System for enhancing the television presentation of an object at a sporting event

A method for enhancing a live television presentation of an event, comprising the steps of:

• receiving a live broadcast television signal at a first location other than a television studio, said event being performed at a second location, said first location is remote from said second location, said television signal includes video data and nonvideo data, said video data includes images of said event, said images of said event include one or more images of a target area, said nonvideo data includes data indicating a position of said target area in at least one of said images of said event;
• receiving an indication from a viewer to enhance said television signal;
• reading said nonvideo data during said event;
• and
• enhancing said at least one of said images of said event based on said position of said target area, said step of enhancing being performed at said first location during said event, said step of enhancing being performed in response to said indication from said viewer.

A method for enhancing a video of a sporting event, comprising the steps of:

• receiving video during said sporting event, said video including an image of a target area, said target area being at a first position in said video;
• determining said first position in said video during said sporting event;
• inserting nonvideo data into said video during said sporting event, said nonvideo data indicates said first position in said video;
• broadcasting said video to viewers during said sporting event;
• receiving said broadcasted video at a viewer location other than a television studio, said step of determining being performed at a location remote from said viewer location;
• reading said nonvideo data from said video, said step of reading includes reading said data indicating said first position;
• receiving an indication from a user interface to enhance said video;
• and
• in response to said step of receiving an indication, enhancing said video based on said first position, said step of enhancing being performed during said event at said viewer location.

An apparatus for enhancing a live television presentation of an event, comprising:

• means for receiving a broadcast television signal at a first location other than a television studio, said event being performed at a second location, said first location is remote from said second location, said television signal includes video data and nonvideo data, said video data includes images of said event, said images of said event include one or more images of a target area, said nonvideo data includes data indicating a position of said target area in at least one of said images of said event;
• means for receiving an indication from a viewer to enhance said television signal;
• means for reading said nonvideo data during said event;
• and
• means, in response to said indication from said viewer, for enhancing said at least one of said images of said event based on said position of said target area, said enhancing being performed at said first location during said event.

An apparatus for enhancing a live television presentation of an event, comprising:

• a decoder, said decoder receives a television signal at a first location other than a television studio, said event being performed at a second location, said first location is remote from said second location, said television signal includes video data and nonvideo data, said video data includes images of said event, said images of said event include one or more images of a target area, said nonvideo data includes data indicating a position of said target area in at least one of said images of said event, said decoder reads said nonvideo data;
• a display;
• an input device;
• and
• a processor in communication with said decoder, said display and said input device, said processor performs a method comprising the steps of:
• receiving said position of said target area,
• receiving an indication from a viewer to enhance said television signal, and
• enhancing said at least one of said images of said event based on said position of said target area, said step of enhancing being performed at said first location during said sporting event, said step of enhancing being performed in response to said indication from said viewer.