Recording game information into a server

• US 7,037,198 B2
• Filed: 12/07/1999
• Issued: 05/02/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: HAMEEN-ANTTILA, TAPIO
• Primary Examiner(s): Cheng, Joe H.
• Application Number:
  US09/455,956
• Publication Number:
  US 20020049507A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,338 Days
• Field of Search: 700 90- 92, 463 40- 42
• US Class Current: 463/41
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/406 Transmission via wireless network, e.g. pager or GSM
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/50 characterized by details of game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8011 Ball
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25808 Management of client data terminal profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/303
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2662 Controlling the complexity of the video stream, e.g. by scaling the resolution or bitrate of the video stream based on the client capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

A sport server includes a sport database for storing sport data. The sport server communicates with a variety of input devices for receiving the sport data. The sport server determines the type of input device and then communicates with the input device using appropriate display and communication parameters. The sport server then outputs the sport data to various output devices using appropriate parameters for each output device.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting sport data, said method comprising the steps of:

(a) establishing a communication connection between a mobile terminal and the a sport server using a public cellular communications network so that the mobile terminal is in communication with the sport server;

(b) determining, by the sport server, a type of mobile terminal used and at least display parameters of the mobile terminal and selecting a prompt display to be communicated to the mobile terminal based on the determined display parameters of the mobile terminal;

(c) setting the mobile terminal in a sport data input mode in response to receiving the prompt display and selecting a selected sport to which sport data to be inputted pertains;

(d) inputting the sport data into the mobile terminal in communication with the sport server;

(e) directly transmitting the inputted sport data from the mobile terminal to the sport server as the sports data is input by the user in said step (d);

(f) recording, by the sports server, the sport data in a sport database; and

(g) transmitting the sport data from the sport server to an output device which has requested the sport data and adapting, by a filter adapting device, the sport data to a desired format for the output device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of determining, by the sport server, a geographical location of the mobile terminal in communication with the sport server and determining a field in which to enter the sport data in the sport database in response to the geographical location determined by said sport server before said step (f) and wherein said step (f) further comprises recording the sport data in the field in the sport database determined by said sport server.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said step (c) comprises the steps of prompting, by the server, a user for a sport and inputting, by the user, a selected sport and said step (d) comprises prompting, by the server, a user for the sport data using a prompt specific to the selected sport and inputting, by a user, of sport data into the mobile terminal in communication with the sport server.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the geographical location of the mobile terminal is received, by said sport server, from the public cellular communications network.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of adapting the sport data comprises determining a type of output device to be transmitted to and thereby determining display and communication parameters for the output device and transmitting sports data in accordance with the determined display and communications parameters.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said step (c) comprises the steps of prompting, by the server, a user for a sport and inputting, by the user, a selected sport and said step (d) comprises prompting, by the server, a user for the sport data using a prompt specific to the selected sport, and inputting, by a user, of sport data into the mobile terminal in communication with the sport server.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of identifying, by the sport server, a type of the mobile terminal that is in communication with the sport server in said step (a) and said step (b) comprises determining display and communication parameters for the mobile terminal.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein said steps step of selecting a prompt display comprises transmitting a prompt to a display of the mobile terminal using the determined display and communications parameters.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the sports database includes a plurality of fields and said method further comprises the step of determining a field in the sport database in which to store the sport data based on the selected sport and the sport data input by the user in said step (d).

10. The method of claim 1, wherein said sport database includes a plurality of fields and said method further comprises the step of determining a field in the sport database in which to store the sport data based on the selected sport and the sport data input by the user in said step (d).

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of querying the sports server for specific data from all data in the sports database using the mobile terminal connected to the sports server using the public mobile communications network.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein said step (d) of inputting the sport data comprises automatically adding the sport data using a detecting system.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the display parameters determined in said step (b) comprise at least one of a horizontal resolution, a vertical resolution, and colors of a display of the mobile terminal.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the display parameters determined in said step (b) comprise at least one of an operating system used by the display, an operating system used by the mobile terminal, a connection speed of the mobile terminal, a processor power of the mobile terminal, an amount of memory of the mobile terminal, and a key for accessing the sport database.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of adapting the sport data comprises allowing only a portion of the output data to pass through said filter adapting device based on the desired format.

16. A system for managing sports data related to statistics for one or more sports, comprising:

a sport database for storing sports data;

a sport server connected to a public cellular communications network and comprising a processor operatively connected to said sport database for managing the sports data;

an input device arranged for receiving an input of sports data and directly transmitting the sports data to said sport server using said public cellular communications network as said sports data is input to said input device, said sports server operatively arranged for receiving the sports data from said input device and for managing queries to said sport database from said input device;

a user database connected to said sport server for storing user data for each user having authority for inputting the sports data;

a connection database connected to said sport server for storing connection data for a plurality of different types of input devices for inputting the sports data;

means for determining a type of input device in communication with said sport server and for determining display and communication parameters of the input device; and

means for transmitting prompts to the input device and receiving replies to said prompts using the determined display and communication parameters for determining the sports data received from the input device; and

means for transmitting the sport data from the sport server to an output device which has requested the sport data, said means for transmitting comprising a filter adapting device including means for adapting the sport data to a desired format for the output device.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein said filter adapting device includes means for determining display and communications parameters of the output device and means for transmitting the sports data to the output device using the determined display and communications parameters.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein said filter adapting device includes means for allowing only a portion of the output data to pass through a filter device based on the desired format.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein said sport database comprises a first sport database for storing sport data related to a first sport and a second sport database for storing sport data related to a second sport.

20. The system of claim 16, said sport database comprising a plurality of fields, wherein said sports server comprises means for selecting a selected field of said plural fields in which to store the sports data in response to the replies to said prompt.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein said sports server comprises means for determining a geographical location of the mobile terminal.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein said means for selecting a selected field comprises means for selecting a selected field of said plural fields in said sport database in which to store the sports data in response to the replies to said prompts and in response to the geographical location of the mobile terminal.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein said sport server comprises means for receiving the geographical location of the mobile terminal from the public cellular communications network.

24. The system of claim 16, further comprising means for user selection of a selected sport to which the sport data applies, wherein said means for transmitting prompts to the input device comprises means for transmitting prompts in response to the selected sport.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein said sport database comprises a plurality of fields and said sport server comprises means for selecting a selected field of said plural fields in said sport database to store the sports data in response to the selected sport.

26. The system of claim 16, wherein the input devices to which said sports server is operatively connectable comprise personal digital assistants, mobile phones, pagers, two-way radios, smart phones, and sport specific input devices.

27. The system of claim 16, wherein said sport server comprises means for outputting said sports data to output devices comprising www-browsers, digital scoreboards, news wires, television broadcasts, personal digital assistants, smart phones, and cell phones in accordance with said determined display and communications parameters.

28. The system of claim 16, further comprising means for querying the sports server for specific data from all data in said sports database using an output device connected to said sports server using the public mobile communications network.

29. The system of claim 16, wherein said input device is operatively arranged for automatically receiving said sport data from a detecting system which detects the sport data to be input.

30. The system of claim 16, wherein the display and communication parameters of the input device comprise at least one of a horizontal resolution, a vertical resolution, and colors of a display of the mobile terminal.

31. The system of claim 30, wherein the display and communication parameters of the input device comprise at least one of an operating system used by the display, an operating system used by the mobile terminal, a connection speed of the mobile terminal, a processor power of the mobile terminal, an amount of memory of the mobile terminal, and a key for accessing the sport database.

32. A mobile terminal for transmitting sports data to a sports database of a sports server connected to a communication network, said mobile terminal comprising:

a display;

means for initiating a communication connection with the sports server using a public cellular communications network and indicating to the sports server at least display parameters of said display of the mobile terminal, thereby ensuring that a prompt received from the sports server is suitable for viewing on said display;

means for setting the mobile terminal in a sports data input mode in response to receiving a prompt from the sports server;

means for receiving a selection of a selected sport to which the sports data to be inputted pertains; and

means for receiving sport data at the mobile terminal and directly transmitting the sport data from the mobile terminal to the sports server using the public cellular communications network as the sports data is received by the mobile terminal.

33. The mobile terminal of claim 32, wherein said means for receiving a selection of a selected sport comprises means for prompting the user to select the selected sport for which data is to be entered.

34. The mobile terminal of claim 33, wherein said means for prompting comprises means for displaying, on said display, a list of sports for which data may be entered.

35. The mobile terminal of claim 33, further comprising means for prompting the user for sport specific data to be input for the selected sport.

36. The mobile terminal of claim 35, wherein said means for prompting the user for sport specific data comprises means for displaying, on said display, fields of sport specific data to be input for the selected sport.

37. The mobile terminal of claim 32, further comprising means for prompting the user for sport specific data to be input for the selected sport.

38. The mobile terminal of claim 32, further comprising means for querying the sports server using the public mobile communications network and displaying data received from the sports server.

39. The mobile terminal of claim 32, wherein said mobile terminal comprises one of a personal digital assistant, a mobile phone, a pager, a two-way radio, a smart-phone, and sports database specific input devices.

40. The mobile terminal of claim 32, wherein said input device is operatively arranged for automatically receiving said sport data from a detecting system which detects the sport data to be input.

41. The mobile terminal of claim 32, wherein the display parameters indicated to the sports server comprise at least one of a horizontal resolution, a vertical resolution, and colors of said display of the mobile terminal.

42. The mobile terminal of claim 32, wherein the display parameters indicated to the sports server comprise at least one of an operating system used by the display, an operating system used by the mobile terminal, a connection speed of the mobile terminal, a processor power of the mobile terminal, an amount of memory of the mobile terminal, and a key for accessing the sport database.