Electronic game with actions based on real statistics

摘要

Sports based computer game, e.g., football game, is played using data from actual games. Updates are received about new information from more recent games. Each game is divided into plays, and each play is characterized so that the play can be replayed on the game. Characteristics of the plays can be changed to simulate what is scenarios.

主权项

1. A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code executed by a computer to implement a simulated sports game, said product comprising instructions for:
obtaining information via an electronic connection over the Internet indicative of actions that occurred during actual games of a sports game; said obtaining information comprising receiving first information at a first time about actions that occurred during said actual games of the sports game and storing said information and subsequently receiving new information at a more recent time than said first time about actions that occurred during actual games of the sports game and storing said new information; and receiving inputs from a user on said computer during executing said program and producing an output that allows viewing the simulated sports game that is played using said inputs and also using said first information at one time to play said simulated sports game, and using said new information at another time to play said simulated sports game.