AUDIO/VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A method for providing video content related to an entertainment event to a user, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of handheld devices having memory, programmable portable receivers and portable displays to users;
formatting a plurality of video signals related to the entertainment event into video content, said video signals being produced by different cameras located at the entertainment event;
transmitting said video content wirelessly from a wireless transmitter of a communications network over a broadcast area encompassing at least a portion of the event, to said portable receivers located within the broadcast area, wherein the formatting is done in a manner that allow users to select, at the corresponding individual portable receiver, from said video content, and to display, via the corresponding individual portable display, an image defined by said video content selected by the individual corresponding user; and
programming the receivers to at least one frequency range associated with the communications network.
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Abstract
The preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a system and method for programming and/or charging one or more audio/video devices such that the audio/video devices will be programmed and charged to receive transmitted audio and video signals associated with an event, allowing a user to use the audio/video device to observe the sights and sounds of the event. A preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a cart with a docking port for each of a plurality of personal audio/video devices, a charger configured to charge the power source of each personal audio/video display device, and programming logic configured to program each of the personal audio/video devices.
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34 Claims
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1. A method for providing video content related to an entertainment event to a user, the method comprising:
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providing a plurality of handheld devices having memory, programmable portable receivers and portable displays to users; formatting a plurality of video signals related to the entertainment event into video content, said video signals being produced by different cameras located at the entertainment event;
transmitting said video content wirelessly from a wireless transmitter of a communications network over a broadcast area encompassing at least a portion of the event, to said portable receivers located within the broadcast area, wherein the formatting is done in a manner that allow users to select, at the corresponding individual portable receiver, from said video content, and to display, via the corresponding individual portable display, an image defined by said video content selected by the individual corresponding user; andprogramming the receivers to at least one frequency range associated with the communications network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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11. A programmable portable wireless handheld device to receive video content related to an entertainment event, the portable wireless handheld device comprising:
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memory to store programming information; a programmable receiver configured to receive video content transmitted wirelessly from a communications network, the network having at least one wireless transmitter with a broadcast area encompassing at least a portion of the entertainment event, said video content including video signals being produced by at a plurality of cameras at said event; a display configured to display images based on said video signals; and a user interface for selecting from said video content for viewing by a user on said display, wherein said receiver is programmed, based on the programming information stored in the memory, to at least one frequency range associated with the communications network that carries said video content. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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31. A method for providing video content related to an entertainment event to a plurality of portable handheld devices having memory, a receiver, a user interface and a display, the method comprising:
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wirelessly transmitting video content, that is associated with the entertainment event, from at least one wireless transmitter within a communications network over a broadcast area encompassing at least a portion of the event; configuring the user interfaces of the portable devices to receive user inputs indicating individual user selections regarding the video content that the individual users want to watch on the corresponding one of the handheld devices; programming the receivers of the handheld devices to at least one frequency range associated with the wireless transmitter of the communications network in order to receive the video content, the receivers being programmed to the corresponding at least one frequency range based on programming information stored in the memory in the corresponding portable handheld device; configuring the receivers to be reprogrammable to at least one alternative frequency range by changing the programming information stored in the corresponding memory; and programming signal processing logic within the portable handheld devices to format and display the video content selected by the individual user selections. - View Dependent Claims (34)
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32. A programmable portable wireless handheld device to receive video content related to an entertainment event, the device comprising:
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memory to store programming information; a programmable receiver configured to receive video content, that is associated with the entertainment event, from a communications network, the network having at least one wireless transmitter with a broadcast area encompassing at least a portion of the entertainment event; a display configured to display images based on the video content; a user interface for selecting from the video content for viewing by a user on the display; and signal processing logic to condition the video content to be compatible with the display based on the programming information received by the receiver and stored in the memory. - View Dependent Claims (33)
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