US 10,951,937 B2Granted

Systems and methods for efficiently providing multiple commentary streams for the same broadcast content

AssigneePeerless Media Ltd.

InventorsFrank Ng, Adam Pliska, David Moon

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Abstract

Systems for efficiently providing multiple commentary streams for the same underlying broadcast content may include client applications that enable a user/viewer to select multiple commentary streams for a variety of events from one or more content sources. Exemplary broadcast content may include television shows, movies, and events that may include, for example, a plurality of live and/or recorded poker tournaments, eSports events, and the like. For each event, the systems also may enable a user/viewer to select from one or more live and/or recorded commentaries associated with the event. The event content and the commentary stream may be displayed in different display regions on a single device (such as a computer) or may be displayed simultaneously on different devices. Various technical advantages may be achieved by separating the event content from the commentary content. Revenue for the broadcast may be shared between the event content provider and the commentary content providers. Other implementations also are described.

Claims22

Dependent claims

A system for distributing a popup network of multiple live commentaries for a live broadcast, comprising:

a first software module for use on a server computer comprising one or more processors and one or more memories, the first software module including instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium that:
receive broadcast data associated with a live broadcast from a content provider;
receive a plurality of requests to provide live commentary on the live broadcast, each request to provide live commentary on the live broadcast being associated with a registered commentator having an associated client device;
generate one or more feeds comprising the broadcast data;
provide the one or more feeds to the client devices;
and a second software module for use on each of the client devices associated with the registered commentators, each client device comprising one or more processors and one or more memories, the second software module including instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium that:
provide, to the server computer, commentator credentials associated with the registered commentator and a selection of commentator subscription options for additional features, wherein the commentator subscription options selectable by the registered commentator include an auto-matching feature, advanced analytics, and promotional feature;
transmit, to the server computer, a request to provide live commentary on the live broadcast;
receive a particular feed of the one or more feeds;
generate commentary data;
and
distribute the particular feed and the commentary data to a plurality of viewers.

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A system for distributing live broadcast content and a plurality of live commentaries associated with the live broadcast content, comprising:

a first software module for use on a first device comprising one or more processors and one or more memories, the first software module including instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium that:
provide a user with a list of available feeds, each feed including associated live broadcast content;
receive a selection of a feed;
transmit, to a server computer, a request to stream broadcast content data associated with the selected feed;
display broadcast content data for the selected feed and a list of associated live commentaries from registered commentators for the selected feed;
receive a selection of a selected live commentary from the list of associated live commentaries, wherein the list of available live commentaries is provided according to commentator credentials and commentator subscription options for additional features associated with each registered commentator, wherein the commentator subscription options selectable by the registered commentator include an auto-matching feature, advanced analytics, and promotional feature;
transmit, to the server computer, a request to stream commentary content data associated with the selected live commentary;
and
display commentary content data for the selected live commentary with the live broadcast content;
and a second software module for use on the server computer comprising one or more processors and one or more memories, the second software module including instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium that:
store broadcast content data for a plurality of feeds associated with live broadcast content and a list of one or more associated live commentaries for each of the plurality of feeds;
receive, from the first device, the request to stream broadcast content data;
distribute, to the first device, the broadcast content data for the selected feed indicated in the request to stream broadcast content data;
transmit, to the first device, information about the one or more associated live commentaries;
receive, from the first device, the request to stream commentary content data;
and
distribute, to the first device, the commentary content data for the selected live commentary indicated in the request to stream commentary content data.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/168,222Filed 23 Oct 2018 · us provisional application
Priority: 25 Oct 2017
Published: US 2019/0124383 A125 Apr 2019
Granted: 16 Mar 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

H04N 21/2668
Channel or content management, e.g. generation and management of keys and entitlement messages in a conditional access system, merging a VOD…:…
H04N 21/23424
Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs: involving splicing one…
H04N 21/2393
Interfacing the upstream path of the transmission network, e.g. prioritizing client content requests: involving handling client requests
H04N 21/4622
Content or additional data management e.g. creating a master electronic programme guide from data received from the Internet and a Head-end or…:…