METHOD TO ORGANIZE NATIONWIDE SPORTING EVENTS

• US 20090063180A1
• Filed: 09/02/2008
• Published: 03/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Thomas D. Hathaway
• Original Assignee: Thomas D. Hathaway
• Inventors: HATHAWAY, THOMAS D.
• Application Number:
  US12/202,931
• Publication Number:
  US 20090063180A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 90/00 Systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not involving significant data processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

Abstract

A method to administer a sporting event sponsored by an Association, wherein the Association conducts a tournament and establishes a time period for the tournament. The method supplies a plurality of equipment items approved by the Association, wherein each equipment item recites a unique identifier and an Association trademark. An Association member enters the tournament by proffering at a tournament site an equipment item comprising an Association trademark. An Association member generates a score, that score is verified by an Association-approved referee, and the score is provided to the Association.

Claims

1. A method to administer a sporting event, comprising:

forming an Association comprising a membership;

conducting a tournament by said Association;

establishing a time period for said tournament;

supplying a plurality of equipment items approved by said Association, wherein a each equipment item recites a unique identifier and an Association trademark;

entering said tournament by an Association member, wherein said Association member enters said tournament by proffering at a tournament site an equipment item comprising an Association trademark, wherein (i) is greater than or equal to 1;

generating a score by said Association member;

verifying said score by an Association-approved referee;

providing said verified score to said Association.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

verifying the authenticity of said equipment item comprising said unique identifier by an Association-approved referee;

associating said Association member with said equipment item comprising said unique identifier.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said plurality of equipment items is selected from the group consisting of baseballs, darts, basketballs, shuttlecocks, gloves, shoes, swim suits, bowling balls, and bicycle helmets.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein:

said tournament comprises a golf tournament;

said plurality of equipment items comprises a plurality of golf balls.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein each of said plurality of golf balls comprises a GPS tracking circuit.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein said membership comprises:

a first plurality members each comprising a professional golfer;

a second plurality of members each comprising an amateur golfer.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising selecting a tournament site by said Association member.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising completing said tournament by said Association member within said time period.

9. The method of claim 4, wherein said Association member uses a designated golf ball during said gold tournament, wherein said generating step comprises establishing a longevity factor for said designated gold ball.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein said longevity factor comprises a number of rounds played by said Association member using said designated golf ball.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein said longevity factor comprises a number of yards traveled by said designated golf ball during said golf tournament.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein said longevity factor comprises a number of yards traveled by said designated golf ball during said golf tournament in combination with a number of aggregate yards traveled by said designated gold ball in earlier Association-sponsored golf tournaments.

13. A hand-held wireless communication device, comprising:

a power source;

a processor, interconnected with said power source;

a memory interconnected with said processor and said power source;

a lasing device interconnected with said processor and said power source;

a laser light detector interconnected with said processor and said power source;

a GPS navigation module interconnected with said processor and said power source;

GPS mapping data comprising a golf course configuration encoded in said memory.

14. The hand-held wireless communication device of claim 13, further comprising an antenna interconnected to said GPS navigation module.

15. The hand-held wireless communication device of claim 13, further comprising a cellular telephone interconnected with said processor and said power source.

16. The hand-held wireless communication device of claim 15, further comprising an antenna interconnected with said cellular telephone.

17. The hand-held wireless communication device of claim 15, further comprising a wireless computer network interface interconnected with said processor and said power source.

18. The hand-held wireless communication device of claim 17, further comprising an antenna interconnected with said wireless computer network interface.

19. The hand-held wireless communication device of claim 17, further comprising:

a speaker interconnected with said processor;

music files encoded in said memory.

20. The hand-held wireless communication device of claim 19, further comprising a user'"'"'s credit card account number and credit card PIN number encoded in said memory.