Viewing and participating at virtualized locations

• US 10,158,685 B1
• Filed: 12/07/2015
• Issued: 12/18/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Equisight LLC
• Original Assignee: Equisight LLC
• Inventors: Hobby, Kenleigh C., Gowing, Brendan, Matt, David P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lim, Krisna
• Application Number:
  US14/961,817
• Time in Patent Office: 1,107 Days
• Field of Search: 709203, 709219, 709223-229, 709250
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/10 Services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/61 for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

In one embodiment of the invention, a system provides virtual presence model in servers. An embodiment of the invention also has video streaming capability and can allow a user to select which video to watch as the large, central video with some statistics and data on side portions of the user interface.

Claims

1. A system for viewing and participating in at least one virtualised location, the system comprising:

a plurality of cameras for generating a 360 degrees streaming video that comprises a virtual perspective and a first person perspective of an event in the at least one virtualised location or a 3-dimensional (3D) camera for generating the 360 degrees streaming video that comprises the virtual perspective and the first person perspective of the event in the at least one virtualised location;

wherein the plurality of cameras is coupled to a headgear or the 3D camera is coupled to the headgear;

wherein the headgear comprises a communications subsystem for wirelessly transmitting the 360 degrees streaming video from the headgear;

a server including a processor that executes software that provides functionalities of a virtual layer;

wherein the server receives the 360 degrees streaming video and the processor processes the 360 degrees streaming video;

wherein the virtual layer stores the 360 degrees streaming video and data transmitted by the communications subsystem that is remote from the server;

wherein the 360 degrees streaming video and the data relate to the event associated with the at least one virtualised location;

wherein the server wirelessly transmits the 360 degrees streaming video and the data to an interface so that the interface displays the 360 degrees streaming video and the data in order to provide a virtual presence perspective of the event;

wherein the virtual layer comprises a first memory area that stores the 360 degrees streaming video and the data and a second memory area that stores identification data that identifies the event associated with the at least one virtualised location;

wherein the interface is included in a first computing device associated with a first virtual attendee who is virtually attending the event associated with the at least one virtualised location;

wherein the server wirelessly transmits the 360 degrees streaming video and the data to a second interface so that the second interface displays the 360 degrees streaming video and the data;

wherein the second interface is included in a second computing device associated with a second virtual attendee who is virtually attending the event associated with the at least one virtualised location; and

wherein the virtual layer comprises a third memory area that stores a first position data indicating a first virtual position of the first computing device of the first virtual attendee and a fourth memory area that stores a second position data indicating a second virtual position of the second computing device of the second virtual attendee;

wherein the virtual layer shares the memory areas such that the first virtual attendee and the second virtual attendee view each other as virtually attending the event associated with the at least one virtualised location and are able to communicate with each other through the virtual layer so that the virtual layer provides virtual presence perspectives of events in a physical world.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the virtual layer permits a replay of at least a highlight of the event.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the data comprises an event data.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the virtual layer permits a participation in more than one event concurrently.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the event is captured by the plurality of cameras in order to provide a coverage of a virtual presence in the event.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the virtual layer permits a discovery of any participant in the event.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the data comprises betting information.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the data comprises a location data on the event.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface displays more than one streaming video.

10. A method for viewing and participating in at least one virtualised location, the method comprising:

generating, by a plurality of cameras, a 360 degrees streaming video that comprises a virtual perspective and a first person perspective of an event in the at least one virtualised location or generating, by a 3-dimensional (3D) camera, the 360 degrees streaming video that comprises the virtual perspective and the first person perspective of the event in the at least one virtualised location;

wherein the plurality of cameras is coupled to a headgear or the 3D camera is coupled to the headgear;

wherein the headgear comprises a communications subsystem;

wirelessly transmitting, by the communications subsystem, the 360 degrees streaming video from the headgear;

executing, by a processor in a server, software that provides functionalities of a virtual layer;

wherein the server receives the 360 degrees streaming video and the processor processes the 360 degrees streaming video;

wherein the virtual layer stores the 360 degrees streaming video and data transmitted by the communications subsystem that is remote from the server;

wherein the 360 degrees streaming video and the data relate to the event associated with the at least one virtualised location;

wirelessly transmitting, by the server, the 360 degrees streaming video and the data to an interface so that the interface displays the 360 degrees streaming video and the data in order to provide a virtual presence perspective of the event;

wherein the virtual layer comprises a first memory area that stores the 360 degrees streaming video and the data and a second memory area that stores identification data that identifies the event associated with the at least one virtualised location;

wherein the interface is included in a first computing device associated with a first virtual attendee who is virtually attending the event associated with the at least one virtualised location;

wherein the server wirelessly transmits the 360 degrees streaming video and the data to a second interface so that the second interface displays the 360 degrees streaming video and the data;

wherein the second interface is included in a second computing device associated with a second virtual attendee who is virtually attending the event associated with the at least one virtualised location; and

wherein the virtual layer comprises a third memory area that stores a first position data indicating a first virtual position of the first computing device of the first virtual attendee and a fourth memory area that stores a second position data indicating a second virtual position of the second computing device of the second virtual attendee;

wherein the virtual layer shares the memory areas such that the first virtual attendee and the second virtual attendee view each other as virtually attending the event associated with the at least one virtualised location and are able to communicate with each other through the virtual layer so that the virtual layer provides virtual presence perspectives of events in a physical world.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

permitting a replay of at least a highlight of the event.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the data comprises an event data.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

permitting a participation in more than one event concurrently.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

capturing the event with the plurality of cameras in order to provide a coverage of a virtual presence in the event.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

permitting a discovery of any participant in the event.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the data comprises betting information.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the data comprises a location data on the event.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein the interface displays more than one streaming video.

19. An article of manufacture, comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions operable to permit an apparatus to perform a method comprising;

generating, by a plurality of cameras, a 360 degrees streaming video that comprises a virtual perspective and a first person perspective of an event in at least one virtualised location or generating, by a 3-dimensional (3D) camera, the 360 degrees streaming video that comprises the virtual perspective and the first person perspective of the event in the at least one virtualised location;

wherein the plurality of cameras is coupled to a headgear or the 3D camera is coupled to the headgear;

wherein the headgear comprises a communications subsystem;

wirelessly transmitting, by the communications subsystem, the 360 degrees streaming video from the headgear;

executing, by a processor in a server, software that provides functionalities of a virtual layer;

wherein the server receives the 360 degrees streaming video and the processor processes the 360 degrees streaming video;

wherein the virtual layer stores the 360 degrees streaming video and data transmitted by the communications subsystem that is remote from the server;

wherein the 360 degrees streaming video and the data relate to the event associated with the at least one virtualised location;

wirelessly transmitting, by the server, the 360 degrees streaming video and the data to an interface so that the interface displays the 360 degrees streaming video and the data in order to provide a virtual presence perspective of the event;

wherein the virtual layer comprises a first memory area that stores the 360 degrees streaming video and the data and a second memory area that stores identification data that identifies the event associated with the at least one virtualised location;

wherein the interface is included in a first computing device associated with a first virtual attendee who is virtually attending the event associated with the at least one virtualised location;

wherein the server wirelessly transmits the 360 degrees streaming video and the data to a second interface so that the second interface displays the 360 degrees streaming video and the data;

wherein the second interface is included in a second computing device associated with a second virtual attendee who is virtually attending the event associated with the at least one virtualised location; and

wherein the virtual layer comprises a third memory area that stores a first position data indicating a first virtual position of the first computing device of the first virtual attendee and a fourth memory area that stores a second position data indicating a second virtual position of the second computing device of the second virtual attendee;

wherein the virtual layer shares the memory areas such that the first virtual attendee and the second virtual attendee view each other as virtually attending the event associated with the at least one virtualised location and are able to communicate with each other through the virtual layer so that the virtual layer provides virtual presence perspectives of events in a physical world.

20. The article of manufacture of claim 19, wherein the interface displays more than one streaming video.