System and Method for Inserting and Enhancing Messages Displayed to a User When Viewing a Venue

• US 20120306907A1
• Filed: 06/03/2011
• Published: 12/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Spatial Reality LLC
• Original Assignee: Spatial Reality LLC
• Inventors: Huston, Charles D.
• Application Number:
  US13/152,476
• Publication Number:
  US 20120306907A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/619
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/20 in augmented reality scenes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A system and method for viewing artificial reality messages, such as at an event at a venue, where the messages are geo-referenced, artificial reality words or symbols and enhanced for greater comprehension or relevancy to the user. Typically, the messages are geo-referenced to a moving participant or to a fixed location at the venue. Using the spectator'"'"'s chosen location as the viewing origin, an artificial reality message or product is inserted into the spectator'"'"'s perspective view of the venue. The enhancement involves changing the content for context, or changing the perspective, orientation, size, background, font, or lighting for comprehension.

Claims

1. A method for viewing messages at an venue, comprising:

determining a position of one or more participants at the venue;

transmitting said position of a participant;

equipping a spectator with a computer having a graphics display;

communicating said participant position to said spectator;

viewing on the graphics display said participant position at the venue in a perspective view; and

inserting an artificial reality message into the perspective view of the venue, wherein the message presentation is enhanced when the perspective view changes at the venue from a first view to a second view.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the view changes as the position of the participant changes.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the view changes as the view origin changes.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the enhanced view is a change of perspective, orientation, size, background, font, or lighting.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the content of said message is based on context.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the context is based on personal data of said spectator.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the context is based on the demographics of likely spectators viewing said venue.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the message is geo-referenced to a participant and the orientation of the message relative to the spectator'"'"'s location changes as the participant'"'"'s position changes.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the message is geo-referenced to a location at the venue and the message is enhanced relative to the spectator'"'"'s location.

10. A system for displaying messages to a spectator at a venue, comprising:

a positioning system for dynamically determining the position of participants at the venue;

a radio network for transmitting the position of said participants as they change;

a server which receives said transmitted participant positions;

a spectator device operable to receive said participant positions from said server;

said spectator device having a graphics display and operable by the spectator to select a spectator viewing location proximate to said venue for viewing said venue in a perspective view from said spectator viewing location; and

wherein a geo-referenced, artificial reality message is inserted into said perspective view and said message is enhanced.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein said message is geo-referenced to a participant of said venue.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein said message is geo-referenced relative to a static location at said venue.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein said spectator is in attendance at said venue and spectator viewing location is the GPS position of said spectator device.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the enhanced view is a change of the background, perspective, orientation, size, font, or lighting.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the content of said message is based on context.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the context relates to personal data particular to said spectator.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the context relates to the demographics of likely spectators to an event at said venue.

18. The system of claim 10, wherein the background of said perspective view is a virtual reality depiction of said venue.

19. The system of claim 10, wherein the background of said perspective view is a digital photo of the venue taken with a camera in said spectator device.

20. The system of claim 10, wherein the background of said perspective view is a digital photo of the venue retrieved from a memory in said spectator device.

21. A method for a spectator viewing a venue, comprising:

determining the position of said spectator at said venue;

receiving the position of a participant at said venue;

viewing on a graphics display, accompanying the spectator, a perspective view from said spectator position and viewing the participant position;

viewing a message geo-referenced at said venue, wherein said message is enhanced in said perspective view.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein said message is geo-referenced relative to the venue.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein said message is geo-referenced relative to a participant at said venue.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the orientation of said message relative to said spectator position changes as the participant position changes.

25. The method of claim 21, wherein the enhanced view is a change in perspective relative to said spectator position.

26. The method of claim 21, wherein the enhanced view is a change in orientation relative to said spectator position.

27. The method of claim 21, wherein the message content changes based on spectator context.

28. The method of claim 21, further comprising inserting an image of a product into said perspective view.