Patent ID: 9591336
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method for event camera feed distribution, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of camera feeds associated with a plurality of cameras located in an eventgoer area of an event venue, wherein each camera feed of the plurality of camera feeds is associated with one camera of the plurality of cameras, and wherein each camera of the plurality of cameras is coupled to a seating element assigned to a different location within the eventgoer area and a corresponding camera feed of the plurality of camera feeds simulates a view from the seating element; receiving a request from a mobile device to view an event taking place in the event venue; identifying a first location of a first event occurrence taking place at a first time during the event; identifying a second location of a second event occurrence taking place at a second time during the event; determining a first set of distances from each of the plurality of cameras to the first location; determining a second set of distances from each of the plurality of cameras to the second location; generating a camera feed listing of the plurality of camera feeds, wherein the camera feed listing indicates a quality level of each of the camera feeds based on the first set of distances and the second set of distances; transmitting the camera feed listing to the mobile device, wherein the camera feed listing identifies at least a subset of the plurality of camera feeds; receiving a selection from the mobile device, wherein the selection identifies a first camera feed from the camera feed listing; and streaming video data from the first camera feed to a video playing interface stored in a memory of the mobile device and executed by a processor of the mobile device.