ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,709, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to AllZones LLC (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Basketball training systems and methods of use" was invented by R. Anthony Orsbon (Charlotte, N.C.) and Thomas M. House (Mint Hill, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to another embodiment, a method may include: receiving, at a centralized controller, a play data for players using a plurality of basketball hoop devices, the play data comprising shot data comprising ball flight trajectory data, shot angle data, shot distance data, and shot success data; calculating, by the centralized controller, a skill level for each of the plurality of players using...