System and method for providing event spectators with audio/video signals pertaining to remote events
First Claim
1. A system for providing entertainment event content to a portable device, the system configured to communicate with at least one facility that receives video signals defining event content associated with multiple entertainment events of a similar type, the system comprising:
- multiple antenna located to service different coverage areas that are located remotely from one another;
a control unit configured to receive an input indicative of a viewing preference of a first user, the first user located in a first coverage area of a first antenna from the multiple antenna, the viewing preference indicating that the user desires to access a remote entertainment event, the remote entertainment event being remote from the first user and the first coverage area;
the control unit configured to designate the first antenna to receive the video signal associated with the remote entertainment event indicated by the viewing preference; and
a router capable of routing a first video signal, associated with the remote entertainment event, to the first antenna;
the first antenna configured to wirelessly transmit first video signal to at least a first portable device within a corresponding first coverage area, the first video signal configured to allow the user to view the event content on the first portable device; and
an access control unit configured to provide conditional access to the video signals such that only authorized portable devices are permitted to display the video event content.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing content for access by a portable device at an event are provided. The system includes an interface to receive signals from a plurality of sources. The plurality of sources are located at an event and remote from the event. The signals define event content and non-event content. The system further includes a processor for processing the received signals to generate combined signals based upon the received signals from the plurality of sources. The system also includes a transmitter for transmitting to a plurality of portable devices at the event the combined signals. The combined signals are configured to allow a user to select content using the portable device receiving the combined signals.
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64 Claims
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1. A system for providing entertainment event content to a portable device, the system configured to communicate with at least one facility that receives video signals defining event content associated with multiple entertainment events of a similar type, the system comprising:
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multiple antenna located to service different coverage areas that are located remotely from one another; a control unit configured to receive an input indicative of a viewing preference of a first user, the first user located in a first coverage area of a first antenna from the multiple antenna, the viewing preference indicating that the user desires to access a remote entertainment event, the remote entertainment event being remote from the first user and the first coverage area; the control unit configured to designate the first antenna to receive the video signal associated with the remote entertainment event indicated by the viewing preference; and a router capable of routing a first video signal, associated with the remote entertainment event, to the first antenna; the first antenna configured to wirelessly transmit first video signal to at least a first portable device within a corresponding first coverage area, the first video signal configured to allow the user to view the event content on the first portable device; and an access control unit configured to provide conditional access to the video signals such that only authorized portable devices are permitted to display the video event content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for routing entertainment event content to a portable device from a system that receives video signals defining event content associated with multiple entertainment events of a similar type, the method comprising:
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connecting to multiple antenna located to service different coverage areas that are located remotely from one another; receiving an input indicative of a viewing preference of a first user located in a first coverage area of a first antenna from the multiple antenna, the viewing preference indicating that the user desires to access a remote entertainment event, the remote entertainment event occurring at a location that is remote from the first user and the first coverage area; designating the first antenna to receive the video signal associated with the remote entertainment event indicated by the viewing preference; and routing a first video signal, associated with the remote entertainment event, to the first antenna; providing conditional access to the video signal such that only authorized portable devices are permitted to display the event content; wirelessly transmitting, from the first antenna, the video signal to at least a first portable device within the coverage area of the first antenna; and configuring the video signal to allow a user of the first portable device to view the event content on the first portable device. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A system for providing entertainment event content to a portable device, the system comprising:
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inputs configured to receive video signals defining event content associated with multiple entertainment events of a similar type; a processor configured to receive inputs indicative of viewing preferences of users indicating which of the remote entertainments the users desire to view; multiple antenna located to service different coverage areas that are located remotely from one another, the multiple antenna including at least a first antenna configured to wirelessly transmit a first video signal to at least a first portable device within a corresponding coverage area for a first user to view the corresponding event content on the first portable device; an access control unit configured to provide conditional access to the video signal such that only authorized portable devices are permitted to display the video event content; a control unit configured to designate which of the multiple antenna represents the first antenna to receive the first video signal; and a router capable of routing the first video signal to the first antenna that was designated to receive the first video signal. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A method for providing entertainment event content to a portable device, the method comprising:
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receiving video signals defining video event content associated with multiple entertainment events of a similar type; receiving inputs indicative of viewing preferences of users indicating which of the remote entertainments the users desire to view; connecting to a system having multiple antenna located to service different coverage areas that are located remotely from one another; providing conditional access to the video signal such that only authorized portable devices are permitted to display the video event content; designating which of the antenna are to receive the video signals based on the viewing preferences; routing the video signals to one or more of the corresponding antenna that are designated to receive the video signals; and wirelessly transmitting, from the designated antenna, a first video signal to at least a first portable device. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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