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Interactive viewing of sports video

  • US 9,432,629 B2
  • Filed: 08/18/2009
  • Issued: 08/30/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing interactive viewing of a sporting event, comprising:

  • accessing a plurality of video streams of the sporting event, including a primary video stream and at least one secondary video stream;

    accessing metadata corresponding to the primary video stream and the at least one secondary video stream, wherein the metadata identifies time points in the plurality of video streams; and

    using the primary video stream, the at least one secondary video stream, and the metadata to provide interactive viewing of the sporting event;

    wherein providing interactive viewing of the sporting event comprises;

    providing a sport definition file that specifies an organization for a particular sport via a plurality of play period definitions, wherein each play period definition comprises a name field that indicates a name of a play period and a navigation field that indicates whether the play period can be used for navigation; and

    using the sport definition file to specialize a user interface of player software that presents the sporting event to a viewer.

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