Process and system for automated running of sports contests

Patent 5637844 Issued on June 10, 1997. Estimated Expiration Date:

January 11, 2015. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Eiba, Peter

Application

No. 367245 filed on 01/11/1995

US Classes:

235/375, SYSTEMS CONTROLLED BY DATA BEARING RECORDS700/91Contest or contestant analysis, management, or monitoring (e.g., statistical analysis, handicapping, scoring)

Examiners

Primary: Hajec, Donald T.
Assistant: Le, Thien M.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

Foreign Patent References

2502815 FR 03/14/1981
28 54 229 DE. 07/14/1980
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International Class

G06F 017/00

Foreign Application Priority Data

1992-07-11 DE

Abstract

A system for automated running of sports contests including a computer unit, a machine-readable data carrier for each such contestant, a data carrier containing control data for each type of contest to be performed, and at least one reader for the data carrier. Contestant data and control data are exclusively input into the computer unit using the data carriers. At least one display device linked to the computer unit displays contest data. The individual phases of the contest running may be determined by the sequence of the data carriers introduced in the reader(s).