SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RANKING OF GOLF TOURNAMENT PARTICIPANTS

• US 20160263462A1
• Filed: 02/17/2016
• Published: 09/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Donald Butler Curchod
• Original Assignee: Equiplite Pty Limited
• Inventors: Curchod, Donald Butler
• Granted Patent: US 10,086,252 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0655 Tactile feedback
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/20 with means for remote communication, e.g. internet or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/50 Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0616 Means for conducting or scheduling competition, league, tournaments or rankings
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0622 Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0639 Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/20 Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof

Abstract

A tournament scoring program on a tournament server may receive data sanctioned by a tournament provider from a first database via a network connection. The data may include a player identification identifying a player from a group of players of an independent tournament event. The data may also include a value corresponding to the player and the independent tournament event. Cumulative score data may be generated by the tournament scoring program for the player based on the values received or a cumulative score accessed from the tournament server. Ranking data may be generated, by the tournament scoring program, for the group of players based on the cumulative score data. The tournament scoring program may transmit, from the tournament server to a website, the cumulative score data and the ranking data.

Claims

1. A method for implementation by at least one data processor, the method comprising:

receiving, by a tournament scoring program on a tournament server from a first database via a network connection, first data sanctioned by a first tournament provider, the first data comprising;

a player identification identifying a player from a plurality of players of a first independent tournament event, the first independent tournament event consisting of at least one of Major golf events and sub-Major golf events; and

a first value corresponding to the player and the first independent tournament event;

receiving, by the tournament scoring program on the tournament server from a second database via a second network connection, second data sanctioned by a second tournament provider, the second data comprising;

the player identification identifying the player from a second plurality of players of a second independent tournament event, the second independent tournament event consisting of at least one of Major golf events and sub-Major golf events; and

a second value corresponding to the player identification and the second independent tournament event;

generating, by the tournament scoring program, cumulative score data for the player based on the first value and either the second value or a cumulative score accessed from the tournament server;

generating, by the tournament scoring program, ranking data for at least one of the plurality of players based on the cumulative score data; and

transmitting, by the tournament scoring program, the cumulative score data and the ranking data from the tournament server to a mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first value is a first score of the player in the first independent tournament event, the first score stored in the first data, wherein the second data is a second score of the player in the second tournament event, the second score stored in the second data.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the generating of the cumulative score data is performed by the tournament scoring program adding the first score to the second score to calculate the cumulative score for the player corresponding to the player identification.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein when, for one of the players, there is no player identification in one of either the first data or the second data, that the cumulative score is based on only the first score or only the second score added to the cumulative score.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first value is a first rank of the player in the first independent tournament event, the first rank stored in the first data, wherein the second value is a second rank of the player in the second tournament event, the second rank stored in the second data.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the generating of the cumulative score data is performed by the tournament scoring program adding the first rank to the second rank to calculate a cumulative rank for the player corresponding to the player identification.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein when, for one of the players, there is no player identification in one of either the first data or the second data, that the cumulative rank is based on only the first rank or only the second rank.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the cumulative score data is updated on the tournament server in response to each receiving of the second data.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the transmitting from the tournament server to the mobile device, of the cumulative score data and the ranking data by the tournament scoring program, occurs after the updating.

10. A computer program product comprising a non-transient, machine-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by at least one programmable processor, cause the at least one programmable processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by a tournament scoring program on a tournament server from a first database via a first network connection, first data sanctioned by a first tournament provider, the first data comprising;

a player identification identifying a player from a plurality of players of a first independent tournament event, the first independent tournament event consisting of at least one of Major golf events and sub-Major golf events; and

a first value corresponding to the player and the first independent tournament event;

receiving, by the tournament scoring program on the tournament server from a second database via a second network connection, second data sanctioned by a second tournament provider, the second data comprising;

the player identification identifying the player from a second plurality of players of a second independent tournament event, the second independent tournament event consisting of at least one of Major golf events and sub-Major golf events; and

a second value corresponding to the player identification and the second independent tournament event;

generating, by the tournament scoring program, cumulative score data for the player based on the first value and either the second value or a cumulative score accessed from the tournament server;

generating, by the tournament scoring program, ranking data for at least one of the plurality of players based on the cumulative score data; and

transmitting, by the tournament scoring program, the cumulative score data and the ranking data from the tournament server to a mobile device.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the first value is a first score of the player in the first independent tournament event, the first score stored in the first data, wherein the second data is a second score of the player in the second tournament event, the second score stored in the second data.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the generating of the cumulative score data is performed by the tournament scoring program adding the first score to the second score to calculate the cumulative score for the player corresponding to the player identification.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein when, for one of the players, there is no player identification in one of either the first data or the second data, that the cumulative score is based on only the first score or only the second score added to the cumulative score.

14. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the cumulative score data is updated on the tournament server in response to each receiving of the second data.

15. A system comprising:

a programmable processor; and

a non-transient machine-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the at least one programmable processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving, by a tournament scoring program on a tournament server from a first database via a first network connection, first data sanctioned by a first tournament provider, the first data comprising;

a player identification identifying a player from a plurality of players of a first independent tournament event, the first independent tournament event consisting of at least one of Major golf events and sub-Major golf events; and

a first value corresponding to the player and the first independent tournament event;

receiving, by the tournament scoring program on the tournament server from a second database via a second network connection, second data sanctioned by a second tournament provider, the second data comprising;

the player identification identifying the player from a second plurality of players of a second independent tournament event, the second independent tournament event consisting of at least one of Major golf events and sub-Major golf events; and

a second value corresponding to the player identification and the second independent tournament event;

generating, by the tournament scoring program, cumulative score data for the player based on the first value and either the second value or a cumulative score accessed from the tournament server;

generating, by the tournament scoring program, ranking data for at least one of the plurality of players based on the cumulative score data; and

transmitting, by the tournament scoring program, the cumulative score data and the ranking data from the tournament server to a mobile device.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the first value is a first score of the player in the first independent tournament event, the first score stored in the first data, wherein the second data is a second score of the player in the second tournament event, the second score stored in the second data.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the generating of the cumulative score data is performed by the tournament scoring program adding the first score to the second score to calculate the cumulative score for the player corresponding to the player identification.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein when, for one of the players, there is no player identification in one of either the first data or the second data, that the cumulative score is based on only the first score or only the second score added to the cumulative score.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the cumulative score data is updated on the tournament server in response to each receiving of the second data.