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Data Processing: Generic Control Systems Or Specific Applications > Specific Application, Apparatus Or Process > Contest Or Contestant Analysis, Management, Or Monitoring (e.g., Statistical Analysis, Handicapping, Scoring) Contest Or Contestant Analysis, Management, Or Monitoring (e.g., Statistical Analysis, Handicapping, Scoring)Contest Or Contestant Analysis, Management, Or Monitoring (e.g., Statistical Analysis, Handicapping, Scoring) patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.11/02/06 - 20060247808 - Computer-implemented method, tool, and program product for training and evaluating football players A computer-implemented method, system, and program product for training and/or evaluating a member of a football team with regard to the actions that are required for his or her position on the field is provided. Specifically, under the present invention, a member of a football team, referred to as a ... 11/02/06 - 20060247807 - Method and system for calculating and communicating golf information A platform is provided that includes a handheld device that can obtain a Handicap Index for use in calculating a Handicap for a course, a Handicap for one or more holes of a course, a score for a hole of a course, and a score for a round of golf. ... 10/26/06 - 20060241795 - Networked, electronic game tournament method and system A method and a system for a electronic gaming tournament system in which many remotely located players participate in a gaming tournament. The tournament may have various tiers of participation according to the skill and/or luck of the player. The players may be separated into at least two groups, the ... 10/12/06 - 20060229749 - Systems and methods for providing a player's ticket Ticketing systems and methods are provided specifically relating to a player's ticket. A player's ticket references at least one player and allows the player's ticket holder to attend all sporting events played in by the at least one player referenced on the player's ticket. Information about a tournament, including the ... 10/05/06 - 20060224258 - Methods and apparatus for facilitating interaction with a gaming device In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a method provides for determining data associated with a player of a gaming device; determining whether the data meets at least one established criterion; and providing an offer to the player if the data meets the at least one established criterion, ... 08/10/06 - 20060178765 - Bayesian scoring Players in a gaming environment, particularly, electronic on-line gaming environments, may be scored relative to each other or to a predetermined scoring system. The scoring of each player may be based on the outcomes of games between players who compete against each other in one or more teams of one ... 07/20/06 - 20060161276 - Automated online commercial computer game tournament service The automated online tournament service is an internet service which will allow its subscribers to compete against one another for money they place on their registered service accounts in commercial and original computer game titles. Countless tournaments will be running 24 hours a day 7 days a week to accommodate ... 06/22/06 - 20060136079 - Method for organizing tournaments Concepts for a method for conducting gambling tournaments for large numbers of participants are disclosed. The total number of participants is divided into groups of “N” players each. Each table will have “X” players. Of the “N” number of players per group, only a certain number of the last players ... 06/08/06 - 20060122716 - Game achievements system Systems and method for providing a game achievements system where players are rewarded with game achievements based on mastering certain in-game facets of the games they play. Each game achievement may be conveyed in a profile as a badge or trophy, title, description, date, etc. Players may also accumulate points ... 05/25/06 - 20060111799 - Fire risk assessment system In one aspect of the present invention, a fire risk assessment system comprises a data storage unit, a customer interface, a location unit, and a protection status unit. The data storage contains fire station information. The customer interface accepts address data and outputs fire station, address and protection status information. ... 04/13/06 - 20060079973 - Handheld roster device and method An electronic display device and corresponding method for providing a user with roster data. The roster data preferably pertains to participants in a plurality of groups, such as sporting teams. The device includes a memory, an input unit having a plurality of keys, a multi-line display, and a processing unit. ... 04/06/06 - 20060074504 - Method for conducting sports tournaments with wagering A multi-level single elimination sports tournament with wagering for a field of players divided into groups of generally equal size. Each group competes within itself in a series of play sequences, such as a series of golf holes. Each play sequence comprises at least one competitive play action toward a ... 03/23/06 - 20060064184 - Method of selecting a fantasy team for a sporting event A method and apparatus are provided for selecting a fantasy team for a fantasy sporting event. The method includes the steps of: a) providing a fantasy team selection processor; b) providing a bidding pushbutton coupled to the fantasy team selection processor for each of a plurality of participants in the ... 03/09/06 - 20060052886 - Systems and methods for coding competitions This invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a coding competition. In one embodiment, a method for providing a coding competition includes transmitting a coding problem to contestants, receiving computer code created by a contestant, determining a response of the computer code to test data, and evaluating the ... 02/09/06 - 20060030959 - Method and system for providing asynchronous tournament participations A tournament feature is herein disclosed. This tournament feature allows asynchronous participations in which, upon or after the tournament feature ending, scores resulting from participations are evaluated to determine a winner to be awarded a prize. In an embodiment, a method of providing the tournament feature comprises conducting a wagering ... 12/29/05 - 20050288803 - System and method for providing enhanced amusement game tournament play Enhanced amusement game tournament play is achieved by awarding prizes to one or more players maintaining a position on a threshold game score achieving, bump board listing, a prize qualifying cumulative threshold game score total, and/or a prize qualifying cumulative actual game score total wherein individual game scores are required ... 12/15/05 - 20050278041 - Multilevel online tournament A multilevel online tournament is provided. The first tournament round has a single bracket and each subsequent tournament round has a winners bracket and a losers bracket corresponding to a bracket in the previous tournament round. The tournament format allows players to match-up against any other player located within the ... 09/22/05 - 20050209717 - Competitor evaluation method and apparatus A method and apparatus implemented on a computing device to generate competition data. An index value for each competitor is generated which provides for a comparative evaluation of competitors. ... 09/15/05 - 20050203651 - System and process for charting the time and position of a contestant in a race A system and a process for determining the timing and position of contestants on a track. This system comprises at least one loop that has a longitudinal axis that projects from an inside rail to an outside rail on the track. There is also at least one competitor communication device ... 09/15/05 - 20050203650 - Administration system An administration system to assist administrators of an event having multiple participants, the system adapted to allow a system administrator to collect, analyse and distribute up to date information about at least one participant, the administration system comprising data collection means including a participant identification means for each participant having ... 08/25/05 - 20050187644 - Sporting event statistics tracking and computation system and method A computerized tracking system including hardware, software and data collection devices used to deduce events and accumulate statistics about a sporting event. Events and statistics are accumulated based on tracking possession of the ball, or primary object of play. In addition to gathering statistics based on the possession of the ... 08/11/05 - 20050177255 - System and method for score keeping in a game of golf and a position coded paper therefore When scoring a game of golf, a player is equipped with a course guide printed on a position-coded paper provided with coordinates readable by an electronic device. The player indicates/marks on the course guide each stroke he makes by marking on the paper the position of his ball after each ... 07/28/05 - 20050165500 - Use of massively multi-player online games for computationally hard problems Systems and method of modeling computationally complex problems are provided. A first set of physical entities is mapped to a first set of entities in a massively multiplayer online game (MMOG). A second set of physical entities is mapped to a second set of entities in the massively multiplayer online ... 06/23/05 - 20050137728 - Interactive professional wrestling fantasy contest system In an interactive contest system which permits competition among a plurality of remote participants as a professional wrestling fantasy league, a method employing a database storage means for storing a preferred wrestling team roster and rating scores attributable thereto in determining winners and losers of a scheduled competition in accordance ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |