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US 8,799,672 B1Granted
Apparatus, system and method for reviewing game information by referees
AssigneeF3M3 Companies, Inc.
InventorIsaac Sayo Daniel
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to an apparatus, system and method, and more particularly to an apparatus, system and method providing for referees to communicate with each other and/or other officiators on or off the field using an article of headwear equipped with communication means attached thereto, where the communication means is in communication with at least one portable remote terminal and as such the referee can dynamically receive electronic communications concerning video replays, field incidents on or off the field, play calls, signal calls, etc., from other referees on/or off the field or court.
Claims34
An apparatus comprising of:
- (a) an article of headwear;
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- (b) at least one communications unit attached to the article of headwear configured for communicating within a private network, in-game referee communications concerning game information with at least one portable remote unit that is operative for encrypting the in-game referee communications concerning game information creating an encrypted signal containing the game information for transmission to a secondary portable remote unit where the in-game referee communications concerning game information is decrypted for displaying the decrypted in-game referee communications concerning game information on the secondary portable remote unit's display means during a game being played on a field for another referee's review.
A system comprising of:
- (a) at least one article of headwear;
- (b) at least one communications unit attached to the at least one article of headwear;
- and
- (c) at least one portable remote terminal configured for communicating within a private network in-game referee communications concerning game information with the at least one communications unit and is operative for encrypting the in-game referee communications concerning game information creating an encrypted signal containing the game information for transmission to a secondary portable remote unit where the in-game referee communications concerning game information is decrypted for displaying the decrypted in-game referee communications concerning game information on the secondary portable remote unit's display means during a game being played on a field for another referee's review.
1 more element
A method comprising:
- (a) capturing at least one image of game information;
- (b) encrypting the captured image of game information forming an encrypted signal containing game information;
- (c) transmitting the encrypted signal containing the captured image of in-game referee communications concerning game information to a portable remote terminal within a private network that is in electronic communication with at least one communications unit attached to an article of headwear, where the in-game referee communications concerning game information is decrypted for displaying the decrypted game information on the portable remote terminal display means;
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- (d) displaying the image of the in-game referee communications concerning game information on a portable remote terminal's display means during a game being played on a field for another referee's review.
2 more elements
A method comprising:
- (a) activating the portable remote unit's display means to input a sketch or text of the game information;
- (b) receiving the game information;
- (c) encrypting the game information forming an encrypted signal containing game information;
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- (d) transmitting the encrypted signal containing in-game referee communications concerning game information to at least one secondary portable remote unit within a private network that is in electronic communication with at least one communications unit attached to an article of headwear, where the in-game referee communications concerning
- game information is decrypted for displaying the decrypted in-game referee communications concerning game information during a game being played on a field.
3 more elements
A method comprising:
- (a) receiving audio transmission of in-game referee communications concerning game information from a communication unit, attached to an article of headwear, that is configured for communicating in a private network with at least one portable remote unit that is operative for receiving the in-game referee communications concerning in-game information during a game being played on a field;
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- (b) transmitting the audio transmission of the in-game referee communications concerning game information to a secondary communications unit that is in communication with the at least one portable remote unit where the in-game communications concerning game information is displayed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.