US 11,770,591 B2 · Systems, apparatus, and methods for rendering digital content streams of events, and synchronization of event information with rendered streams, via multiple internet channels

Abstract

Multiple broadcasters create live streams of digital content relating to live events, and multiple viewers of each broadcaster receive copies of the live streams. Viewer latency is significantly reduced, and event information relating to live events is synchronized amongst all broadcasters and viewers of live streams relating to the same event. Scalable and flexible access to live streams is provided to different types and numbers of viewers with different qualities of service. A social media platform is provided in tandem with live streaming of digital content relating to live events, to allow a given broadcaster and their associated viewers to communicate with one another, comment on the event and/or the broadcaster's live stream and send digital gifts. In one example, the broadcasters' digital content relates to live sporting events, and studio-quality graphics and animations are provided on mobile client devices in tandem with the broadcasters' digital content and social networking functionality.

Claims86

Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

A) transmitting first instructions to a first client device that includes at least one first display to cause the at least one first display of the first client device to render a first video relating to a first event and render first event information relating to the first event, wherein the first instructions transmitted in A) cause the first client device to:
receive, on a first communication channel, first digital content corresponding to the first video relating to the first event;
render, on the at least one first display of the first client device, the first video relating to the first event based on the first digital content received on the first communication channel;
receive, on a second persistent communication channel different from the first communication channel, second digital content corresponding to the first event information;
and
render, on the at least one first display of the first client device, at least some of the first event information based on the second digital content received on the second persistent communication channel.

3 more elements

A system, comprising:

means for transmitting first instructions to a first client device that includes at least one first display to cause the at least one first display of the first client device to render a first video relating to a first event and render first event information relating to the first event, wherein the first instructions cause the first client device to:
receive, on a first communication channel, first digital content corresponding to the first video relating to the first event;
render, on the at least one first display of the first client device, the first video relating to the first event based on the first digital content received on the first communication channel;
receive, on a second persistent communication channel different from the first communication channel, second digital content corresponding to the first event information;
and
render, on the at least one first display of the first client device, at least some of the first event information based on the second digital content received on the second persistent communication channel;
and
means for establishing the second persistent communication channel between the system and the first client device.

5 more elements

A method, comprising:

A) transmitting first instructions to a first client device that includes at least one first display to cause the at least one first display of the first client device to render a first video relating to a first event and render first event information relating to the first event, wherein the first instructions transmitted in A) cause the first client device to:
receive, on a first communication channel, first digital content corresponding to the first video relating to the first event;
render, on the at least one first display of the first client device, the first video relating to the first event based on the first digital content received on the first communication channel;
receive, on a second communication channel different from the first communication channel, second digital content corresponding to the first event information;
and
render, on the at least one first display of the first client device, at least some of the first event information based on the second digital content received on the second communication channel,
wherein in A):
the first instructions transmitted to the first client device include a first address for a first media source, such that the first client device uses the first address to request and receive from the first media source the first digital content via the first communication channel;
the first instructions transmitted to the first client device include a first event identifier that corresponds to a source of the second digital content corresponding to the first event information;
the first instructions transmitted to the first client device cause the at least one first display of the first client device to render the first event information relating to the first event as interactive content;
and
the first instructions transmitted to the first client device cause the first client device, when a user of the first client device interacts with the interactive content, to:
launch further graphics or animations;
receive additional information about the first event;
and/or
navigate to an Internet location.

13 more elements

A method, comprising:

A) transmitting first instructions to a first client device that includes at least one first display to cause the at least one first display of the first client device to render a first video relating to a first actual event and render, together with the first video relating to the first actual event, first event information including at least one text element and/or at least one graphics element relating to the first actual event, wherein the first instructions transmitted in A) cause the first client device to:
receive, on a first communication channel, first digital content corresponding to only the first video relating to the first actual event;
render, on a first portion of the at least one first display of the first client device, the first video relating to the first actual event based only on the first digital content received on the first communication channel;
receive, on a second communication channel different from the first communication channel, second digital content corresponding to the at least one text element and/or the at least one graphics element included in the first event information and not corresponding to the first video relating to the first event;
and
render, on a second portion of the at least one first display of the first client device, at least some of the first event information based on the second digital content received on the second communication channel.

3 more elements

A system, comprising:

means transmitting first instructions to a first client device that includes at least one first display to cause the at least one first display of the first client device to render a first video relating to a first event and render first event information relating to the first event, wherein the first instructions cause the first client device to:
receive, on a first communication channel, first digital content corresponding to the first video relating to the first event;
render, on the at least one first display of the first client device, the first video relating to the first event based on the first digital content received on the first communication channel;
receive, on a second communication channel different from the first communication channel, second digital content corresponding to the first event information;
and
render, on the at least one first display of the first client device, at least some of the first event information based on the second digital content received on the second communication channel;
and
means for establishing the second communication channel between the system and the first client device,
wherein:
the first instructions transmitted to the first client device by the means for transmitting include a first address for a first media source, such that the first client device uses the first address to request and receive from the first media source the first digital content via the first communication channel;
the first instructions transmitted to the first client device by the means for transmitting include a first event identifier that corresponds to a source of the second digital content corresponding to the first event information;
the first instructions transmitted to the first client device by the means for transmitting cause the at least one first display of the first client device to render the first event information relating to the first event as interactive content;
and
the first instructions transmitted to the first client device by the means for transmitting cause the first client device, when a user of the first client device interacts with the interactive content, to:
launch further graphics or animations;
receive additional information about the first event;
and/or
navigate to an Internet location.

15 more elements

A system, comprising:

means for transmitting first instructions to a first client device that includes at least one first display to cause the at least one first display of the first client device to render a first video relating to a first actual event and render, together with the first video relating to the first actual event, first event information including at least one text element and/or at least one graphics element relating to the first actual event, wherein the first instructions transmitted in A) cause the first client device to:
receive, on a first communication channel, first digital content corresponding to only the first video relating to the first actual event;
render, on a first portion of the at least one first display of the first client device, the first video relating to the first actual event based only on the first digital content received on the first communication channel;
receive, on a second communication channel different from the first communication channel, second digital content corresponding to the at least one text element and/or the at least one graphics element included in the first event information and not corresponding to the first video relating to the first event;
and
render, on a second portion of the at least one first display of the first client device, at least some of the first event information based on the second digital content received on the second communication channel;
and
means for establishing the second communication channel between the system and the first client device.

5 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

17/027,219Filed 21 Sep 2020 · continuation

Priority

5 Aug 2016

Published

US 2021/0168462 A13 Jun 2021

Granted

26 Sep 2023

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

H04N 21/6125
Specially adapted to the downstream path of the transmission network: involving transmission via Internet
H04L 65/611
For supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio: for multicast or broadcast
H04L 65/65
Network streaming of media packets: network streaming protocols, e.g. real-time transport protocol [RTP] or real-time control protocol [RTCP]
H04L 65/75
Network streaming of media packets: media network packet handling

Family

Application62/371,558Us provisional application · filed 5 Aug 2016

Application62/435,361Us provisional application · filed 16 Dec 2016

Application62/485,878Us provisional application · filed 14 Apr 2017

Application62/518,506Us provisional application · filed 12 Jun 2017

PCT/US2017/045801Parent of this continuation · filed 7 Aug 2017

Application16/267,887Parent of this continuation · filed 5 Feb 2019

Application16/580,552Parent of this continuation · filed 24 Sep 2019

US 10,425,697 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 24 Sep 2019

US 2021/0168462 A1Pre-grant publication · published 3 Jun 2021

US 10,805,687 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2019/0182554 A1Published application

US 2020/0021892 A1Published application

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Systems, apparatus, and methods for rendering digital content streams of events, and synchronization of event information with rendered streams, via multiple internet channels

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Systems, apparatus, and methods for rendering digital content streams of events, and synchronization of event information with rendered streams, via multiple internet channels

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