Patents by Inventor Lachlan Laycock

Lachlan Laycock 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCORING COMPETITIVE STRATEGY PREDICTIONS OF USERS ON A PLAY-BY-PLAY BASIS
    Publication number: 20130273987
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes, among other things, a method that may include receiving, by a first computing device, an identity of an event that has occurred in a sporting competition, the sporting competition comprising a plurality of events. The method may include determining, by a processor of the first computing device, a probability that the event would occur. The method may include determining, by the processor of the first computing device, a number of points based at least in part on the probability that the event would occur. The method may include receiving, by the first computing device, a prediction of an event from a second computing device in communication with the first computing device. The method may include increasing, by the processor of the first computing device, a score of a user of the second computing device by the number of points if the prediction of the event matches the identity of the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Lachlan Laycock, Andrew Daines
  • Systems and methods for scoring competitive strategy predictions of users on a play-by-play basis
    Patent number: 8449361
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes, among other things, a method that includes receiving, by a first computing device, an identity of an event that has occurred in a sporting competition, the sporting competition comprising a plurality of events. The method includes determining, by a processor of the first computing device, a probability that the event would occur. The method includes determining, by the processor of the first computing device, a number of points based at least in part on the probability that the event would occur. The method includes receiving, by the first computing device, a prediction of an event from a second computing device in communication with the first computing device. The method includes increasing, by the processor of the first computing device, a score of a user of the second computing device by the number of points if the prediction of the event matches the identity of the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Pre Play Sports LLC
    Inventors: Lachlan Laycock, Andrew Daines
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCORING COMPETITIVE STRATEGY PREDICTIONS OF USERS ON A PLAY-BY-PLAY BASIS
    Publication number: 20120129585
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes, among other things, a method that includes receiving, by a first computing device, an identity of an event that has occurred in a sporting competition, the sporting competition comprising a plurality of events. The method includes determining, by a processor of the first computing device, a probability that the event would occur. The method includes determining, by the processor of the first computing device, a number of points based at least in part on the probability that the event would occur. The method includes receiving, by the first computing device, a prediction of an event from a second computing device in communication with the first computing device. The method includes increasing, by the processor of the first computing device, a score of a user of the second computing device by the number of points if the prediction of the event matches the identity of the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Lachlan Laycock, Andrew Daines