INTERACTIVE SCOREKEEPING AND ANIMATION GENERATION

• US 20140139531A1
• Filed: 09/09/2013
• Published: 05/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Eyezonbaseball, LLC
• Original Assignee: Eyezonbaseball, LLC
• Inventors: Tillman, Kevin M., Gillis, Scot
• Granted Patent: US 9,764,217 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/473
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0669 Score-keepers or score display devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/00 Animation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/40 of characters, e.g. humans, animals or virtual beings
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/20 Perspective computation

Abstract

Techniques for interactive scorekeeping and animation generation are described, including evaluating a play to form an event datum associated with execution of the play, using the event datum to form an event packet, generating an animation using the event packet, the animation being associated with the execution of the play, and presenting the animation on an endpoint.

Claims

1. (canceled)

2. A method, comprising:

receiving at a user interface data associated with a characteristic associated with execution of a play in a game and data associated with a setting associated with an animation sequence;

generating an event packet based on the characteristic associated with the execution of the play, the event packet comprising a first tag associated with a first animation and a second tag associated with a second animation;

generating the animation sequence using the first animation and the second animation, the animation sequence being configured to be modified based on the setting associated with the animation sequence; and

causing presentation of the animation sequence at an endpoint, the animation sequence comprising an avatar representing a player in the game and configured to be displayed using one or more modifiable viewing angles.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

updating a score of the game based on the characteristic associated with the execution of the play; and

causing presentation of the animation sequence and the score at the endpoint.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

determining a result of the play based on the characteristic associated with the execution of the play; and

causing presentation of another animation at the endpoint, the another animation associated with the result of the play.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the setting associated with the animation sequence is associated with a characteristic of the avatar.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the setting associated with the animation sequence is associated with an environmental condition.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein the setting associated with the animation sequence is associated with a team uniform to be displayed on the avatar.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein the setting associated with the animation sequence is associated with a performance level of the avatar.

9. The method of claim 2, wherein the one or more modifiable viewing angles comprise a viewing angle in the third person.

10. The method of claim 2, wherein the one or more modifiable viewing angles comprise a viewing angle in the first person.

11. The method of claim 2, wherein the one or more modifiable viewing angles comprise a bird'"'"'s eye view.

12. A system, comprising:

a memory configured to store data associated with a characteristic associated with execution of a play in a game received from a user interface and to store data associated with a setting associated with an animation sequence received from the user interface; and

a processor configured to generate an event packet based on the characteristic associated with the execution of the play, the event packet comprising a first tag associated with a first animation and a second tag associated with a second animation, to generate the animation sequence using the first animation and the second animation, the animation sequence being configured to be modified based on the setting associated with the animation sequence, and to cause presentation of the animation sequence at an endpoint, the animation sequence comprising an avatar representing a player in the game and configured to be displayed using one or more modifiable viewing angles.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to update a score of the game based on the characteristic associated with the execution of the play, and to cause presentation of the animation sequence and the score at the endpoint.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to determine a result of the play based on the characteristic associated with the execution of the play, and to cause presentation of another animation at the endpoint, the another animation associated with the result of the play.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the setting associated with the animation sequence is associated with a characteristic of the avatar.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the setting associated with the animation sequence is associated with an environmental condition.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein the setting associated with the animation sequence is associated with a team uniform to be displayed on the avatar.

18. The system of claim 12, wherein the setting associated with the animation sequence is associated with a performance level of the avatar.

19. The system of claim 12, wherein the one or more modifiable viewing angles comprise a viewing angle in the third person.

20. The system of claim 12, wherein the one or more modifiable viewing angles comprise a viewing angle in the first person.

21. A computer program product embodied in a computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:

receiving at a user interface data associated with a characteristic associated with execution of a play in a game and data associated with a setting associated with an animation sequence;

generating an event packet based on the characteristic associated with the execution of the play, the event packet comprising a first tag associated with a first animation and a second tag associated with a second animation;

generating the animation sequence using the first animation and the second animation, the animation sequence being configured to be modified based on the setting associated with the animation sequence; and

causing presentation of the animation sequence at an endpoint, the animation sequence comprising an avatar representing a player in the game and configured to be displayed using one or more modifiable viewing angles.