US5127044A
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Automatic golf scoring and scheduling system
Assignee: GOLF CART SCORING SYSTEMS UNLIMITED Inc
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Filing: 1990-02-20
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Granted: 1992-06-30
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Expires: 2010-02-20
Abstract
Abstract An electronic golf scoring system which includes a scoring subsystem installed for example in a golf cart or carried manually on the golf course; a handicap subsystem installed for example in a fixed location, e.g. in a clubhouse or the like; a portable data memory device that serves for transferring data between the scoring subsystem and the handicap subsystem; some interface or means for reading data into and out of the memory device connected to and being part of both the scoring subsystem and the handicap subsystem, wherein the data includes player identification data identifying each player preparing to play a round of golf and golf course pictorial data which serve to provide pictorial features of the chosen golf course, and other data as may be useful to the players. In accordance with still another feature there is provided an electronic golf cart scoring system, which includes a data memory connected to the handicap processing unit for storing data, including data representing pictorial features of a golf course.
Inventors
- 👤 Anthony Bonito
- 👤 Michael Appelton
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 22:56
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63B; A63B71/00; A63B71/06; A63B71/0619; A63B71/0669; A63B69/00; A63B69/36; A63B2071/0691; A63B2102/00; A63B2102/32; A63B2220/00; A63B2220/10; A63B2220/13; A63B2220/20
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
127 words
An electronic golf scoring system comprising: a mobile scoring subsystem, a fixed handicap subsystem, and a portable data memory device for transferring data in said data memory device between said scoring subsystem and said handicap subsystem, respective first and second reading and writing means for reading and writing the data in said portable data memory device in said scoring subsystem and in said handicap subsystem; a scoring central processing unit in said scoring subsystem, a display panel in said scoring central processing unit for displaying data from said scoring central processing unit, a touch panel overlaid on said display panel in said scoring central processing unit for manually entering data into said scoring central processing unit, and wherein said display panel is a liquid crystal dot matrix.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
127 words
An electronic golf scoring system comprising: a mobile scoring subsystem, a fixed handicap subsystem, and a portable data memory device for transferring data in said data memory device between said scoring subsystem and said handicap subsystem, respective first and second reading and writing means for reading and writing the data in said portable data memory device in said scoring subsystem and in said handicap subsystem; a scoring central processing unit in said scoring subsystem, a display panel in said scoring central processing unit for displaying data from said scoring central processing unit, a touch panel overlaid on said display panel in said scoring central processing unit for manually entering data into said scoring central processing unit, and wherein said display panel is a liquid crystal dot matrix.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
55 words
An electronic golf scoring system according to claim 1, including a wallet card issued to each player, having machine readable information on said wallet card, and wallet card reading means in said scoring subsystem and in said handicap subsystem for respectively reading said machine readable information into said handicap subsystem and into said scoring subsystem.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
An electronic golf scoring system according to claim 1, wherein said portable data memory device operates to store score data and golf course pictorial data.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
An electronic golf scoring system according to claim 3, including zooming means in said scoring subsystem for zooming said pictorial data, and manual control means in said zooming means for manually controlling said zooming means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
51 words
An electronic golf scoring system according to claim 1, including a handicap central processing unit in said fixed handicap subsystem, a further display panel in said handicap subsystem, and a further touch panel overlaid on said further display panel for respectively reading data from and entering data into said handicap subsystem.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
An electronic golf scoring system according to claim 5, wherein said further display panel includes a cathode ray tube.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
37 words
An electronic golf scoring system according to claim 5, including memory means in said handicap central processing unit for storing at least a handicap computing algorithm, score data for golf players and individual data for golf players.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
25 words
An electronic golf scoring system according to claim 7, including a printer in said handicap central processing unit for printing contents of said memory means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
42 words
An electronic golf scoring system according to claim 8, including a voice synthesizer in said handicap central processing unit, and a telephone line interface in said handicap central processing unit for providing interactive voice response with persons calling said telephone line interface.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
29 words
An electronic golf scoring system according to claim 7, including an electronic leader board connected to said handicap central processing unit for displaying data stored in said memory means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
30 words
An electronic golf scoring system according to claim 9, including an algorithm stored in said memory means for interactively scheduling each golf player's tee time via said telephone line interface.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
58 words
An electronic golf scoring system according to claim 1, wherein said portable data memory device includes a solid state memory, a standby power source connected to said solid state memory and a plug-in connector connected to said solid state memory for detachably connecting said portable data memory device with one of said scoring subsystem and said handicap subsystem.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
24 words
An electronic golf scoring system according to claim 1, including a printer in said handicap subsystem for printing data stored in said handicap subsystem.
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