Enhanced Digital Golf Assistant with Real-time Analytics and Personalized Coaching

Publication ID: 24-11857860_0006_PTD

Published: October 28, 2025

Category:Direct Improvements & Enhancements

Legal Citation

pr1or.art Inc., “Enhanced Digital Golf Assistant with Real-time Analytics and Personalized Coaching,” Published Technical Disclosure No. 24-11857860_0006_PTD, Published October 28, 2025, available at https://archive.pr1or.art/24-11857860_0006_PTD

This technical disclosure describes improvements that would be readily apparent to a Person Having Ordinary Skill In The Art (PHOSITA) when considered in combination with the foundational architecture disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 11,857,860.

Summary of the Inventive Concept

An advanced digital golf assistant that leverages real-time analytics, centralized servers, and portable computing devices to provide personalized coaching, training plans, and social sharing features, thereby enhancing golf performance and user experience.

Background and Problem Solved

The original digital golf assistant patent had limitations in providing real-time analytics, personalized coaching, and social sharing features. The new inventive concept addresses these limitations by introducing a centralized server, real-time analytics, and a user interface that provides personalized coaching tips and drills, social sharing, and virtual reality simulation, thereby enhancing golf performance and user experience.

Detailed Description of the Inventive Concept

The enhanced digital golf assistant system comprises a portable computing device that tracks a user's golf game data, a centralized server that analyzes the data and provides personalized recommendations for improvement, and a user interface that displays the analytics and coaching tips in a visually intuitive manner. The system also includes a social media platform for sharing the user's progress and competing with other golfers. Additionally, the system provides personalized video lessons and drills, and virtual reality simulation for practicing the training plans. The real-time analytics and personalized coaching enable users to improve their golf performance more efficiently.

Novelty and Inventive Step

The new claims introduce the concept of real-time analytics, centralized servers, and personalized coaching, which are not present in the original patent. The combination of these features with the portable computing device and user interface provides a novel and non-obvious solution for enhancing golf performance and user experience.

Alternative Embodiments and Variations

Alternative embodiments of the inventive concept could include using wearable devices or IoT sensors to track golf swing data, integrating with existing golf courses or country clubs, or providing personalized nutrition and fitness plans tailored to a golfer's specific needs. Variations could include using artificial intelligence or machine learning algorithms to provide more accurate and personalized coaching, or incorporating augmented reality features to enhance the user experience.

Potential Commercial Applications and Market

The enhanced digital golf assistant has significant commercial potential in the golf industry, with potential applications in golf courses, country clubs, and sports equipment manufacturers. The system could be marketed as a premium service for golf enthusiasts, or as a tool for golf instructors and coaches to provide personalized training and feedback to their students.

CPC Classifications

Section	Class	Group
A	A63	A63B71/0616
A	A63	A63B24/0021
A	A63	A63B69/36
A	A63	A63B69/3605
A	A63	A63B71/0622
H	H04	H04M1/72457
A	A63	A63B2024/0025
A	A63	A63B2220/12
A	A63	A63B2220/40
A	A63	A63B2225/50
A	A63	A63B2225/74
H	H04	H04M1/72427

Section 103 Obviousness Analysis (PHOSITA)

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Field of Art

Sports technology and mobile computing, specifically digital golf performance tracking and analysis systems, involving user interface design, data aggregation, and performance metrics visualization

Person of Ordinary Skill (PHOSITA) Profile

A skilled practitioner with expertise in mobile application development, sports analytics, user experience design, and data visualization techniques, typically holding a bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, software engineering, or sports technology

Obviousness Rationale

A person having ordinary skill would recognize that extending the source patent's golf performance tracking system with centralized server analytics, personalized coaching, and social sharing features represents a predictable technological evolution. The core functionality of tracking and visualizing golf performance metrics naturally suggests enhancement through real-time data analysis and personalized recommendations. The integration of server-side processing, mobile device tracking, and interactive user interfaces follows established patterns in sports technology and mobile application design.

Obvious Combinations & Variations

Source Patent Element

Maintaining sport-related ability metrics from multiple users with common ability levels

PTD Variation

Adding centralized server for aggregating and analyzing user performance data with personalized coaching recommendations

Obviousness Reasoning

Extending performance metric tracking to include server-side analysis is a known technique for providing more sophisticated user insights, representing a predictable technological improvement

Source Patent Element

Visual representation of ability metrics using bubble plots and quadrant displays

PTD Variation

Incorporating real-time analytics visualization with social media sharing and competitive features

Obviousness Reasoning

Enhancing data visualization with social and competitive elements is a standard design choice in performance tracking applications, offering users additional engagement mechanisms

Source Patent Element

Electronic user interface for displaying performance metrics and training advice

PTD Variation

Integrating virtual reality simulation and personalized video lesson platforms for skill improvement

Obviousness Reasoning

Expanding training advice to include immersive simulation technologies represents a logical progression in sports training applications, utilizing known instructional design principles

Source Patent Element

Method for tracking and analyzing individual user performance across multiple events

PTD Variation

Implementing machine learning and AI algorithms to provide more precise performance predictions and coaching recommendations

Obviousness Reasoning

Applying advanced data analysis techniques to existing performance tracking systems is a predictable technological enhancement with finite, identifiable implementation strategies

Source Patent Element

Portable computing device for tracking sport-related metrics

PTD Variation

Expanding device ecosystem to include wearable sensors and IoT technologies for comprehensive performance tracking

Obviousness Reasoning

Integrating additional sensor technologies represents a natural technological evolution in mobile performance tracking systems, following established design patterns in sports technology

35 U.S.C. § 103 Summary: Based on the teachings of US Patent 11857860 and the disclosed technical variations, a person having ordinary skill in the art would find the claimed innovations obvious and lacking non-obvious inventive merit. The proposed system represents a predictable combination of known techniques in mobile performance tracking, data visualization, and personalized coaching technologies, thereby rendering potential patent claims obvious and unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. Section 103.

Original Patent Information

Patent Number	US 11,857,860
Title	Digital golf assistant
Assignee(s)	NIKE, Inc.