom are subscribed to the aftermarket wager brokering system other than the one of the subscribers from which the request is received. Finally, the extracted information is written to a registry, the new wagers published for aftermarket re-sale and an entry written to the registry responsive to an acquisition of a portion of one of the new wagers so as to indicate a fractional ownership of the one of the new wagers.

Abstract: A suggestion method for aftermarket brokered wagers includes selecting a subscriber to an aftermarket brokered wager computing system and determining at least one profile characteristic for the subscriber. Thereafter, a set of available wagers owned by other subscribers are filtered according to the determined profile characteristic to produce a recommended wager owned by a specific one of the other subscribers. Consequently, a message is pushed to a mobile device of the selected subscriber recommending a fractional purchase of the recommended wager at odds established at a time of acquisition of the recommended wager irrespective of contemporaneous odds for the recommended wager. In response to the acceptance of the recommended fractional purchase by the selected subscriber, a registry entry is then written in the brokered wager computing system denoting a fractional ownership of the recommended wager by the selected subscriber along with the specific one of the other subscribers.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for a wager registration for aftermarket brokered wagers. A wager registration method for aftermarket brokered wagers includes receiving from an initial bettor in an aftermarket brokered wager computing system a digital image of a physical wager established with a purveyor of wagers independent of the aftermarket brokered wager computing system. The method additionally includes validating an authenticity of the digital image and responsive to the validation, writing a record to a registry indicating one hundred percent (100%) ownership of the wager by the bettor at an amount and odds indicated by the image. The method yet further includes confirming the record upon receipt of the physical wager and subsequently updating the record in the registry to indicate only a fractional ownership of the wager responsive to a third-party aftermarket buyer purchasing a fractional share of the wager.

Abstract: The automated modification of a student loan interest rate includes periodically retrieving for an end user of a tutor matching system for a duration of time during which the end user remains enrolled at an academic institution, a contemporaneous indication of grades for coursework for which the end user has registered at the institution. In response to each retrieval, the contemporaneous indication of grades is transmitted in a query to a student loan banking system through a query interface to the student loan banking system. Then, a response to the query is received indicating a specified variable interest rate for a student loan to the end user and a prospective reduced interest rate in consequence of the contemporaneous indication of the grades. Finally, the specified variable interest rate, the prospective reduced interest rate and the contemporaneous indication of grades are displayed in a user interface to the tutor matching system.

Abstract: A method for tutor rating for brokered tutor matching includes receiving a tutoring request for tutoring services from a student registered for a selection of courses at an academic institution, the request specifying a course, a time of tutoring and duration of tutoring. Thereafter, a set of tutors is identified, each having been registered to perform tutoring in the specified course as having previously completed coursework in the specified course and having achieved a threshold grade in the specified course. A rating for each one of the tutors in the set is then retrieved and the student matched with a highest rated one of the tutors in the set. Finally, the matched tutor is assigned to the student as a tutor providing the tutoring services at the time of tutoring.