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

Claim 9:
10. An electronic scoreboard control system comprising:
a scoreboard computer adapter in operable association with a scoreboard having a 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;
an interface created by the scoreboard computer adapter, accessible to an end user computing device communicatively coupleable to the scoreboard computer adapter via the local communications network, upon authenticating the end user computing device to the scoreboard, the interface enabling the end user computing device to select scoreboard commands displayed in the interface transmitting the commands to the scoreboard computer adapter;
wherein the scoreboard computer adapter is further configured responsive to the transmitted scoreboard commands to direct updating of the display in accordance with the respective scoreboard commands 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;
wherein the electronic scoreboard control system further comprises one or more sensors communicatively linked to the scoreboard computer adapter and configured to detect the presence of a scoring event and, upon detection of a scoring event, to automatically generate one or more output signals representative of at least one scoring increment trigger;
wherein upon receipt of the at least one scoring increment trigger, the scoreboard computer adapter is configured to automatically or programmatically update the display; and
wherein upon receipt of the at least one scoring increment trigger, the scoreboard computer adapter is further configured to selectively generate a notification to the end user computing device, prompting the end user computing device, via the interface, for authentication of an update to the display.