ROCKET-POWERED VEHICLE RACING INFORMATION SYSTEM
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1. A system for providing information from a plurality of rocket-powered vehicles engaged in a race to at least one group of end users, comprising:
- a plurality of sensors on board each of said vehicles in the race, each of said sensors gathering information from its respective vehicle;
at least one transmitter on each of said vehicles in communication with said sensors and operable to transmit said information from said sensors;
at least one ground-receiving station for receiving said transmission from said transmitters;
a processing capability operable to collect and process said information contained in said transmissions, said processing capability operable to display said collected and processed information as race information to at least one group of the end users of said race information.
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Abstract
A rocket-powered race for entertaining spectators wherein computer-generated images are optionally provided to at-least partially define a race-course.
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1. A system for providing information from a plurality of rocket-powered vehicles engaged in a race to at least one group of end users, comprising:
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a plurality of sensors on board each of said vehicles in the race, each of said sensors gathering information from its respective vehicle;
at least one transmitter on each of said vehicles in communication with said sensors and operable to transmit said information from said sensors;
at least one ground-receiving station for receiving said transmission from said transmitters;
a processing capability operable to collect and process said information contained in said transmissions, said processing capability operable to display said collected and processed information as race information to at least one group of the end users of said race information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for generating revenue from a race between rocket powered vehicles, comprising the steps of:
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providing a system for gathering and processing information gathered from a plurality of rocket-powered vehicles engaged in a race;
rebroadcasting the processed information as race information to a plurality of end users of the race information;
identifying at least one revenue stream from the race information; and
charging at least some of the end users for the at least one revenue stream from the race information.
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- 20. A method for providing a race course comprising providing a rocket-powered vehicle and providing computer-generated visual indicators to at least one pilot of the rocket-powered vehicle, wherein the computer-generated visual indicators comprise portions of the race course.
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30. A method for entertaining one or more persons comprising:
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providing a plurality of rocket-powered vehicles;
providing a first race course, the race course comprising computer-generated visual indicators which at least partially define the race course in a predetermined physical space; and
racing the plurality of rocket-powered vehicles at least partially through the race course, wherein the plurality of rocket-powered vehicles physically travel within the predetermined space while racing. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34)
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