Patent ID: 9717983
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: A63F,G07F

Claim:
1. In a race management system comprising one or more computing devices, a computer-implemented method comprising: providing a user interface configured to receive interested/committed selections for races; recording the received interested/committed selections as data indicating interest in or commitment for one or more runners to run in the races; prioritizing the races for the one or more runners based on field size or race type; updating and displaying a race menu including races for at least one of the one or more runners, wherein the race menu displays one or more races for which the at least one runner is eligible and does not display one or more races for which the at least one runner is not eligible; updating and displaying an interested/committed list for the at least one runner, wherein the data indicating interest in or commitment for the one or more runners to run in the races can be obtained via the race menu or via the interested/committed list for the at least one runner; sending updates to a tentative entry list (TEL) database, wherein the updates are based on the interested/committed selections for the races and include modifications to field size information in the TEL database; and constructing a one-day TEL based at least in part on the field size information in the TEL database, wherein the interested/committed list is configured to indicate results of attempts to enter races by indicating whether races on the interested/committed list are on the one-day TEL.