Automated Game Statistics Anomaly Detection System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for presenting statistical data from sporting events are time-consuming, leading to delayed post-game commentary that often misses audience interest due to the passage of time, as experts struggle to quickly identify and review statistically significant events from decades of game history or ongoing gameplay.
Innovation Solution
An automated system that collects and compares statistical data in real-time to identify and rank statistically significant events, generating sentences that describe these anomalies for immediate presentation during or after games, using a network of collection, preparation, and presentation devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If expert individuals manually review game history and statistics, then statistical accuracy and depth of analysis is improved, but time required to complete analysis increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual statistical analysis by experts with an automated computer system that processes game statistics. The system automatically searches through historical data, identifies anomalies, and generates commentary without human intervention, thereby maintaining analytical accuracy while dramatically reducing the time required for processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs self-service by automatically searching, analyzing, and generating statistical commentary without requiring expert human operators. The computer system independently processes game data, identifies significant events, and produces written commentary that would traditionally require expert analysis.
2Productivity
If automated systems process statistics faster, then time efficiency is improved, but complexity of the system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the statistical analysis system into separate functional modules: a search module that queries historical data, an anomaly detection module that identifies significant events, and a commentary generation module that produces written analysis. This segmentation allows each component to process specific tasks efficiently while maintaining overall system manageability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses an intermediary database structure that organizes historical game statistics in a searchable format. This database acts as a mediator between the raw game data and the analysis algorithms, enabling fast retrieval and processing of statistical information without requiring complex real-time calculations.
3Loss of time
If commentary is delivered immediately after game ends, then audience engagement is improved, but availability of comprehensive statistical data decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by continuously searching and pre-processing historical game statistics before the current game concludes. The anomaly detection algorithms are ready to immediately process new game data as it becomes available, allowing rapid generation of commentary that incorporates both historical context and current game events without delay.
Data Source
AI summary
Various embodiments are generally directed to automated searching and comparison of game statistics to identify, rank and present statistically significant events related to game play during and/or after a game in automatically generated sentences. An apparatus comprises a processor circuit and storage storing instructions operative on the processor circuit to receive signals conveying a first set of statistical information closely related to play of a first game; search the first set of statistical information for a first set of statistical anomalies; and in response to the first set of statistical anomalies comprising an insufficient number of statistical anomalies, search a second set of statistical information less closely related to play of the first game for a second set of statistical anomalies, and transmit a multitude of sentences describing statistical anomalies of the first and second sets of statistical anomalies to a computing device. Other embodiments are described and claimed herein.