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Wireless transmission of sports venue-based data including video to hand held devices

  • US 10,129,569 B2
  • Filed: 08/27/2014
  • Issued: 11/13/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for authorizing access by a user of at least one service associated with an event at a venue based on a location of said user as determined by information derived from communication between a computing device in the form of a wireless handheld computing device carried and utilized by said user and assets of a wireless data communications network, said system comprising:

  • a wireless data communication network, the wireless data communication network allowing one or more mobile carriers to provide wireless data communication services to the wireless handheld computing device, and further comprising;

    mobile switching centers, the mobile switching centers having access to one or more network servers and one or more network databases, wherein the wireless data communication network provides for updating of and use of information from the one or more network databases;

    one or more receivers wirelessly receiving venue specific content, the one or more receivers configured to receive a request for streaming data from the wireless handheld computing device;

    one or more transmitters wirelessly transmitting to the wireless handheld computing device;

    wherein the one or more transmitters is configured to transmit at least one authorization code to the wireless handheld computing device based at least in part on a device identification of the wireless handheld computing device associated with a user; and

    at least one server, said at least one server comprising;

    a processor;

    a data bus coupled to said processor;

    a computer-usable medium embodying computer code, said computer-usable medium being coupled to said data bus, said computer program code comprising network instructions executable by said processor and configured for;

    determining a location of the wireless handheld computing device associated with at least one user based on communications of the wireless handheld computing device utilized by said at least one user, with said wireless data communications network supporting the wireless data communications service of the wireless handheld computing device, wherein the communications between the wireless handheld computing device and the wireless data communications network enables access by the server to information in the one or more network databases, the one or more network databases including at least wireless handheld computing device information associated with a plurality of users, including said user, and wherein the location of the wireless handheld computing device is determined by the server at least in part according to the wireless handheld computing device information stored in the one or more network databases and information from said wireless data communications network; and

    authorizing the wireless handheld computing device, by a security unit of the wireless handheld computing device, to receive said streaming data based on said location as determined by said wireless data communications network, wherein authorizing said wireless handheld computing device further comprises preventing said wireless handheld computing device from receiving said streaming data at a location beyond or within a particular geographic area, wherein said location beyond the particular geographic area further comprises a location selected from the group of locations comprising a location beyond a particular frequency range and a location outside of a particular geographical area associated with a wireless network, wherein authorizing further comprises transmitting the at least one authorization code to the wireless handheld computing device;

    the wireless handheld computing device configured to communicate with the wireless data communications network, the wireless handheld computing device comprising;

    a processor;

    a data bus coupled to said processor;

    a display screen including a touch screen user interface;

    a computer-usable medium embodying computer code, said computer usable medium being coupled to said data bus, said computer program code comprising instructions executable by said processor and configured for;

    connecting the wireless handheld computing device associated with the user to the wireless data communications network;

    decrypting said streaming data according to the at least one authorization code received from the one or more transmitters; and

    displaying said streaming data, wherein said streaming data includes streaming video accessed from a server and sent to the wireless handheld computing device over the wireless data communication network, wherein streaming video is captured from multiple angles by multiple video cameras operating within at least one entertainment venue and is processed for simultaneous delivery to, and display by said user, on the display screen wherein said user comprises at least one subscriber of said streaming data.

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