System and Method For Live Video Feed

• US 20190110085A1
• Filed: 05/30/2018
• Published: 04/11/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bamtech LLC (The Walt Disney Company)
• Original Assignee: Bamtech LLC (The Walt Disney Company)
• Inventors: EVANS, Chad, RESTIVO, Matthew
• Granted Patent: US 11,509,942 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2187 Live feed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2541 Rights Management protecting software against unauthorised usage in a vending or licensing environment G06F21/10; security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44213 Monitoring of end-user related data arrangements for monitoring the users' behaviour or opinions in broadcast systems H04H60/33
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4882 for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64322 IP
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/658 Transmission by the client directed to the server

Abstract

A server, system, and method generate a live video feed. The method is performed at a server connected to a computer network. The method includes receiving an indication of a predetermined type of action during a live event. The method includes generating a first video feed associated with the predetermined type of action, the first video feed being distinct from a broadcast feed of the live event. The method includes identifying a user device that is to receive the first video feed based on predetermined rules. The method includes determining whether the user device is prepared to receive the first video feed. When the user device is prepared, the method includes transmitting the first video feed to the user device for an automatically playback on the user device to display a video of the predetermined type of action currently occurring during the live event.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

at a server connected to a computer network;

receiving an indication of a predetermined type of action during a live event;

generating a first video feed associated with the predetermined type of action, the first video feed being distinct from a broadcast feed of the live event;

identifying a user device that is to receive the first video feed based on predetermined rules;

determining whether the user device is prepared to receive the first video feed; and

when the user device is prepared, transmitting the first video feed to the user device for an automatically playback on the user device to display a video of the predetermined type of action currently occurring during the live event.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first video feed has a predefined, finite duration.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the predefined, finite duration is based on one of a server system clock, a game clock tracking the live event, or a length corresponding to the predetermined type of action.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the predefined, finite duration is defined by an entity owning rights to the live event.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request to view the broadcast feed,

indicating that the user device has requested to switch to the broadcast feed.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

verifying that one of the user device or a user using the user device is entitled to view the broadcast feed.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the user device is prepared when one of the user device is not currently playing a video, the user device has a particular application launched thereon, or a combination thereof.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

transmitting a status request to the user device to identify one of whether the user device is currently playing a video, whether the user device has a particular application launched thereon, or a combination thereof; and

receiving a response to the status request from the user device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein, when the user device is unprepared to receive the first video feed, transmitting a message to be presented on the user device indicating that the predetermined type of action is occurring in the live event without displaying the first video feed.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving user information indicative of a preference to receive the first video feed based on the predetermined rules.

11. A server, comprising:

a transceiver configured to establish a connection to a computer network that a user device is connected, the transceiver receiving an indication of a predetermined type of action during a live event; and

a processor generating a first video feed associated with the predetermined type of action, the first video feed being distinct from a broadcast feed of the live event, the processor identifying a user device that is to receive the first video feed based on predetermined rules, the processor determining whether the user device is prepared to receive the first video feed,

wherein, when the user device is prepared, the transceiver transmits the first video feed to the user device for an automatically playback on the user device to display a video of the predetermined type of action currently occurring during the live event.

12. The server of claim 11, wherein the first video feed has a predefined, finite duration.

13. The server of claim 12, wherein the predefined, finite duration is based on one of a server system clock, a game clock tracking the live event, or a length corresponding to the predetermined type of action.

14. The server of claim 12, wherein the predefined, finite duration is defined by an entity owning rights to the live event.

15. The server of claim 11, wherein the transceiver receives a request to view the broadcast feed, and wherein the processor generating an indication that the user device has requested to switch to the broadcast feed.

16. The server of claim 15, wherein the processor verifies that one of the user device or a user using the user device is entitled to view the broadcast feed.

17. The server of claim 11, wherein the user device is prepared when one of the user device is not currently playing a video, the user device has a particular application launched thereon, or a combination thereof.

18. The server of claim 17, wherein the transceiver transmits a status request to the user device to identify one of whether the user device is currently playing a video, whether the user device has a particular application launched thereon, or a combination thereof, and wherein the transceiver receives a response to the status request from the user device.

19. The server of claim 18, wherein, when the user device is unprepared to receive the first video feed, the transceiver transmits a message to be presented on the user device indicating that the predetermined type of action is occurring in the live event without displaying the first video feed.

20. A system, comprising:

an in-venue computing system configured to capture information associated with a live event and generate an indication that a predetermined type of action has occurred during the live event; and

a server receiving the indication, the server generating a first video feed associated with the predetermined type of action, the first video feed being distinct from a broadcast feed of the live event, the server identifying a user device that is to receive the first video feed based on predetermined rules, the server determining whether the user device is prepared to receive the first video feed, when the user device is prepared, the server transmitting the first video feed to the user device for an automatically playback on the user device to display a video of the predetermined type of action currently occurring during the live event.