Patent ID: 9533213
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: A63B,G06Q

Claim:
1. A web-based scoring method for scoring a golf tournament implemented on a tournament server computer and a web-enabled mobile device, wherein the tournament server computer includes a processor, a memory, a database, and a software program comprising computer-executable code that when executed causes the processor to perform scoring operations, and wherein the web-enabled mobile device is in communication with the tournament server computer via a communication network, the method comprising: (a) receiving and storing to the memory of the tournament server information related to a golf tournament, the information comprising tee group players, and tee group order; (b) generating and storing to the memory of the tournament server one or more unique identifiers that are associated with a corresponding scoring position; (c) submitting a request from the web-enabled mobile device to the tournament server via the communication network, the request including one of the one or more unique identifiers; (d) receiving the request at the tournament server; (e) determining the scoring position associated with the unique identifier; (f) generating a web-based form for the current scoring position, the web-based form including data entry fields for one of the tee groups and a subset of holes based at least in part on tee group and hole data previously received by the tournament server in association with the unique identifier, including player names in a next succeeding unscored tee group, and a next succeeding unscored hole for the players in the tee group; (g) displaying the web-based form on the web-enabled mobile device; (h) entering score information for the scoring position on the web-based form using the web-enabled mobile device; (i) submitting the web-based form with the score information for the scoring position to the tournament server via the communication network; (j) receiving at the tournament server the web-based form having the score information, and saving the score information to the memory; (k) repeating steps (c)-(j) until score information for all scoring positions for the tournament has been submitted to the tournament server; and (l) tabulating the score information submitted on the web-based forms to determine total scores for the players in the tournament and posting the scores to a publicly accessible webpage.