Method of distributing sports entertainment
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Abstract
A method for distributing sports entertainment includes the step of providing a plurality of video cameras positioned on vehicles or athletes that are participating in sporting events, transmitters for transmitting information from the plurality of cameras to a processing station, retransmission equipment for directing the camera feed from each of the plurality of cameras to separate channels for distribution and remote viewing at viewers'"'"' locations, and channel selectors that permit viewers to select from among the various channels, thereby allowing the viewers to select from the plurality of camera feeds. The cameras are simultaneously operated during the sporting event so as to generate a plurality of camera feeds during the event, each feed reflecting the perspective of an individual participant. The plurality of feeds is received by the retransmission equipment and retransmitted to selectable channels, each channel being associated with a respective camera feed. A viewer is thus allowed to select from the plurality of channels to thus enable his or her viewing of the sports event through the perspective of the participant of greatest interest to the viewer.
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15. A method for distributing video images from a perspective of one or more participants in a racing event to at least one individual viewer, the method comprising the steps of:
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operating a video camera attached to a vehicle of the one or more participants during the racing event to generate information regarding video images reflecting the perspective of the one or more participants, wherein the video camera is directionally repositionable by at least one of the one or more participants or others during the racing event;
providing receiving and retransmission equipment adapted to receive the information during the racing event, wherein the receiving and retransmission equipment is further adapted to direct the information to a channel of a distribution system during the racing event, wherein the distribution system is a pay-per-view television system, the Internet, or other computer network to which the at least one individual viewer has access;
receiving the information at the receiving retransmission equipment during the racing event; and
directing the information to a channel of the distribution system during the racing event, whereby the at least one individual viewer is able to select the channel during the racing event and thereby view the video images of the racing event on a television screen or computer monitor screen. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system for distributing video images from a perspective of one or more participants in a racing event to at least one individual viewer, the system comprising:
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a video camera attached to a vehicle of the one or more participants in the racing event and adapted to generate information regarding video images reflecting the perspective of the one or more participants during the racing event, the video camera being directionally repositionable by at least one of the one or more participants or others during the racing event;
a transmitter disposed on the vehicle and adapted to transmit the information regarding the video images generated by the video camera during the racing event; and
receiving and retransmission equipment adapted to receive the information transmitted during the racing event, the receiving and retransmission equipment being further adapted to direct the information to a channel of a distribution system during the racing event for remote viewing by the at least one individual viewer on a television screen or computer monitor screen, wherein the distribution system is a pay-per-view television system, Internet, or other computer network to which the at least one individual viewer has access, wherein the at least one individual viewer is able to select the channel of the distribution system during the racing event and thereby view the video images of the racing event on the television screen or computer monitor screen.
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