Providing multiple video perspectives of activities through a data network to a remote multimedia server for selective display by remote viewing audiences
First Claim
1. A system for remote viewing of at least one activity from at least two different visual perspectives to a remote audience, said system comprising:
- a server to receive the at least two different visual perspectives of the at least one activity simultaneously captured during the at least one activity as a streaming video signal by a combination of at least one of a plurality of cameras singularly included in each of at least one of a plurality of hand held devices and at least one of a plurality of standalone cameras, all located near the at least one activity;
said server having circuitry to process the streaming video signal into video-related data and record the video-related data in a database associated with said server;
selection means to selectively retrieve said streaming video signal and display said video-related data by at least one of a plurality of remote video display devices authorized to communicate with the server and retrieve streaming video-related data over a data network; and
a registration module to register the at least one of a plurality of remote video display devices and authorize access to said server.
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Abstract
Multiple visual perspectives in video of private and public activities including those in public areas such as entertainment venues captured by cameras located near the activities can be transmitted over data networks to a server where video-related data is processed and recorded for selective display by authorized, remote video display devices (e.g., HDTV, set-top boxes, computers, handheld devices) in wired/wireless communication with the server. Users can be registered and authorized to access the server to provide/access video captured by cameras at activities. Wireless handheld devices can selectively retrieve video-related data captured at activities for server storage and subsequent display by video display devices. Captured video/pictures can be organized in a server based on at least one of: activity title, activity time, activity date, activity place, wireless handheld device location at time of video recording, distance from location of interest. Simultaneous display of multiple videos on a display can be synchronized.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for remote viewing of at least one activity from at least two different visual perspectives to a remote audience, said system comprising:
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a server to receive the at least two different visual perspectives of the at least one activity simultaneously captured during the at least one activity as a streaming video signal by a combination of at least one of a plurality of cameras singularly included in each of at least one of a plurality of hand held devices and at least one of a plurality of standalone cameras, all located near the at least one activity; said server having circuitry to process the streaming video signal into video-related data and record the video-related data in a database associated with said server; selection means to selectively retrieve said streaming video signal and display said video-related data by at least one of a plurality of remote video display devices authorized to communicate with the server and retrieve streaming video-related data over a data network; and a registration module to register the at least one of a plurality of remote video display devices and authorize access to said server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for synchronized remote viewing of at least one of a plurality of activities from at least two of a plurality of visual perspectives to a remote audience, said system comprising:
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a multimedia server including a video synchronization module, wherein said multimedia server comprises circuitry to simultaneously receive at least two visual perspectives captured during the at least one activity as video by a combination of at least one of a plurality of cameras singularly included in each at least one of a plurality of wireless hand held devices and at least one of a plurality of standalone cameras, wherein the combination of the at least one camera and the at least one standalone camera are configured to generate video image tags with time of capture information, and said video synchronization module processes the at least two visual perspectives into video-related data for selective retrieval and synchronized display on at least one of a plurality of remote video display devices comprising at least one of a plurality of hand held device displays; and a video synchronization engine for synchronizing the playing of video of the at least two visual perspectives of the at least one activity on the at least one of the plurality of remote video display devices based on time of capture information related to said video image tags on images. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A method for remote viewing of at least one activity from at least two different visual perspectives to a remote audience, said method comprising:
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receiving via a server, the at least two different visual perspectives of the at least one activity simultaneously captured during the at least one activity as a streaming video signal by a combination of at least one of a plurality of cameras singularly included in each of at least one of a plurality of hand held devices and at least one of a plurality of standalone cameras, all located near the at least one activity; processing the streaming video signal into video-related data and recording the video-related data in a database associated with said server via circuitry associated with said server; selectively retrieving said streaming video signal and displaying said video-related data by at least one of a plurality of remote video display devices authorized to communicate with the server and retrieve streaming video-related data over a data network; and registering via a registration module, the at least one of a plurality of remote video display devices and authorizing access to said serve via a registration module. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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