Automated production of live events
AssigneeSports Information Services Limited
InventorRichard Blaney
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a method and system that allows for the automated control of production for live event coverage for broadcast, multicast, or unicast. The automated system takes live video data relating to the coverage of an event and combines it with event related metadata to provide automated play out of the live video data. For example, the event related metadata may concern data relating to the progress of an event that is continuously updated in real-time, commonly used in sporting events for bet settling purposes.
Claims27
A computer implemented live event coverage production method, comprising:
- receiving video data relating to a plurality of live events;
- receiving in real time metadata relating to the plurality of live events, wherein the metadata comprises data indicative of the progress status of the plurality of live events;
- sorting the video data, wherein the video data is categorised based on the progress status of the plurality of live events;
- automatically generating, by a processor, one more instructions for displaying the video data, wherein the one or more instructions comprise a temporal order in which the video data is to be displayed in dependence on the categorisation;
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- distributing the video data to one or more clients for display on at least one visual display device in dependence on the one or more instructions.
A method according to claim 12, wherein the allocating points comprises one or more of the steps:
- allocating a first set of points for an event type;
- allocating a second set of points for an event location;
- allocating a third set of points for an event duration;
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- allocating a fourth set of points for a video content source;
- wherein the above steps are followed in order until the live events relating to video data having the same categorisation have a priority measure of a different value.
A live event coverage production system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a computer readable storage medium storing one or more computer programs, the computer programs operable when executed by the processor to cause the processor to perform a method according to any of the preceding claims.
A live event coverage production apparatus, comprising:
- a display calculation module arranged to:
- receive video data relating to a plurality of live events;
- receive in real time metadata relating to the plurality of live events, wherein the metadata comprises data indicative of the progress status of the plurality of live events;
- sort the video data, wherein the video data is categorised based on the progress status of the plurality of live events;
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- generate one more instructions for displaying the video data, wherein the one or more instructions comprise a temporal order in which the video data is to be displayed in dependence on the categorisation;
- a conductor module arranged to receive the one or more instructions generated by the display calculation module;
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- a video processor;
- the conductor module being arranged to control the video processor based on the received one or more instructions to generate a live stream of video data for transmission.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.