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

• Current Assignee: Front Row Technologies LLC (Ortiz & Lopez PLLC)
• Original Assignee: Front Row Technologies LLC (Ortiz & Lopez PLLC)
• Inventors: Ortiz, Luis M., Lopez, Kermit D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Diep, Nhon T
• Application Number:
  US14/470,231
• Publication Number:
  US 20150052546A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,539 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/06 Indicating or scoring devices for games or players , or for other sports activities
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2187 Live feed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25816 involving client authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; cryptographic authentication protocols H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4263 involving specific tuning arrangements, e.g. two tuners
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4314 for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4781 Games
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47815 Electronic shopping payment schemes, payment architectures or payment protocols for electronic shopping systems G06Q20/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6131 involving transmission via a mobile phone network wireless downlink channel access H04W74/006
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8126 involving additional data, e.g. news, sports, stocks, weather forecasts
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/90 Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/38 Transmitter circuitry for the transmission of television signals according to analogue transmission standards H04N5/14 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/44 Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards H04N5/14 takes precedence

Abstract

Venue-based data including video from cameras located at a sports venue can be provided to hand held devices authorized by at least one casino. A casino patron'"'"'s hand held device can enable to view sporting events provided to a hand held device from a server and placement of wagers with the server. Venue-based data including video and statistics are received from server including camera views captured as video by at least one camera located within at least one sports venue. Venue-based data is processed at server for display on a display associated with at least one hand held device operating within a casino. Venue-based data is displayed on hand held devices, enabling casino patrons to view event video. Portable devices can be authorized only when moving about a casino. Casino patrons can also gamble using said hand held device while viewing selected sporting events within the casino.

Claims

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.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the wireless handheld computing device associated with the at least one subscriber further comprises a software module, wherein the software module performs routines or subroutines and utilizes image processing to convert said streaming video data received at the wireless handheld computing device into rendered images, and displays the images at the display screen of the at least one wireless handheld computing device, and wherein the streaming data includes said streaming video captured by at least two video cameras operating within said at least one entertainment venue, each video camera providing a different perspective, and wherein the software module allows the user to select on the display screen whether to display one or more of the perspectives from each of the two or more video cameras, and wherein the software module, in response to a user input request on the display screen, selects a network from the group consisting of a wireless LAN, Bluetooth, and the wireless data communication network to carry out the user input request.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein said network instructions are further configured for:

storing subscriber information associated with said at least one subscriber in a database, wherein the database comprises said one or more network databases and wherein the one or more network databases further comprise at least one Home Location Register, and wherein the at least one Home Location Register includes at least the identity of the currently serving Visiting Location Register, and wherein the Home Location Register handles signal system transactions in cooperation with mobile switching centers and the Visiting Location Register, wherein the Visiting Location Register requests information from the at least one Home Location Register and further wherein the Home Location Register initiates transactions with the Visiting Location Register to update wireless handheld computing device information associated with the at least one subscriber; and

utilizing the wireless handheld computing device subscriber information to authorize said streaming data.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein the wireless data communications network comprises a CDMA network.

5. The system of claim 3 wherein the wireless data communications network comprises a GSM network.

6. The system of claim 3 wherein the wireless data communications network comprises a digital cellular communications system.

7. The system of claim 3 wherein said at least one subscriber comprises a roaming subscriber.

8. The system of claim 2 wherein the wireless data communications network comprises a packet-data transmission network based on a combination of network types.

9. The system of claim 3, wherein said touch screen user interface provides user interface buttons that said user touches to select whether to display one or more of the perspectives from each of the two or more video cameras.

10. The system of claim 2 wherein said image processing that converts said streaming video data into said rendered images includes selecting any position in at least one image of said rendered images to provide for an enlarged image displayed in said screen comprising a detailed image rendering of said at least one image.