Device, method and program for organizing a celebrity sporting event

Abstract

Event organization devices, methods, and programs for organizing a competitive event including at least one sponsor, a plurality of participants and at least one celebrity are provided. The devices, methods, and programs plan the sale of a right to play in a competitive event to the participants and match the participants with the celebrity for only a portion of the competitive event such that each of the participants plays in the competitive event alongside the celebrity during the portion of the competitive event. The devices, methods, and programs calculates revenue to be distributed from the competitive event to at least one of one or more of the participants, the sponsor, and the celebrity.

1 . An event organization device for organizing a competitive event including at least one sponsor, a plurality of participants and at least one celebrity, the device comprising:
 a controller, a memory and an input/output interface operatively coupled via a bus, wherein the controller:
 plans the sale of a right to play in a competitive event to the participants; 
 matches the participants with the celebrity for only a portion of the competitive event such that each of the participants plays in the competitive event alongside the celebrity during the portion of the competitive event; and 
 calculates revenue to be distributed from the competitive event to at least one of one or more of the participants, the sponsor, and the celebrity. 
   
     
     
         2 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the competitive event is a golf tournament including a plurality of holes, and the portion of the competitive event is at least one hole of the golf tournament. 
     
     
         3 . The device according to  claim 2 , wherein the controller reports a team score for each portion, the team score being a best score of the participants or a score of the celebrity. 
     
     
         4 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the controller awards a participant a prize if that participant achieves a score better than a score of the celebrity during that participant's portion. 
     
     
         5 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the controller:
 determines a number of the participants and a number of the celebrities; and   computes a duration of each participant's portion based on the number of participants and the number of celebrities.   
     
     
         6 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the controller assigns a participant increased access to the celebrity based on a higher price paid by the participant for the right to play. 
     
     
         7 . A computer-readable recording medium storing a computer-executable program for organizing a competitive event including at least one sponsor, at least one participant and at least one celebrity, the program including instructions that cause a computer to:
 plan the sale of a right to play in a competitive event to the participants;   match the participants with the celebrity for only a portion of the competitive event such that each of the participants plays in the competitive event alongside the celebrity during the portion of the competitive event; and   calculate revenue to be distributed from the competitive event to at least one of one or more of the participants, the sponsor, and the celebrity.   
     
     
         8 . The recording medium according to  claim 7 , wherein the competitive event is a golf tournament including a plurality of holes, and the portion of the competitive event is at least one hole of the golf tournament. 
     
     
         9 . The recording medium according to  claim 8 , further comprising instructions causing the computer to report a team score for each portion, the team score being a best score of the participants or a score of the celebrity. 
     
     
         10 . The recording medium according to  claim 7 , further comprising instructions causing the computer to award a prize to a participant if that participant achieves a score better than a score of the celebrity during that participant's portion. 
     
     
         11 . The recording medium according to  claim 7 , further comprising instructions causing the computer to:
 determine a number of the participants and a number of the celebrities; and   compute a duration of each participant's portion based on the number of participants and the number of celebrities.   
     
     
         12 . The recording medium according to  claim 7 , further comprising instructions causing the computer to assign a participant increased access to the celebrity based on a higher price paid by the participant for the right to play. 
     
     
         13 . An event organization method for organizing a competitive event including at least one sponsor, a plurality of participants and at least one celebrity, the method comprising:
 selling a right to play in the competitive event to the participants;   matching each participant with the celebrity for only a portion of the competitive event such that each participant plays in the competitive event alongside the celebrity during the portion of the competitive event; and   distributing revenue from the competitive event to at least one of: one or more of the participants, the sponsor, and the celebrity.   
     
     
         14 . The method according to  claim 13 , wherein the competitive event is a golf tournament including a plurality of holes, and the portion of the competitive event is at least one hole of the golf tournament. 
     
     
         15 . The method according to  claim 14 , further comprising reporting a team score, wherein for each portion, the team score is a best of a score the participants or a score of the celebrity. 
     
     
         16 . The method according to  claim 13 , wherein a participant is awarded a prize if that participant achieves a score better than a score of the celebrity during that participant's portion. 
     
     
         17 . The method according to  claim 13 , further comprising determining a number of the participants and a number of the celebrities and computing a duration of each participant's portion based on the number of participants and the number of celebrities. 
     
     
         18 . The method according to  claim 13 , wherein a participant is provided with increased access to the celebrity based on a higher price paid by the participant for the right to play. 
     
     
         19 . The method according to  claim 13 , wherein each step is implemented by a controller.