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AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsAndrew J. Duguid, Michael J. Plummer, Nicholas P. Westoby
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Abstract
The invention comprises a method and an associated broadcasting system BS and viewer apparatus VUI for providing interactive media coverage for a real time video broadcast of a live action event, the method comprising; i) in a first data stream 4, broadcasting video of the live action event for receipt by one or more viewer apparatus; ii) locating the position of subjects S1, S2, S3, S4 of the live action event in real time, and iii) in a second data stream 2, transmitting position data acquired in step ii) to the one or more viewer apparatus VUI substantially simultaneously with the first data stream 4.
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A method for providing interactive media coverage for a real time video broadcast of a live action event comprising;
- i) in a first data stream, broadcasting video of the live action event for receipt by one or more viewer apparatus;
- ii) locating the position of the subjects of the live action event in real time, and
- iii) in a second data stream, transmitting position data acquired in step ii) to the one or more viewer apparatus substantially simultaneously with the first data stream.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.