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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
May. 07, 2024
Topgolf International, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Brian David Burdette, McKinney, TX (US);
Andrew David Macaulay, Dallas, TX (US);
Clinton Scott Lovejoy, Dallas, TX (US);
William Kevin Miner, Frisco, TX (US);
Theodore Yuchiang Cheng, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark Joseph Semsak, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Gabriel Heath Denk, Wylie, TX (US);
Justin Dean Pendleton, The Colony, TX (US);
Brian Lee Roderman, Plano, TX (US);
David Christopher Singer, Austin, TX (US);
Clifton Frederick Geisler, McKinney, TX (US);
Scott Michael Thibeault, Redwood City, CA (US);
Frances Meng Wang, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Ryan Petri, Carrollton, TX (US);
Kenneth John Buras, Jr., Durango, CO (US);
Topgolf International, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A system includes: a golf range; targets on the golf range; a building including golf bays including golf ball dispensers, each including a receptacle, a passageway, a gateway, and a display device embedded in the golf ball dispenser; at least one golf ball sensor; one or more computers communicatively coupled with the at least one golf ball sensor and the golf ball dispensers, the one or more computers being configured to track a golf ball in flight on the golf range, identify where the golf ball lands on the golf range, identify the golf bay from which the golf ball was hit, and present information, regarding the golf ball hit from the golf bay, on the display device of the golf ball dispenser associated with the golf bay, the information being in accordance with where the golf ball lands on the golf range.