Patent ID: 11865430
Assignee: MAJOR DISPLAY, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  G  H | IPC A  G  H

Claim 7:
8. A method for controlling at least one display of at least one electronic scoreboard, comprising:
generating and broadcasting a local communications network, by a scoreboard computer adapter, the scoreboard computer adapter including a web app server and a scorekeeping engine;
connecting at least one end user computing device to only the local communication network, wherein no proprietary software is implemented on the end user computing device, thereby enabling any end user computing device enabled to only connect to the local communications network to operate the at least one display via the interface;
receiving an authentication request from the at least one end user computing device, the authentication request comprising a user authentication credential and user location data;
authenticating the at least one end user computing device via the web app server based on the user authentication credential and the user location data;
generating a scalable and interactive web interface at the web app server accessed by the at least one end user computing device, the interface enabled to be customized with respect to a profile of the at least one electronic scoreboard and proprietary software is not implemented on the end user computing device, thereby enabling any end user computing device enabled to only connect to the local communications network to operate the at least one display via the interface;
enabling selection of scoreboard commands at the interface from the user computing device;
transmitting the selected scoreboard commands to the scorekeeping engine for determining an associated output command by the scorekeeping engine based upon the model of the at least one display;
directing real-time updates of the at least one display by the associated output command of the scorekeeping engine in accordance with the scoreboard commands;
automatically generating output signals from one or more sensors that are representative of a scoring increment trigger, receiving the signals at the computer adaptor; and
automatically or programmatically updating the scoreboard display or selectively generating a notification to the end user computing device, prompting the end user computing device for authentication, via the interface, of an update to the scoreboard display based on the output signals.