CHEERING SYSTEM

• US 20170135057A1
• Filed: 11/05/2015
• Published: 05/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Smarter Apps Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Smarter Apps Incorporated
• Inventors: Cugini, Mario A., Currey, Charles W., Frame, Conrad
• Application Number:
  US14/934,079
• Publication Number:
  US 20170135057A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/0025 synchronizing potentially movable access points
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/10 Controlling the light source
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/16 by timing means
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection

Abstract

A cheering system has a plurality of mobile devices, each device having one or more lights configured to display multiple colors and patterns, a battery connected to the light, a microcontroller configured to determine the colors and patterns shown by the one or more lights, wherein the microcontroller contains a control program to control the output of the light, a network controller having a wireless network connection, wherein the one or more lights, the battery and the network controller are in communication with the microcontroller and a server having a time, wherein the device is connected to the server through a wireless network, and wherein each device establishes its own time delta against the central server time so as to synchronize the devices.

Claims

4. A method for a cheering system, comprising the steps of:

a. initializing a system on a portable device;

b. connecting to a network;

c. synchronizing the portable device with a server;

d. determining a delta from a server time for the portable device;

e. adjusting the timing of a display of the portable device to the delta such that the device is synchronized with other portable devices nearby also connected with the server; and

f. displaying a synchronized pattern on the portable device.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising the steps of:

a. the user selecting the pattern.

6-1. The method of claim 6, wherein if the results vary widely, the synchronization is repeated until the results are relatively consistent.

8. The method of step 4, wherein the step of displaying a synchronized pattern further comprises:

a. preparing one or more data structures for pattern colors, timing and brightness;

b. determining what color the pattern is on using the offset;

c. displaying the color;

d. determining the delay to the next color; and

e. starting a base timer for determining the pattern changes.

9. The method of step 8 wherein the base timer uses increments of less than 1 second.

10. The method of step 9 wherein the program loops through the data structures by reference to the base timer.