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

Claim 0:
1. An electronic scoreboard control system comprising:
a scoreboard computer adapter in operable association with at least one scoreboard having at least one display and associated with a particular venue, the scoreboard computer adapter broadcasting a local communications network enabled to only cover a geographic area of the venue;
wherein the scoreboard computer adapter is capable of selectively operable association with a plurality of scoreboards and a plurality of displays concurrently;
the scoreboard computer adapter including a web app server and a scorekeeping engine;
the web app server configured to:
receive an authentication request from an end user computing device communicatively coupleable to the scoreboard computer adapter via the local communications network, the authentication request comprising a user authentication credential and user location data;
authenticate access of the end user computing device to the at least one scoreboard or the at least one display based on the user authentication credential and the user location data;

the web app server configured to create, serve, and display a scalable and interactive web interface accessible to the end user computing device, upon authenticating the end user computing device to the at least one scoreboard or the at least one display;
the interface enabling the end user computing device to select scoreboard commands displayed in the interface and transmitting the selected scoreboard commands to the scorekeeping engine;
wherein the scorekeeping engine is configured responsive to the transmitted scoreboard commands to direct updating of the at least one scoreboard or the at least one display in accordance with the respective scoreboard commands by transmitting output commands to the at least one scoreboard or the at least one display;
wherein the web app server is configured to generate a specific interface for the end user computing device that is customized with respect to a predetermined set or subset of commands available for the specified scoreboard;
wherein the electronic scoreboard control system determines the specified scoreboard based upon the user location data of the end user computing device;
wherein the scorekeeping engine determines the output command associated with the display based upon the model of the display; 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 display via the interface.