Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – With communication link
Reexamination Certificate
2000-06-13
2001-12-04
Harrison, Jessica J. (Department: 3713)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
With communication link
C463S042000, C700S093000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06325721
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method of forecasting places of racing contests, in which places are determined according to speed of contestants, before starting of the racing contest.
2. Discussion of the Related Art
In various types of racing contests, it is quite interesting to not only horse racing fans but also others to forecast places of a racing contest based on various data acquired before the race. Besides, it is desirable to acquire information with which forecast probability can increase.
These types of information are conventionally acquired from media such as television and radio broadcasting, newspaper and the Internet. However, such information can be reached one day or a half before the race.
It is obvious that information provided as real-time data gives very much importance such as weather, wind direction and wind speed at the time just before the race, and, for example in the case of a horse racing contest, so-called paddock information such as training results, complexion of horse contestants in forecasting the places of the contestants. That information, however, can be acquired only when a person goes to the real racing venue, and further the information is very hard to easily acquire even when the person goes to the venue.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide a person even at home with racing contestants in the form of computer graphics, into which past information is incorporated, to provide information referred to as real- time data, and to dramatically improve capability of forecasting the places of the contestants.
That is, one characteristic of the present invention is to draw racing contestants by means of computer graphics, to incorporate existing past data in connection with said racing contestants, to perform a race on a display, and thereby to make it possible to forecast the places based on the racing conditions and results.
The present invention is also characterized in that real-time information is additionally incorporated into the existing past data.
Typical racing contests include horse races, bicycle races, speedboat races, motorcycle races, marathons, and the like. The present invention further enables to provide not only common information such as weather, wind direction, wind speed and physical conditions just before the starting of the race, but also information, which cannot be acquired until just before the starting, such as training results of horse contestants for horse races, engine condition for speedboat races and motorcycle races, audience cheers, and the like.
The present invention is further characterized in that, each of the information is provided with a corresponding weight. Namely, in performing forecast, wind direction and wind speed at the time just before the start of the race are important actors and, therefore, should be given greater weights, while audience cheers or the like are not considered to be important factors except for certain cases. Therefore, it is also one characteristic of the present invention to conduct calculation in corporation with weights and to thereby allow the calculation to result in forecast of places with high hitting probability.
REFERENCES:
patent: 6080063 (2000-06-01), Khosla
patent: 6089981 (2000-07-01), Brenner et al.
patent: 6099409 (2000-08-01), Brenner et al.
“Horse Racing Fantasy”, Released May, 5, 2000, www.operationsports.com/ReviewVault/review.asp?game=horsefantasy.
Katayama Muneomi
Miyamoto Taichi
Ootake Kazuo
Harrison Jessica J.
Rada, II Alex F. R. P.
Reed Smith Hazel & Thomas LLP
Teletech Company, Ltd.
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