Patent ID: 8314923

Claim:
A device for use by a player while golfing, the device comprising: a rangefinder for determining a line-of-sight distance between the device and a target on a golf course; a display; a sensor for measuring one or more conditions affecting a play, the sensor different from the rangefinder; and a processor in communication with the rangefinder, the display, and the sensor, the processor configured to determine from data stored in a memory of a compliance module whether it is permissible to measure one or more conditions affecting a play using the sensor, wherein the compliance module is different from both the sensor and the processor, cause the sensor to measure the one or more conditions if it is determined that it is permissible to measure the one or more conditions, obtain additional information based on the one or more conditions measured by the sensor, and cause the display to indicate the line-of-sight distance and the additional information.