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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2016
Russell Brands, Llc, Bowling Green, KY (US);
Michael James Crowley, Attleboro, MA (US);
Kevin King, Columbus, OH (US);
Russell Brands, LLC, Bowling Green, KY (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method is disclosed that includes instructing a human player to perform a plurality of different actions in a determined order with a physical basketball, including actions of bouncing the physical basketball, and obtaining, with one or more electronic sensors, data that characterizes motion of the physical basketball being handled by the human player who is performing the instructed actions at a location. The method also includes communicating the data from the sensors to a console videogame system that is proximate to the location, and graphically representing, in a videogame displayed on a display device, performance by the human player, the performance being affected by the captured data, the representation of performance by the human player being compared against a standard of performance.