US 12,390,713 B1
Basketball passing machine with multi-user features
John G. Joseph, Upper Sandusky, OH (US)
Assigned to Shoot-A-Way, Inc., Upper Sandusky, OH (US)
Filed by Shoot-A-Way, Inc., Upper Sandusky, OH (US)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/145,402.
Application 18/145,402 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/126,855, filed on Dec. 18, 2020, granted, now 12,029,960.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/951,282, filed on Dec. 20, 2019.
Int. Cl. A63B 71/06 (2006.01); A63B 63/08 (2006.01); A63B 69/00 (2006.01); A63B 69/40 (2006.01); A63B 71/02 (2006.01); A63B 63/00 (2006.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01)
CPC A63B 71/0622 (2013.01) [A63B 63/083 (2013.01); A63B 69/0071 (2013.01); A63B 69/40 (2013.01); A63B 71/03 (2020.08); A63B 71/0605 (2013.01); A63B 2063/001 (2013.01); A63B 2071/0675 (2013.01); A63B 2071/0694 (2013.01); A63B 2210/50 (2013.01); A63B 2214/00 (2020.08); A63B 2220/807 (2013.01); A63B 2225/093 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A basketball passing machine with a multi-user feature, said machine comprising:
a launching device configured to pass basketballs to locations at a basketball playing area;
a front display; and
a controller in electronic communication with said launching device and said front display, wherein said controller is configured to receive programming information for a basketball practice drill comprising participant information for each of multiple users, and based on the programming information received, associate each pass in said basketball practice drill with a respective one of the multiple users such that at least one of the passes of said basketball practice drill is associated with a different one of the multiple users from at least one other one of the passes in said basketball practice drill, command said launching device to pass the basketballs to at least some of the locations at the basketball playing area as indicated in the programming information for said basketball practice drill, and display respective participant information for the respective one of the multiple users associated with a respective one of the passes at said front display before and/or while commanding the respective one of the passes such that different participant information is displayed at the front display at different times while the basketball practice drill is underway and all of the participant information is individually and separately displayed at the front display at some point during said basketball practice drill.