Paul B Frederick

US Patent:

8638368, Jan 28, 2014

Filed:

Apr 4, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/856565

Inventors:

Paul J. Frederick - Cockeysville MD, US

Assignee:

U'R There! Entertainment, Ltd. - Springfield VA

International Classification:

H04N 7/18

US Classification:

348157, 348143, 348148

Abstract:

A method for distributing sports entertainment includes the step of providing a plurality of video cameras positioned on vehicles or athletes that are participating in sporting events, transmitters for transmitting information from the plurality of cameras to a processing station, retransmission equipment for directing the camera feed from each of the plurality of cameras to separate channels for distribution and remote viewing at viewers' locations, and channel selectors that permit viewers to select from among the various channels, thereby allowing the viewers to select from the plurality of camera feeds. The cameras are simultaneously operated during the sporting event so as to generate a plurality of camera feeds during the event, each feed reflecting the perspective of an individual participant. The plurality of feeds is received by the retransmission equipment and retransmitted to selectable channels, each channel being associated with a respective camera feed. A viewer is thus allowed to select from the plurality of channels to thus enable his or her viewing of the sports event through the perspective of the participant of greatest interest to the viewer.

US Patent:

20170251230, Aug 31, 2017

Filed:

May 12, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/593525

Inventors:

- Springfield VA, US
Paul J. FREDERICK - Cockeysville MD, US

International Classification:

H04N 21/218
H04N 21/472
H04N 7/18
H04N 21/462

Abstract:

A method for distributing sports entertainment includes the step of providing a plurality of video cameras positioned on vehicles or athletes that are participating in sporting events, transmitters for transmitting information from the plurality of cameras to a processing station, retransmission equipment for directing the camera feed from each of the plurality of cameras to separate channels for distribution and remote viewing at viewers' locations, and channel selectors that permit viewers to select from among the various channels, thereby allowing the viewers to select from the plurality of camera feeds. The cameras are simultaneously operated during the sporting event so as to generate a plurality of camera feeds during the event, each feed reflecting the perspective of an individual participant. The plurality of feeds is received by the retransmission equipment and retransmitted to selectable channels, each channel being associated with a respective camera feed. A viewer is thus allowed to select from the plurality of channels to thus enable his or her viewing of the sports event through the perspective of the participant of greatest interest to the viewer.

US Patent:

20140104430, Apr 17, 2014

Filed:

Dec 17, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/109360

Inventors:

- Springfield VA, US
Paul J. Frederick - Cockeysville MD, US

Assignee:

U'R There! Entertainment, Ltd. - Springfield VA

International Classification:

H04N 21/233
H04N 21/218
H04N 21/439
H04N 7/18

US Classification:

348157

Abstract:

A method for distributing sports entertainment includes the step of providing a plurality of video cameras positioned on vehicles or athletes that are participating in sporting events, transmitters for transmitting information from the plurality of cameras to a processing station, retransmission equipment for directing the camera feed from each of the plurality of cameras to separate channels for distribution and remote viewing at viewers' locations, and channel selectors that permit viewers to select from among the various channels, thereby allowing the viewers to select from the plurality of camera feeds. The cameras are simultaneously operated during the sporting event so as to generate a plurality of camera feeds during the event, each feed reflecting the perspective of an individual participant. The plurality of feeds is received by the retransmission equipment and retransmitted to selectable channels, each channel being associated with a respective camera feed. A viewer is thus allowed to select from the plurality of channels to thus enable his or her viewing of the sports event through the perspective of the participant of greatest interest to the viewer.