Live concert/event video system and method
View Patent ↗One aspect of the invention is a method of providing video to attendees of a live concert. Video of different views of the live concert is captured. A plurality of video streams are provided to attendees of the live concert while the live concert is occurring. The plurality of digital video streams enable an attendee of the live concert to select which of the plurality of digital video streams to view using a portable digital device associated with that attendee such that the attendee may choose from among the different views of the live concert.
1. A method of providing still images of live events, the method comprising:
accessing, while a live event is occurring, a plurality of video signals of the live event, each video signal in the plurality of video signals corresponding to a view in a plurality of views of the live event;
extracting, from at least two video signals in the plurality of video signals, a frame from the video signal;
generating a plurality of still images of the live event, each still image in the plurality of still images corresponding to one of the extracted frames;
availing, while the live event is occurring, the plurality of still images to each of a plurality of viewers of the live event;
wherein each of the plurality of viewers is enabled to select, using a device of the viewer, which of the plurality of still images to view while the live event is occurring;
receiving, from a device of each viewer of the plurality of viewers, a communication corresponding to a selection of one or the plurality of still images; and
generating a statistic based on the received communications that is indicative of a popularity of a view in the plurality of views.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of viewers includes an attendee viewing the live event from within a venue of the live event.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of viewers includes a viewer remotely viewing the live event from outside a venue of the live event.
4. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising:
identifying one of the plurality of video signals corresponding to a view that matches a view of the selected still image; and
causing the one of the plurality of video signals to be transmitted the device of the viewer.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the accessing the plurality of video signals of the live event comprises receiving a video signal of the plurality of video signals from a camera in a venue of the live event.
6. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising:
identifying a set of demographic groups;
for each demographic group in the set of demographic groups:
identifying a set of viewers from the plurality of viewers having a demographic characteristic matching a demographic characteristic of the demographic group; and
identifying a variable indicative of view-point preference based on the selection.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least two views in the plurality of views differ in a degree of zoom.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the availing the plurality of still images includes sequentially providing each of the plurality of still images.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the availing the plurality of still includes sending the plurality of still images to the devices of the plurality of viewers via an app installed on each of the devices of the plurality of viewers.
10. A system, comprising:
one or more data processors; and
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing instructions which, when executed on the one or more data processors, cause the one or more data processors to perform actions including:
accessing, while a live event is occurring, a plurality of video signals of the live event, each video signal in the plurality of video signals corresponding to a view in a plurality of views of the live event;
extracting, from at least two video signals in the plurality of video signals, a frame from the video signal;
generating a plurality of still images of the live event, each still image in the plurality of still images corresponding to one of the extracted frames;
availing, while the live event is occurring, the plurality of still images to each of a plurality of viewers of the live event;
wherein each of the plurality of viewers is enabled to select, using a device of the viewer, which of the plurality of still images to view while the live event is occurring;
receiving, from a device of each viewer of the plurality of viewers, a communication corresponding to a selection of one or the plurality of still images; and
generating a statistic based on the received communications that is indicative of a popularity of a view in the plurality of views.
11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of viewers includes an attendee viewing the live event from within a venue of the live event.
12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of viewers includes a viewer remotely viewing the live event from outside a venue of the live event.
13. The system of claim 10 , the actions further comprising:
identifying one of the plurality of video signals corresponding to a view that matches a view of the selected still image; and
causing the one of the plurality of video signals to be transmitted the device of the viewer.
14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the accessing the plurality of video signals of the live event comprises receiving a video signal of the plurality of video signals from a camera in a venue of the live event.
15. The system of claim 10 , the actions further comprising:
identifying a set of demographic groups;
for each demographic group in the set of demographic groups:
identifying a set of viewers from the plurality of viewers having a demographic characteristic matching a demographic characteristic of the demographic group; and
identifying a variable indicative of view-point preference.
16. The system of claim 10 , wherein at least two views in the plurality of views differ in a degree of zoom.
17. A computer-program product tangibly embodied in a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, the product including instructions configured to cause one or more data processors to perform actions including:
accessing, while a live event is occurring, a plurality of video signals of the live event, each video signal in the plurality of video signals corresponding to a view in a plurality of views of the live event;
extracting, from at least two video signals in the plurality of video signals, a frame from the video signal;
generating a plurality of still images of the live event, each still image in the plurality of still images corresponding to one of the extracted frames;
availing, while the live event is occurring, the plurality of still images to each of a plurality of viewers of the live event;
wherein each of the plurality of viewers is enabled to select, using a device of the viewer, which of the plurality of still images to view while the live event is occurring;
receiving, from a device of each viewer of the plurality of viewers, a communication corresponding to a selection of one or the plurality of still images; and
generating a statistic based on the received communications that is indicative of a popularity of a view in the plurality of views.
18. The computer-program product of claim 17 , the actions further comprising:
identifying one of the plurality of video signals corresponding to a view that matches a view of the selected still image; and
causing the one of the plurality of video signals to be transmitted the device of the viewer.