Systems and methods of playing an enhanced version of football sport

Abstract

Systems and methods for playing a new enhanced version of the sport of Football (e.g., Gridiron football, American football, Canadian football, Rugby Union, Rugby League, Soccer or similar sports). In an embodiment, this disclosed version of the sport is played between two teams (offense and defense) with 15 players on each side on the field at a point in time, with a total of three balls, with varying weightages and importance. Each ball results in a different score when touched down or with a field goal. Even the overall distance gained or lost will be magnified or reduced based on the weightages assigned to each ball. The offense has four downs to advance the line of scrimmage by 10 yards and if they fail to do so, they lose possession to the defense team, who then have four downs to advance 10 yards. With three balls in the game, after every down a weighted average formula is used to compute the location of the new line of scrimmage and also there are specific guidelines to determine the possession for the next down. This version of the sport delivers enhanced entertainment and excitement for viewers and audience, while enables the application of much higher levels of strategy, thinking and planning into the game and every down.

1 . A method of playing or conducting or organizing a game or sport of American football, the method comprising:
 using at least two balls simultaneously as part of the game or sport, on a playing field, wherein scoring using one ball results in a different score than scoring using at least one other ball; and   the said at least two balls are simultaneously in motion for at least a fraction of the duration of the game or sport; and   determining a starting position for at least one attempt to advance at least two balls in the game or sport, based on an ending position of at least one ball at the end of a previous attempt to advance at least two balls; and   advancing at least two balls from the starting position, wherein advancing one ball from the starting position results in different advantage than advancing at least one other ball from the starting position.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the game or sport of American football is played between two teams, each team comprising of at least one player, and wherein the objective of the game or sport is to score higher number of points by attempting to advance at least two balls towards or into an opposing team end zone or an opposing team goal area. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the attempt to advance at least two balls towards or into the opposing team end zone or the opposing team goal area comprises carrying at least one ball, throwing at least one ball by at least one hand, passing at least one ball by at least one hand, kicking at least one ball, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein each team receives at least one attempt to advance at least two balls by a pre-defined distance towards or into the opposing team end zone or into the opposing team goal area, each attempt comprising:
 determining a first team and a starting position from where the first team begins to advance at least two balls;   opposing the first team from advancing at least two balls, a second team trying to gain possession of at least one ball and advance at least one ball;   displacing at least one ball from the starting position to an ending position anywhere on the playing field, by the first team or the second team, and bring the first team attempt to advance at least two balls to a complete stop;   determining the team that will advance at least one ball for a subsequent attempt;   deriving displacement data of at least one ball from the starting position to the ending position on the playing field, in the first team attempt to advance at least two balls;   determining or computing the starting position for the subsequent attempt to advance at least one ball by using a mathematical formula, which uses the derived displacement data of at least one ball in the first team attempt to advance at least two balls; and   tracking the scores for the first team and the second team.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein one ball has a different or varying levels of advantage, disadvantage or weightage, for distance gained or lost from the starting position, as compared to at least one other ball. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 17 , wherein the ball location capturing system captures the locations of at least two balls photographically; and the ball displacement computing system uses the pixels by which the at least two balls have been displaced in the photograph from a previously saved starting position of the attempt to advance at least two balls. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 17 , wherein the starting position for the subsequent attempt to advance at least one ball is computed by the game computing system, using a weighted average mathematical formula, wherein each ball has an assigned weightage; and wherein gained ground displacement is entered as a positive number and lost ground displacement is entered as a negative number. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 17 , wherein the game computing system is preset with assigned scores and weightages for each ball used in the game or sport, before the beginning of the game or sport. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the game or sport is conducted at the direction of one or more sports organizing bodies or governing bodies as a local, regional, national or international sporting event or tournament. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the sports organizing body or governing body could be National Football League (NFL). 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 26 , wherein the simulated balls used as part of the simulated game or sport are rendered in different colors or patterns for easy visual distinction to at least one player. 
     
     
         12 . (canceled) 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 28 , wherein each team playing the game or sport needs at least one additional player and at least one additional umpire per each additional ball used in the game or sport, beyond the one ball. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the number of balls used in the sport need an equal number of players to manually deliver or snap the balls to an equal number of other players or quarterbacks, to begin the attempt to advance at least two balls. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the rules for attempts to advance at least two balls and the game or sport are based on one of: Gridiron football, American football, college football, high school football, fantasy football, professional football played by NFL (National Football League) or woman's American Football. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 26 , wherein the simulated game or sport is played or conducted on internet. 
     
     
         17 . A system for providing directions for playing or conducting a game or sport of American football, by using at least two balls which are simultaneously in motion for at least a fraction of the duration of the game or sport, on a playing field, wherein the said at least two balls have varying or different advantages in the game or sport, the system comprising:
 a game computing system configured to:   control a camera based ball location capturing system;   receive location information of at least two balls on the playing field from the ball location capturing system;   transmit the captured location information of at least two balls on the playing field, to a ball displacement computing system;   receive the ball displacement data of at least two balls, from the ball displacement computing system; and   compute the starting position for a subsequent attempt to advance at least one ball, using a mathematical formula based in part on the ball displacement data of at least two balls on the playing field at the end of the attempt to advance at least two balls.   
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 17 , wherein the game computing system is implemented or configured to compute and track the scores by each team, based on distances advanced or lost per ball from the starting position. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 17 , wherein the game computing system, the ball location capturing system, the ball displacement computing system, a display or broadcast system, a specialty lighting or laser system, or combinations thereof communicate and interact with each other in a wired or wireless mode, and comprise of electronic, electrical, mechanical, electromechanical, computer program, visual media, computer software or application systems or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 17 , wherein the ball location capturing system comprises a camera based system, which in turn comprises of at least one camera positioned at an elevation above the playing field, to photographically and simultaneously capture the location or ending position data of at least two balls and transmit it to the game computing system. 
     
     
         21 . The system of  claim 17 , wherein the ball location capturing system comprises a sensor based system, which in turn comprises of one or more proximity or location sensors built into the balls, one or more receptive sensors along sidelines of the playing field, which collectively and simultaneously capture the location or ending position data of at least two balls and transmit it to the game computing system. 
     
     
         22 . The system of  claim 17 , wherein the ball location capturing system comprises of GPS (Global positioning) system, which in turn comprises of GPS (Global positioning system) electronic chips built into the said at least two balls, which simultaneously and electronically transmit their location or ending position data to the game computing system. 
     
     
         23 . The system of  claim 26 , wherein the simulated game or sport of American football is based on rules of at least one of American Football, Gridiron football, college football, high school football, fantasy football, professional football as played by NFL (National Football League) or woman's American Football. 
     
     
         24 . The system of  claim 17 , wherein the starting position of the attempt to advance at least two balls and the computed starting position for the subsequent attempt to advance at least one ball are communicated to the specialty lighting or laser system, which projects one or more laser beams or specialty lighting beams onto the playing field, to indicate the two starting positions distinctly. 
     
     
         25 . The system of  claim 17 , wherein the sport of American football includes at least one of American Football, Gridiron football, college football, high school football, fantasy football, professional football played by NFL (National Football League) or woman's American Football. 
     
     
         26 . A system for playing a simulated game or sport of American football that uses at least two simulated balls which are simultaneously in motion for at least a fraction of the duration of the simulated game or sport, on a simulated playing field, wherein the said at least two simulated balls have varying or different advantages in the simulated game or sport, the system comprising:
 an electronic device configured to:   host at least one operating system, host at least one executable computer program, host at least one software application, embed at least one sensor, network with at least one peripheral device, communicate with at least one hand held device, or combinations thereof;   enable one or more users to experience playing the simulated visual game or sport of American football that uses at least two simulated balls which are simultaneously in motion for at least a fraction of the duration of the simulated game or sport, on the simulated playing field wherein the said at least two simulated balls have varying or different advantages in the simulated game or sport.   
     
     
         27 . The system of  claim 26 , wherein the electronic device further communicates or interacts with one or more other electronic devices, hardware devices, electrical devices, mechanical devices, display devices, visual media devices, virtual simulation devices, peripheral devices, software programs or applications, or combinations thereof, in a wired or wireless mode. 
     
     
         28 . A method of playing or conducting or organizing a game or sport, the method comprising:
 using at least two balls simultaneously as part of the game or sport, on a playing field or a playing area, wherein scoring using one ball results in a different score than scoring using at least one other ball; and   the said at least two balls have varying or different advantages in the game or sport; and   the said at least two balls are simultaneously in motion for at least a fraction of the duration of the game or sport.   
     
     
         29 . The method of  claim 28 , wherein each person playing the game or sport needs at least one additional body protective gear such as helmet, gloves, elbow guard, knee guard, shin guard or combinations thereof, during active play. 
     
     
         30 . The method of  claim 28 , wherein the rules for the game or sport are based on one of American Football, Australian Football, Badminton, Bandy, Baseball, Basketball, Canadian Football, Cricket, Field Hockey, Gaelic Football, Handball, Hurling, Ice Hockey, Korfball, Lacrosse, Netball, Polo, Racquetball, Roller Hockey inline, Roller Hockey Quad, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Soccer, Softball, Squash, Table Tennis, Tennis, Throw ball, Volley ball, Water polo, Gridiron football, college football, high school football, fantasy football, professional football played by NFL (National Football League), professional football played by CFL (Canadian Football League), woman's Football, Rugby world cup, Rugby League world cup, Soccer world cup, Soccer leagues, Slam ball or other ball based similar games or sports.