STRIDER Secures Provisional Patent for StriderPlus: A Game-Changing Digital Waiver and Compliance System for High-Volume Sporting Events
Innovative System Enhances Operations, Safety, and Data Security—Transforming the Future of Sports Event Management
PRESS RELEASE – November 24, 2024 – Washington, DC
STRIDER, the leading provider of digital solutions for equestrian bookings and payments in North America, today announced the successful acquisition of a U.S. Provisional Patent (#63/724,107) for its innovative StriderPlus digital waiver solution. The new system is set to revolutionize the way high-volume sporting events manage participant compliance, safety, and data security.
StriderPlus is designed to automate the critical tasks of participant registration, waiver collection, compliance verification, and emergency management for sporting events—reducing the administrative burden and significantly improving operational efficiency for organizers of large-scale events from equestrian competitions to soccer tournaments and beyond.
“We believe StriderPlus will transform the way high-volume sporting events are managed,” said Tara Swersie, CEO of STRIDER. “By automating compliance tasks, ensuring secure, role-based access to participant data, and managing safety alerts in real-time, StriderPlus helps organizers reduce risk and operational costs while improving the overall sporting event experience.”
Streamlining Compliance and Enhancing Safety at Scale
The StriderPlus innovation addresses key challenges faced by organizers of high-volume events in managing large participant datasets and ensuring real-time access to crucial participant information while maintaining privacy and security.
Traditional waiver systems often create bottlenecks by limiting access to participant data to only a small group of users with credentials, making it difficult to quickly disseminate critical and sanitized information to necessary parties, such as security, governing bodies, and other stakeholders. For example, competition officials can be alerted in real time to compliance issues, while medical teams can quickly access only the emergency contact information for injured participants but not other information
“When you consider that sporting events, in addition to the athletes, often have judges, officials, security, volunteers, vendors, and even spectators sign liability releases, it becomes a lot of data to manage,” said Tara Swersie.
Proven Success in High-Level Sports
The StriderPlus system has already been successfully implemented in high-level equestrian sports, including qualifying competitions for the prestigious World Equestrian Games.
Using a role-based alert system and custom mobile dashboards, StriderPlus securely provides tailored subsets of participant data to authorized personnel based on their specific roles. This careful approach minimizes the labor costs associated with manual data management and significantly reduces the risk of data breaches, all while ensuring that the right people have the right information at the right time.
Commitment to Privacy and Data Security
As part of STRIDER’s commitment to maintaining the highest standards of privacy and data security, StriderPlus uses state-of-the-art encryption and secure data protocols to protect sensitive information. Whether it is emergency contact details, or compliance status with governing body policies, all participant information is securely stored and transmitted, ensuring that data privacy is strictly maintained. This focus on data security makes StriderPlus not only an operational asset but also a key solution for organizers concerned with protecting sensitive participant information and adhering to privacy regulations.
Faster Response, Lower Risk, Reduced Costs
With the newly secured provisional patent, STRIDER strengthens its intellectual property portfolio, positioning StriderPlus as a unique, commercially valuable solution in the rapidly growing sports technology market.
The patent solidifies STRIDER’s commitment to innovation, underscoring the transformative potential of STRIDER in streamlining sports event management and creating scalable, secure solutions for organizers, officials, and participants alike.
About STRIDER
STRIDER is the leading provider of digital entries and payments for equestrian sports, serving over 1.2 million equestrians annually. As a Global Partner of PayPal since 2023, STRIDER leverages cutting-edge technology to support the growth of equestrian sports worldwide. With StriderPlus, STRIDER continues to drive innovation in sports event management, offering solutions that streamline operations, enhance safety, and ensure data privacy across high-volume events.
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