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Method of distributing sports entertainment

DC
  • US 8,638,368 B2
  • Filed: 04/04/2013
  • Issued: 01/28/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/10/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for distributing, to at least one individual viewer, video images from a perspective of one or more participants in a sporting event, the system comprising:

  • a first video camera positioned on or adjacent to a first participant of the one or more participants in the sporting event and configured to generate first information regarding video images reflecting the perspective of the first participant of the one or more participants during the sporting event;

    a first transmitter positioned on or adjacent to the first participant and configured to transmit the first information regarding the video images generated by the first video camera during the sporting event; and

    receiving and retransmission equipment configured to receive the first information transmitted from the first transmitter and receive second information transmitted from a second transmitter positioned on or adjacent to a second participant during the sporting event, the receiving and retransmission equipment being further configured to direct the first information and the second information to first and second respective channels of a distribution system during the sporting event, the distribution system enabling remote viewing by the at least one individual viewer on an electronic device;

    wherein the at least one individual viewer is able to select from among the first channel and the second channel of the distribution system during the sporting event and thereby view the video images of the sporting event on the electronic device.

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