Real time authoring

• US 20030112264A1
• Filed: 12/10/2002
• Published: 06/19/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Duguid, Andrew J., Westoby, Nicholas P., Plummer, Michael J.
• Application Number:
  US10/315,811
• Publication Number:
  US 20030112264A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/719
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/12 involving interaction between a plurality of game devices, e.g. transmisison or distribution systems protocols for networked virtual reality, networked games H04L29/06034
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/30 Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/338 using television networks
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/409 Data transfer via television network
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/69 Involving elements of the real world in the game world, e.g. measurement in live races, real video
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8017 Driving on land or water; Flying
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2187 Live feed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23614 Multiplexing of additional data and video streams arrangements for simultaneous broadcast of plural pieces of information H04H20/28
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8133 specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video program
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/165 Centralised control of user terminal subsequent to an upstream request signal H04N7/17345; Registering at central by two-way working H04N7/17309

Abstract

The invention comprises a method and an associated broadcasting system BS and viewer apparatus VUI for providing interactive media coverage for a real time video broadcast of a live action event, the method comprising; i) in a first data stream 4, broadcasting video of the live action event for receipt by one or more viewer apparatus; ii) locating the position of subjects S1, S2, S3, S4 of the live action event in real time, and iii) in a second data stream 2, transmitting position data acquired in step ii) to the one or more viewer apparatus VUI substantially simultaneously with the first data stream 4.

Claims

1. A method for providing interactive media coverage for a real time video broadcast of a live action event comprising;

i) in a first data stream, broadcasting video of the live action event for receipt by one or more viewer apparatus;

ii) locating the position of the subjects of the live action event in real time, and

iii) in a second data stream, transmitting position data acquired in step ii) to the one or more viewer apparatus substantially simultaneously with the first data stream.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and second data streams are transmitted to the viewer apparatus in tandem.

3. A method as claimed in claim 2, wherein said second data stream is multiplexed with said first data stream.

4. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein further data streams are transmitted to the viewer apparatus.

5. A method as claimed in claim 1, and further comprising providing pre-authored data relevant to the subjects or other aspects of the live action event and transmitting this to the viewer apparatus.

6. A method as claimed in claim 1, and further comprising providing an interactive application program and transmitting this to the viewer apparatus.

7. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein step ii) involves the use of GPS telemetry.

8. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein step ii) involves the use of low power, low bandwidth radio telemetry.

9. A broadcasting system for performing the method of claim 1, the broadcasting system comprising;

means for receiving video data from the live action event;

means for receiving position data of subjects of the live action event;

means for processing the data, and means for transmitting the first and second data streams for receipt by a viewer apparatus.

10. A viewer apparatus comprising means for receiving, processing and displaying images associated with the first and second data streams provided by the method and broadcasting system as claimed in claim 1 and 9.

11. A viewer apparatus as claimed in claim 10, and further comprising means for receiving an interactive application program associated with one or both of the data streams.

12. A viewer apparatus as claimed in claim 10, and further comprising a hand-held controller which is configured to enable the viewer to manipulate the interactive data of the second data stream via an interactive application.