Paul M Frederick

US Patent:

7106360, Sep 12, 2006

Filed:

Dec 2, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/452952

Inventors:

Paul J. Frederick - Rockville 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:

7956892, Jun 7, 2011

Filed:

Sep 11, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/518435

Inventors:

Paul J. Frederick - Rockville 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:

8436903, May 7, 2013

Filed:

May 10, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/104633

Inventors:

Paul J. Frederick - Rockville MD, US

Assignee:

U'R Therel 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.