Games using tangible projectile – Golf
Reexamination Certificate
2000-04-07
2001-08-21
Harrison, Jessica J. (Department: 3713)
Games using tangible projectile
Golf
C700S092000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06277029
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to the field of electronic devices for golf scoring. More specifically, the invention relates to electronic devices which further provide statistical analysis of golf scores and performance of one or more players.
2. Relevant Technology
The game of golf enjoys much popularity as a recreational sport for both amateur and professional players. Indeed, across the world and nation the sport attracts numerous avid players. Golfing is played from the amateur level to the professional tournament level and has promoted certain players to celebrity status. The golfing industry anticipates that the appeal will continue to attract players both young and old and resources will continue to fuel the sport.
As with most sports, golf generates statistics which reflects a player's performance. Reviewing and analyzing a player's statistics reveals a player's strengths and weaknesses. Thus, although practice is required to improve performance, knowledge of a weakness will allow a player to focus and concentrate on that weakness. Serious golfers take great efforts to record their scores and statistics and review them for improvement.
Although recording some of the basic scores in a round of golf is a simple matter, calculating statistics based on the scores is a tedious matter. In a single round of golf, the statistical calculations soon become numerous. The calculations are increased substantially where several players are involved. Frequently interrupting game play to calculate statistics detracts from the enjoyment of the game. Furthermore, although beneficial, it is inconvenient and tedious to average and consolidate statistics of a single round of golf with previous rounds to provide an overview of a player's performance.
Thus, it would be an advancement in the art to provide an apparatus and method for storing and processing golf scores to produce statistics for a player.
It would be a further advancement in the art to provide an apparatus which is hand-held to facilitate portability around a golf course.
It would be yet another advancement in the art to provide an apparatus and method for consolidating and averaging statistics for a plurality of rounds of golf to better indicate a golfer's performance, improvement, and of weaknesses.
Such a device is disclosed herein.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention solves the foregoing problems by providing a hand-held device for storing and processing golf scores. The device includes a logic device for processing executable commands and is in electrical communication with a memory, an input device, and an output device. The memory includes an interface module configured to generate prompts for player identification and performance data. The prompts are displayed on the output device. The performance data reflects golf scores and other areas of objective performance on the golf course.
As the performance data is entered it is stored in a memory in association with a player identification. The memory further includes a statistic module configured to generate performance statistics based on the performance data. The performance statistics provide valuable feedback relating to a player'areas of strengths and weaknesses. The performance statistics may be consolidated and averaged over a single round of golf or over a plurality of rounds. The interface module is further configured to generate a player report incorporating the performance data, the performance statistics, and the player information. The player report may be displayed on the output device in a matrix format. The invention provides an apparatus and method to facilitate recordation of golf scores and generation of statistics to allow a player to identify areas of improvement.
These and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become more fully apparent from the following description and appended claims, or may be learned by the practice of the invention as set forth hereinafter.
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