Event and fantasy league data transmission to eventgoer devices

• US 9,729,644 B1
• Filed: 07/13/2015
• Issued: 08/08/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Prosports Technologies, LLC
• Original Assignee: Prosports Technologies, LLC
• Inventors: Bodkin, Joseph G., Cronin, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Henderson, Esther B
• Application Number:
  US14/798,296
• Time in Patent Office: 757 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/116 Visible light communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits

Abstract

An event venue with a performance area (e.g., a stage, a sport field) and an eventgoer area (e.g., a stadium seating section) may include beacons and cameras throughout the performance area. The beacons and cameras may each record event occurrence data (e.g., audiovisual data) of particular occurrences (e.g., sport goals, songs played) during an event (e.g., sports game, concert) at the event venue. Other data, such as sports injury data and sports player replacement data, may also be gathered before or during the event. The beacons and cameras may send the event occurrence data and the other data to a transmission system. The transmission system may convert the event occurrence data to a transmittable format and may then output it through one or more local wireless transmitters. Eventgoers mobile devices in the transmission zones of these transmitters may then receive the data.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

retrieving, by a computing system, a selection dataset identifying a plurality of players of one or more teams scheduled to perform at an event at a specified time, the selection dataset previously selected by a user device;

retrieving, by the computing system from a remote server, injury data identifying an injury status of at least one player of the plurality of players;

receiving recorded visual data to the computing system, the recorded visual data recorded at least a predetermined period of time prior to the specified time by one or more visual media recording devices located at the event;

analyzing, by the computing system, the recorded visual data to determine validity of the injury status of the at least one player; and

transmitting a notification indicating the validity of the injury status to the user device via one or more visible light communication (VLC) devices,

wherein the user device is within transmission range of the one or more VLC devices.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

converting the recorded visual data from a first format associated with at least a subset of the one more visual media recording devices to a second format associated with at least a subset of the one or more VLC devices.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving recorded audio data recorded by one or more audio media recording devices located at the event; and

transmitting the recorded audio data to the user device via the one or more VLC devices.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the recorded visual data includes a visual media file of a visual media file type of a plurality of visual media file types, the plurality of visual media file types including an image file type and a video file type.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving one or more recording device identifiers that identify the one or more visual media recording devices; and

transmitting the one or more recording device identifiers to the user device via the one or more VLC devices.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a transmitter selection input identifying the one or more VLC devices.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein the transmitter selection input is one of a user interface input from a user interface of the computing system or an automatic input that is generated by the computing system.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the selection dataset is retrieved from a fantasy league interface accessible by the user device.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein the one or more VLC devices are selected based on proximity to a particular event occurrence.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the injury status is one of a plurality of potential injury statuses that includes a no injury status, a knee injury status, a hamstring injury status, an elbow injury status, a shoulder injury status, or an unknown injury status.

11. A computing system, comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory device including instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to;

retrieve a selection dataset identifying a plurality of players of one or more teams performing at an event at a specified time, the selection dataset previously selected by a user device;

receive recorded visual data recorded at least a predetermined period of time prior to the specified time by one or more visual media recording devices located at the event;

retrieve, from a remote server, injury data identifying an injury status of at least one player of the plurality of players;

analyze the recorded visual data to determine validity of the injury status of the at least one player; and

transmit a notification indicating the validity of the injury status to the user device via one or more VLC devices,

wherein the user device is within transmission range of the one or more VLC devices.

12. The computing system of claim 11, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the computing system to:

convert the recorded visual data from a first format associated with at least a subset of the one or more visual media recording devices to a second format associated with at least a subset of the one or more VLC devices.

13. The computing system of claim 11, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the computing system to:

receive recorded audio data recorded by one or more audio media recordings device located at the event; and

transmit the recorded audio data to the user device via the one or more VLC devices.

14. The computing system of claim 11, wherein the recorded visual data includes a visual media file of a visual media file type of a plurality of visual media file types, the plurality of visual media file types including an image file type and a video file type.

15. The computing system of claim 11, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the computing system to:

receive one or more a recording device identifiers that identify the one or more visual media recording device; and

transmit the one or more recording device identifiers to the user device via the one or more VLC devices.

16. The computing system of claim 11, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the computing system to:

receive a transmitter selection input identifying the one or more VLC devices.

17. The computing system of claim 16 wherein the transmitter selection input is one of a user input interface of the computing system or an automatic input generated by the computing system.

18. The computing system of claim 16, wherein the one or more VLC devices are selected based on proximity to a particular event occurrence.

20. The computing system of claim 11, wherein the selection dataset is retrieved from a fantasy league interface accessible by the user device.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:

retrieving, by a computing system a selection dataset identifying a plurality of players of one or more teams scheduled to perform at an event at a specified time, the selection dataset previously selected by a user device;

retrieving, by the computing system from a remote server, injury data identifying an injury status of at least one player of the plurality of players;

receiving recorded visual data to the computing system the recorded visual data recorded at least a predetermined period of time prior to the specified time by one or more visual media recording devices located at the event;

analyzing, by the computing system, the recorded visual data to determine validity of the injury status of the at least one player; and

transmitting a notification indicating the validity of the injury status to the user device via one or more VLC devices,

wherein the user device is within transmission range of the VLC devices.