System and method for collecting data in a live sporting event
AssigneeRight Time Sports, LLC.
InventorMichael Joseph Costabile
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Abstract
A system and method of collecting data in a live sporting event includes a set of components used at a sporting event, for example a basketball game. Those components can include referee communication bundles, hoop sensors and a time clock, all communicatively coupled through a central base station. Multiple base stations at different locations, for example other basketball games, are communicatively coupled to a database that can be accessed remotely via a digital device having the appropriate application. A variety of data generated during a game, including environmental, biometrics of referees and game-related, are directed to and stored on the database for real time analysis and adjustments where appropriate, or for later review and analysis.
Claims13
A data collection system for a sporting event including:
- A. A plurality of referee communication bundles each having referee actuated functionality, each referee communication bundle selected from the group consisting of a belt pack, a microphone headset, a watch and a mobile device, and each referee communication bundle including at least one biometric sensor, at least one whistle receiver, and at least one geo-sensor;
- B. A base station communicatively coupled with said plurality of referee communication bundles;
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- C. A time clock communicatively coupled with said base station, wherein said time clock starts or stops in response to a first signal generated by one of said referee communication bundles.
A data collection system for a plurality of basketball games including:
- A. A plurality of referee communication bundles each having referee actuated functionality, each referee communication bundle selected from the group consisting of a belt pack, a microphone headset, a watch and a mobile device, and each referee communication bundle including at least one biometric sensor, at least one whistle receiver, and at least one geo-sensor;
- B. A plurality of base stations communicatively coupled with said plurality of referee communication bundles;
- C. A plurality of hoop sensors communicatively coupled with said base stations;
- D. A plurality of time clocks communicatively coupled with said base stations;
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- E. At least one remote database communicatively coupled with said plurality of base stations.
A method of collecting data in a live sporting event including the non-sequential acts of:
- A. Configuring a database to record data from a plurality of remote base stations;
- B. Communicatively coupling said plurality of base stations with said database, each of said base stations located at a live sporting event;
- C. Communicatively coupling a plurality of referee communication bundles with at least one of said plurality of base stations, each referee communication bundle having referee actuated functionality, each referee communication bundle selected from the group consisting of a belt pack, a microphone headset, a watch and a mobile device, and each referee communication bundle including at least one biometric sensor, at least one whistle receiver, and at least one geo-sensor;
- D. Communicatively coupling a plurality of time clocks with at least one of said plurality of base stations;
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- E. Communicatively coupling a plurality of hoop sensors with at least one of said plurality of base stations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.