US 12,115,426 B1
Physical sports and recreation equipment enabled and integrated with mobile computing devices for game play experiences
Thomas Person, Louisville, KY (US)
Filed by Thomas Person, Louisville, KY (US)
Filed on Jan. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/156,288.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/964,572, filed on Jan. 22, 2020.
Int. Cl. A63B 67/06 (2006.01); A63F 7/30 (2006.01); G16Y 20/20 (2020.01); G16Y 30/00 (2020.01); G16Y 40/35 (2020.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01)
CPC A63B 67/06 (2013.01) [A63F 7/30 (2013.01); G16Y 20/20 (2020.01); G16Y 30/00 (2020.01); G16Y 40/35 (2020.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); A63F 2007/3085 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for a multi-player projectile-target game comprising (a) a playing surface with a target having a low-energy proximity sensor, wherein the target defines a configuration that can be altered during game play, (b) a projectile tagged with a digital transponder, and (c) at least one mobile computing device programmed with an application for a player to communicate, command, control and interact (“CCCI”) with the playing surface, target, projectile, a backend server, or a combination thereof, wherein the proximity sensor, the digital transponder, the mobile computing device, and the backend server are in wireless communication with each other, and wherein the playing surface is a cornhole board and the target is a platform aperture in the cornhole board and the tagged projectile is a tossing bag, and wherein the platform aperture further comprises a rotating disc, wherein the rotation of the disc is controlled by a set of gears that are adapted to be wirelessly commanded, controlled, communicated and interacted with by at least one mobile computing device.