IP Library Granted Patent US 11,716,500
Granted Patent B2
US 11,716,500 · App. 17/484,388 · Granted Aug 1, 2023

Systems and methods for automatically generating scoring scenarios with video of event

Inventors: Ida Wahlquist-Ortiz (Mountain View, CA); Richard Daniel Lee (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
H04N21/4316A63F13/828H04N21/2187H04N21/2353
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,716,500
App. No.
17/484,388
Granted
Aug 1, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and systems are disclosed herein for automatically indicating, during display of video of an event, actions in event that could satisfy side-game scoring scenarios. This may be accomplished by a media application that generates a live video of an event and retrieves data relating to a current status of a side-game in which a user is participating. The media application determines that a next play of the event could affect an outcome of the side-game and, in response, determines a particular action within the event that could affect the outcome of the side-game. The media application generates for display, within the video, an overlay on top of a playing space of the event, the overlay indicating where the particular action would need to occur to affect the outcome of the side-game.

Claims (38)

1. A method comprising:

generating for display on a media device, a live sporting event;

determining a first location of a playing object relating to the live sporting event;

identifying a first set of scoring opportunities in a side-game based on the first location of the playing object in the live sporting event;

generating for display the first set of scoring opportunities;

in response to determining that circumstances in the live sporting event have changed based on comparison of a second location of the playing object to the first location of the playing object:

identifying a second set of scoring opportunities in the side-game based on the second location of the playing object in the live sporting event;

selecting from the second set of scoring opportunities, a possible scoring opportunity that would change who leads the side-game; and

updating the display of the first set of scoring opportunities to comprise emphasizing the selected possible scoring opportunity that would change who leads the side-game from the second set of scoring opportunities.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the playing object is a ball.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the object is selected from a group consisting of football ball, soccer ball, hockey puck, tennis ball, basketball, and baseball.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the change from the first location of a playing object to the second location of a playing object relates to the advancing or retracting of the playing object from its previous location to its current location.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the advancing or retracting of the playing object is the advancing or retracting of a football ball on a football field yard line.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second location of a playing object is same as the first location of the playing object after a playing event.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the playing event is a down in a football game.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the playing event is lapse of a period of time in the sporting event.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second location of a playing object is different from the first location of the playing object after a playing event.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, updating the current location of the playing object after each change in circumstance.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, modifying the display of the live sporting event by displaying an overlay of the scoring opportunities in the side-game.

12. A system comprising:

communications circuitry configured to access a database storing a first and a second set of scoring opportunities for a side-game; and

control circuitry configured to:

generate for display on a media device, a live sporting event;

determine a first location of a playing object relating to the live sporting event; identify a first set of scoring opportunities in a side-game based on the first location of the playing object in the live sporting event;

generate for display the first set of scoring opportunities;

in response to determining that circumstances in the live sporting event have changed based on comparison of a second location of the playing object to the first location of the playing object:

identify a second set of scoring opportunities in the side-game based on the second location of the playing object in the live sporting event;

select from the second set of scoring opportunities, a possible scoring opportunity that would change who leads the side-game; and

update the display of the first set of scoring opportunities to comprise emphasizing the selected possible scoring opportunity that would change who leads the side-game from the second set of scoring opportunities.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the playing object is a ball.

14. The system of claim 12 , wherein the object is selected from a group consisting of football ball, soccer ball, hockey puck, tennis ball, basketball, and baseball.

15. The system of claim 12 , wherein the change from the first location of a playing object to the second location of a playing object relates to the advancing or retracting of the playing object from its previous location to its current location.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the advancing or retracting of the playing object is the advancing or retracting of a football ball on a football field yard line.

17. The system of claim 12 , wherein the second location of a playing object is either same or different than the first location of the playing object after a playing event.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the playing event is a down in a football game.

19. The system of claim 17 , wherein the playing event is lapse of a period of time in the sporting event.

20. The system of claim 12 , further comprising, updating the current location of the playing object after each change in circumstance.

21. The system of claim 12 , further comprising, modifying the display of the live sporting event by displaying an overlay of the scoring opportunities in the side-game.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 3, 2024
From: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
To: ADEIA GUIDES INC.
Reel/Frame 069106/0129 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2023
From: ADEIA GUIDES INC.; ADEIA MEDIA HOLDINGS LLC; ADEIA MEDIA SOLUTIONS INC.; ADEIA SEMICONDUCTOR BONDING TECHNOLOGIES INC.; ADEIA SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS LLC; ADEIA SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 063707/0884 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2021
From: WAHLQUIST-ORTIZ, IDA; LEE, RICHARD DANIEL
To: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
Reel/Frame 057602/0023 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16673770 · Nov 4, 2019
Continuation 16017532 · Jun 25, 2018
Continuation 16016084 · Jun 22, 2018
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