Archiving and viewing sports events via Internet
First Claim
1. A process for self-help video production of events of interest to groups of interested persons at each of a plurality of originating institutions, and of recording or storing, and processing and transmitting on demand the video recorded events to subscribers among said groups of interested persons, the events being produced by respective ones of said originating institutions, and each event being categorized in an identifiable category of events, comprising:
- obtaining a video production of each of said events, by self-help, in-house capturing the event at said originating institution using at least one video camera and at least one microphone, such that the video productions each including at least one video channel and an audio channel;
transmitting said video production to a central digital clearing house, the clearing house having a computer processor for digitally processing each said video production to prepare the video channel and audio channel thereof for digital storage and retransmission, a digital memory arrangement with capacity sufficient for storing a multiplicity of said video productions; and
a web transmitter for transmitting the stored video productions of said events to said subscribers on demand;
converting at said clearing house said video and audio channels of said video productions to a digital format suitable for webcasting, and storing same at storage locations on the associated digital memory arrangement;
the step of converting including editing the content of said video production at said clearing house to render it suitable for transmission to a subscriber;
said clearing house creating a subscriber accessible index of the video productions stored in the memory arrangement at said clearing house, the index having categories including originating institution, type of event, and date of event;
providing to a plurality of subscribers digital access, via a global computer network, to the video recordings of the events as stored on the memory arrangement at said clearing house, including providing each said subscriber access via said global computer network to said index, permitting the subscriber to select one or more categories of said index, and permitting the subscriber to select a desired video production within the selected one or more categories; and
transmitting to said subscriber the selected video production over said global computer network.
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Abstract
Self-help or do-it-yourself productions of collegiate athletic contests are generated by the originating institution, and the recorded production is sent by overnight courier to a central digital clearing house. Alternatively, the production can be live and transmitted as streamlined video data to the clearing house. At the clearing house the contents of the recording are loaded onto a computer processor and the video and audio channels are digitally processing to prepare the program for digital storage and retransmission. The content is stored in a digital memory arrangement with capacity sufficient for storing a multiplicity of these video recordings. A web transmitter processor transmits the video recordings of these events to subscribers on demand over wide-band, high-speed Internet connections. The content may be edited at the clearing house. The clearing house provides a custom video player or viewer for each recorded production. The games or meets can be selected by the subscriber, which are indexed in categories including originating institution, type of event, and date of event. The events may also be webcast live or near-real-time, as well as archived.
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18 Claims
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1. A process for self-help video production of events of interest to groups of interested persons at each of a plurality of originating institutions, and of recording or storing, and processing and transmitting on demand the video recorded events to subscribers among said groups of interested persons, the events being produced by respective ones of said originating institutions, and each event being categorized in an identifiable category of events, comprising:
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obtaining a video production of each of said events, by self-help, in-house capturing the event at said originating institution using at least one video camera and at least one microphone, such that the video productions each including at least one video channel and an audio channel;
transmitting said video production to a central digital clearing house, the clearing house having a computer processor for digitally processing each said video production to prepare the video channel and audio channel thereof for digital storage and retransmission, a digital memory arrangement with capacity sufficient for storing a multiplicity of said video productions; and
a web transmitter for transmitting the stored video productions of said events to said subscribers on demand;
converting at said clearing house said video and audio channels of said video productions to a digital format suitable for webcasting, and storing same at storage locations on the associated digital memory arrangement;
the step of converting including editing the content of said video production at said clearing house to render it suitable for transmission to a subscriber;
said clearing house creating a subscriber accessible index of the video productions stored in the memory arrangement at said clearing house, the index having categories including originating institution, type of event, and date of event;
providing to a plurality of subscribers digital access, via a global computer network, to the video recordings of the events as stored on the memory arrangement at said clearing house, including providing each said subscriber access via said global computer network to said index, permitting the subscriber to select one or more categories of said index, and permitting the subscriber to select a desired video production within the selected one or more categories; and
transmitting to said subscriber the selected video production over said global computer network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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