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Electronic golf scoring and match competition systemRelated Patent Categories: Games Using Tangible Projectile, Billiards Or Pool, Table Or Gameboard, Convertible Between Billiard And Pool (i.e., Between Pocketed And Nonpocketed), Using Pocket Blocking Device Positionable Only In Vicinity Of Pocket (e.g., Pocket Plug, Rail Piece, Etc.)Electronic golf scoring and match competition system description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070249426, Electronic golf scoring and match competition system. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/789,291 filed Apr. 4, 2006, the contents all of which are incorporated herein by reference. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] This invention pertains to a golf scoring and competition tool that will provide users with the ability to engage in real time competition with other players in remote locations and provide golfers with the ability to download scorecard data for golf courses from a comprehensive database of golf courses. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] It is well known in the sport of golf to engage in competitions among player on a particular course. These competition can take the form of a competition among a small group of players such as a foursome to tournament competitions involving many players over the course of one or several days. Typically however, the competitions among players, both in small groups and tournaments are scored manually and are limited to players on one particular golf course. Because of the limitation of manual scoring, the players are not able to engage in real time comparisons of scoring data. Without the ability to do real-time comparisons of scoring, the excitement of a competition is diminished since the players do not know their standings while they are playing. In addition, because of the highly individual nature of golf courses scorecards are specific to each course and individual rounds of golf must be scored on a course specific card, therefore the differences in a particular golf course will effect a players score. It is known to rate golf courses by difficulty so that a player may be able to compare scores from a particular course in regard to its relative degree of difficulty as compared to another course. [0004] It is therefore an object of this invention to provide a electronic scoring system for golf players for saving data concerning characteristics of multiple golf courses, players, rounds, matches and tournaments and calculating results such as scores and standings in real time and saving the data for future review and reference. [0005] These and other objects and advantages of this invention will become apparent upon further review and investigation. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0006] The present invention provides a golf scoring tool that will simplify and automate golf scoring for golfers and enable competition and contests between multiple golfers simultaneously. The present invention provides golfers with the ability to download in real time golf course data from a comprehensive database of golf courses. [0007] The present invention provides an electronic scoring system for golf players that can receive data concerning characteristics of golf courses, players, rounds, matches and tournaments. In addition, the system can receive scores from multiple players in real time during a round of golf, maintain real time standings, such as a leader board and save the results for review and reference by all players once the round of golf is complete. [0008] Therefore, the invention pertains to an electronic wireless network enabled scoring system for golf players that can receive and store data concerning characteristics of golf courses and golf players, accept scoring data for at least one competition among the players in real time in accordance with predetermined criteria and calculate results of the at least one competition. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT [0009] The present invention provides an on-line network enabled electronic golf scoring system that may be implemented on a network-enabled device such as a pda, networked laptop computer or web enabled phone typically running one of the commercially available mobile operating systems such as Windows CE.TM. or Palm OS.TM.. [0010] The following exemplary components comprise the system according to the present invention. A Sales and Marketing Web Site for enrolling users, a Mobile Scoring Program which will be further explained herein, a Desktop Tournament Result Program which will also be further explained herein and Web Services for all Tournament and Match Calculations. [0011] The user may implement the system by downloading the system software to such a web enabled device and then instantiating the software of the present invention. In use, the present invention provides the user with a menu driven system for automated golf record keeping and scoring. The menu system provides the user with several options for implementing the system. Generally the categories may include; course management to create a personal Course List from a list of available Golf Courses. The user may create their course list based on the courses you play, Player Management for a user to set up you're their own player list. Setting up the list may include recording the players name, email address and handicap; and tournament management. Tournament management allows the user to set up tournaments for multiple players. The user may create an unlimited number of matches including several variations of best ball and skins matches, place wagers or bets with other player and post scores after each hole in real time. The user may also in real time accesses the tournament leader board to find out his standing within a tournament or match that has been establish between multiple players. The present invention will in real time maintain standings for any on-going match and any wagers or matches associated the competition. A typical initial menu screen according to the present invention may appear as follows. [0012] The present invention may be used in different ways, for example, [0013] 1) Each Foursome has a Web Enabled PDA. [0014] If each foursome has a player with a handheld device who is a member, you can post the scores on the golf course, and take advantage of the advanced features such as the leader board while playing tournaments on the course. [0015] 2) A single member with a desktop (or PDA). [0016] In this model, the member would input for all tournament members. They can do this either on a single PDA or on their desktop that is web enabled. [0017] In this scenario, there is no leader board available through the tournament. [0018] The Course Management function of the present invention provides each user with their own unique course list. There is no limit to the number of courses a user can add to their own course list. Typically the course management function may be implemented using a menu screen, which may appear as the following exemplary screen. [0019] When a user first accesses this screen, no courses will be in the course list. The user would start by adding a course to their list by simply clicking a button labeled Add Course to Course List. The exemplary screen above will appear. Select the state where the course is located, and to limit the number of courses returned, put in a few of the letters that are contained in the course name. The courses that meet the criteria will be returned. The user may then simply click on the course they want added. The selected courses are then added to the user's personal course list. [0020] In the player management function, the user may input data concerning all players that are part of a particular competition. The data may include unique identifiers such as name, e-mail address, and handicap. By including the e-mail address the system according to the present invention is able to provide real time updates of all scores to each player that is involved in a particular competition. [0021] Speciffically the present invention provides the user with a simple program to manage players that a user will be be playing in a competition or tournament. In accordance with the following exemplary menu the user will select Player Management. [0022] The user will be presented with a list of players that are in that users Player List. When a user first uses the system, no players will be in the list, but must be added by the user in order to personalize the system. [0023] On the above exemplary menu, the user may click Add Player to Player List. The user will be directed to the following exemplary screen below. [0024] Simply type in the players email address. If the player is in the database of the current system, that's all that is required. If not, the user will be asked for the players Name and Handicap. Continue reading about Electronic golf scoring and match competition system... Full patent description for Electronic golf scoring and match competition system Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Electronic golf scoring and match competition system patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. Each week you receive an email with patent applications related to your keywords. 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