KR20070065595A - Method for golf score management using mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

A golf score management method using a mobile phone is provided to easily input golf scores, to acquire information about golf courses in real time while inputting golf scores, to authenticate the inputted scores, and to offer various information using the inputted scores. A user joins a golf score management server through his mobile phone, downloads golf score management software, and installs it in the mobile phone(S400). If a golf game starts, the user inputs information about golf courses. If the user starts to input scores, the mobile phone transmits the inputted score information to the golf score management server(S410). Afterwards, if the game is over, the golf score management server analyzes the user's game results, based on the received score information. Then, the golf score management server transmits the analyzed results to the mobile phone according to the user's request(S420). Also the golf score management server executes score authentication through an accompanied caddie or another player in order to confirm whether the inputted scores have been rightfully recorded by the user(S430).

Description

Golf score management using mobile phone {Method for golf score management using mobile phone}

1 is a network diagram for explaining the present invention.

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the internal structure of a mobile phone in which the method of the present invention is adopted.

3 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of an external input device.

4 is a flow chart showing the overall flow of the present invention.

5 is an example of a menu screen for inputting information about each shot.

6 is a screen example showing a result of a shot in a specific hole.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of identifying the location information of the mobile phone when the golf score management server receives the score information from the mobile phone.

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

100 mobile phones, 110 controls,

120 inputs, 130 display,

140 mobile network interface unit,

150 local area communication interface,

160 voice processor, 170 GPS receiver,

200 golf score management server,

300 external input device, 310 controller,

320 inputs, 330 near field communication interface.

The present invention relates to a golf score management method using a mobile phone, and more particularly, to a method of easily inputting a golf score using a mobile phone and authenticating and managing an input score.

Golf is a game that counts the number of hits in 18 holes. Previously, the golfer rounded the score and calculated the score on the scorecard. In the match, the rounded golfer accompanied the final score to confirm the score on the scorecard and sign the score.

Meanwhile, in order to manage golf scores more accurately according to the development of information and communication technology, techniques for managing scores in combination with information and communication technology have been proposed. In Korean Patent Publication No. 2002-86007, a user displays a green displayed on a dedicated terminal. Disclosed is a system for directly inputting a batting position using a touch pen on an image, and the inputted information is transmitted to a management server to manage a golf score. However, in the system, the user must select a hole and visually determine the location of the batting ball. Therefore, it is not only inaccurate but also the weather information such as wind direction, wind speed, temperature, and weather must be determined and input by the user from time to time. That is, the golf score is not objective because the golf game information should be determined and input according to the subjective judgment of the user.

In addition, Korean Patent Publication No. 2001-92142 uses a GPS satellite to determine a golfer's current location and calculates and provides a distance and direction to a corresponding hole cup using azimuth and map data of a geomagnetic sensor. Is disclosed. However, in the above technology, since only the remaining distance between the user and the hole cup is measured and provided, the inconvenience of having a score board and managing golf scores individually cannot be solved. Furthermore, since the map image of the golf course must be stored in the terminal, there is a problem that the volume of the terminal is increased by using a large memory or it is limited to a specific golf course, and only to determine the position of the golfer through the terminal. There is no concept of managing scores or serving via the Web by exchanging data with servers.

Meanwhile, Korean Patent Publication No. 2004-0010427 discloses a removable memory in a dedicated terminal for golf score management for data exchange with a server, stores the score in a removable memory, and then pulls out the memory and plugs it into the client terminal. It proposes a configuration for transferring data to a server using a client terminal. However, since the information related to the golf course in the above technology is stored in the management server, the rounding cannot be seen while the information related to the golf course during the rounding, and the user uses a separate client terminal for a removable memory for score management. There is an inconvenience that the transmission to the server. Moreover, these methods do not disclose the method of authenticating a golfer's score at all.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for easily inputting a golf score using a mobile phone. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for obtaining information on a golf course in real time while inputting a golf score. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for authenticating an input score. Still another object of the present invention is to provide a golfer with various information using the input score.

Golf score management method of the present invention for achieving this purpose, the first step of transmitting the golf score information received from the mobile phone to the golf score management server when the user inputs the golf score information, and received from the golf score management server And a second step of processing the golf score information and transmitting the result to the mobile phone.

The first step may be configured to transmit the golf score information received from the mobile phone to the golf score management server corresponding to the hot number when the user inputs a hot number including golf score information and presses a wireless internet button.

Alternatively, when the user inputs golf score information in a standby state and presses a specific button, the mobile phone may transmit the input golf score information to the golf score management server.

Golf score information input is the user enters the golf score information in coded text, or when the user outputs a menu screen for score input from the mobile phone, the user inputs the golf score information, or the user uses the RFID attached to the club used This can be done by reading using the built-in RFID reader of the mobile phone, or when the user inputs information about the club used using a separate input device, the separate input device can be used as a mobile phone using near field communication. This can be done by sending information.

On the other hand, when the golf score information is input, the mobile phone can determine the current location and transmit the current location information to the golf score management server. Alternatively, the golf score management server receiving the golf score information may request the location of the mobile phone to the location management server of the mobile communication system, and store the location information received from the location management server in association with the golf score information. .

Golf score information may include information about the club used. The golf score management server stores the information on each club used and the location information in the shot, and transmits a sequence of shots extracted from the information to the mobile phone in sequence to the user to replay the game in accordance with the user's request Can be. At this time, the sequence of shots can be shown by sequentially drawing the trajectory of the ball according to each shot extracted from the position information in each shot on the map of the golf course. The information about the rounded golf course can be extracted from the position of the mobile phone when inputting the score information.

The invention may further comprise authenticating a golf score at the companion's mobile phone. This step is a text message including the step of transmitting the companion's information from the user's mobile phone to the golf score management server and a link from the golf score management server to the web page for authenticating the user's score from the companion's mobile phone. And transmitting a connection to a golf score management server using a link of a text message from a mobile phone of a companion. On the other hand, the golf score management server preferably authenticates the score only when the current location of the mobile phone of the user and the current location of the mobile phone of the companion within a certain distance. The golf score management server can calculate a reliable average score by having the authenticated score calculate the average stroke of the user.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a network diagram for explaining the present invention. The user inputs the score information in real time using the mobile phone 100 while rounding. The score information may include recorded scores, or may include information related to a shot of a user, for example, information about a club used or information about a result of a shot. On the other hand, the user may directly input the score information to the mobile phone 100 or input the score information using a separate external input device 300 or the mobile phone 100 can automatically detect and input. The input score is transmitted to the golf score management server 200 through a mobile communication network or a portable Internet network.

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the internal structure of a mobile phone in which the method of the present invention is adopted. The mobile phone 100 adopting the method of the present invention includes an input unit 120 for inputting scores and operating various functions, and a display unit 130 for displaying various information. As the input unit 120, various input means such as a keypad and a touch screen may be used. The display unit 130 uses graphic display means such as an LCD. The mobile phone 100 also includes a voice processing unit 160 for a voice call. The voice processor 160 may also be used to inform the user of a score for inputting a score or a score processing result through a voice or a buzzer sound. The mobile phone 100 communicates with the base station through the mobile communication network interface 140. The mobile phone 100 also transmits the input score to the golf score management server 200 through the mobile communication network interface 140 and receives the score processing result from the golf score management server 200. Meanwhile, the golf score information may be configured to be transmitted / received through a separate portable internet interface unit such as Wibro, rather than the mobile communication network interface 140. The controller 110 controls the overall operation of the mobile phone, and also performs an operation related to input of golf score information. On the other hand, according to the embodiment is installed golf score management terminal software for golf score input, it is also possible to perform the operation, such as input of the golf score, communication with the server and output.

The mobile phone 100 may also include a GPS receiver 170 to locate the mobile phone 100. When the mobile phone 100 transmits the information related to each shot to the golf score management server 200, the mobile phone 100 may transmit the location information obtained by using the GPS receiver 170. The golf score management server 200 stores a map of a course of each golf course, and the golf score management server 200 may extract information about a golf course, a course, and a hole that the user is playing from the received location information. .

The input of the golf score may be performed using the external input device 300. In this case, the near field communication interface unit 150 for communication with the external input device 300 should be further provided in the mobile phone 100. Various methods such as a Bluetooth interface or a wireless LAN interface may be used as the local area communication interface, and the present invention is not limited to a specific method. As shown in FIG. 3, the external input device 300 includes a short-range communication interface 330 for short-range communication between an input unit 320 including a button for inputting information of a club used by the user and the mobile phone 100. And a controller 310 for controlling the overall operation of the apparatus 300. The external input device 300 may be attached to a user's belt, hat, wrist, or the like, or may be worn in the form of a necklace. On the other hand, instead of a button for inputting the club information on the input unit 320, it is also possible to simply provide a button indicating that the swing, so that when the user presses this button during the swing to transmit the information indicating that the swing to the mobile phone.

On the other hand, input of the golf score may be performed using RFID. That is, the mobile phone is provided with an RFID reader (not shown), each golf club is attached with an RFID tag indicating the type of club, and then when the user inputs the type of club he or she is trying to shot. You can enter the Club by reading the RFID tag attached to the Club using the cell phone's RFID reader.

On the other hand, in the case of a more intelligent golf club, each local golf club has a short-range communication transmitter, and when a user presses a button provided on the golf club when the user attempts to enter a shot or inputs a type of club that has shot the golf club, It is also possible to configure the club's local area transmitter to send club information to the cell phone.

4 is a flow chart showing the overall flow of the present invention.

First, when a separate golf score management software controls input / output and transmission and reception of scores in the mobile phone 100, the golf score management software should be installed in the mobile phone 100. When the user transmits the golf score to the golf score management server 200 in coded text form, the golf score management software does not necessarily need to be installed in the mobile phone. The golf score management software may be mounted on the mobile phone 100 and distributed, but it is common to download and use the golf score management server 200. The user registers as a member in the golf score management server 200 and downloads the golf score management software and installs it in the mobile phone 100 (S400). The golf score management software is preferably a program of the type that can be executed on the platform included in the mobile phone. On the other hand, in the case of a product using a general-purpose operating system (OS) such as a PDA may be a program running on the OS.

When the golf game begins, the user enters information about the golf course and begins to enter a score. The input of the score may be to input the score obtained in each hole, but if the information related to each shot is input, the golf score management software or the golf score management server 200 may convert this into a score. Then, the mobile phone 100 transmits the input score information to the golf score management server 200 (S410). On the other hand, the transmission of the score may be made every shot or every hole, or once the score information of each shot or each hole is stored in the mobile phone 100 may be transmitted to the server at once when the game is finished.

The golf score management server 200 having received the score information analyzes the game result of the user from this information. When the score information does not include the location information of the mobile phone, the golf score management server 200 may request and use the location information of the mobile phone to the location information management server in the mobile phone or mobile communication system. The golf score management server 200 transmits the result to the mobile phone 100 or outputs the result to the mobile phone screen or the PC through the Internet at the end of the game or at the request of the user (S420).

In addition, the golf score management server 200 may be authenticated from the caddy or accompanying player accompanied by whether the score input by the user is really the score recorded by the user (S430).

The following describes the score input, transmission, output and authentication procedures in detail.

<How to input score>

1. Golf course information input method

When the user starts playing golf, the user enters the fact that the user starts playing golf. At this time, enter the golf course name and course name. The golf course name and course name can be entered manually or selected from a number of golf courses and their courses presented in a menu format. In addition, a cell phone with a built-in GPS receiver can identify the golf course and course from the current position can be automatically entered. Alternatively, the golf score management server 200 may request the location of the mobile phone from the mobile communication system or the mobile phone to determine the location of the mobile phone, and then allow the user to identify the golf course and course being played from this information.

2. Choose a golf score entry method

Various types of golf score input methods may be used in the present invention. Various methods may be used, such as a method of simply recording the number of strokes in each hole to a method using a graphical user interface, and the present invention is not limited to a specific input method.

In the present invention, various methods may be used as the golf score input method, and one method may be used, or a plurality of input methods may be provided in one mobile phone, and the user may select and input one of them. It is also possible. In this case, the user can select the method to use before entering the golf score.

When the mobile phone processes the selected method on its own, the mobile phone processes the information input from the mobile phone according to the method selected by the user. However, when the server processes the input information, the mobile phone is configured for the input method selected by the user. Send the code (or tag) to the server side. Then, the server interprets the score information transmitted from the mobile phone according to the selected input method. If the input method is predetermined or apparent from the score code, the mobile phone does not need to transmit the code for the input method to the server side.

3. How to enter golf score

Hereinafter, the available golf score input methods will be described in detail. On the other hand, in order to input a score, it is necessary to input which hole the score is. By the way, in the case of a mobile phone with a built-in GPS, it is possible to grasp the number of holes of which course of which golf course from the current location information. Therefore, if the hole information is not input when the score is input using the mobile phone with GPS, it is determined that the score is in the hole corresponding to the current position. On the other hand, since the input of the score is made sequentially from holes 1 to 9 of each course, once the course is determined and scores are entered from the hole 1, the hole numbers are sequentially determined even if the hole information is not input from the next hole. Can be.

3.1 Enter text

The user directly enters the golf score as text. Various methods may be used for inputting scores in text.

3.1.1 Minimum Input Method

It is a method of inputting the final number of rounds after rounding ends. If the user hits 78, he would enter '78'.

3.1.2 Ultra simple input method

It is a method to input the number of strokes of each hole during the rounding. If the user hits five hits in the third hole, the hole information is omitted and only the number of strokes is entered as' 5'.In case of manual input, the hole number and number is entered as' 53 '. do. In the case of Hall manual input, it is of course possible to input such as '35', '3-5' and the like according to the embodiment. In the following description, since the hole number input method is the same, the description of the hole number input is omitted.

3.1.3 Simple Input Method

Enter the number of strokes and putts for each hole during rounding. If the user hits five hits and putts twice, type "52". In this way, in addition to the total number of strokes in the round, information such as the total number of putts, the number of putts per hole, and the number of three putts can be calculated.

3.1.4 Basic Input Method

Enter rounds, putts, and additional information for each hole during rounding. Additional information may include whether the tee shot is seated on the fairway (F), whether it is on-green within the regular stroke (R), whether it is an OB (O) or a hazard (H).

For example, if the tee shot lands on the pairwear in the par 4 hole and the second shot misses the green and hits five times with two putts, it is written as '5F2'. On the other hand, if the user hits the fairway in the par 4 hole and the second shot climbs to the green and makes a par by putting two times, the user inputs '4FR2'. In this way, in addition to information on the total number of strokes and putts in the round, the number of fairways in regulation and fairways in regulation percentage or fairway accuracy percentage, and number of regular strokes on green Additional information, such as Greens in regulation (GIR) or Greens in regulation percentage, can be calculated. In addition, statistics such as the average number of strokes in the last 10 games, the number of regular strokes on green, and the average driving distance can be calculated.

Another method for inputting additional information is a method of inputting using only numbers, such as '521'. Here '5' represents the number of hits in that hole, and '2' means the contents of the tee shot. For example, the contents of the tee shot are '0' for OB (Out of Bound) or a similar bad shot, and '1' for OB, but not OB. 2 'means a medium shot, and' 3 'means a good shot that fits right on the fairway. The last '1' represents the number of putts in the hole.

3.1.5 Detailed Input Method

This is how you enter information about your club for each shot. However, information about the putting shot does not need to be input separately. Instead, entering 'P2' at the end of each hole means that the number of putts for the hole or auto-recognized hole is two.

Enter your chosen club before each shot. Of course, you can enter the club of your choice after the shot. An example of the input for a club is as follows. On the other hand, there is no case sensitivity in the input, and in the following description it is shown in capital letters for convenience.

'W1'-Wood 1 (Driver)

'I7'-Iron 7

'PW'-Pitching Wedge

'AW'-Gap Wedge (Approach Wedge)

'SW'-Sand Wedge

'LW'-Robe Wedge

Since a cell phone with a GPS receiver can acquire the current location, the phone's built-in score management software automatically sends location information to the server along with information about the selected club that the user has entered. That is, the server will receive the value 'W1 + current latitude longitude coordinate'. The server may interpret the information and extract information such as a distance according to each shot. For example, if you enter W1, I7, AW, and P2 in order, the server will receive (W1, coordinate values), (I7, coordinate values), (AW, coordinate values), and P2 in sequence. With this information, I sent a few yards (distance between I7 coordinates and W1 coordinates) using the driver as a tee shot, several yards with zinc number 7 as the next shot, and in turn approached the green. You can see that you have finished putting in two. In this way, since very accurate information about each shot can be known, golf rounding can be reproduced using this information.

On the other hand, the use club information for each shot may be omitted and only the location information may be transmitted. At this time, only the latitude and longitude coordinates will be transmitted to the golf score management server.

It is also possible to input the result of each shot after each shot. For example, slice is' S ', hook is' H', bunker is' B ', water hazard is' W', OB is' O 'and fat shot is' Type 'F', tapping 'T' and good shot 'G'. Normal shots do not enter anything.

3.2 Input method using input device

The user carries the input device 300 for club information input to a wrist, a belt, a necklace, etc., and inputs the selected club information by using the input device for every shot. The input device 300 is provided with a button for distinguishing the type of club, so that the user inputs the type of club selected before or after the shot. As a button for identifying club types, six buttons may be provided, for example, a tee shot, a wood shot, a long iron shot, a middle iron shot, an approach, and a putt.

Alternatively, only the button for inputting information (shots other than the putting) and the button for inputting the information on the putt is provided to the input device 300, and only the information on the shot is input without club information. It is possible to do so. Alternatively, you can leave only one button to indicate that you have shot, including the putt, excluding the putt button.

On the other hand, if you are in a water hazard or OB, you can enter by pressing a certain button. Or you can press a specific button twice quickly to enter it.

When the user presses one of the buttons in this way, the input device 300 wirelessly transmits the information to the mobile phone 100. As a transmission method, various methods such as Bluetooth, WiFi, Zigbee, and infrared communication may be used. The score management software of the mobile phone 100 receiving the club information from the input device 300 transmits the current location information to the golf score management server 200 together with the current location information.

3.3 Menu Method Input Method

The user does not enter text manually, but rather through menus. An example of the screen at this time is shown in FIG. The golf score management software provides a screen for entering the result of the club used and the shot for each shot. On the other hand, a cell phone with a built-in GPS receiver can also help club selection by displaying the distance to the green. To this end, the golf score management software may store hole information of each golf course in advance or request information from the server for each hole or every shot.

3.4 Automatic Input Method

The mobile phone automatically determines the swing information without the user entering the shot information, and when the mobile phone knows the swing information, the information is transmitted to the golf score management server 200. When the mobile phone 100 knows the swing information, the mobile phone 100 obtains GPS information and completes each shot information (selected club and position) and delivers it to the golf score management server 200.

As a method of determining the swing information by the mobile phone, each club is equipped with an RFID tag that can distinguish each club, and the mobile phone is provided with an RFID reader, and the club used by bringing the mobile phone close to each club whenever the user swings. Enter the information. If you fall into a water hazard or an OB, you can get as close to the same club as the penalty. For example, if a shot with 7 irons falls into the water hazard, you usually need to touch your phone once, but in this case you can touch your phone twice and enter that two shots occurred in that shot. .

In the case of more intelligent golf clubs, there is a short distance transmitter for each golf club, and when the user enters the type of club they are trying to shot or shot, they press a button on the golf club. It is also possible to configure the local area transmitter to transmit club information to the mobile phone.

<Send Golf Score>

The score can be stored in the golf score management software built into the mobile phone and sent to the server at the end of the game, or sent to the server each time it is entered. Alternatively, it is possible to transmit every hole. The score may be transmitted through a short message service (SMS) or a multimedia message service (MMS), or may be transmitted through a portable Internet.

Or enter a hot number for access to the golf score management server, and the wireless Internet button ('Nate' button in case of SK Telecom, 'Magic' button in case of KTF, or LG Telecom) There is also a method to send by pressing the 'Eye Eye' button. For example, you can enter '98' and press the wireless internet button to send. At this time, it is also possible to input a code (eg, score + putting number) according to a golf score input method after the hot number and press a wireless internet button. In this case, in addition to the score information, it is also possible to send tag information indicating which score information is input by using an input method. When the user inputs the coded number and presses the wireless internet button, the input information is transmitted to the golf score management server through the wireless internet. On the other hand, only numbers and * and # codes are available in the hot number service, so only the input method using numbers and * and # can be applied, but the hot number service supports the alphabet from the mobile service provider. In case of providing, the code can be transmitted by inputting the code according to all the text input methods mentioned above.

In addition, for convenience of score transmission, a hotkey for transmitting a golf score or a hotkey for accessing a golf score management server may be provided in a mobile phone, and the button may be pressed when the score information is to be transmitted. For example, if you enter the score information as text in the standby state and press the hotkey, the mobile phone sends it to the golf score management server.

On the other hand, when a user uses a hot key or enters a specific phone number or code and presses a call button, the mobile phone may access the server's ARS system and input a score through the ARS system. Alternatively, the ARS system may send a text message including a URL for access to the server so that the user presses a confirmation button on the text message to access the server 200 and transmit a score.

In addition, the score can be configured to be automatically transmitted. That is, if score information is input by a text input method, a menu input method, or an automatic input method while the golf score management software of the mobile phone is operating, the score management software sends a text message to the server's telephone number. You can send the data or send the data to the server's address.

When the score is transmitted every shot or every hole, the server 200 preferably transmits the reception result to the mobile phone 100. For example, 'Nispa! You have made a par at Seoul CC Namcos Hall 1. 2 to 2 펏 and a driver shot 270 yards. You are hitting an even wave. 'You can send the results of analyzing the score information.

On the other hand, when sending the score information from the mobile phone to the score management server 200, if the location information of the mobile phone is not sent together, the golf score management server 200 is the location management server or mobile phone of the mobile communication system location information of the mobile phone You can get the location information of your phone by requesting. Mobile communication systems generally use a location management server to grasp the location of a mobile phone at a certain time, in real time, or on request. For example, in the case of the WCDMA system, the Serving Mobile Location Center (SMLC) manages the location of the mobile phone. In the case of the CDMA system, the location of the mobile phone can be determined according to the OMA standard. The present invention is not limited to a specific mobile communication system, a specific location management server or a specific location determination method.

As shown in FIG. 7, when the golf score management server 200 receives information about the golf club used by the user from the mobile phone (club information) (S701), the golf score management server 200 requests the location of the mobile phone to the location management server (S703). The management server can determine the current location of the mobile phone by transmitting the location information of the mobile phone at that time to the golf score management server (S705). Golf score management server 200 is stored in association with the identified location information of the mobile phone and the received club information (S707).

<Golf score output>

When the game ends, the server 200 analyzes the input score and shows the game result to the user. There may be a variety of methods of displaying the game result as well as the input method.

The display of the game results basically depends on the input method selected by the user, but may be displayed in other ways according to the user's selection. For example, when the user inputs the score by the detailed input method, the output is performed by the detailed output method. However, when the user selects the simple output method in advance, the score is output by the simple output method.

The game result stored in the server 200 may be output again at the request of the user. The user can access the server 200 using a mobile phone or a PC, log in, and select a desired game from the stored game list to view the result of the game. The user can specify how to output the results of the race when requested. The output may be output on the screen of a mobile phone, or may be output on a computer screen or printed matter. The form of the output can be adjusted according to the medium to be output.

On the other hand, when outputting a match result may be output in the replay mode to output every hole or every shot. In the replay mode, when a specific button of the mobile phone 100 is pressed, each shot displayed by the user is displayed. That is, the golf score management server 200 stores the information about each club and the location information in the shot, and according to the user's request, the sequence of shots extracted from the information to the mobile phone 100 in sequence To transmit. In this case, the result may be displayed in a text form, or as shown in FIG. 6, information about each shot and a trajectory according to each shot extracted from the position in each shot may be sequentially drawn on the map of the golf course. In addition, the game can be played on the PC by connecting to the golf score management server 200 via the Internet.

In addition, the golf score management server 200 continues to store the game result data of the user, and from this data statistics such as the average driving distance, the average number of strokes, the average putt, the number of regular strokes on green rate, the pairware seating rate The calculation can be provided at the request of the user. The golf score management server 200 may also calculate the handicap of the user from a recent number of rounding scores. At this time, it is possible to calculate the handicap except for the best score and the lowest score.

<Golf Score Certification>

When golf rounding is completed, the final score is verified by the companion (caddy or accompanying player). Authentication is done with the companion's mobile phone. To this end, the companion's mobile phone must be registered in the golf score management server 200. Alternatively, without having to register the companion's mobile phone to the golf score management server 200, when the play is over, the user can use the mobile phone to access the golf score management server 200 to enter the companion's mobile phone number. Do. As a method of registering that the companion and the user have accompanied the rounding, the user accesses the golf score management server 200 through the mobile phone or the web and inputs the companion's mobile number or ID, or the companion manages the golf score. The method of accessing the server 200 and inputting a user's mobile number or user's ID may be used. On the other hand, it is of course possible to limit the certification of the score so that only the caddy can be used (hereinafter, the case where the caddy authenticates the score is described as an example, but the authentication is possible through the same procedure even when the companion authenticates).

When the rounding is finished, the golf score management server 200 sends a text message asking for approval to the cell phone of the caddy. In this case, the text message includes a callback URL for accessing a web page for authenticating a user's score. When the caddy receiving the text message presses the OK button, the cell phone of the caddy is connected to the server 200 by the callback URL, and the server 200 authenticates the user's score. The score of the user may be included in the text message and transmitted to the caddy, and when the caddy connects to the server 200, the score of the user may be displayed and the caddy may verify the certificate.

On the other hand, for more fair authentication, when the mobile phone of the caddie and the user's mobile phone at the time of authentication, respectively, transmits its own location information to the golf score management server 200, the golf score management server 200 is the position of the caddie at the time of authentication It is also possible to determine that the caddy actually rounds with the user only if is within a certain distance from the user's location. The golf score management server 200 may calculate the handicap or average stroke of the user using only the scores thus authenticated.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to some examples, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications and variations can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

According to the present invention, since a golf score can be input by selecting one of various input methods using a mobile phone, the golf score can be easily input by an input method suitable for a situation. In addition, it is possible to input using a menu method, an external input device, an RFID reader, etc., so that the golf score can be easily entered. In addition, since the information about the golf course can be obtained in real time while inputting the golf score, it can be helped to play. Since the input score can be authenticated by the companion, the average score of the user can be calculated with only the correct score, and reliable statistics can be obtained. In addition, since the game results can be replayed or presented with various statistics after the game, the user can obtain useful information related to his or her play.

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When the user enters the golf score information, the first step of transmitting the golf score information received from the mobile phone to the golf score management server, A second step of processing the golf score information received from the golf score management server and transmitting the result to the mobile phone Golf score management method comprising a. The method of claim 1, In the first step, when a user inputs a hot number including golf score information and presses a wireless internet button, the golf score management method comprises transmitting the golf score information received from the mobile phone to a golf score management server corresponding to the hot number. . The method of claim 1, The first step is a golf score management method characterized in that when the user enters the golf score information in the standby state and press a specific button, the mobile phone transmits the input golf score information to the golf score management server. The method of claim 1, wherein the golf score information input of the first step is performed by the user inputting the golf score information in coded text. The method of claim 1, wherein the golf score information input of the first step is performed by a user reading an RFID attached to a use club using an RFID reader embedded in a mobile phone. According to claim 1, Golf score information input of the first step is to input the information about the club used by the user using a separate input device for the club used by the mobile phone using the short-range wireless communication in the separate input device Golf score management method, characterized in that performed by transmitting information. According to claim 1, Golf score information of the first step is information indicating that the swing, the input of the golf score information when the user inputs the information indicating that the swing using a separate input device in the separate input device Golf score management method characterized in that performed by transmitting information indicating that the swing to the mobile phone using a short-range wireless communication. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, When the golf score information is input, the mobile phone grasps the current location and transmits the current location information to the golf score management server. The method of claim 8, The golf score information, the golf score management method comprising the information on the club used. The method of claim 1, wherein the second step is Requesting the location of the mobile phone from the golf score management server receiving the golf score information to the location management server of the mobile communication system; Storing location information received from the location management server in association with the golf score information Golf score management method characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 1, Third step to verify golf score on companion's phone Golf score management method comprising more. The method of claim 11, wherein the third step is Step 3-1 of transmitting the companion information from the user's mobile phone to the golf score management server, Step 3-2 of sending a text message including a link from the golf score management server to the mobile phone of the companion to a web page for authenticating the score of the user; Step 3-3 of authenticating the score by connecting to the golf score management server using the link of the text message on the companion mobile phone Golf score management method comprising a. The golf score management method according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the golf score management server calculates an average number of strokes of the user using the authenticated score.

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