Unique production forum

• US 7,707,616 B2
• Filed: 08/09/2006
• Issued: 04/27/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Runway Blue, LLC (Sundesa LLC)
• Original Assignee: Runway Blue, LLC (Sundesa LLC)
• Inventors: Doffing, Jp, Volker, Paul, Ryan, Mary, Emkovik, Scott
• Primary Examiner(s): Hirl; Joseph P
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, AN V
• Application Number:
  US11/463,336
• Publication Number:
  US 20080046957A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,357 Days
• Field of Search: 725/58, 725/133, 725/134, 725/142, 725/86, 725/88, 725/90, 725/102, 705/10
• US Class Current: 725/142
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/854 Content authoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/222 Studio circuitry; Studio devices; Studio equipment cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors, or control thereof H04N23/00

Abstract

A method of producing an audio/video format recording in a venue includes correlating multiple unique viewing position in the venue to viewers. An event is then recorded the venue that viewers are attending. Multiple custom versions of recordings or productions are created corresponding to the viewers. Such custom versions are then made available to corresponding viewers.

Claims

1. A method of producing an audio/video format recording in a venue, the method comprising:

correlating a unique viewing position in the venue to a viewer;

recording an event in the venue that viewer is attending;

creating a custom production of the event corresponding to the viewer; and

making such custom production available to the corresponding viewer, wherein the viewing position is correlated to the viewer by unique identifier and wherein the unique identifier corresponds to a purchased ticket for a predetermined seat in the venue.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the custom production corresponding to the viewer comprises content that includes a view proximate the seat corresponding to the unique identifier.

3. A method of producing an audio/video format recording in a venue, the method comprising:

correlating a unique viewing position in the venue to a viewer;

recording an event in the venue that viewer is attending;

creating a custom production of the event corresponding to the viewer; and

making such custom production available to the corresponding viewer, wherein making the custom production available to the corresponding viewer includes allowing the viewer to access such custom production via a network and the unique identifier corresponding to the viewing position.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein viewer may purchase the custom production corresponding to the unique identifiers.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein the unique identifier identifies a location of the viewer within the venue.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the unique identifier comprises information selected from the group consisting of seat location, RFID, and facial recognition information.

7. The method of claim 5 wherein the unique identifier comprises information that allows tracking the location of a mobile viewer in the venue.

8. The method of claim 3 wherein the venue includes a stage and seating area.

9. The method of claim 3 wherein selected custom production is published to a viewer network account.

10. A method of creating unique productions of events, the method comprising:

identifying locations of selected viewers during performance of the event;

recording the event with multiple recording devices, wherein at least one of the recording devices records footage of at least a part of the event as a function of at least one identified location; and

creating at least one production of the event that includes the recorded footage of at least a part of the event as a function of the at least one identified location, wherein multiple unique productions of the event are created for multiple selected viewers.

11. A method of creating unique productions of events, the method comprising:

identifying locations of selected viewers during performance of the event;

recording the event with multiple recording devices, wherein at least one of the recording devices records footage of at least a part of the event as a function of at least one identified location; and

creating at least one production of the event that includes the recorded footage of at least a part of the event as a function of the at least one identified location, wherein the footage recorded as a function of the at least one identified viewer includes video of the location of the viewer such that the production is customized for that viewer.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the locations are identified by seats corresponding to a ticket used by selected viewers.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the locations are identified by devices carried by selected viewers.

14. The method of claim 11 and further comprising creating a master production without footage recorded as a function of the at least one identified viewer.

15. The method of claim 11 wherein the footage recorded as a function of the at least one identified viewer includes video that complements the view from the location of the viewer.