Method and apparatus for displaying real-time information objects between a wireless mobile user station and multiple information sources based upon event driven parameters and user modifiable object manifest

• US 7,289,793 B2
• Filed: 12/03/2002
• Issued: 10/30/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dowling Consulting, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Scott Gilbert
• Inventors: Norwood, David, Gilbert, Scott
• Primary Examiner(s): Urban, Edward F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lee, John J.
• Application Number:
  US10/309,642
• Publication Number:
  US 20030104830A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,792 Days
• Field of Search: 455/517, 455/3.01, 455/3.03, 455/422.1, 455/434, 455/432.3, 455/446, 455/556.2, 455/556.1, 455/557, 455/566, 455/412.1, 455/412.2, 455/413, 455/414.4, 455/419, 455/418, 455/420, 455/67.11, 455/67.16, 455/502, 455/503, 455/515, 455/434.3, 455/414.1, 455/414.3, 715/500.1, 715/501.1, 370/252, 370/253, 370/241, 370/474, 370/503, 370/509, 709/232, 709/203
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/189 in combination with wireless systems selective distribution or broadcast in wireless communication networks H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1895 for short real-time information, e.g. alarms, notifications, alerts, updates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/00 Synchronisation arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/184 Messaging devices, e.g. message centre

Abstract

A method and apparatus for displaying real-time information objects between a wireless mobile user station and multiple information sources based upon event driven parameters and user modifiable object manifest, wherein the multiple real-time information sources and real-time event occurrences are collected, tagged and analyzed for context relevance and transmitted to a wireless mobile computer user based on personal preference and request of the wireless mobile computer user, thus providing a highly personalized experience.

Claims

1. A system for relaying real-time information of a selected event, said system comprising:

a multimedia provider;

a media control server;

a wireless access point; and

a wireless mobile computer,

wherein said media control server receives multimedia transmissions, stores said multimedia transmissions as digital multimedia signals, time-stamps each said digital multimedia signal at pre-selected time intervals for facilitating selective retrieval of said digital multimedia signals, parses said digital multimedia signals into useable segments of digital information for identifying time slices of the event, and accords a time header file for each of said useable segments of digital information, whereby each moment in time of the event may be used to reference a specific data point in a corresponding one of said useable segments of digital information.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said multimedia provider provides said multimedia transmissions, said multimedia transmissions comprising a real-time content stream of multimedia transmission of the event or conditions surrounding the event, said multimedia transmission selected from the group consisting of analog multimedia transmissions, digital multimedia transmissions, and combinations thereof.

3. The system of claim 2, further comprising a static content provider, wherein said static content provider provides said multimedia transmissions, said multimedia transmissions comprising an advertising multimedia transmission for the event or conditions surrounding the event, said advertising multimedia transmission selected from the group consisting of analog multimedia transmissions, digital multimedia transmissions, and combinations thereof.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein said multimedia transmission and said advertising multimedia transmission are transmitted to and processed by said media control server as digital multimedia signals selected from the group consisting of real-time signals of the event, time-delayed signals of the event, and combinations thereof.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said media control server comprises a content collator and aggregator software program for parsing said stored digital multimedia signals into said useable segments of digital information for identifying time slices of the event.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein said media control server comprises a timing synchronization software program for according said time header file for each said segment of digital information so that each moment in time of the event can be utilized to reference a specific data point in a corresponding time-synchronized segment of digital information.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said media control server comprises an event interrupt engine software program for interrupting each of said time-synchronized segments of digital information.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein each of said interrupted segments of digital information is saved in individual date files for feeding into a personalization layer software program of said media control server, wherein said personalization layer software program functions to supply various ones of said time-synchronized segments of digital information to a user of said wireless mobile computer based upon the user'"'"'s personal preferences or predefined parameters of desired real-time information.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein said time-synchronized segments of digital information are transmitted from said personalization layer software program and said media control server in general to said wireless access point, wherein said wireless access point functions to distribute said time-synchronized segments of digital information to said wireless mobile computer based upon the user'"'"'s personal preferences or predefined parameters, thereby permitting the user of said wireless mobile computer to selectively retrieve any of said segments of digital information.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein software configured on said wireless mobile computer notifies said media control server of all said segments of digital information retrieved by the user of said wireless mobile computer, thereby enabling said media control server to create a relational database table that tracks each of said segment of digital information retrieved by the user via said wireless mobile computer.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein data held in said relational database table is utilized by said media control server to control, adjust, regulate, add, subtracts or change any said digital multimedia signal or said segment of digital information made available through said wireless access point for retrieval by the user of said wireless mobile computer, thereby personalizing the type or amount of said digital multimedia signals or said segments of digital information retrievable by the user of said wireless mobile computer.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the real-time information is selected from the group consisting of spectator sporting events, non-spectator sporting events, audio information, video information, event object telemetry information, global networking system information, Internet Relay Chat, event sponsor information, non-multimedia data, electronic mail content, event-related streaming audio media, streaming video media, streaming audio-video media, corporate advertising, not-for-profit advertising, venue geographic information, venue maps, venue weather conditions, venue safety information, venue rules, venue bylaws, event rules, event bylaws, real-time information covering a security-sensitive venue, audio from security traffic, security personnel conversations, video from security cameras, telemetry information from automatic personnel locators, statistical information from automatic personnel locators, telemetry information from tracking devices, and statistical information from tracking devices.

13. A system for relaying real-time information of a selected event, said system comprising:

a multimedia provider for multimedia information;

a media control server for converting said multimedia information into digital information;

a wireless access point for receiving said digital information; and

a wireless mobile computer for retrieving said digital information from said wireless access point,

wherein said wireless mobile computer is adapted to notify said media control server of all said digital information being retrieved by a user of said wireless mobile computer, thereby enabling said media control server to create a relational database table to track all said digital information retrieved by the user of said wireless mobile computer, and wherein the data held in said relational database table is utilized by said media control server to control, adjust, regulate, add, subtract or change any said digital information made available through said wireless access point for retrieval by the user of said wireless mobile computer, thus personalizing the type or amount of said digital information retrievable by the user of said wireless mobile computer.

14. A method of relaying real-time information of a selected event, said method comprising the steps of:

providing real-time information via a multimedia provider;

transmitting the real-time information to a media control server as a digital multimedia signal for conversion into a segment of digital information;

transmitting said segment of digital information to a wireless access point; and

,

retrieving a selected segment of digital information from said wireless access point via a wireless mobile computers

wherein said segment of digital information comprises a respective time header file so that each moment in time of the event may be utilized to reference a specific data point in a corresponding time-synchronized segment of digital information.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein said multimedia provider comprises a real-time content stream of multimedia transmission of the event or conditions surrounding the event, said multimedia transmission selected from the group consisting of analog multimedia transmissions, digital multimedia transmissions, and combinations thereof.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising the steps of saving and storing said digital multimedia signal, and time-stamping each digital multimedia signal at pre-selected time intervals for facilitating the selective retrieval of same.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of utilizing a content collator and aggregator software program to parse said digital multimedia signal into useable segments of digital information for identifying time slices of the event.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of utilizing a timing synchronization software program for according said time header file for each of said segments of digital information so that each moment in time of the event can be utilized to reference a specific data point in a corresponding time-synchronized said segment of digital information.

19. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of utilizing an event interrupt engine software program for interrupting each of said time-synchronized segments of digital information.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein the step transmitting said segment of digital information to a wireless access point comprises transmitting a time-synchronized segment of digital information from a personalization layer software program of said media control server to said wireless access point for retrieval by a user of said wireless mobile computer.

21. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of permitting said wireless mobile computer to notify said media control server of each segment of digital information retrieved by the user of said wireless mobile computer.

22. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of permitting said media control server to create a relational database table that tracks each said segment of digital information retrieved by the user of said wireless mobile computer.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising the step of utilizing data held in said relational database table to control, adjust, regulate, add, subtract, or change any said digital multimedia signal or said segment of digital information made available through said wireless access point for retrieval by the user of said wireless mobile computer, thereby personalizing the type or amount of said digital multimedia signals or said segments of digital information retrievable by the user of said wireless mobile computer.

24. The method of claim 14, wherein the real-time information is selected from the group consisting of spectator sporting events, non-spectator sporting events, audio information, video information, event object telemetry information, global networking system information, Internet Relay Chat, event sponsor information, non-multimedia data, electronic mail content, event-related streaming audio media, streaming video media, streaming audio-video media, corporate advertising, not-for-profit advertising, venue geographic information, venue maps, venue weather conditions, venue safety information, venue rules, venue bylaws, event rules, event bylaws, real-time information covering a security-sensitive venue, audio from security traffic, security personnel conversations, video from security cameras, telemetry information from automatic personnel locators, statistical information from automatic personnel locators, telemetry information from tracking devices, and statistical information from tracking devices.

25. The method of claim 14, wherein said wireless access point is is selected from the group consisting of Wi-Fi access points (802.11), 2G wireless network architecture, 2G wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA), 2G code division multiple access 2000 (CDMA2000), 2G universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS), 2G enhanced data for global evolution (EDGE), 3G wireless network architecture, 3G wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA), 3G code division multiple access 2000 (CDMA2000), 3G universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS), and 3G enhanced data for global evolution (EDGE).