GPS based spectator and participant sport system and method
First Claim
1. A system for observing a live sporting event by a user in approximately real time comprising:
- an internet connected server operable for communicating a plurality of sport participants'"'"' positions and information at the sporting event;
a portable internet device having a graphics display accompanying the user and coupled to the server for receiving participant positions and information, operable to overlay augmented reality information on a perspective view on said graphics display of at least a portion of said live sporting event, and said graphics display being selectable by the user to display different views of the sporting event, wherein the user can observe the live event in approximately real time and can select the position of the source of said perspective view and the target of the perspective view, and the perspective view is not an overhead plan view, and wherein the augmented reality information relates to the event; and
wherein the device is operable to authenticate with the server and the server communicates participant positions and information to the authenticated portable internet device based at least in part on the user selected source or target.
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Abstract
A spectator sport system and method that displays different views of a sporting event and, in particular, uses a position selected by the spectator to assist in displaying a view from the selected position. The spectator, using an internet device, can zoom, pan, tilt and change the view, as well as change the view to another position, such as a finish line, goal, or a participant position (e.g. Driver of car #3 or Tiger Wood'"'"'s position). The starting position can be specified, as well as the target position or orientation from the starting position. Vital information on the sporting event or a participant can be appended to the view. In some forms, augmented reality or any geographic referenced datasets can be used and combined, such as 3D imagery or 3D renderings, to enhance the experience.
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28 Claims
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1. A system for observing a live sporting event by a user in approximately real time comprising:
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an internet connected server operable for communicating a plurality of sport participants'"'"' positions and information at the sporting event; a portable internet device having a graphics display accompanying the user and coupled to the server for receiving participant positions and information, operable to overlay augmented reality information on a perspective view on said graphics display of at least a portion of said live sporting event, and said graphics display being selectable by the user to display different views of the sporting event, wherein the user can observe the live event in approximately real time and can select the position of the source of said perspective view and the target of the perspective view, and the perspective view is not an overhead plan view, and wherein the augmented reality information relates to the event; and wherein the device is operable to authenticate with the server and the server communicates participant positions and information to the authenticated portable internet device based at least in part on the user selected source or target. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 28)
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9. A method for observing a live sporting event in approximately real time comprising:
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determining multiple positions of a moving participant at the venue of the live sporting event; transmitting the determined positions of said participant in approximately real time to a server; authenticating with the server one or more portable devices accompanying one or more spectators remote from the venue, each spectator'"'"'s portable device having a graphics display operable to overlay augmented reality information on a perspective view of the event, and to select different views and communicate the selected view, wherein each view comprises a source location and a target location; communicating participant positions from said server to an authenticated spectator'"'"'s portable device based at least in part on the selected source or target; and viewing on the graphics display of the portable device in approximately real time a depiction of said moving participant positions on said perspective view at said venue, augmented reality information related to said event, whereby the spectator can selectively change said perspective view, and said perspective view is not an overhead plan view. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 24, 25)
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14. A method of viewing a live sporting event by a spectator in approximately real time comprising:
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specifying a first source position for viewing the event, and said first source position is not an overhead plan view; authenticating a spectator device with a server to receive participant positions; transmitting the position of one or more participants at said sporting event to said server and communicating said participant positions to said authenticated spectator device in approximately real time; specifying a first target position; rendering on said authenticated spectator device having a graphics display a graphical depiction of said one or more participant positions at said sporting event, and including augmented reality information on a perspective view on said display of at least a portion of said sporting event; viewing the graphical depiction in approximately real time in a first perspective view from said first source position to said first target position; and selectively changing the first view of said graphical depiction on said spectator device from said first view to another view, wherein each view comprises a source position and target position. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 26, 27)
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