System and method for generating and displaying a horse racing form for use with a virtual horse race

Abstract

The present invention is a system and method for generating and displaying a horse racing form for a completely virtual horse racing environment. The present invention stores a database of values for a virtual horse, each value corresponding to an attribute typically listed in a published daily racing form. In order to simulate horse racing performance, calculations are applied to the values, which are adjusted to account for an individual horse's running style, track preference, track condition preference, age, or other factors. The results of these calculations are then displayed on a horse racing form. Users of the present invention will be able to place educated bets, or handicap, using the horse racing form. The form may be used in a number of open or closed environments. As a result, the present invention provides a complete virtual horse racing environment based upon fully calculated and realistically weighted mathematical algorithms used to generate the horse racing form.

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RELATED APPLICATION DATA[0001]This nonprovisional utility patent application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e)(1) to provisional patent application number 60 / 926,334, filed on Apr. 26, 2007.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]The present invention relates generally to virtual horse racing, and specifically, to a method and system for creating a completely virtual horse racing environment, with virtual horses, a virtual racetrack, and a horse racing form generated and displayed using data on the virtual horses.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Horse racing has been a popular sport for centuries. Horse racing has traditionally involved a substantial gambling aspect in addition to the race itself. Those familiar with this aspect know that successful gambling results require more than blind reliance on luck and chance. There is a significant analysis of a race horse's information and record of past performance. This analysis and subsequent educated betting based on this analysis is known as “hand...

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Benefits of technology

[0006]It is an object of the present invention to provide a virtual horse racing form for use in handicapping a completely virtual horse racing environment without any reliance on any real race horses. One skilled in the art will appreciate that while the horse racing form aspect of the present invention is itself not virtual, the data upon which the racing form is based uses data from virtual horses. As referred to herein, the racing form for virtual horses is the virtual horse racing form, which can be coupled to a virtual horse racing environment, or can be used to support other virtual horse racing environments from other providers. The present invention provides a system and method of creating a virtual horse racing environment that displays a three-dimensional depiction of a horse race, without any reliance on actual real-world horse races or real-world data. The present invention may be displayed and utilized in a variety of environments, from a web-based application, to a casino environment, to a “closed” single-institution, single-platform or single-computing environment, to an “open” virtual world environment. Further, the present invention provides a continuously updated virtual horse racing form based upon the results of the virtual horse race, whereby the form captures all of the information that would typically be found in a traditional printed horse racing form, but adapted and updated for the virtual jockey club environment. Additionally, the present invention permits users to buy, sell, train and race virtual horses in the virtual horse racing environment.

Problems solved by technology

While horse racing is popular, it is also known to be dangerous to the horses and their jockeys.

While these parlor games simulate the movement of horses around a track, they lack the analytical skills involved in reading and placing bets based on a horse racing form.

The advent of the internet has led to many attempts to present online virtual horse racing; however, these internet websites also are lacking for one reason or another.

Other internet horse racing sites simulate horse racing statistics using a random number generator, but this leaves the outcome of the race up to luck without considering the merits of a true horse racing form.

These sites still rely on real horse races for data, which does not prevent harm to the horses or their jockeys.

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