Event-based content collection for network-based distribution

• US 9,760,572 B1
• Filed: 07/13/2015
• Issued: 09/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Prosports Technologies, LLC
• Original Assignee: Prosports Technologies, LLC
• Inventors: Cronin, John E., Cronin, Seth M., Reasner, Nick
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Rong
• Application Number:
  US14/798,271
• Time in Patent Office: 792 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/71 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures

Abstract

An event, such as a sports game, may include numerous individual event occurrences, some in a performance area (e.g., a sports field or a concert stage) and some out of the performance area (e.g., in a gym or locker room). Beacons with audiovisual capture capabilities may be set up at key points within the performance area and at important areas outside the performance area in order to capture audiovisual data from various event occurrences that might be difficult to capture otherwise. The audiovisual data may be organized into an event beacon database, which may then be supplied to various other entities, such as media providers or advertisers, to provide to their constituencies, or to sports players or event performers to provide to social media followers, or to event fans to directly access via an API or web interface.

Claims

1. A method for event-based content collection, the method comprising:

receiving an audiovisual data file from a beacon device at a location within a venue, the audiovisual data file recorded by a combination of cameras, microphones, and environmental sensors around the beacon device, wherein a plurality of other beacon devices are each situated in another location within the venue, and wherein audiovisual data files from each beacon device include a unique identification number associated with the respective beacon device;

incorporating into the received audiovisual data file;

a geographical location of the beacon device,

time data identifying a time associated with the recording of the audiovisual data file, and

environmental sensor data from the one or more environmental sensors at the beacon device, wherein the environmental sensor data includes at least one of temperature, humidity, air pollution, allergens, wind, and altitude;

generating a database entry in an event beacon database, wherein the database entry includes at least the audiovisual data file into which the unique identification number, location data, the time data, and the environmental sensor data has been incorporated; and

supplying access to at least a subset of the database entries from the event beacon database to a viewer device, wherein the subset of database entries includes the generated database entry and at least one other database entry associated with another audiovisual data file, and wherein the subset is edited to be viewable via a social media platform prior to transmission to the viewer device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the geographical location of the beacon device is determined by the beacon device based on one or more communications between the beacon device and one or more global positioning system (GPS) satellites.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein access to the at least subset of the event beacon database is supplied to the viewer through an application programming interface that allows for filtering or editing.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein access to the at least subset of the event beacon database is supplied to the viewer device through one of a public internet website or a private intranet network portal.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising parsing the audiovisual data file to recognize and identify a person portrayed within the audiovisual data file.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

generating a player database entry in a player database, the player database entry including at least the audiovisual data file, identified person portrayed in the audiovisual data file, and the time data; and

supplying access to at least a subset of the player database to a second viewer device.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the person portrayed in the audiovisual data file is recognized and identified as a player, and wherein parsing the audiovisual data file includes recognizing that the audiovisual data file includes one or more images of a number associated with the player.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the person portrayed in the audiovisual data file is recognized and identified as a player, and wherein parsing the audiovisual data file includes recognizing that the audiovisual data file includes one or more images of text associated with the player.

9. The method of claim 5, wherein the person portrayed in the audiovisual data file is recognized and identified as a player, and wherein parsing the audiovisual data file includes recognizing that the audiovisual data file includes one or more facial images associated with the player.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more environmental sensors is selected from the group comprising thermometer, air humidity sensor, air pollution sensor, air pollen/allergen sensor, wind sensor, and altitude sensor.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising parsing the audiovisual data file to recognize speech recorded within the audiovisual data file.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein filtering the audiovisual data comprises detecting one or more predefined swearwords recorded within the parsed audiovisual data file.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein editing the audiovisual data comprises bleeping out one or more predefined swearwords detected within the parsed audiovisual data file.

14. A system for event-based content collection, the system comprising:

a plurality of beacon devices, wherein each beacon device located at a different location within a venue and each associated with;

an audiovisual collector device that includes a combination of cameras, microphones, and environmental sensors around the respective beacon device; and

a cloud content system, wherein execution of instructions stored in a memory of the cloud content system by a processor of the cloud content system;

receives an audiovisual data file from each of the beacon devices, wherein the audiovisual data file includes a unique identification number associated for the respective beacon device;

incorporates into the received audiovisual data file;

a geographical location of the respective beacon device,

time data identifying a time associated with the recording of the audiovisual data file by the respective beacon device, and

environmental sensor data from the environmental sensors at the respective beacon device, wherein the environmental sensor data includes at least one of temperature, humidity, air pollution, allergens, wind, and altitude;

generates a database entry in an event beacon database, wherein the database entry includes at least the audiovisual data file into which the unique identification number, location data, the time data, and the environmental sensor data has been incorporated; and

supplies access to at least a subset of the database entries from the event beacon database to a viewer device, wherein the subset of database entries includes the generated database entry and at least one other database entry associated with another audiovisual data file, and wherein the subset is edited to be viewable via a social media platform prior to transmission to the viewer device.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the geographical location of the beacon device is determined by the beacon device based on one or more communications between the beacon device and one or more global positioning system (GPS) satellites.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein access to the at least subset of the event beacon database is supplied to the viewer through an application programming interface of the cloud content system.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein access to the at least subset of the event beacon database is supplied to the viewer device through one of a public internet website or a private intranet network portal.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor of the cloud content system further parses the audiovisual data file to recognize and identify a person portrayed within the audiovisual data file.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor of the cloud content system further:

generates a player database entry in a player database, the player database entry including at least the audiovisual data file, identified person portrayed in the audiovisual data file, and the time data; and

supplies access to at least a subset of the player database to a second viewer device.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for event-based content collection, the method comprising:

receiving an audiovisual data file from a beacon device at a location within a venue, the audiovisual data file recorded by a combination of cameras, microphones, and environmental sensors around the beacon device, wherein a plurality of other beacon devices are each situated in another location within the venue, and wherein audiovisual data files from each beacon device includes a unique identification number associated with the respective beacon device;

incorporating into the received audiovisual data file;

a geographical location of the beacon device,

time data identifying a time associated with the recording of the audiovisual data file, and

environmental sensor data from the one or more environmental sensors at the beacon device, wherein the environmental sensor data includes at least one of temperature, humidity, air pollution, allergens, wind, and altitude;

generating a database entry in an event beacon database, wherein the database entry includes at least the audiovisual data file into which the unique identification number, location data, the time data, and the environmental sensor data has been incorporated; and

supplying access to at least a subset of the database entries from the event beacon database to a viewer device, wherein the subset of database entries includes the generated database entry and at least one other database entry associated with another audiovisual data file, and wherein the subset is edited to be viewable via a social media platform prior to transmission to the viewer device.