Patent ID: 9457251
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: A63B,A63F

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving signals indicating movement of a physical ball relative to a strike zone during a pitch, the strike zone being positioned at a location that is generally parallel to a front edge of an actual or simulated home base, the received signals indicating at least one of a ball speed, a ball spin and a ball location relative to the strike zone during the pitch when the ball reaches or passes by the strike zone; retrieving a batting characteristic of a simulated batter corresponding to the indicated movement of the physical ball relative to the strike zone during the pitch, the retrieved batting characteristic of the simulated batter comprising a batting percentage corresponding to the at least one of the ball speed, the ball spin and the ball location; assigning a simulated pitch result based upon the received signals and the batting characteristic; and displaying on a computing device the simulated pitch result for the pitch based on the retrieved batting characteristic of the simulated batter for the indicated movement.