Method for providing personal golf record information using the internet

• US 20020019677A1
• Filed: 04/05/2001
• Published: 02/14/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: 4 Way Community Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: 4 Way Community Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Jae Woo
• Application Number:
  US09/826,567
• Publication Number:
  US 20020019677A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/91
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0025 Tracking the path or location of one or more users, e.g. players of a game
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0691 Maps, e.g. yardage maps or electronic maps
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/32 Golf
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/12 Absolute positions, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/13 Relative positions
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/14 Geo-tagging, e.g. for correlating route or track location data with specific information related to that specific location
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/20 Distances or displacements
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/836 Sensors arranged on the body of the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/50 Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0021 Tracking a path or terminating locations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0669 Score-keepers or score display devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for providing information through the internet, and more particulary to a method for providing personal golf record information using the internet, capable of providing the personal record information of golfers in the field by using the internet.

According to the present invention, the method for providing the personal golf record information through the internet comprises steps of receiving, databasing, and storing personal record information of golfers through a communication network by means of a server for providing golf game record information; transferring a log-in screen for login as users are connected; providing the users with a list of the stored personal golf record information of the users to have the users select games they want for a transfer of the personal record information; transferring a hole selection screen to have the users select holes as the users select a game they want from the list of the personal record information; and providing topological map graphics of the selected holes and providing a game record of the users on the provided topological map graphics.

Claims

1. A method for providing personal golf record information using the internet, comprising the steps of:

receiving, databasing, and storing personal record information of golfers through a communication network by means of a server for providing golf game record information;

transferring a log-in screen for login as users are connected;

providing the users with a list of the stored personal golf record information of the users to have the users select games they want for a transfer of the personal record information;

transferring a hole selection screen to have the users select holes as the users select a game they want from the list of the personal record information; and

providing topological map graphics of the selected holes and providing a game record of the users on the provided topological map graphics.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

providing a web page equipped with a plurality of game analysis result buttons linked to web pages for providing the users with game analysis results; and

providing analysis materials from a group including an average driver distance, a fairway hit rate, an average putting number, and a longest shot if the users click the game analysis result button.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step for receiving the game record information of the golfers includes the steps of:

receiving position information from GPS satellites by means of GPS terminals and recording game contents on the hole topological map graphics by pressing input buttons equipped on the GPS terminals at start and end points of a shot during games by the users bearing the GPS terminals which store entire topological map graphics for holes;

transferring the game record to a golf links server by connecting the GPS terminals in which the game record in the step of receiving position information from GPS satellites is stored to the golf links server; and

transferring the personal record information and personal information by connecting the golf links server to the server for providing the golf game record information through the internet.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step for receiving the game record information of the golfers includes the steps of:

receiving position information from GPS satellites by means of GPS terminals and recording game contents on the hole topological map graphics by pressing input buttons equipped on the GPS terminals at start and end points of a shot during games by the users bearing the GPS terminals which store entire topological map graphics for holes; and

transferring the personal game record information to the server for providing the golf game record information by connecting the GSP terminals in which the game record in the step of receiving the position information from GPS satellites is stored from personal computers to the server for providing the golf game record information through the internet.

5. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the step for the GPS terminals to store the entire topological map graphics for the holes receives and stores the entire topological map graphics for the holes from the golf links server by connecting to the golf links server.

6. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the step for the GPS terminals to store the entire topological map graphics for the holes receives and stores the entire topological map graphics for the holes from the golf links server by connecting to the golf links server.

7. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the step for the GPS terminals to store the entire topological map graphics for the holes receives and stores the entire topological map graphics for the holes by using personal computers and connecting to the server for providing the golf game record information.

8. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the step for the GPS terminals to store the entire topological map graphics for the holes receives and stores the entire topological map graphics for the holes by using the personal computers and connecting to the server for providing the golf game record information.

9. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the step for the GPS terminals to store the entire topological map graphics for the holes receives and stores the entire topological map graphics for the holes by connecting mobile communication terminals by which a wireless internet service is available to the server for providing the golf game record information through a wireless internet network.

10. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the step for the GPS terminals to store the entire topological map graphics for the holes receives and stores the entire topological map graphics for the holes by connecting mobile communication terminals by which a wireless internet service is available to the server for providing the golf game record information through a wireless internet network.

11. The method as claimed in claim 3, further comprising a step of:

printing the personal game record information from the golf links server through a printer.

12. The method as claimed in claim 4, further comprising a step of:

printing the personal game record information from the golf links server through a printer.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein, in printing the personal game record information from the golf links server, the golf links server calculates position correction values by using absolute position values and position values received from the GPS satellites, and correcting and outputting the personal record information by using the calculated position correction values.

14. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in providing the game record the server for providing the golf game record information receives position correction values calculated by using absolute position values from the golf links server and position values transferred from the GPS satellites, and corrects and transfers the personal record information by using the transferred position correction values.

15. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in providing the game record provided are a PREVIOUS button for moving back a golf ball to a previous position, an AUTOMATIC VIEW button for automatically moving the golf ball, a NEXT button for moving the golf ball to a next position, a LAST button for moving the golf ball to the last, and an OPTIMUM ATTACK MAP VIEW button for showing an optimum course in attacking a hole, and provided are corresponding functions according to the selected buttons as the users select desired buttons.

16. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step for receiving the game record information of the golfers includes the steps of:

receiving position information from GPS satellites by means of mobile communication terminals and recording game contents on the hole topological map graphics by pressing input buttons equipped on the mobile communication terminals at start and end points of a shot during games by the users bearing the mobile communication terminals in which a GSP chip is built and which store entire topological map graphics for holes;

transferring the game record to a golf links server by connecting the mobile communication terminals in which the GSP chip is built and in which the game record in the step of receiving position information from GPS satellites is stored to the golf links server; and

transferring the personal record information and personal information by connecting the golf links server to the server for providing the golf game record information through the internet.

17. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step for receiving the game record information of the golfers includes the steps of:

receiving position information from GPS satellites by means of mobile communication terminals in which GPS chips are built and recording game contents on the hole topological map graphics by pressing input buttons equipped on the mobile communication terminals at start and end points of a shot during games by the users bearing the mobile communication terminals which store entire topological map graphics for holes; and

transferring the personal game record information to the server for providing the golf game record information by connecting the mobile communication terminals in which the game record in the step of receiving position information from GPS satellites is stored from personal computers to the server for providing the golf game record information through the wireless internet/the internet.

18. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein the step for the mobile communication terminals in which the GPS chips are built to store the entire topological map graphics for the holes receives and stores the entire topological map graphics for the holes from the golf links server by connecting to the golf links server.

19. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the step for the mobile communication terminals in which GPS chips are built to store the entire topological map graphics for the holes receives and stores the entire topological map graphics for the holes from the golf links server by connecting to the golf links server.

20. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein the step for the mobile communication terminals in which GPS chips are built to store the entire topological map graphics for the holes receives and stores the entire topological map graphics for the holes through a wireless internet network by connecting to the long server for providing the golf game record information.

21. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the step for the mobile communication terminals in which GPS chips are built to store the entire topological map graphics for the holes receives and stores the entire topological map graphics for the holes through a wireless internet network by connecting to the server for providing the golf game record information.

22. The method as claimed in claim 16, further comprising a step of:

printing the personal game record information from the golf links server through a printer.

23. The method as claimed in claim 17, further comprising a step of:

printing the personal game record information from the golf links server through a printer.

24. The method as claimed in claim 23, wherein, in printing the personal game record information from the golf links server, the golf links server calculates position correction values by using absolute position values and position values received from the GPS satellites, and correcting and outputting the personal record information by using the calculated position correction values.

25. A method for providing personal golf record information using the internet, comprising the steps of:

receiving, databasing, and storing personal record information of golfers by means of a server for providing golf game record information;

transferring a log-in screen for login as users are connected;

selecting golf links by transferring a golf links selection screen;

providing a list of game records of a game proceeded in the selected golf links as the golf links is selected; and

selecting holes by transferring a hole selection screen according to the selection of a game a golfer wants for a transfer of the personal record information in the list of the game records; and

providing the personal game record information for the selected holes.