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US 8,650,585 · App. 13/353,221 · Granted Feb 11, 2014

Transaction management for racing entertainment

Inventor: Takayuki Arima (Rancho Palos Verdes, CA)

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Patent No.: US 8,650,585
App. No.: 13/353,221
Granted: Feb 11, 2014
Kind: B2

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Abstract

A system and method are provided to perform operations for racing entertainment, including providing each of multiple racers with devices to capture images and sounds as perceived by the racer during a race, obtaining information pertaining to each of multiple users such as account information and selection of a racer whom the user wants to get connection with, managing transactions, processing the images and sounds, and transmitting the processed images and sounds from the racer to a client terminal of the user who selected the racer.

Claims (77)

1. A method of providing racing entertainment comprising:

providing each of a plurality of racers with one or more cameras and. one or more microphones to capture images and sounds as perceived by the racer during a race;

obtaining information pertaining to each of a plurality of users, including account information and selection of a racer whom the user wants to get connection with;

managing transactions;

processing the images and sounds; and

transmitting the processed images and sounds from the racer to a client terminal of the user who selected the racer,

wherein the managing transactions comprises:

calculating the number of users who selected each racer to obtain connection share;

distributing points to the plurality of users according to point distribution rules predetermined based on the connection share and a race result;

allowing the plurality of users to redeem the points with goods or services; and

giving bonuses or awards to the plurality of racers based on the connection share.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein

the managing transactions comprises:

charging each of the plurality of users a fee for the connection to the selected racer to receive the processed images and sounds from the selected racer; and

receiving the fee based on the account information obtained from the user.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein

the managing transactions comprises:

storing films or images of advertisement prepared by sponsors; and

charging the sponsors a fee for the advertisement, and wherein

the transmitting comprises transmitting the films or images of the advertisement with the processed images and sounds from the racer to a client terminal of the user who selected the racer.

4. The method of claim 1 . wherein

the transmitting comprises transmitting TV broadcast scenes of the race with the processed images and sounds from the racer to a client terminal of the user who selected the racer.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein

the transmitting comprises transmitting racing information with the processed images and sounds from the racer to a client terminal of the user who selected the racer.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein

the racing information includes one or more of time, speed, laps and rank associated with the racer or other racers.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein

the managing transactions comprises:

providing the plurality of users with an option of gambling;

obtaining personal information pertaining to each of the users who chose the option of gambling;

determining if criteria are met for allowing the user to gamble based on the personal information compared to regulations;

allowing the user to participate in gambling if the criteria are met for the user; and

managing, transactions associated with gambling.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein

the managing transactions associated with gambling comprises:

managing betting;

obtaining betting money from the users based on the account information, and

distributing points or winning money to winning users based on distribution rules.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein

the distribution rules are predetermined based on an amount of pooled money, connection share and a race result.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein

the managing transactions associated with gambling further comprises:

allowing the winning users to pool the winning money to bet for one or more subsequent races.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein

the managing transactions associated with gambling further comprises:

allowing the users to borrow money to bet for one or more races and pay the money back later.

12. A system comprising:

a receiver for receiving images and sounds captured by one or more cameras and one or more microphones, respectively, which are attached to each of a plurality of racers in a race;

an image and sound processing module for processing the received, images and sounds; and

a transaction module configured to obtain information pertaining to each of a plurality of users, including account information and selection of a racer whom the user wants to get connection with, and to transmit the processed images and sounds from the racer to a client terminal of the user who selected the racer,

wherein the transaction module is further configured to perform operations comprising:

calculating the number of users who selected each racer to obtain connection share;

distributing points to the plurality of users according to point distribution rules predetermined based on the connection share and a race result;

allowing the plurality of users to redeem the points with goods or services; and

giving bonuses or awards to the plurality of racers based on the connection share.

13. The system of clam 12 , wherein