EP 0741886 A1 19961113 - METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF A TOURNAMENT
Title (en)
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF A TOURNAMENT
Title (de)
VERFAHREN UND SYSTEM ZUR AUTOMATISCHEN ABWICKLUNG VON TURNIEREN
Title (fr)
PROCEDE ET SYSTEME D'ORGANISATION AUTOMATISEE DE TOURNOIS
Publication
Application
Priority
- DE 4402419 A 19940127
- EP 9500296 W 19950127
Abstract (en)
[origin: DE4402419A1] Proposed is a method and system designed to assure the smooth, rapid execution and automatic control of a tournament, the method comprising the following steps: a) the participants' names are announced and the participants called to take their turn in the tournament by means of one or more electronic displays (2) accessible to a number of potential participants; b) personal-identity data concerning the current participants are entered, up to a given number of participants, via a data-readin unit (3) linked to the display (2); c) the groups of participants playing against each other are arranged in order using a random-access technique; d) on completion of each match, the winner is announced; e) the groups of participants are arranged in order for the next round, and so on, until the final; f) on completion of the tournament, the results are analysed.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A63F 9/24 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
G07F 17/32 (2013.01 - EP US); G07F 17/3276 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 9520795A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DE 4402419 A1 19950803; AU 1576995 A 19950815; AU 701775 B2 19990204; BR 9506586 A 19970923; CA 2182092 A1 19950803; CN 1097247 C 20021225; CN 1165572 A 19971119; CZ 219896 A3 19980318; CZ 289541 B6 20020213; EP 0741886 A1 19961113; FI 112828 B 20040115; FI 962887 A0 19960718; FI 962887 A 19960912; HU 220272 B 20011128; HU 9602023 D0 19960930; HU T74701 A 19970228; JP H10505759 A 19980609; NO 962957 D0 19960715; NO 962957 L 19960813; NZ 279216 A 19980728; PL 321135 A1 19971124; RU 2137190 C1 19990910; SK 95596 A3 19980603; UA 51617 C2 20021216; US 5855516 A 19990105; WO 9520795 A1 19950803
DOCDB simple family (application)
DE 4402419 A 19940127; AU 1576995 A 19950127; BR 9506586 A 19950127; CA 2182092 A 19950127; CN 95191358 A 19950127; CZ 219896 A 19950127; EP 9500296 W 19950127; EP 95907624 A 19950127; FI 962887 A 19960718; HU 9602023 A 19950127; JP 51989295 A 19950127; NO 962957 A 19960715; NZ 27921695 A 19950127; PL 32113595 A 19950127; RU 96117375 A 19950127; SK 95596 A 19950127; UA 96083309 A 19950127; US 68750696 A 19960729