ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,879, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SidePrize LLC (Atlanta).

"Assigning multipliers to squares in lineups" was invented by Grant Cloud (Atlanta), Robert Landerman (Atlanta), Dae Kang (Atlanta), Andrew Barron (Atlanta), Skyler Kaufman (Atlanta), Samuel Garvis (Atlanta) and Neil Jagtiani (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed system discussed herein may include systems, methods, and devices for dynamically adjusting contest parameters for a fantasy sports contest. A performance indicator (e.g., passing yards, rushing yards, points scored, assists, rebounds, or goals) associated with a fantasy sports player may be rec...