Billiard table apparatus for competitive play at remote locations
First Claim
1. A billiard table apparatus including:
- a first billiard table having a plurality of pockets and located at a first location;
a second billiard table having a plurality of pockets and located at a separate physical location;
means for registering a plurality of players at said first location and said second location to thereby define registered players;
means for providing real time audio and video communication to provide audio and visual display of a billiard game between a registered player playing on said first billiard table at said first location and a registered player playing on said second billiard table at said second location, such that the a registered player at said first location and a registered player at said second location may can communicate with each other via audio voice and view video;
a sensor located at each respective pocket of each plurality of pockets of said first and second billiard tables, said sensors sensing when a ball is pocketed in a respective pocket, and said sensors being in communication with a central server to transmit to said central server time results relating to pocketing of balls on the first billiard table by the registered player at said first location and pocketing of balls on the second billiard table by the registered player at said second location such that individual player'"'"'s times and standings are then accessible.
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Abstract
An arrangement adapted to be used with conventional billiard tables for greater utilization, versatility and/or application of said tables, said arrangement including, a multiplicity of billiard tables located at a variety of separate locations, a means to register and allow for communication between a plurality of players, such that said players need not necessarily play upon the same table nor be located at the one location, said players intended to compete against other registered players, or approve upon personal individual skill level, a timer such that competition between players or improvement of personal standings of an individual is based upon timing of pocketing a set of balls or part thereof upon the respective billiard table by said, timer, a means for having time results of the or each player transferred to a central database wherein individual player'"'"'s times and standings may then be acknowledged.
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8 Claims
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1. A billiard table apparatus including:
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a first billiard table having a plurality of pockets and located at a first location; a second billiard table having a plurality of pockets and located at a separate physical location; means for registering a plurality of players at said first location and said second location to thereby define registered players; means for providing real time audio and video communication to provide audio and visual display of a billiard game between a registered player playing on said first billiard table at said first location and a registered player playing on said second billiard table at said second location, such that the a registered player at said first location and a registered player at said second location may can communicate with each other via audio voice and view video; a sensor located at each respective pocket of each plurality of pockets of said first and second billiard tables, said sensors sensing when a ball is pocketed in a respective pocket, and said sensors being in communication with a central server to transmit to said central server time results relating to pocketing of balls on the first billiard table by the registered player at said first location and pocketing of balls on the second billiard table by the registered player at said second location such that individual player'"'"'s times and standings are then accessible. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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