US Patent Issued to SportsMEDIA Technology on July 8 for "Systems and methods for tracking sports balls configured with electronic components" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,555, issued on July 8, was assigned to SportsMEDIA Technology Corp. (Durham, N.C.).

"Systems and methods for tracking sports balls configured with electronic components" was invented by Gerard J. Hall (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for tracking a sports ball assembly in real time during a sporting event are disclosed. A structure of the sports ball assembly is also disclosed. The sports ball assembly comprises at least one electronic circuit embedded or attached to a sports ball. The sports ball assembly is in network communication with a processor via at least two receivers within a sports arena. The...