Mobile device with personalized content

• US 9,160,984 B2
• Filed: 11/29/2012
• Issued: 10/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FanVision Entertainment, LLC
• Original Assignee: FanVision Entertainment, LLC
• Inventors: Pacor, Victor J., O'Byrne, Charles John, Arseneau, Jean, Charette, Alain, Ahuja, Uday
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Thai
• Assistant Examiner(s): YANG, NIEN
• Application Number:
  US13/689,672
• Publication Number:
  US 20140146177A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,048 Days
• Field of Search: 348/157
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 21/252 Processing of multiple end-users' preferences to derive collaborative data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4331 Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6543 for forcing some client operations, e.g. recording remote booting in general G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6587 Control parameters, e.g. trick play commands, viewpoint selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

Methods for automatically buffering and displaying video feeds associated with a live event are described. The video feeds displayed on the mobile device may comprise live video feeds or replays associated with the live event. A replay may comprise a playback of one or more buffered video feeds in a particular sequence and at a particular playback rate. The particular sequence may be determined based on the viewing behavior of the end user of the mobile device and/or the viewing behaviors of one or more other end users using other mobile devices at the live event. In some cases, the replay may comprise a shared replay in which a group of end users attending the live event may interact with each other while sharing a common replay.

Claims

1. A method for automatically displaying video on a mobile device, comprising:

acquiring a plurality of video feeds of a live event as the live event occurs;

buffering one or more video feeds of the plurality of video feeds on the mobile device, the buffering one or more video feeds includes determining a maximum number of video feeds to be buffered concurrently based on a sound volume associated with the live event and concurrently buffering the one or more video feeds on the mobile device;

acquiring viewing information associated with one or more group devices at the live event;

automatically configuring the mobile device to display at least a portion of a first video feed of the plurality of video feeds based on the viewing information; and

displaying on the mobile device the at least a portion of the first video feed.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the automatically configuring the mobile device includes detecting a replay triggering event and determining a replay sequence based on the viewing information in response to the replay triggering event; and

the replay sequence includes the at least a portion of the first video feed.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the one or more group devices include a second mobile device different from the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the viewing information associated with the one or more group devices includes one or more video feed identifications, the one or more video feed identifications include an identification of the first video feed.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining the one or more group devices based on a physical location of each of the one or more group devices at the live event.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

acquiring one or more common interests associated with one or more end users of the one or more group devices and determining the one or more group devices based on the one or more common interests.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a degree of closeness associated with a social graph for one or more end users of the one or more group devices and determining the one or more group devices based on the degree of closeness associated with the social graph.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the buffering one or more video feeds includes buffering the one or more video feeds based on the viewing information.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the buffering one or more video feeds includes determining one or more complementary feed vectors and buffering a first set of video feeds of the one or more video feeds based on the complementary feed vectors.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the buffering one or more video feeds is performed automatically without intervention by an end user of the mobile device; and

the automatically configuring the mobile device to display at least a portion of a first video feed is performed automatically without intervention by the end user of the mobile device.

11. The method of claim 2, wherein:

the detecting a replay triggering event includes acquiring a game clock signal associated with the live event and detecting a pause in the game clock signal.

12. The method of claim 2, wherein:

the determining a replay sequence includes segmenting a replay time frame associated with the replay sequence into one or more time periods and determining a replay video feed for each of the one or more time periods.

13. A mobile device for automatically displaying video associated with a live event, comprising:

a receiver, the receiver configured to receive a plurality of video feeds of the live event as the live event occurs, the receiver configured to receive viewing information associated with one or more group devices at the live event, the one or more group devices include a second computing device different from the mobile device;

one or more processors in communication with the receiver, the one or more processors configured to determine a maximum number of video feeds to be buffered concurrently based on a sound volume associated with the live event, the one or more processors configured to cause the mobile device to concurrently buffer one or more video feeds of the plurality of video feeds based on the maximum number of video feeds to be buffered concurrently, the one or more processors configured to cause the mobile device to display at least a portion of a first video feed of the one or more video feeds based on the viewing information; and

a display in communication with the one or more processors, the display displays the at least a portion of the first video feed.

14. The mobile device of claim 13, wherein:

the one or more processors configured to cause the mobile device to display at least a portion of the first video feed by determining a replay sequence based on the viewing information, the replay sequence includes the at least a portion of the first video feed.

15. The mobile device of claim 13, wherein:

the viewing information associated with the one or more group devices includes one or more video feed identifications, the one or more video feed identifications include an identification of the first video feed.

16. The mobile device of claim 13, wherein:

the one or more processors configured to determine the one or more group devices based on a physical location of each of the one or more group devices at the live event.

17. A method for automatically displaying video on a mobile device, comprising:

acquiring a plurality of video feeds of a live event as the live event occurs;

determining one or more group devices at the live event;

acquiring viewing information associated with the one or more group devices;

buffering one or more video feeds of the plurality of video feeds on the mobile device;

the buffering one or more video feeds includes determining a maximum number of video feeds to be buffered concurrently based on a sound volume associated with the live event;

determining a first video feed of the one or more video feeds based on the viewing information associated with the one or more group devices; and

displaying on the mobile device at least a portion of the first video feed.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein:

the determining one or more group devices includes determining the one or more group devices based on a physical location of each of the one or more group devices at the live event.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein:

the determining a first video feed includes determining a replay sequence based on the viewing information, the replay sequence includes the at least a portion of the first video feed.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein:

the determining a first video feed includes detecting a replay triggering event, the detecting a replay triggering event includes acquiring a game clock signal associated with the live event and detecting a pause in the game clock signal.