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US 10,940,379 B1Granted
Wireless game management system
OwnerWilliam P. Rutledge, Daniel A. Hendersoninventors
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Abstract
A wireless game management system includes a plurality of game pieces, each game piece including a wireless module configured to transmit a location signal, and a wireless game management processor configured to determine the absolute or relative positions of at least two game pieces based on the location signals, determine a game status based on the absolute or relative positions of the at least two game pieces, and convey game status information through a user interface associated with the wireless game management processor.
Claims40
A wireless game management system comprising:
- a plurality of game balls for a game of bocce, each game ball including a wireless module configured to transmit a location signal, the plurality of game balls including a pallino ball and a plurality of bocce balls, wherein the pallino ball is configured to obtain the location signal of the pallino ball, determine a relative position of at least one of the bocce balls relative to the pallino ball based on the location signal transmitted by the wireless module of the at least one of the bocce balls, and transmit, using the wireless module of the pallino ball, location information including the obtained location signal of the pallino ball and the determined relative position of the at least one of the bocce balls;
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- a wireless game management processor configured to:
- determine the absolute positions of at least two game balls of the plurality of game balls based on the location information received from the wireless module of the pallino ball,
- determine a game status based on the determined absolute positions of the at least two game balls, and
- convey game status information based on the determined game status through a user interface associated with the wireless game management processor.
3 more elements
A pallino ball for use in a bocce game having a plurality of game balls including the pallino ball and a plurality of bocce balls, the pallino ball comprising:
- a wireless module communicatively coupled to a wireless game management system, the wireless module comprising:
- a power source;
- at least one antenna;
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- wireless circuitry powered by the power source and configured to:
- obtain, using the at least one antenna, a location signal of the pallino ball;
- determine a relative position of at least one of the bocce balls relative to the pallino ball based on a location signal transmitted by the at least one of the bocce balls;
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- transmit, using the at least one antenna, location information including the obtained location signal of the pallino ball and the determined relative position of the at least one of the bocce balls to a game management system processor of the wireless game management system configured to determine the absolute positions of at least two game balls based on the location information received from the wireless circuitry of the pallino ball and to determine a game status of the bocce game based on the determined absolute positions of the at least two game balls.
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A wireless game management system comprising:
- a plurality of game balls for a game of bocce, each game ball including a wireless module configured to transmit a location signal, the plurality of game balls including a pallino ball and a plurality of bocce balls, wherein the pallino ball is configured to obtain the location signal of the pallino ball, determine a relative position of at least one of the bocce balls relative to the pallino ball based on the location signal transmitted by the wireless module of the at least one of the bocce balls, and transmit, using the wireless module of the pallino ball, location information including the obtained location signal of the pallino ball and the determined relative position of the at least one of the bocce balls;
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- a wireless game management processor configured to:
- determine the relative positions of at least two game balls of the plurality of game balls based on the location information received from the wireless module of the pallino ball,
- determine a game status based on the determined relative positions of the at least two game balls, and
- convey game status information based on the determined game status through a user interface associated with the wireless game management processor.
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A pallino ball for use in a bocce game having a plurality of game balls including the pallino ball and a plurality of bocce balls, the pallino ball comprising:
- a wireless module communicatively coupled to a wireless game management system, the wireless module comprising:
- a power source;
- at least one antenna;
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- wireless circuitry powered by the power source and configured to:
- obtain, using the at least one antenna, a location signal of the pallino ball;
- determine a relative position of at least one of the bocce balls relative to the pallino ball based on a location signal transmitted by the at least one of the bocce balls;
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- transmit, using the at least one antenna, location information including the obtained location signal of the pallino ball and the determined relative position of the at least one of the bocce balls to a game management system processor of the wireless game management system configured to determine the relative positions of at least two game balls based on the location information received from the wireless circuitry of the pallino ball and to determine a game status of the bocce game based on the determined relative positions of the at least two game balls.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.