Systems and methods for graphical data presentation during a sporting event broadcast

• US 10,206,013 B2
• Filed: 03/08/2018
• Issued: 02/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sportsmedia Technology Corporation
• Original Assignee: Sportsmedia Technology Corporation
• Inventors: Hall, Gerard J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Parra, Omar S
• Application Number:
  US15/915,771
• Publication Number:
  US 20180262817A1
• Time in Patent Office: 341 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs
• 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 21/4882 for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8126 involving additional data, e.g. news, sports, stocks, weather forecasts

Abstract

Systems and methods for graphical data presentation during a sporting event broadcast are disclosed. A server platform is constructed and configured in network communication with at least one input device and at least one display device. The at least one input device transmits input data with time code related to the sporting event to the server platform in real time or near real time. The server platform processes the input data according to a production sequencing of the sporting event, thereby creating processed data. The server platform creates and integrates the processed data with a video presentation of the sporting event based on the production sequencing of the sporting event. The at least one display device displays a customized graphical presentation of the processed data with the video presentation.

Claims

1. A system for graphical data presentation during a sporting event broadcast, comprising:

a server platform constructed and configured in network communication with at least one input device and at least one display device;

wherein the at least one input device is operable to transmit input data with time codes related to the sporting event to the server platform in real time or near real time;

wherein the server platform comprises at least one rules engine, wherein the at least one rules engine is operable to generate a framework of the sporting event with usage chart methodology based on the time codes of the input data, types of the input data, rules of the sporting event, a context of the sporting event, a production sequencing of the sporting event, and a type of the at least one display device;

wherein the server platform is operable to process the input data based on the framework of the sporting event, thereby creating processed data;

wherein the server platform is operable to create and integrate a graphical presentation of the processed data with a video presentation of the sporting event based on the rules of the sporting event, the context of the sporting event, the production sequencing of the sporting event, and the type of the at least one display device; and

wherein the at least one display device is operable to display the graphical presentation of the processed data with the video presentation of the sporting event.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one input device comprises at least one sensor and at least one transmitter.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one input device is embedded in or attached to wearable items of sports players in the sporting event.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the input data comprises location data, direction data, biometric data, event markers, and other data related to the sporting event.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the server platform is sensor-agonistic and vendor-agnostic.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the server platform is cloud-based.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the server platform comprises a machine learning engine for data analytics.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one rules engine is further operable to store rules of various types of sporting events.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the server platform is operable to update the rules of various types of sporting events.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the processed data comprises statistical data of at least one player in the sporting event.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one display device comprises a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for interacting with the graphical presentation of the processed data.

12. A method for graphical data presentation during a sporting event broadcast, comprising:

providing a server platform constructed and configured in network communication with at least one input device and at least one display device, wherein the server platform comprises at least one rules engine;

the at least one input device transmitting input data with time codes related to the sporting event to the server platform in real time or near real time;

the at least one rules engine generating a framework of the sporting event with usage chart methodology based on the time codes of the input data, types of the input data, rules of the sporting event, a context of the sporting event, a production sequencing of the sporting event, and a type of the at least one display device;

the server platform processing the input data based on the framework of the sporting event, thereby creating processed data;

the server platform creating and integrating a graphical presentation of the processed data with a video presentation of the sporting event based on the rules of the sporting event, the context of the sporting event, the production sequencing of the sporting event, and the type of the at least one display device; and

the at least one display device displaying the graphical presentation of the processed data with the video presentation of the sporting event.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one input device is embedded in or attached to wearable items of sports players in the sporting event.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the input data comprises location data, direction data, biometric data, event markers, and other data related to the sporting event.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the server platform is sensor-agonistic and vendor-agnostic.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the server platform is cloud-based.

17. The method of claim 12, further comprising the server platform storing rules of various types of sporting events in at least one rules engine.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising the server platform updating the rules of various types of sporting events.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein the graphical presentation is an in-game statistics line displaying with the video presentation.

20. The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one display device comprises a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for interacting with the graphical presentation of the processed data.