Systems and methods for providing interactive video services

摘要

An apparatus includes a plurality of content sources providing content relevant to an event at a venue, one or more wireless access points positioned at the venue, a plurality of servers distributing the content signals to the wireless access points, and a plurality of wireless communication devices, each using a browser to retrieve the content through one of the wireless access points. A method performed by the apparatus is also provided.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
a plurality of content sources providing content relevant to an event at a venue; one or more format converters for converting identical portions of the content to a plurality of formats; one or more wireless access points positioned at the venue; one or more content servers hosting the content and connected to the wireless access points at the venue; wherein the one or more wireless access points are configured to enable a connection between the one or more content servers and a plurality of wireless communication devices, each device including browser software capable of sending one or more requests for specific content hosted by the servers and receiving the requested content in one of the plurality of formats over a point-to-point connection; and an authentication server uniquely identifying credentials of each of the wireless devices, enabling service between the wireless devices and the wireless access points, and revoking service when the wireless devices are used in prohibited locations; wherein the content transmitted to the wireless communication devices comprises a combination of streaming real-time content and prerecorded content, and wherein the one or more content servers automatically insert the prerecorded content based on the detection of one or more pre-defined events embodied by the incoming content; and wherein the one or more content servers comprise video and audio recognition algorithms and wherein the predefined events identified by the video and audio recognition algorithms indicate that real-time content for a period of time subsequent to the detection of the pre-defined event ma be of little interest to a spectator.