System and method for selecting, capturing, and distributing customized event recordings

• US 20020199198A1
• Filed: 06/19/2002
• Published: 12/26/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Eventmicro LLC
• Original Assignee: Dale Stonedahl
• Inventors: Stonedahl, Dale
• Granted Patent: US 7,945,935 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/86
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/10 Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2187 Live feed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/242 Synchronization processes, e.g. processing of PCR [Program Clock References] arrangements for synchronising broadcast or distribution via plural systems in broadcast distribution systems H04H20/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2747 Remote storage of video programs received via the downstream path, e.g. from the server
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4302 Content synchronisation processes, e.g. decoder synchronisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44224 Monitoring of user activity on external systems, e.g. Internet browsing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6543 for forcing some client operations, e.g. recording remote booting in general G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6581 Reference data, e.g. a movie identifier for ordering a movie or a product identifier in a home shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/91 Television signal processing therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17327 with deferred transmission or handling of upstream communications

Abstract

A system that enables an event or moments within an event to be captured and provided in a record that preserves at least some aspects of the participant'"'"'s perspective of the event. In particular, the present invention involves centralized recording of the event in one or more modes including video, audio, and still image recordings and a system that enables a participant (i.e., one who perceives the event) to select portions of the event recording substantially contemporaneously with the event occurrence. A personalized record is made by duplicating the selected portions from the event record. In a particular example, the personalized record is recorded on a digital media such as a compact disc (CD) or digital video disk (DVD) or the like.

Claims

1. A system for recording events comprising:

a centralized recording facility operable to record a feature of the event;

a selection device operable by an individual user, the selection device allowing the user to select segments of the event for personal recording; and

a media production mechanism operable to obtain the user-selected segments, obtain segments of the record corresponding to the selected portions, and produce a derivative recording containing only the user-selected segments.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the event is a live event.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the event is a pre-recorded event.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the selection device comprises a memory operable to log times corresponding to user selections.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the event comprises a plurality of segments, each segment spanning a time period, and user selection of an entire segment comprises selection at a time point anywhere within the time period of a segment.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the feature of the event comprises an audio sequence.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the feature of the event comprises a still image.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein the feature of the event comprises a video sequence.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the centralized recording facility operates independently of the user and user selection device.

10. The system of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of centralized recording facilities operable to record multiple perspectives of the event, wherein the selection device enables a user to select event segments from each of the multiple perspectives irrespective of the user'"'"'s own perspective.

11. The system of claim 1 wherein the user is a participant in the event.

13. The device of claim 12 further comprising means for communicating the user designation to a central recording facility.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising communicating the participant selections to an order processing unit contemporaneously with the event.

16. The method of claim 14 further comprising communicating the participant selections to an order processing unit after the event.

12. A device for obtaining event records comprising:

an interface allowing a user to designate a portion of an event for which a recording is desired; and

a selection record containing an identification of the designated portion of an event such that the a recording of the designated portion can be retrieved using the selection record.

14. A method of producing a personalized recording of portions of an event comprising:

centrally recording the event to create an event record;

obtaining participant selections that identify individual participants and event portions selected by the participants;

synchronizing the selections with the event record; and

duplicating the participant-selected portions from the event record to a personalized recording for the participant and containing the participant selected event portions.

17. An order processing system for production of personalized recordings comprising:

an interface for receiving selection records, where each selection record indicates a portion of an event for which a recording is desired;

synchronization mechanisms for synchronizing the selection records with particular segments of independently recorded content; and

an order generator coupled to receive the selection records and generate production orders suitable for processing by a media production facility to produce a personalized recording containing the particular segments identified by the selection records.