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Method and system for automatic running of tournaments

  • US 5,855,516 A
  • Filed: 07/29/1996
  • Issued: 01/05/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/27/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for automatic running of tournaments, comprising the steps of:

  • announcing and calling up tournament participants on one or more electronic display device(s) accessible to said tournament participants;

    inputting personal identification data associated with the tournament participants up to a predetermined number of the tournament participants on a data reading device coupled to the display device;

    randomly allocating groupings of the tournament participants for competition in at least one round of the tournament;

    running the tournament with an automatic determination of winners of each round of the tournament;

    allocating winners of each round to participant groupings of tournament rounds up to a final round; and

    terminating the tournament with an analysis of tournament results that are automatically generated, wherein a tournament participant who first enters a personal identification data is made a tournament leader and the tournament is terminated by a subsequent input of the identification data of the tournament leader.

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