Virtual presence model

• US 9,219,768 B2
• Filed: 12/06/2012
• Issued: 12/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Equisight LLC
• Original Assignee: Brendan Gowing, David P. Matt, Kenleigh C. Hobby
• Inventors: Hobby, Kenleigh C., Gowing, Brendan, Matt, David P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Maung, Zarni
• Application Number:
  US13/707,594
• Publication Number:
  US 20130204930A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,111 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709223-229, 709/250
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 providing a virtual presence perspective for a viewer, comprising:

a server including a processor that executes software that provides functionalities of a virtual layer, wherein the server receives video data of an event and identification data, wherein a plurality of cameras capture the video data, wherein the video data and identification data are both wirelessly transmitted from a plurality of cameras to the server;

wherein the virtual layer stores data transmitted by a subsystem coupled to the plurality of cameras that are remote from the server, wherein the plurality of cameras and the subsystem are coupled to a headgear that is remote from the server;

wherein the virtual layer stores the video data and the identification data, wherein the identification data identifies the video data transmitted from the subsystem;

wherein the video data and the identification data are associated with the event and the headgear that includes the subsystem;

wherein the virtual layer includes a Live Streaming Service; and

a computing device connected to the server, wherein the computing device comprises a multi-view user interface (MVUI), wherein the Live Streaming Service streams the video data, identification data, and a secondary video stream to the computing device, wherein the MVUI displays the video data and identification data in parallel with the secondary video stream in order to provide a virtual presence Perspective, wherein the secondary video stream is captured from a different fixed camera in the event.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the identification data comprises an event data.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the identification data comprises a status data.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the identification data comprises a name data.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the identification data comprises an identification of a data type.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the video data comprises at least one of a video stream data, an audio stream data, a Global Positioning System (GPS) data, or a telemetric data.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the Live Streaming Service streams video data to the MVUI from the plurality of cameras and, in parallel, wherein the Live Streaming Service another video data to the MVUI from a second plurality of cameras.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the MVUI transmits status information to the virtual layer in order to indicate a status of a viewer of the MVUI.

9. A method of providing a virtual presence perspective for a viewer, comprising:

providing a server that includes a processor that executes software that provides functionalities of a virtual layer, wherein the server receives video data of an event and identification data, wherein a plurality of cameras capture the video data, wherein the video data and identification data are both wirelessly transmitted from a plurality of cameras to the server;

storing, by the virtual layer, data transmitted by a subsystem coupled to the plurality of cameras that are remote from the server, wherein the plurality of cameras and the subsystem are coupled to a headgear that is remote from the server;

storing, by the virtual layer, the video data and the identification data wherein the identification data identifies the video data transmitted from the subsystem;

wherein the video data and the identification data are associated with the event and the headgear that includes the subsystem;

wherein the virtual layer includes a Live Streaming Service;

wherein a computing device is connected to the server, wherein the computing device comprises a multi-view user interface (MVUI);

streaming, by the Live Streaming Service, the video data, identification data, and a secondary video stream to the computing device; and

displaying, by the MVUI, the video data and identification data in parallel with the secondary video stream in order to provide a virtual presence perspective, wherein the secondary video stream is captured from a different fixed camera in the event.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the identification data comprises an event data.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein the identification data comprises a status data.

12. The method of claim 9 wherein the identification data comprises a name data.

13. The method of claim 9 wherein the identification data comprises an identification of a data type.

14. The method of claim 9 wherein the video data comprises at least one of a video stream data, an audio stream data, a Global Positioning System (GPS) data, or a telemetric data.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the Live Streaming Service streams video data to the MVUI from the plurality of cameras, and in parallel, wherein the Live Streaming Service streams another video data to the MVUI from a second plurality of cameras.

16. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

transmitting, by the MVUI, status information to the virtual layer in order to indicate a status of a viewer of the MVUI.

17. An article of manufacture, comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions to;

receive video data of an event and identification data, wherein a plurality of cameras capture the video data, wherein the video data and identification data are both wirelessly transmitted from a plurality of cameras to a server That provides functionalities of a virtual layer;

store, by the virtual layer, data transmitted by a subsystem coupled to the plurality of cameras that are remote from the server, wherein the plurality of cameras and the subsystem are coupled to a headgear that is remote from the server;

store, by the virtual layer, the video data and the identification data wherein the identification data identifies the video data transmitted from the subsystem;

wherein the video data and the identification data are associated with the event and the headgear that includes the subsystem;

wherein the virtual layer includes a Live Streaming Service;

wherein a computing device is connected to the server, wherein the computing device comprises a multi-view user interface (MVUI);

stream, by the Live Streaming Service, the video data, identification data, and a secondary video stream to the computing device; and

display, by the MVUI, the video data and identification data in parallel with the secondary video stream in order to provide a virtual presence perspective, wherein the secondary video stream is captured from a different fixed camera in the event.

18. The article of manufacture of claim 17, wherein the Live Streaming Service streams video data to the MVUI from the plurality of cameras, and in parallel, wherein the Live Streaming Service streams another video data to the MVUI from a second plurality of cameras.

19. The article of manufacture of claim 17, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium has stored thereon additional instructions to:

transmit, by the MVUI, status information to the virtual layer in order to indicate a status of a viewer of the MVUI.

20. The article of manufacture of claim 17, wherein the video data comprises at least one of a video stream data, an audio stream data, a Global Positioning System (GPS) data, or a telemetric data.