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US 11,517,802 B1Granted
Wireless game management system
OwnerDaniel A. Henderson, William P. Rutledgeinventors
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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.
Claims26
A wireless game management system comprising:
- a plurality of game balls for a bowling game comprising at least one reference ball and a plurality of play balls, each game ball including a magnet substantially at the center of the game ball that provides magnetic signals;
- a game court for the bowling game having a game surface configured for the plurality of game balls to be rolled thereon during play of the bowling game;
- an army of sensors in or under the game surface, each sensor providing an output signal based on the magnetic signals;
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- a wireless game management processor coupled to the sensor, and configured to:
- determine absolute positions of at least two game balls of the plurality of game balls based on the sensor output signals,
- 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 graphical user interface associated with the wireless game management processor, wherein the game status information includes at least a score of the bowling game.
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A wireless game management system comprising:
- a plurality of game balls for a bowling game comprising at least one reference ball and a plurality of play balls, each game ball including a magnet substantially at the center of the game ball that provides magnetic signals;
- a game court for the bowling game having a game surface configured for the plurality of game balls to be rolled thereon during play of the bowling game;
- an array of sensors in or under the game surface, each sensor providing an output signal based on the magnetic signals;
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- a wireless game management processor coupled to the sensors and configured to:
- determine relative positions of at least two game balls of the plurality of game balls based on the sensor output signals,
- 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 graphical user interface associated with the wireless game management processor, wherein the game status information includes at least a score of the bowling game.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.