Methods and apparatus for recording and replaying sports broadcasts

• US 20050005308A1
• Filed: 01/29/2004
• Published: 01/06/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gotuit Media Corporation (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Gotuit Video Incorporated
• Inventors: Durgin, Scott A., Logan, James D., Burd, Dana
• Application Number:
  US10/767,930
• Publication Number:
  US 20050005308A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/135
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/28 Arrangements for simultaneous broadcast of plural pieces of information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/27 Arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/73 using meta-information
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• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4147 PVR [Personal Video Recorder] H04N5/76 takes precedence ; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40
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• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/439 Processing of audio elementary streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44008 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in the video stream arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44224 Monitoring of user activity on external systems, e.g. Internet browsing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4438 Window management, e.g. event handling following interaction with the user interface
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• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/458 Scheduling content for creating a personalised stream, e.g. by combining a locally stored advertisement with an incoming stream; Updating operations, e.g. for OS modules ; time-related management operations arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast or during the distribution H04H20/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4663 involving probabilistic networks, e.g. Bayesian networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
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• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 : for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4756 : for rating content, e.g. scoring a recommended movie
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• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 : End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4825 : using a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlists
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 : involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 : involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8352 : involving content or source identification data, e.g. Unique Material Identifier [UMID]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 : Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 : by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8547 : involving timestamps for synchronizing content
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• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 : by receiver means only
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 : Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

A system for replaying a broadcast sports event using a video on demand or personal video recording system. Metadata is created that subdivides the original broadcast into segments, and associates descriptive information with each segment. Playlists that specify an ordered subsequence of the sequence may be selected and used to present a variety of expanded or condensed versions of the sporting event to a viewer. Navigation controls including segment lists, specially formatted screen displays, and special functions under the control of a user-operated remote control, facilitate the interactive selection and control of the presentation.

Claims

1. A method for presenting recorded sports broadcasts which comprises, in combination, the steps of:

recording a live sports event to create a video program stored in a program storage device,

creating a metadata playlist which identifies and describes each of a plurality of segments of said video program as stored,

transmitting said metadata playlist to a presentation device,

displaying a segment guide containing information from said playlist on said presentation device, said segment guide including elements which identify at least selected ones of said plurality of segments,

employing a control device operated by a viewer and coupled to said presentation device for selecting a specified one of said elements,

retrieving the particular segment identified by said specified one of said elements from said storage device,

transmitting said particular segment to said presentation device,

and displaying said particular segment for said viewer on said presentation device

2. A method for presenting recorded sports broadcasts as set forth in claim 1 wherein each of said plurality of segments substantially excludes any portion of video program recorded when said sports event was not in active play.

3. A method for presenting recorded sports broadcasts as set forth in claim 1 wherein said metadata playlist is one of a group of metadata playlists, each of which identifies and describes a different plurality of segments of said video program as stored, said method further comprising the steps of displaying a description of each playlist in said group and accepting a designation of said metadata playlist from said control device operated by said viewer.

4. A method for presenting recorded sports broadcasts as set forth in claim 3 wherein said plurality of segments designated by said playlist comprise substantially less than all of said video program whereby viewing said plurality of segments designated by said playlist provides said viewer with a condensed version of said sports event.

5. A method for presenting recorded sports broadcasts as set forth in claim 4 wherein each of said plurality of segments substantially excludes any portion of video program recorded when

6. A method for presenting recorded sports broadcasts as set forth in claim 1 wherein said sports event is a football game and wherein each element of said segment guide describes one or more plays in said football game.

7. A method for presenting recorded sports broadcasts as set forth in claim 6 wherein most of said plurality of segments substantially excludes any portion of said video program recorded when said football game was not in active play.

8. A method for presenting recorded sports broadcasts as set forth in claim 7 wherein most of said plurality of segments of said video program were recorded when the football was in motion.

9. A method for presenting recorded sports broadcasts as set forth in claim 7 wherein most of said plurality of segments substantially excludes any portion of said video program recorded when the official timekeeper'"'"'s clock for said football game was not in motion.

10. A method for presenting recorded sports broadcasts as set forth in claim 6 wherein said plurality of segments are each devoted to only those events in the football game that are selected by one or more human editors as being more important than the remainder of the events in said football game whereby said playlist presents a condensed version of said football game for said viewer on said presentation device.

11. A method for presenting recorded sports broadcasts as set forth in claim 1 wherein said video program stored in said storage device is subdivided into segments each of which is associated with attribute data and wherein each of said plurality of segments identified by said metadata playlist is associated with attributed data having defined characteristics.

12. A method for presenting recorded sports broadcasts as set forth in claim 11 wherein said attribute data identifies persons who participated in that portion of the sports event depicted by each segment, and wherein the attribute data for each of said plurality of segments identified by said playlist identifies a particular person.

13. A method for presenting recorded sports broadcasts as set forth in claim 11 wherein said attribute data identifies one or more categories within which said segments may be classified, and wherein the attribute data for each of said plurality of segments identified by said playlist identifies a specific one of more of said categories.