Are You Watching This?!
| Type of business | Private |
|---|---|
Type of site | Technology |
| Founded | Austin, Texas United States (2006) |
| Headquarters | , |
| Founder |
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| Industry | Sports |
| Employees | 3 |
| URL | areyouwatchingthis |
| Registration | Required to receive alerts |
| Current status | Active |
Are You Watching This?! (RUWT?![1]) is an Austin, Texas-based Sports Excitement Analytics company that uses algorithms to identify sporting events that viewers would find exciting or compelling. It was founded by Mark Phillip.[2]
Overview
RUWT?! was founded in 2006,[3] launched publicly in 2007.[4]
The service uses algorithms to analyze live game data and determine if games are exciting.[5]
Despite having a consumer-facing website, the company focuses on licensing excitement data via its API to larger companies.[6][7]
A patent for a Rating system for identifying exciting sporting events and notifying users was filed by RUWT?! in 2007 and was granted on August 23, 2016.[8] The patent expires on July 17, 2033.[8]
References
- ^ Daw, David (October 23, 2011). "10 Twitter Bot Services to Simplify Your Life". PCWorld. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
- ^ "Mark Phillip LinkedIn". Retrieved March 3, 2017.
- ^ Naone, Erica (January 28, 2011). "Catching Classic Sports Moments as They're Happening". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
- ^ Porges, Seth (February 5, 2007). "Sports + TVGuide + Digg = RUWT?". TechCrunch. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
- ^ Naone, Erica (March 15, 2010). "Startups Focus on AI at South by Southwest". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
- ^ McHugh, Molly (March 15, 2012). "Are you watching RUWT?!: The sports app that wants to power better content consumption". Digital Trends. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
- ^ Harris, Derrick (March 1, 2012). "How one sports geek wants to save cable TV with data". Gigaom. Archived from the original on May 6, 2013. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
- ^ a b "Rating system for identifying exciting sporting events and notifying users". Retrieved March 3, 2017.