Golf accessory and system including same
First Claim
1. A golf accessory including a housing having at least one near field communication reader mechanism, a wireless communication device associated with the near field communication reader mechanism to receive information from the near field communication reader mechanism and to transmit information to an external electronic device, at least one input button externally accessible on the housing and associated with the wireless communication device, a power source to power the near field communication reader mechanism and the wireless communication device such that when powered, the near field communication reader mechanism reads a near field communication tag attached to a golf club determining a type of the golf club and transmits that information to the external electronic device, the at least one input button can be used to manually transmit additional stroke information to the external electronic device to account for penalty strokes taken and an energizing button provided on the housing to temporarily energize the near field communication reader mechanism as required by the user.
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Abstract
A golf playing statistics capture system is provided including a plurality of near field communication tags, each attached to a respective golf club within a golfer'"'"'s set of clubs, an external electronic device operating statistics capture software, and a golf accessory including a near field communication reader mechanism, wireless communication device associated with the near field communication reader mechanism to receive information from the near field communication reader mechanism and transmit information to the external electronic device.
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- 1. A golf accessory including a housing having at least one near field communication reader mechanism, a wireless communication device associated with the near field communication reader mechanism to receive information from the near field communication reader mechanism and to transmit information to an external electronic device, at least one input button externally accessible on the housing and associated with the wireless communication device, a power source to power the near field communication reader mechanism and the wireless communication device such that when powered, the near field communication reader mechanism reads a near field communication tag attached to a golf club determining a type of the golf club and transmits that information to the external electronic device, the at least one input button can be used to manually transmit additional stroke information to the external electronic device to account for penalty strokes taken and an energizing button provided on the housing to temporarily energize the near field communication reader mechanism as required by the user.
- 8. A golf playing statistics capture system including a plurality of near field communication tags, each attached to a respective golf club within a golfer'"'"'s set of clubs, an external electronic device operating statistics capture software, and a golf accessory including a housing having at least one near field communication reader mechanism, wireless communication device associated with the near field communication reader mechanism to receive information from the near field communication reader mechanism and transmit information to the external electronic device, at least one input button externally accessible on the housing and associated with the wireless communication device, a power source to power the near field communication reader mechanism and the wireless communication device such that when powered, the near field communication reader mechanism reads the near field communication tag attached to a golf club determining a type of the golf club used by the golfer for each stroke and transmits that information to the statistics capture software operating on the external electronic device and the at least one input button can be used to manually transmit additional stroke information to the statistics capture software operating on the external electronic device to account for penalty strokes taken and an energizing button provided on the housing to temporarily energize the near field communication reader mechanism as required by the user.
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