Patent ID: 7679487

Claim:
A system for electronically displaying real-time data pertaining to scores and wagering information of live sporting activities, said system comprising: an electronic score board including a plurality of electronically adaptable cells independently displaying alphanumeric values, selected ones of said cells being grouped into corresponding columns and rows associated with unique predetermined parameters; a plurality of data input ports formed about a periphery of said score board for allowing a user to directly connect an electronic peripheral device to said score board and thereby establish an internet connection; and means for displaying real-time data pertaining to sports scores and sports wagering activities within said cells such that said real-time data is categorized into a plurality of groups based upon said predetermined parameters so that said real-time data is easily read and understood by the user; wherein said real-time data displaying means comprises a dedicated communications link for facilitating transmission of input data generated by the user and output data received in response to said input data; a remotely monitored network server connected to said score board via said dedicated communications link, said network server keeping track of said real-time data; and a real-time data interface circuit for requesting and retrieving said real-time data based upon said user input, said real-time data interface circuit comprising a processor electrically coupled to said real-time data interface circuit and said data input ports; and a memory electrically coupled to said processor, said memory including software instructions that cause said system to display said real-time data on said score board cells; wherein said software instructions include and execute a control logic algorithm including the steps of a. requesting the user to activate a transmission sequence with said scoreboard and with said network server, b. transmitting a request to said network server for a real-time data application module to be unloaded onto said memory, c. receiving and parsing a network server response with the request to transmit the real-time data application module and, where appropriate, a random number for authentication purposes, each packet of said real-time data having a minimum quantity of embedded information relating to one of said real-time data parameters, d. sending an appropriate command to said processor in order to retrieve said real-time data and, where appropriate, a random number, said real-time data being stored in the nonvolatile memory of said data interface circuit; and e. receiving said command and unloading said real-time data onto said cells.