Archiving and viewing sports events via Internet
원문보기
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H04N-007/173
H04N-007/03
G06F-003/00
출원번호
US-0220028
(2005-09-06)
등록번호
US-7340765
(2008-03-04)
발명자
/ 주소
Feldmeier,Robert H.
출원인 / 주소
Feldmeier,Robert H.
대리인 / 주소
Molldrem, Jr.,Bernhard P
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
19인용 특허 :
12
초록▼
Self-help or do-it-yourself productions of collegiate athletic contests are generated by the originating institution, and the recorded production is sent by overnight courier to a central digital clearing house. At the clearing house the contents of the recording are loaded onto a computer processor
Self-help or do-it-yourself productions of collegiate athletic contests are generated by the originating institution, and the recorded production is sent by overnight courier to a central digital clearing house. At the clearing house the contents of the recording are loaded onto a computer processor and the video and audio channels are digitally processing to prepare the program for digital storage and retransmission. A web transmitter processor transmits the video recordings of these events to subscribers on demand over wide-band, high-speed Internet connections. The content may be edited at the clearing house. The clearing house provides a custom video player or viewer for each recorded production. The games or meets can be selected by the subscriber, which are indexed in categories including originating institution, type of event, and date of event. The events may also be webcast live or near-real-time, as well as archived.
대표청구항▼
I claim: 1. A self-help process of producing, storing, cataloging, and on-demand web casting of a multitude of minor-sport athletic events, each of which has a limited viewership but which in aggregate result in a significant volume of viewers, by self-help video production of a wide variety of min
I claim: 1. A self-help process of producing, storing, cataloging, and on-demand web casting of a multitude of minor-sport athletic events, each of which has a limited viewership but which in aggregate result in a significant volume of viewers, by self-help video production of a wide variety of minor-sport athletic events of interest to a wide number of groups of interested persons at each of a plurality of originating academic institutions, and of recording or storing, and processing and transmitting on demand the video recorded events to as wide as possible a field of subscribers, the athletic events being produced by respective ones of said originating academic institutions, and each event being categorized in an identifiable category of athletic events, wherein such minor-sport events are characterized by having an associated group of interested persons that is too small to support the cost producing a television broadcast of the event, and whereby each said originating academic institution needs only send in the recorded video production to a central clearing house and needs to take no further steps to make the video recordings ready for subscribers for access over a global computer network, the process comprising: obtaining a video production of each of said minor-sport athletic events, by self-help, in-house capturing the event at said originating academic institution using at least one video camera and at least one microphone, such that the video productions each include at least one video channel and an audio channel; said originating academic institution transmitting said video productions to the central digital clearing house, the clearing house having a computer processor for digitally processing each said video production to prepare the video channel and audio channel thereof for digital storage and retransmission, a digital memory arrangement with capacity sufficient for storing a multiplicity of said video productions; and a web transmitter for transmitting the stored video productions of said minor-spot athletic events to said subscribers on demand; converting at said clearing house said video and audio channels of said video productions to a digital format suitable for webcasting, and storing same at storage locations on the associated digital memory arrangement; the step of converting including editing the content of said video production at said clearing house without involving the originating institution to render it suitable for digital storage and transmission to a subscriber; said clearing house creating a subscriber accessible catalog of the video productions stored in the memory arrangement at said clearing house, the catalog having categories including originating institution and type of event such that any said subscriber can select on each of said category of institution and type of event to select directly a particular event for viewing, by first selecting one of the category of originating institution and the category of type of sporting event, and then selecting from the other of said categories; and then selecting from a list of the sporting events of said type and of said originating institution; said clearing house providing to said wide field of subscribers digital access, via said global computer network, to the video recordings of the events as stored on the memory arrangement at said clearing house, including providing each said subscriber access via said global computer network to said catalog, permitting the subscriber to select from the categories of originating institution and type of event of said catalog, and permitting the subscriber to select a desired video production by pointing and selecting from the video productions within said categories; and said clearing house transmitting to said subscriber the selected video production over said global computer network. 2. The process of producing and transmitting of video events according to claim 1 wherein step of obtaining a video production includes recording the captured event on a portable physical video recording medium, and said step of transmitting includes physically transporting said portable recording medium via a public express service to said clearing house. 3. The process of producing and transmitting of video events according to claim 1 wherein said originating institutions include academic institutions having athletic programs, and said categories include sports events at said academic institutions. 4. The process of producing and transmitting of video events according to claim 1 wherein said step of transmitting includes supplying, via a video channel, the video and audio channels in real time to said clearing house; and said clearing house providing to subscribers with access authorization the video and audio channels in real time to said clearing house, and said clearing house providing to subscribers with access authorization said video and audio channels in real time as a live web video presentation, and also recording said event for digital storage and retransmission in said digital memory arrangement. 5. The process of producing and transmitting of video events according to claim 1 wherein the step of obtaining a video production of said events includes obtaining images from two cameras, feeding both said images to a control module having two video screens, and employing a control means to select one or the other of said images. 6. The process of producing and transmitting video events according to claim 1, wherein said editing at said clearing house includes inserting titling and graphics concerning the event onto the stored video programs. 7. The process of producing and transmitting video events according to claim 1, the process further comprising creating at said clearing house a custom video player for each said video production to be transmitted to the subscriber when the subscriber selects said video production. 8. The process of producing and transmitting video events according to claim 7, further comprising including on said video player indicia identifying the subject of said video production. 9. The process of producing and transmitting video events according to claim 8, wherein said indicia include a logo of said originating academic institution. 10. The process of producing and transmitting video events according to claim 1, wherein said step of editing includes dividing said video production into segments, and providing indicia for selecting desired ones of said segments. 11. The process of producing and transmitting video events according to claim 10, wherein said providing indicia includes providing pre-view thumbnails of each said video segment that the subscriber can select to commence viewing the respective segment. 12. The process of producing and transmitting video events according to claim 1, wherein said step of editing at said clearing house includes trimming unwanted portions of the video production. 13. The process of producing and transmitting video events according to claim 1, wherein said converting at the clearing house includes creating several files of each said digital video production, each at a respective different download steed. 14. The process of producing and transmitting video events according to claim 13, including providing the subscriber with a plurality of speed select buttons to permit the subscriber to select a download speed for the selected recorded video production that is appropriate to the subscriber's connection to the global computer network. 15. The process of producing and transmitting video events according to claim 1, further comprising placing targeted commercial announcements on said screen to said subscriber when presenting the selected sporting event thereon; said clearing house selecting such commercial announcements from categories of advertisers related to the associated type of sporting minor-athletic event. 16. The process of producing and transmitting video events according to claim 1, wherein said minors sports events are selected from the group that consists of track meets, wrestling meets, swimming and diving meets, tennis matches, and Ultimate Frisbee contests. 17. The process of producing and transmitting video events according to claim 1, wherein said minor sports events include only sports other than football and basketball. 18. A process for self-help video production of minor-sport athletic events of interest to groups of interested persons at each of a plurality of originating academic institutions, wherein such minor-spot athletic events are characterized by having an associated group of interested persons that is too small to support the cost of producing a television broadcast of the event, and said athletic events are of a nature that such events consists of a plurality of discrete sub-events; and of recording or storing, and processing and transmitting on demand the video recorded events to subscribers among said groups of interested persons, the events being produced by respective ones of said originating institutions, and each minor-sport athletic event being categorized in an identifiable category of events, whereby the originating academic institution needs only send in the recorded video production to a central clearing house and needs to take no further steps to make the video recordings ready for subscribers for access over a global computer network, the process comprising: is obtaining a video production of each of said events, by self-help, in-house capturing the event at said originating academic institution using at least one video camera and at least one microphone, such that the video productions each include at least one video channel and an audio channel; said originating academic institution transmitting said video productions to the central digital clearing house, the clearing house having a computer processor for digitally processing each said video production to prepare the video channel and audio channel thereof for digital storage and retransmission, a digital memory arrangement with capacity sufficient for storing a multiplicity of said video productions; and a web transmitter for transmitting the stored video productions of said events to said subscribers on demand; converting at said clearing house said video and audio channels of said video productions to a digital format suitable for webcasting, and storing same at storage locations on the associated digital memory arrangement; the step of converting including editing the content of said video production at said clearing house without involving the originating academic institution to render it suitable for digital storage and transmission to a subscriber; said clearing house creating a subscriber accessible catalog of the video productions stored in the memory arrangement at said clearing house, the catalog having categories including originating academic institution and type of event such that the subscriber can select on each of said category of institution and type of event to select a particular event for viewing; said clearing house providing to a plurality of subscribers digital access, via said global computer network, to the video recordings of the events as stored on the memory arrangement at said clearing house, including providing each said subscriber access via said global computer network to said catalog, permitting the subscriber to select from the categories of originating academic institution and type of event of said catalog, and permitting the subscriber to select a desired video production by pointing and selecting from the video productions within said categories; and said clearing house transmitting to said subscriber the selected video production over said global computer network; the process comprising creating at said clearing house a custom video player for each said video production to be transmitted to the subscriber when the subscriber selects said video production; and further comprising creating at said clearing house a preview window containing video modules for identifying segments of said video production that correspond to associated sub-events within said minor-sports athletic event; the subscriber pointing to and selecting a desired one of said modules; and the clearing house presenting to the subscriber the segment identified in said module of the selected sub-event segment of said video production when the subscriber selects a given one of said modules.
연구과제 타임라인
LOADING...
LOADING...
LOADING...
LOADING...
LOADING...
이 특허에 인용된 특허 (12)
Qian, Richard J.; Epshteyn, Eugene, Collecting event data and describing events.
Holtz, Alex; Couch, William H.; Fres, Gilberto; Hamlett, Timothy; Hoeppner, Charles; Parker, Jeffrey L.; Robblee, William; Sisisky, Richard L.; Snyder, Robert; Tingle, Keith G.; Todd, Richard; Verbon, Method, system and computer program product for producing and distributing enhanced media downstreams.
Smith-Semedo, Charles; Blackman, Rolando; Jacobs, Stephen; Lupetin, Guerrino; Cortina, Rafael, System and method for computer-assisted manual and automatic logging of time-based media.
Hjelsvold, Rune; Depommier, Remi; Leaute , Yves; Gunaseelan, Kangesh, System for hypervideo filtering based on end-user payment interest and capability.
Castle, Gordon; Hammond, Kevin Lee; Amezene, Yonatan; Hall, Jeffrey Lynn; Hathaway, Mathew J.; Garguilo, Kevin James; Timmins, Jared Matthew; Stevens, David Lee; Deason, David P.; Vellanikaran, Unni, Event production kit.
※ AI-Helper는 부적절한 답변을 할 수 있습니다.