System and method for selecting, capturing, and distributing customized event recordings

摘要

A system that enables an event or moments within an event to be captured and provided in a record that preserves at least some aspects of the participant's perspective of the event. In particular, the present invention involves centralized recording of the event in one or more modes including video, audio, and still image recordings and a system that enables a participant (i.e., one who perceives the event) to select portions of the event recording substantially contemporaneously with the event occurrence. A personalized record is made by duplicating the selected portions from the event record. In a particular example, the personalized record is recorded on a digital media such as a compact disc (CD) or digital video disk (DVD) or the like.

主权项

1. A system for recording events comprising:
a recording mechanism operable to create a record of a feature of a live event provided by a presenter at an event venue; a selection device operable by an individual user, the selection device allowing the user, during live performance of the feature of the live event, to select discrete portions of the live event for personal recording; and a media production mechanism operable to obtain the user-selected portions, obtain segments of the record corresponding to the selected portions, and produce a derivative recording containing the user-selected segments of the live event, wherein the event comprises a plurality of discrete ones of the segments stored on the record that each span a time period, wherein user selection of an entire one of the event segments comprises entering a user selection by operation of the selection device during the live event, to select a particular moment of time, at any time within the time period corresponding to the entire one of the event segments, wherein the media production mechanism obtains the user-selected portions by synchronizing the user selections corresponding to the particular moments of time with live event content in the record, and wherein the content associated with the live event is not displayed on the selection device for use in the entering of the user selection.