Patent ID: 6816442
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: A63B,G04F,G04G

Abstract:
A method for interactively timing an unofficiated game in a sport such that audio outputs are generated at appropriate times in said game comprising:(a). storing audio files; and (b). providing a first timer to keep track of game time and a second timer (c). providing a remote control means for players of said game to start and stop said first and second timers by wireless communication; and (d). providing an electro-acoustics device; and (e). providing a processor which: (1) starts and stops said first and second timers when said remote control means are activated; and, (2) associates a first plurality of audio files with specified times on said first timer and a second plurality of audio files with specified times on said second timer; (3) selects said audio files at said specified times on said first and second timers; (4) not selecting one of said audio files associated with one of said first and second timers if it conflicts with a time of another of said first and second timers; and (5) passes said selected files to said electro-acoustics device thereby generating audible sounds.