RECREATIONAL FACILITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A recreational facility management system for monitoring users within a plurality of predefined areas of the facility for generating usage information, comprising:
- a monitoring network;
a facility management processor coupled to said monitoring network;
a multiplicity of hand-held communicators;
a transmission link for transferring information from said facility management processor to said hand-held communicators for sending information relating to the plurality of predefined areas to said hand-held communicators;
a base station interface coupled to said monitoring network;
a first base station global positioning system (GPS) receiver associated with said base station;
a multiplicity of second communicator GPS receivers, one each associated with each of said hand-held communicators;
a first base station radio frequency (RF) transceiver associated with said base station;
a multiplicity of second communicator RF transceivers, one each associated with each of said hand-held communicators; and
a multiplicity of communicator processors, one each associated with each of said hand-held communicators for processing the communicator GPS data received via said second communicator GPS receivers, base station GPS data received via said second RF transceivers, and information relating to the plurality of predefined areas for communicating usage information relating to the plurality of predefined areas of the facility to the users.
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Abstract
A recreational facility management system for monitoring users within a plurality of predefined areas of the facility for generating usage information. The described system and method may relate to a wide variety of recreational activities including golfing, hiking, skiing, and the like, during which users of the facility and participants in the various activities will desire information relating to the positioning of themselves and others in the recreational areas to determine locations relative to landmarks or other meaningful geographic markers. A monitoring network is coupled to a facility management processor which may be a personal computer (PC) located in a golf course club house in communication via a base station interface and hand-held communicators. A transmission link is provided for transferring information from the facility management processor to the hand-held communicators for sending information relating to the plurality of predefined recreational areas of the facility. The multiple hand-held communicators include embedded communicator processors, one each associated with each communicator for processing global positioning system (GPS) and radio frequency (RF) data received to relate information corresponding to the predefined areas for communicating usage information relating to the recreational facility.
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21 Claims
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1. A recreational facility management system for monitoring users within a plurality of predefined areas of the facility for generating usage information, comprising:
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a monitoring network;
a facility management processor coupled to said monitoring network;
a multiplicity of hand-held communicators;
a transmission link for transferring information from said facility management processor to said hand-held communicators for sending information relating to the plurality of predefined areas to said hand-held communicators;
a base station interface coupled to said monitoring network;
a first base station global positioning system (GPS) receiver associated with said base station;
a multiplicity of second communicator GPS receivers, one each associated with each of said hand-held communicators;
a first base station radio frequency (RF) transceiver associated with said base station;
a multiplicity of second communicator RF transceivers, one each associated with each of said hand-held communicators; and
a multiplicity of communicator processors, one each associated with each of said hand-held communicators for processing the communicator GPS data received via said second communicator GPS receivers, base station GPS data received via said second RF transceivers, and information relating to the plurality of predefined areas for communicating usage information relating to the plurality of predefined areas of the facility to the users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of managing a recreational facility, comprising the steps of:
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monitoring users of the recreational facility within a plurality of predetermined areas;
generating usage information relating to the monitoring of the users within the plurality of predefined areas;
processing the usage information via a monitoring network;
providing a multiplicity of hand-held communicators;
transferring information generated from said processing step to the hand-held communicators for sending information relating to the plurality of predefined areas to the hand-held communicators;
interfacing a base station to the monitoring network, the base station including a first base station global positioning system (GPS) receiver associated with the base station, and a first base station radio frequency (RF) transceiver associated with the base station;
providing a second communicator GPS receiver and a second RF transceiver associated with each of the hand-held communicators; and
processing GPS and RF data received at the hand-held communicators to provide information relating to the plurality of predefined areas for communicating usage information relating to the plurality of predefined areas of the facility to the users. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A recreational facility management system for monitoring users within a plurality of predefined areas of the facility for generating usage information, comprising:
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means for processing facility management information obtained via a monitoring network;
means for portable hand-held communications;
means for transferring information from the facility management processing means to the portable hand-held communication means for sending information relating to the plurality of predefined areas to the communicating means;
means for interfacing a base station to the monitoring network;
first means for global positioning system (GPS) receiving associated with the base station;
a multiplicity of second means for GPS reception association with each of the hand-held communicator means;
first means for base station radio frequency (RF) transmission and reception associated with the base station;
a multiplicity of second means for RF transmission and reception, one each associated with each of said communicator means; and
a multiplicity of processing means associated with the communicators for processing the communicator GPS data received via said second communicator GPS receivers, base station GPS data received via said second RF transmission and reception means, and information relating to the plurality of predefined areas for communicating usage information relating to the plurality of predefined areas of the facility to the users.
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Specification