System And Method For Controlling Sport Event Transducers
First Claim
1. A method for controlling a plurality of sport event transducers that each include a sport team identifier and a presentation element that emits a perceivable output in response to a team event message for the identified sport team, comprising:
- determining when a predetermined team event has occurred that relates to said sport team,in response to the occurrence of such a predetermined team event, encoding in real-time a team event message into an encoded output signal, wherein the team event message includes a team identifier code associated with said sport team, andtransmitting said encoded output signal to a plurality of sport event transducers.
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Abstract
A system and method for controlling a plurality of sport event transducers, each of which includes an output element that can emit a perceivable output in response to an event that relates to a sport team, such as for example by emitting an audio-visual output when a particular football team scores a touchdown. The system remotely controls such transducers in response to sport team events by broadcasting an RF signal carrying team event messages, such as for example by transmitting an FM radio-data broadcast that carries a team event message embedded in the FM signal as RDS data. The sport event transducer receives and decodes such RF broadcast signals. If the transducer receives a team event message that relates to the transducer'"'"'s affiliated team, the transducer'"'"'s output element emits an audio and/or visual output signal in response to the message.
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8 Claims
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1. A method for controlling a plurality of sport event transducers that each include a sport team identifier and a presentation element that emits a perceivable output in response to a team event message for the identified sport team, comprising:
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determining when a predetermined team event has occurred that relates to said sport team, in response to the occurrence of such a predetermined team event, encoding in real-time a team event message into an encoded output signal, wherein the team event message includes a team identifier code associated with said sport team, and transmitting said encoded output signal to a plurality of sport event transducers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for controlling a plurality of sport event transducers that each include a presentation element that emits a perceivable output in response to a team event message for a particular sport team, comprising:
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selecting an open data application group from the radio-broadcast data standard for use in transmitting team event messages, preparing a type 3A group containing a registered application identifier for a sports event transducer application and containing the group type code of the selected open data application, transmitting said type 3A group to notify a plurality of sport event transducers of the selected open data application. receiving real-time data relating to a competition involving the particular sport team, and upon an occurrence of a team event, encoding in real-time a team event message into an encoded output signal, wherein said encoding step encodes said team event message into an FM radio-data signal using the selected open data application group type, and transmitting said encoded output signal to a plurality of sport event transducers. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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