SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AN EVENT TIMING SYSTEM HAVING INTEGRATED GEODETIC TIMING POINTS
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Abstract
A system and method for determining a route or waypoints along a route to be or being traveled by a participant, the system including a location device associated with the participant having a location data receiver for receiving location data from a location providing source, and a wireless communication interface, the location detection device receiving location information from the location providing source, time stamping each received location information, and transmitting location data associated with the location device over the wireless interface; a location detection device in at least periodic wireless communication with the location device for receiving the transmitted location data, and transmitting the received location data; and an event/timing system receiving the transmitted location data, and determining a route or waypoints along a route to be or being traveled by a participant that will be tracked.
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53 Claims
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28. A method of determining a location of a participant in a timed event having a participant identifier, the method comprising:
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in a location device associated with the participant and the participant identifier; receiving location information from a location providing source; determining a participant location from the received location information and; transmitting the determined location as location data that includes the participant identifier; in a location determination system in at least periodic wireless communication with a wireless communication interface of the location device; receiving the transmitted location data and; determining a participant location from the received location data; and
in a timing systemreceiving the participant location from the location determination system; determining participant position along the route as a function of the received participant location, and generating a participant location message over an output interface including at least one of the participant location and the determined participant route position. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A method for determining a route or waypoints along a route to be or being traveled by a participant having an RFID tag that will be tracked along such route such as during an event, the method comprising:
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in a tag reader system receiving one or more tag reads from the RFID tag, determining a time for each tag read, identifying the tag number of the RFID tag, and transmitting a tag read message including at least a portion of the received tag reads with the tag number and the determined times in a location device associated with the RFID tag of the participant and having a location data receiver receiving location data from a location providing source, time stamping each received location information, and transmitting location data associated with the location device over the wireless interface; and in a location determination system in at least periodic wireless communication with the location device receiving the transmitted location data, and transmitting the received location data; an event/timing system receiving the transmitted location data; receiving the tag read message including the tag number from the tag reader; determining a route or waypoint along a route to be or being traveled by a participant that will be tracked along such route such as during an event or tracking of the participant along the determined route and; associating the location data with the RFID tag number as provided by the RFID tag reader from at least one of the tag reads from the tag associated with the location device.
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