# US 12,223,217 B2 · Portable scoreboard apparatus and method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,223,217 B2 - Document ID: US12223217B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/335,284 - Filed: 2023-06-15 - Published: 2024-12-19 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2023-06-15 - Applicants: Van Reginald Porter, Jr. - Inventors: Van Reginald Porter, Jr. - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12223217B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/14: Digital output to display device {; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units} - A63B 71/0622: {Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user} - A63B 71/0669: {Score-keepers or score display devices} - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - G06F 3/0484: for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range - G06F 3/162: {Interface to dedicated audio devices, e.g. audio drivers, interface to CODECs} - G06F 3/165: {Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path} - A63B 2071/0625: {Emitting sound, noise or music} - A63B 2071/0683: {Input by handheld remote control} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H) ## Abstract A portable electronic scoreboard is provided, and is wirelessly connected to a portable computing device, such as a smartphone, a tablet, a laptop computer, or other portable computing device. A user, such as a parent watching the game or an official scorekeeper, may download a software application, or an “app,” to their smartphone, for instance, which allows them to remotely operate the scoreboard, displaying the score and other relevant information. The app may include multiple interfaces, such as a scorekeeper interface for keeping score and other relevant information, a fan interface for viewing the scoreboard screen on their own smartphone and uploading pictures and video, an audio/video interface allowing a designated user to display fan uploaded pictures and video highlights during timeouts on the scoreboard, and an announcer interface allowing a designated announcer to make announcements through speakers operatively connected to the portable scoreboard. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A portable scoreboard system comprising: a portable electronic scoreboard; at least one remote control device in wireless communication with said portable electronic scoreboard, wherein said remote control device comprising a processor to perform operations of: displaying multiple user interfaces by downloading an app for remotely controlling the portable electronic scoreboard, wherein the app includes multiple scoreboard interfaces so that each scoreboard interface includes specific, appropriate input fields for keeping score and providing relevant game information for a specific, selected sport, wherein a first interface of said multiple scoreboard interface is a scoreboard interface that allows a designated scorekeeper to enter scores and other current game information; wherein a second interface of said multiple user interfaces are selected from the group consisting of a fan interface, an audio/video interface, and an announcer interface, wherein the fan interface allows a user to select and display photographs and video, the audio/video interface allows a designated user to display fan uploaded pictures and video highlights, and the announcer interface for a designated announcer to make announcements through speakers, so that only one user designated to each of the scoreboard interface, the audio/video interface and the announcer interface are accessible, and wherein the announcer interface also includes a list of pre-recorded audio sounds that may be selected by the announcer to be broadcast wirelessly through said at least one audio speaker. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The portable scoreboard system set forth in claim 1, wherein said at least one remote control device is selected from the group consisting of a smart phone, a tablet, a laptop computer and a handheld computing device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The portable scoreboard system set forth in claim 1, wherein said fan interface allows multiple users to view said score and game information on any of said multiple remote control devices, and said fan interface further allows multiple users to select and submit photographs and video to be displayed on said portable electronic screen. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The portable scoreboard system set forth in claim 3, wherein said audio video interface allows said designated user to receive said photographs and video from other users, and further to select some or all of said photographs and videos submitted by other users to be displayed on said portable electronic scoreboard. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The portable scoreboard system set forth in claim 1, wherein said portable electronic scoreboard is operatively connected to at least one audio speaker, and said announcer interface allows a user to speak into said remote control device and transmit announcements to be broadcast wirelessly through said at least one audio speaker. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The portable scoreboard system set forth in claim 1, wherein said fan interface is programmed to receive and play audio from said announcer interface from any of said multiple remote control devices. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The portable scoreboard system set forth in claim 1, wherein said portable electronic scoreboard is attached to a backpack. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The portable scoreboard system set forth in claim 7, wherein said portable electronic scoreboard is removably attached to said backpack.