System and method for listening to teams in a race event

• US 8,127,037 B2
• Filed: 01/08/2007
• Issued: 02/28/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: TAGI Ventures, LLC
• Original Assignee: Steven M. Koehler
• Inventors: Koehler, Steven M., Moe, Eric K.
• Primary Examiner(s): STRANGE, AARON N
• Application Number:
  US11/620,967
• Publication Number:
  US 20070111769A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,877 Days
• Field of Search: 709/231, 463/40
• US Class Current: 709/231
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/04 from field pickup units [FPU]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1822 Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4038 with floor control
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/65 Network streaming protocols, e.g. real-time transport protocol [RTP] or real-time control protocol [RTCP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/56 Arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities video conference systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/566 relating to a participants right to speak arrangements for multi-party communication with floor control, e.g. for conferences, H04L65/4038, H04L65/4046, H04L65/4053
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/21805 enabling multiple viewpoints, e.g. using a plurality of cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2187 Live feed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/233 Processing of audio elementary streams monitoring, identification or recognition of audio in broadcast systems H04H60/58
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/439 Processing of audio elementary streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4852 for modifying audio parameters, e.g. switching between mono and stereo
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4854 for modifying image parameters, e.g. image brightness, contrast
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8106 involving special audio data, e.g. different tracks for different languages

Abstract

A computer-implemented method and system allows a remote computer user to listen to teams in a race event. The method includes receiving audio signals from a plurality of audio sources at the race event; transmitting at least some of the audio signals to a remote computer; and filtering the audio signals as a function of the source of at least some of the audio signals so that at least some of the audio signals are not played by the remote computer and heard by the user.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method to allow a computer user to listen to teams in a race event, the method comprising:

receiving audio signals from a plurality of audio sources at the race event;

assigning different priority values to at least two different audio sources to be heard; and

playing the audio signals as a function of the priority values to the user with a computer, wherein playing includes playing audio signals as a function of a position of a team in the race.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein playing includes playing audio from a first audio source over a first speaker and playing audio from a second audio source over a second speaker.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein playing includes filtering the audio signals as a function of priority values, wherein the filtering is performed by the computer.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 and further comprising visually identifying to the user a team being heard over a speaker.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 wherein playing includes playing audio signals as a function of whether a team member has been selected.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 and further comprising storing information indicative of priority values or selected team members at the computer.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 and further comprising storing information indicative of priority values or selected team members at a server remote from the computer, the server receiving the audio signals.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 and further comprising:

transmitting at least some of the audio signals to the computer via a network.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 wherein a server receives the audio signals from the race event and filters the audio signals as a function of priority values.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein assigning includes assigning a priority value for audio signals from teams as a function of position in the race.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein a number of teams that are played as a function of position is selectable.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 and further comprising:

storing audio signals from one of the teams when at least two teams are simultaneously communicating.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12 and further comprising:

displaying an identifier indicating that audio signals for a corresponding team are stored.