Patent ID: 9592890
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: B63B

Claim:
1. A system for controlling a towrope winch comprising: a computing device configured to send data to and receive data from the towrope winch, the data sent to the towrope winch operative to control operation of the towrope winch; the computing device storing rider profile data for each of a plurality of riders, the rider profile data for each of the plurality of riders including at least an identification of the rider, a height of the rider, a weight of the rider, a starting and ending towrope length for the rider, and a ride preference for the each rider; the computing device configured to execute a towrope winch application and calculate towrope winch operational data for controlling the towrope winch for a particular rider of the plurality of riders, the computing device configured to control operation of the towrope winch by sending from the computing device to the towrope winch the towrope winch operational data which has been calculated by the computing device for the particular rider, wherein functions of the towrope winch are controlled by the calculated operational data without simultaneous user input at the computing device.