Media play of selected portions of an event

• US 20060047774A1
• Filed: 08/05/2004
• Published: 03/02/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bamtech LLC (The Walt Disney Company)
• Original Assignee: MLB Advanced Media, L.P. (Major League Baseball)
• Inventors: Choti, Joseph Francis, Shaffer, Justin Alexander, Bowman, Robert A., Mann, John Dinn
• Granted Patent: US 8,601,089 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/65 Network streaming protocols, e.g. real-time transport protocol [RTP] or real-time control protocol [RTCP]

Abstract

A system is provided for selectively presenting a portion of an event to a user. The system includes a first device, a second device, and a network allowing communication between the first and the second device. An application at the first device displays a plurality of sub-events that characterize an event; receives an input from a user whereby the user selects a sub-event from the plurality of sub-events; sends a request to a second device, the request comprising information associated with the selected sub-event; receives media data from the second device whereby the media data represents the selected sub-event; and presents the received media data. An application at the second device receives the request from the first device, selects the media data that represents the selected sub-event from a database using the information associated with the selected sub-event, and sends the selected media data to the first device.

Claims

1. A method of selectively presenting a portion of an event to a user, the method comprising:

displaying a plurality of sub-events that characterize an event at a first device whereby a user selects a sub-event from the plurality of sub-events;

sending a request from the first device to a second device, the request comprising information associated with the selected sub-event;

selecting media data at the second device that represents the selected sub-event from a database accessible by the second device using the information;

sending the selected media data from the second device to the first device; and

presenting the selected media data at the first device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the information comprises an event identifier.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the information comprises a sub-event code.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the information comprises a sub-event performer.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein selecting the media data comprises:

identifying a media file using the event identifier; and

identifying a media play time window within the identified media file using the sub-event code.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein selecting the media data comprises:

identifying a media file using the event identifier; and

identifying a media play time window within the identified media file using the sub-event code and the sub-event performer.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of sub-events comprise sub-events of a sporting event.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the sporting event is selected from the group consisting of a golf tournament, a baseball game, a football game, a basketball game, a soccer match, a softball game, and a hockey game.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of sub-events comprise the sub-events of a baseball box score.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of sub-events comprise the sub-events of a golf scorecard.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the sub-event is selected from the group consisting of an at bat, a run, a hit, a run batted in, a base on balls, a strikeout, a left on base, an earned run, a single, a double, a triple, an error, and a home run.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein sending the selected media data comprises streaming the media data.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein sending the selected media data uses a service selected from the group consisting of a multimedia messaging service, a short messaging service, and an e-mail service.

14. A computer program product for selectively presenting a portion of an event to a user, the computer program product comprising:

computer code configured to;

display a plurality of sub-events that characterize an event;

receive an input from a user whereby the user selects a sub-event from the plurality of sub-events;

send a request to a device, the request comprising information associated with the selected sub-event;

receive media data from the device whereby the media data represents the selected sub-event; and

present the received media data.

15. A computer program product for sending a portion of an event to a user, the computer program product comprising:

computer code configured to;

receive a request from a device, wherein the request comprises information associated with a sub-event selected by a user from a plurality of sub-events that characterize an event;

select media data that represents the selected sub-event from a database using the information; and

send the selected media data to the device.

16. A device for selectively presenting a portion of an event to a user, the device comprising:

an application, the application comprising computer code configured to;

display a plurality of sub-events that characterize an event;

receive an input from a user whereby the user selects a sub-event from the plurality of sub-events;

send a request to a second device, the request comprising information associated with the selected sub-event;

receive media data from the second device whereby the media data represents the selected sub-event; and

present the received media data;

a communication interface, the communication interface configured to provide an interface between the application and the second device;

a memory, the memory configured to store the application; and

a processor, the processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the application.

17. A device for sending a portion of an event to a user, the device comprising:

an application, the application comprising computer code configured to;

receive a request from a second device, wherein the request comprises information associated with a sub-event selected by a user from a plurality of sub-events that characterize an event;

select media data that represents the selected sub-event from a database using the information; and

send the selected media data to the second device;

a communication interface, the communication interface configured to provide an interface between the application and the second device;

a memory, the memory configured to store the application; and

a processor, the processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the application.

18. A system for selectively presenting a portion of an event to a user, the system comprising:

a first device, the first device comprising;

a first application, the first application comprising computer code configured to;

display a plurality of sub-events that characterize an event;

receive an input from a user whereby the user selects a sub-event from the plurality of sub-events;

send a request to a second device, the request comprising information associated with the selected sub-event;

receive media data from the second device whereby the media data represents the selected sub-event; and

present the received media data;

a first communication interface, the first communication interface configured to provide an interface between the first application and the second device;

a first memory, the first memory configured to store the first application; and

a first processor, the first processor coupled to the first memory and configured to execute the first application;

the second device comprising;

a second application, the second application comprising computer code configured to;

receive the request from the first device;

select the media data that represents the selected sub-event from a database using the information; and

send the selected media data to the first device;

a second communication interface, the second communication interface configured to provide an interface between the second application and the first device;

a second memory, the second memory configured to store the second application; and

a second processor, the second processor coupled to the second memory and configured to execute the second application; and

a network, wherein the network is configured to allow communication between the first communication interface and the second communication interface.