Patent ID: 9671940
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: G06F,G11B,H04N

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: using a computer, receiving data that was created during a live game of American football, wherein the data comprises a plurality of play events associated with the live game of American football, wherein the data for each play event comprises a timestamp, a video clip, and an importance field, wherein the importance field is set if possession changed during the play event, and wherein the importance field is set if a score changed during the play event; using the computer, displaying a timeline that is divided into a plurality of segments each corresponding to a different possession by a team in the live game of American football; using the computer, displaying on the timeline an icon for each play event in a position on the timeline based on the timestamp of the play event and in a segment and color corresponding to the team that was in possession of a football at a time of the play event; using the computer, on the timeline, displaying an indicator that is interactively movable along the timeline, wherein a length of the indicator corresponds to a time interval of the timeline and underscores one or more of the play events in the time interval; using the computer, in a panel, displaying a graphical tile for each play event whose timestamp is included in the time interval; wherein the graphical tile of the play event has a particular color that represents a team that was in possession of the football at the time of the play event, wherein the particular color corresponds to the icon of the play event; using the computer, visually indicating at least one of: a referee signal which occurred during a play event, yardage gained during the play event, a contributing player, a numeric representation of a duration of a play event, an interception, a punt, a penalty, or a special teams play; wherein the visually indicating comprises decorating at least one of: the icon of a play event or the graphical tile of a play event; in response to selection of the graphical tile, using the computer, displaying the video clip of the play event of the graphical tile.