Computer system for trapshooting competitions
First Claim
1. In association with a trapshooting competition of the type wherein each entrant in each event is, at one of multiple squad-assignment stations, assigned to a squad of particular said entrants scheduled for shooting at a specific time and place, a computer system for assisting assignment of each said entrant to a position in one said squad, comprising:
- a. multiple first computer workstations each respectively situated at one said squad-assignment station;
b. a local area network, including a central server, connected with each said first computer workstation;
central computer storage means for storing event data linking each said squad of each said event to an entrant list of said particular entrants assigned to said squad;
d. computer software means for, during a particular time, temporarily permitting access to one said entrant list of said particular entrants for any one said squad of any one said event to a user-selected one said first computer workstation while temporarily barring all other said first computer workstations from access to said entrant list of said particular entrants for said one squad of said one event in order to prevent overfilling of said one squad; and
e. computer software means for assigning, at said particular first computer workstation, during said particular time, an additional entrant to one said entrant list of said particular entrants for said one squad of said one event.
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Abstract
A computer system utilizing a local area network and multiple computers used in association with a trapshooting competition of the type wherein each entrant in each event is, at one of multiple squad-assignment stations, assigned to a squad (of particular entrants) scheduled for shooting at a specific time and place. This system'"'"'s operators, software, and hardware efficiently manage the competition, including computer-assisting assignment of each entrant to a position in a squad. The computer system has a method for temporarily restricting access to an entrant list for a squad of an event to a particular computer workstation, enabling efficient assigning of an additional entrant to a temporarily-restricted entrant list, as well as handling functions like handicapping, scoring, fees, prizes, etc.
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20 Claims
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1. In association with a trapshooting competition of the type wherein each entrant in each event is, at one of multiple squad-assignment stations, assigned to a squad of particular said entrants scheduled for shooting at a specific time and place, a computer system for assisting assignment of each said entrant to a position in one said squad, comprising:
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a. multiple first computer workstations each respectively situated at one said squad-assignment station; b. a local area network, including a central server, connected with each said first computer workstation; central computer storage means for storing event data linking each said squad of each said event to an entrant list of said particular entrants assigned to said squad; d. computer software means for, during a particular time, temporarily permitting access to one said entrant list of said particular entrants for any one said squad of any one said event to a user-selected one said first computer workstation while temporarily barring all other said first computer workstations from access to said entrant list of said particular entrants for said one squad of said one event in order to prevent overfilling of said one squad; and e. computer software means for assigning, at said particular first computer workstation, during said particular time, an additional entrant to one said entrant list of said particular entrants for said one squad of said one event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. In association with a trapshooting competition of the type wherein each entrant in each event is, at one of multiple squad-assignment stations, assigned to one squad of particular said entrants scheduled for shooting at a specific time and place, a computer system for assisting assignment of each said entrant to a position in said one squad, comprising the steps of:
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a. for each said event, using a computer, making a set of event data records for storing event data for each said position of each said squad, each said event data record comprising data fields for holding shooting data relevant to said event of said trapshooting competition, each said event data record being ordered according to successively numbered positions on successively numbered squads; b. using one of a set of first computer workstations connected to a server in a local area network, temporarily restricting access to said event data records for a particular one of said squads of only one said event to a particular said first computer workstation; and c. using said particular first computer workstation, assigning an additional entrant to said temporarily-restricted particular one squad event data records in order to prevent overfilling of said particular one squad. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. In a computer system of the type wherein multiple computer workstations are linked in a local area network, and for use in association with a clay sporting competition of the type wherein each entrant in each event is assigned to a position on a squad of particular said entrants, computer means for assisting the running of said clay sporting competition comprising:
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a. computer software means for making, for each said event, a set of event data records for storing event data for each said position of each said squad, each said event data record comprising data fields for holding shooting data relevant to said event of said clay sporting competition; b. computer storage means for storing said set of event data records; c. computer software means for reading data from and writing data to said event data records, including scoring data for each said entrant in each said event; and d. computer software means for temporarily restricting access to said event data records for a particular said squad of one said event to a particular said computer workstation in order to prevent overfilling of said particular squad. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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