System and method for ranking of golf tournament participants

• US 10,080,949 B2
• Filed: 03/11/2016
• Issued: 09/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Donald Butler Curchod
• Original Assignee: Donald Butler Curchod
• Inventors: Curchod, Donald Butler
• Primary Examiner(s): D'AGOSTINO, PAUL ANTHONY
• Application Number:
  US15/068,431
• Publication Number:
  US 20160263463A1
• Time in Patent Office: 928 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/00 Games or sports accessories not covered in groups A63B1/00 - A63B69/00 starting appliances A63K3/02
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/06 Indicating or scoring devices for games or players , or for other sports activities
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0616 Means for conducting or scheduling competition, league, tournaments or rankings
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0639 Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/00 Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism healthcare informatics G16H

Abstract

A first media segment, for example a rebroadcast, is assembled that includes a portion of second media segment, for example an independent tournament event. The second media segment is longer in duration than first media segment. The second media segment is a media recording of one of the major golf tournaments or a sub-major golf tournament. The first media segment includes a portion of a major golf tournament combined with a portion of a sub-major golf tournament. A portion (or multiple portions) of the second media segment is extracted as part of assembling the first media segment. The portion(s) are combined to form the first media segment (e.g. the rebroadcast, summary, or recap). A broadcast system transmits, to a media receiver, the first media segment at a predefined time after the tournaments corresponding to the second media segment have been completed.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for implementation by at least one data processor, the method comprising:

extracting, by the at least one data processor, a portion of a second media segment of a tournament event of a plurality of tournament events, the portion of the second media segment comprising digitally recorded audio and/or video of the tournament event and/or selected other tournament events of the plurality of tournament events, the portion of the second media segment further comprising a score for the tournament event, a cumulative score for the plurality of tournament events, and a ranking for each player of the tournament event or plurality of tournament events;

assembling, by the at least one data processor, a first media segment comprising the extracted portion of the second media segment, the second media segment being longer in duration than the first media segment;

storing, by the at least one data processor, the first media segment in a memory storage associated with the computer, the storing including calculating the cumulative score for the plurality of tournament events; and

transmitting, by a broadcast system from the memory storage to at least one media receiver, the first media segment at a predefined time after each tournament event of the plurality of tournament events has been completed.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first media segment comprises an audio portion and a video portion.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first media segment is transmitted via an internet connection and the at least one media receiver is a computing device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein a first duration of the first media segment is less than half of a second duration of the second media segment.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first duration is approximately one hour and the second duration is at least 4 hours.

6. The method of claim 1, the first media segment further comprising at least seven portions corresponding to four different major golf tournaments and three sub-major golf tournaments.

7. The method of claim 1, the first media segment further comprising at least one additional portion of a playoff golf event.

8. A computer program product comprising a non-transient, machine-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by at least one programmable processor, cause the at least one programmable processor to perform operations comprising:

extracting, by the at least one data processor, a portion of a second media segment of a tournament event of a plurality of tournament events, the portion of the second media segment comprising digitally recorded audio and/or video of the tournament event and/or selected other tournament events of the plurality of tournament events, the portion of the second media segment further comprising a score for the tournament event, a cumulative score for the plurality of tournament events, and a ranking for each player of the tournament event or plurality of tournament events;

assembling, by the at least one data processor, a first media segment comprising the extracted portion of the second media segment, the second media segment being longer in duration than the first media segment;

storing, by the at least one data processor, the first media segment in a memory storage associated with the computer, the storing including calculating the cumulative score for the plurality of tournament events; and

transmitting, by a broadcast system from the memory storage to at least one media receiver, the first media segment at a predefined time after each tournament event of the plurality of tournament events has been completed.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the first media segment comprises an audio portion and a video portion.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the first media segment is transmitted via an internet connection and the at least one media receiver is a computing device.

11. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein a first duration of the first media segment is less than half of a second duration of the second media segment.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the first duration is approximately one hour and the second duration is at least 4 hours.

13. A system comprising:

a programmable processor; and

a non-transient machine-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the at least one programmable processor to perform operations comprising;

extracting, by the at least one data processor, a portion of a second media segment of a tournament event of a plurality of tournament events, the portion of the second media segment comprising digitally recorded audio and/or video of the tournament event and/or selected other tournament events of the plurality of tournament events, the portion of the second media segment further comprising a score for the tournament event, a cumulative score for the plurality of tournament events, and a ranking for each player of the tournament event or plurality of tournament events;

assembling, by the at least one data processor, a first media segment comprising the extracted portion of the second media segment, the second media segment being longer in duration than the first media segment;

storing, by the at least one data processor, the first media segment in a memory storage associated with the computer, the storing including calculating the cumulative score for the plurality of tournament events; and

transmitting, by a broadcast system from the memory storage to at least one media receiver, the first media segment at a predefined time after each tournament event of the plurality of tournament events has been completed.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the first media segment comprises an audio portion and a video portion.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the first media segment is transmitted via an internet connection and the at least one media receiver is a computing device.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein a first duration of the first media segment is less than half of a second duration of the second media segment.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the first duration is approximately one hour and the second duration is at least 4 hours.