Fantasy sports contest highlight segments systems and methods

Abstract

Systems and methods for providing multimedia highlight segments featuring real-life action related to fantasy sports competition. Links to highlight segments are provided in conjunction with fantasy sports contest information. A Highlight Center is provided with links to compilations of highlight segments featuring the best action culled from a pool of highlight segments. The user may be alerted of newly available highlight segments affecting fantasy scoring while the user watches a fantasy sports related television broadcast.

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         81 . A method comprising:
 accessing fantasy sports contest information stored at one or more storage devices, wherein the fantasy sports contest information comprises a fantasy roster containing names of a plurality of real-life athletes selected by a user and a fantasy sports contest that the fantasy roster of the user is participating in;   determining that a newly available highlight segment is associated with a real life athlete of the plurality of real-life athletes selected by the user;   in response to determining that the newly available highlight segment is associated with the real life athlete selected by the user, transmitting an alert to a device associated with the user, wherein the alert comprises an indication that the newly available highlight segment has become available for viewing; and   in response to receiving user input to view the newly available highlight segment, causing the newly available highlight segment to be generated for display at a client device of the user.   
     
     
         82 . The method of  claim 81 , wherein the alert is caused to be generated for display on the client device. 
     
     
         83 . The method of  claim 82 , wherein the alert further comprises an audio alert. 
     
     
         84 . The method of  claim 81 , wherein the client device is a handheld computing device. 
     
     
         85 . The method of  claim 81 , wherein another highlight segment, associated with another real-life athlete of the plurality of real-life athletes selected by the user, is caused to be generated for display when presentation of the newly available highlight segment concludes. 
     
     
         86 . The method of  claim 81 , wherein:
 causing the client device to generate for display the newly available highlight segment further comprises causing the client device to generate for display at least one of a total time of the newly available highlight segment and an elapsed time of the newly available highlight segment.   
     
     
         87 . The method of  claim 81 , wherein:
 causing the client device to generate for display the newly available highlight segment further comprises causing the client device to generate for display an identification of the fantasy sports roster associated with the real-life athlete.   
     
     
         88 . The method of  claim 81 , further comprising:
 generating for display a plurality of highlights that contributed to a fantasy sports score in the fantasy sports contest; and   ordering the plurality of highlights based on a relevance to the current score of the fantasy sports contest.   
     
     
         89 . The method of  claim 81 , further comprising:
 identifying a second newly available highlight segment associated with a team indicated in a profile of the user; and   transmitting an alert to the client device that the second newly available highlight segment has become available for viewing.   
     
     
         90 . The method of  claim 81 , further comprising:
 causing an identification of the real-life athlete in the newly available highlight segment to be generated for display.   
     
     
         91 . A system comprising:
 one or more storage devices; and   control circuitry configured to:
 access fantasy sports contest information stored at the one or more storage devices, wherein the fantasy sports contest information comprises a fantasy roster containing names of a plurality of real-life athletes selected by a user and a fantasy sports contest that the fantasy roster of the user is participating in; 
 determine that a newly available highlight segment is associated with a real life athlete of the plurality of real-life athletes selected by the user; 
 in response to determining that the newly available highlight segment is associated with the real life athlete selected by the user, transmit an alert to a device associated with the user, wherein the alert comprises an indication that the newly available highlight segment has become available for viewing; and 
   in response to receiving user input to view the newly available highlight segment, cause the newly available highlight segment to be generated for display at a client device of the user.   
     
     
         92 . The system of  claim 91 , wherein the alert is caused to be generated for display on the client device. 
     
     
         93 . The system of  claim 92 , wherein the alert further comprises an audio alert. 
     
     
         94 . The system of  claim 91 , wherein the client device is a handheld computing device. 
     
     
         95 . The system of  claim 91 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to cause another newly available highlight segment, associated with another real-life athlete of the plurality of real-life athletes selected by the user, to be generated for display when presentation of the newly available highlight segment concludes. 
     
     
         96 . The system of  claim 91 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
 cause the client device to generate for display at least one of a total time of the newly available highlight segment and an elapsed time of the newly available highlight segment.   
     
     
         97 . The system of  claim 91 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
 cause the client device to generate for display, along with the newly available highlight segment, an identification of the fantasy sports roster associated with the real-life athlete.   
     
     
         98 . The system of  claim 91 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
 generate for display a plurality of highlights that contributed to a fantasy sports score in the fantasy sports contest; and   order the plurality of highlights based on a relevance to the current score of the fantasy sports contest.   
     
     
         99 . The system of  claim 91 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
 identify a second newly available highlight segment associated with a team indicated in a profile of the user; and   transmit an alert to the client device that the second newly available highlight segment has become available for viewing.   
     
     
         100 . The system of  claim 91 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
 cause an identification of the real-life athlete in the newly available highlight segment to be generated for display, along with the newly available highlight segment.