Method For Communicating Running Clock Status Using Low Bandwidth

摘要

Millions of people play sports around the world. Most sports involve some form of clock that counts down the amount of time remaining in the period or quarter. This clock is typically run through a form of hardware that serves as a scoreboard controller. The present invention relates to a way of communicating the amount of time remaining on the scoreboard to a remote computer system using minimal bandwidth. This is achieved by using a pair of numeric variables and an optional Boolean variable.

主权项

1. A method for transferring a time from a countdown clock over a network while consuming a low amount of bandwidth, comprising:
a source computer system that passes a set of data corresponding to a countdown clock over a network; wherein said set of data of said source computer system comprises whether said countdown clock is running or stopped; wherein said set of data indicates an amount of time remaining on said countdown clock; wherein said set of data indicates an offset amount of time since said time remaining on said countdown clock was accurate to allow a receiving computer system to take into account said offset amount of time; wherein said network subsequently passes said set of data corresponding to said countdown clock to said receiving computer system; wherein said receiving computer system subsequently correlates said set of data corresponding to said countdown clock to an internal clock on said receiving computer system; wherein said receiving computer system monitors an amount of time elapsed on said internal clock and makes a comparison between said amount of time elapsed on said internal clock to said set of data corresponding to said countdown clock; wherein said receiving computer system calculates an amount of time remaining on said countdown clock based on said comparison of said amount of time elapsed on said internal clock and said set of data corresponding to said countdown clock.