Patent ID: 9691078
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: G06Q

Claim:
1. A system for incentivizing charitable giving based on physical activity, comprising: a computer associated with a first participant identifier and having a communication link with the internet; a sports ball associated with the first participant identifier, the sports ball comprising: a communication link between the sports ball and the computer; software executing on the computer associated with the first participant identifier for receiving first participant activity data indicative of a duration of the use of the sports ball; software executing on the computer associated with the first participant identifier for transmitting first participant activity data via the communication link with the internet; a server having a communication link with the internet; software executing on the server for receiving the first participant activity data; a database comprising a plurality of participant records, each participant record having a participant identifier associated therewith; software executing on the server for storing the received first participant activity data, indicative of a duration of the use of the sports ball, in a participant record associated with the first participant identifier; software executing on the server for assigning a plurality of credits to the participant record associated with the first participant identifier based on the activity data stored in the participant record associated with the first participant identifier; software executing on the server for generating a report based on the credits assigned to the participant record associated with the first participant identifier; a communication link between the server and the internet; software executing on server for transmitting the report to a participant computer associated with the first participant identifier via the communication link; wherein the ball comprises a shell defining a spheroid, the shell defining a cavity; wherein the shell defines a first opening and a second opening substantially diametrically opposite the first opening, a first panel configured to substantially close the first opening, the first panel having a sleeve extending radially inward from an inner surface thereof; a second panel configured to substantially close the second opening, the second panel having a sleeve extending radially inward from an inner surface thereof; wherein the sensor and the processor are supported in a center of the sphere by a distal end of the first sleeve and a distal end of the second sleeve.