System and method for viewing videos and statistics of sports events

• US 9,202,526 B2
• Filed: 10/25/2012
• Issued: 12/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sstatzz Oy
• Original Assignee: Sstatzz Oy
• Inventors: Hohteri, Harri, Weigh, Gavin
• Primary Examiner(s): Shih, Haoshian
• Application Number:
  US13/660,247
• Publication Number:
  US 20130305156A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,132 Days
• Field of Search: 715/719, 715/723, 348/157, 386/241, 386/278, 707/752
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/188 Capturing isolated or intermittent images triggered by the occurrence of a predetermined event, e.g. an object reaching a predetermined position signal generation from motion picture films H04N5/253

Abstract

A portable computing device for enabling user to view video content of sports activity such as basketball or ice hockey. The computing device is configured to receive video content, video clips, statistics of the game as well as spatial position data of players and position data of for example a ball used in the game as functions of time. Spectators can use the portable computing device to view spatial position of the players and the ball at given time of the game or view spatial position of the players and/or the ball based on set filters by the user. User can for example select to see spatial position of players in at the times when the team scored or according to other statistics. The user/spectator can use the user interface to select an icon of a player to see corresponding video clip of actions in the sports field.

Claims

1. A computing device having a display device associated therewith, comprising:

an application program window presented on the display device, the application window being generated by an application program operating on the computing device, the application program window concurrently including at least a first sub-window and a second sub-window displayed on the display device associated with the computing device;

wherein the first sub-window displays first content received by the application program from a server over a network, the first content comprising a display element representing a playing area and includes one or more selectable player elements representing positions of players on the playing area at a point in time;

the first sub-window having one or more filter buttons for pre-selected scoring activities and for graphically displaying in the playing area, positions of only those player elements associated with a selected scoring activity and player success or failure indications at each displayed position; and

wherein the second sub-window displays second content received from the server over the network upon selecting at least one of the displayed player elements associated with the selected scoring activity, the second content comprising a selectable link to a video content corresponding to the selected player element performing the selected scoring activity.

2. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the display element of the playing area corresponds to an activity involving one or more players.

3. The computing device of claim 2, wherein the activity is a sport activity.

4. The computing device of claim 2, wherein multiple player elements are presented on the display element relative to a point in time.

5. The computing device of claim 4, wherein each player element is presented on the display element relative to their position on the playing area at the point in time.

6. The computing device of claim 5, wherein the display element continuously tracks and presents a position of each player on the playing area relative to time.

7. The computing device of claim 5, wherein the display element is configured to present a relative movement of each player on the playing area relative to time.

8. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the display element includes multiple player elements, each player element being uniquely identified.

9. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the first content includes at least one playing field demarcation element representing an area on the playing area;

and each player element is presented relative to the at least one playing field demarcation element.

10. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the success or failure indications are determined by a rule associated with the selected scoring activity.

11. The computing device of claim 10, wherein the rule corresponds to an action on the playing area by one or more players.

12. The computing device of claim 1, wherein selection of one of the one or more filter buttons relocates each player position element to a position on the playing area corresponding to a rule associated with the selected filter button.

13. The computing device of claim 1, wherein selection of one of the one or more filter buttons reshapes each player filter element that pertains to a rule associated with the selected filter button.

14. The computing device of claim 1, wherein selection of one of the one or more filter elements applies a rule to a recorded video content of the selected scoring activity, and a position of each player element pertaining to the rule at different points in time of the selected scoring activity are presented on the display device.

15. The computing device of claim 10, wherein selection of one of the one or more filter buttons causes:

the first content to present only those player elements on the display device pertaining to the rule;

the second content to present links to video content for the player elements pertaining to the rule; and

wherein selection of one of the player elements pertaining to the rule causes the display device to present the corresponding video content on the display device.

16. The computing device of claim 1, wherein multiple player elements are presented on the display device and the second content comprises multiple links to video content, each link corresponding to a specific player at a specific point in time.

17. The computing device of claim 16, wherein selection of a player element presents a video content from the second content on the display device, the video content pertaining to the player corresponding to the selected player element.

18. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the first content includes a game playing element, the game playing element being positioned on the display element relative to a position on the playing field at a point in time.

19. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the computing device comprises an electronic pad device, an electronic tablet device, a computer, a smart phone, an electronic organizer, a personal digital assistant, a portable terminal or a mobile communication device.