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US 9,756,399 B2Granted
Remote engagement system
OwnerChandrasagaran Muruganinventor
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Abstract
A remote engagement system for a live event includes at least one output device located at the live event for providing an audio and/or visual output to people at the live event. A controller receives signals transmitted from a plurality of user input devices and in response thereto and in real time or near real time, controls the at least one output device located at the live event to provide an audio and/or visual output to people at the live event.
Claims10
A remote engagement system for a sporting event televised from a sports venue, including:
- at least one output device located at the sports venue where the sporting event is being televised for providing an audio and/or visual output to people at the sports venue;
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- a controller for
- (i) receiving signals transmitted from a plurality of user input devices located remotely from the sports venue, wherein at least some of the user input devices are operable only by a single user at a time of a plurality of users and wherein at least some of the plurality of user input devices are located remotely from one another,
- counting a number of signals received from the plurality of user input devices, and
- in response thereto and in real time or near real time, controlling the at least one output device located at the sports venue to provide an audio and/or visual output to people at the sports venue that is related to the number of signals received from the plurality of user input devices so that the larger the number of signals received from the plurality of user input devices the larger the audio and/or visual output from the at least one output device, wherein at least participants in the sporting event or the people at the sports venue watching the sporting event may see or hear the audio and/or visual output from the at least one output device;
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- (ii) selectively retrieving recorded voice or sounds recorded by at least some of the plurality of users and outputting the recorded voice or sounds from the at least one output device.
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A remote engagement method for a sporting event televised from a sports venue, including:
- receiving signals transmitted from a plurality of user input devices which are located remotely from the sports venue, wherein at least some of the user input devices are operable only by a single user at a time of a plurality of users and wherein at least some of the plurality of user input devices are located remotely from one another;
- counting a number of signals received from the plurality of user input devices;
- based on the counted number of signals and in real time or near real time, controlling at least one output device located at the sports venue to provide an audio and/or visual output to people at the sports venue that is related to the number of signals received from the plurality of user input devices so that the larger the number of signals received from the plurality of user input devices the larger the audio and/or visual output from the at least one output device, wherein at least participants in the sporting event or the people at the sports venue watching the sporting event may see or hear the audio and/or visual output from the at least one output device;
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- selectively retrieving recorded voice or sounds recorded by at least some of the plurality of users and outputting the recorded voice or sounds from the at least one output device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.