Match-play version basketball process

Abstract

The Match-Play-Version Basketball Process is a method of wagering on conventional basketball games, which is employed while observing conventional basketball games via television or in person at an arena. The product of the Process is called a “match” to distinguish it from the actual game, for wagering purposes only. It has no official standing. The process consists of dividing the official time limit into sixteen consecutive segments of equal duration, called “rounds,” and keeping score accordingly, by awarding one point to the team that scores the most points in each round. The winner of the most rounds wins the match. All wagers are based entirely and exclusively on the rounds; thus the total score of the game is irrelevant to the ad hoc match that it breeds.

1 . The petitioner claims patent protection equivalent to copyright protection afforded inventors of other forms of intellectual property, e.g., authors and composers.  
   
   
       2 . The petitioner claims the right to prevent the use of The Match-Play Version Basketball Process for commercial gaming purposes by unauthorized persons or organizations.  
   
   
       3 . The petitioner claims the right to grant licenses for use of the process to other persons or organizations for legal gaming activities.  
   
   
       4 . The petitioner claims the right to charge reasonable fees for such licenses.  
   
   
       5 . The petitioner claims the right to redress from unauthorized commercial users of the process.