Methods and apparatus for providing information on the game of golf
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1. A self-contained, mobile instrumentality for storing and making available information on a game of golf, said instrumentality comprising:
- memory for storing the layout of a golf course hole to be played which has been downloaded from the internet;
memory for storing data representing the hole-by-hole play of a golf course by a particular individual; and
a display comprising a touch screen activatable by a user of said instrumentality to input data to and retrieve information from said memory and to view said information;
said memory capable of storing a retrievable and viewable layout of a golf course hole;
said user can input data to said memory by touching said screen at a location on said layout corresponding to the position of a ball on the course being played;
said instrumentality capable of calculating from the inputted ball location for display to said user the distance to a flag or other feature of a hole being played.
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Abstract
Portable, self-contained, hand-held or golf cart-mounted instrumentalities which use single-entry or recordkeeping to track a golfer'"'"'s play of the game. Data can be entered by displaying a layout of a hole and pointing to locations on the layout which correspond to actual positions on the hole being played. The golfer interacts with the instrumentality via an interface composed of a view, an iconbar, and dialogs. Strokes are recorded for each hole by employing: hole selection, teebox dialog, ball position settings, club and flight dialog, and putting dialog.
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1. A self-contained, mobile instrumentality for storing and making available information on a game of golf, said instrumentality comprising:
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memory for storing the layout of a golf course hole to be played which has been downloaded from the internet;
memory for storing data representing the hole-by-hole play of a golf course by a particular individual; and
a display comprising a touch screen activatable by a user of said instrumentality to input data to and retrieve information from said memory and to view said information;
said memory capable of storing a retrievable and viewable layout of a golf course hole;
said user can input data to said memory by touching said screen at a location on said layout corresponding to the position of a ball on the course being played;
said instrumentality capable of calculating from the inputted ball location for display to said user the distance to a flag or other feature of a hole being played. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 13)
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6. An instrumentality as defined in claim 2 wherein the scorecard contains data for each of a plurality of individuals.
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7. An instrumentality as defined in claim 2 which:
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visually presents the individual'"'"'s handicap on the scorecard; and
automatically calculates the score for each hole to take any handicap appurtenant to that hole.
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14. A method of making information available to a golfer, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing a mobile, self-contained instrumentality with data storage, calculation, retrieval, and display capabilities;
downloading the layout of a golf course hole to be played from the Internet to a personal computer;
transferring the layout of said hole from the personal computer to the mobile, self-contained instrumentality;
storing the downloaded layout of a golf course hole in memory in the data storage element of the instrumentality;
retrieving from memory and displaying upon a command by said user a layout of said hole and/or information on playing of said hole by a golfer; and
said instrumentality capable of calculating the distance from a first location on said hole to a second location on said hole. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. The combination of:
- a portable, self-contained instrumentality for storing and making available information on a game of golf and a personal computer;
said portable, self-contained instrumentality comprising;
memory for storing data representing the hole-by-hole play of a golf course by a particular individual;
a display comprising a touch screen activatable by a user of said instrumentality to input data and retrieve information from said memory and to view said information;
said instrumentality capable of calculating the distance from a first location on said hole to a second location on said hole; and
said personal computer having elements for;
effecting a connection to the Internet; and
effecting a transfer of data to the portable, self-contained instrumentality; and
receiving and storing data received from said instrumentality.
- a portable, self-contained instrumentality for storing and making available information on a game of golf and a personal computer;
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