Patent ID: 6311041
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
A method for training a staff of officials from a sports league by employing a computer system to provide a site on a network which includes training-related information posted on the site for review by the officials over remote computer terminals, comprising:a) receiving over a television signal reception system a televised broadcast of a game played under league rules;b) recording the broadcasted game on a storage medium;c) reviewing the recording of the broadcasted game;d) selecting from the reviewing of the broadcasted game one or more game segments that a training authority finds as valuable for training the officials;e) employing the computer system to digitize the selected game segments into a form for access over the site;f) employing the computer system to store the digitized game segments in a database linked to the site; andg) employing the computer system to post a link on the site for each digitized game segment stored in the database, each link when chosen by an official over a remote computer terminal calling up from the database for review by the official the stored representation of the corresponding digitized game segment.