Patent ID: 8253865
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: H04H,H04N,H04R

Abstract:
1. A method for providing video content related to an entertainment event to a user, the method comprising: providing at least one of software and firmware configured to be transferred to a plurality of handheld devices having memory, programmable portable receivers and portable displays, the receivers programmed to communicate with a communications network; formatting a plurality of video signals related to the entertainment event into video content, said video signals being produced by different cameras located at the entertainment event; transmitting said video content wirelessly from a wireless transmitter of the communications network over a broadcast area encompassing at least a portion of the event, to said portable receivers located within the broadcast area, wherein the at least one of software and firmware enables the handheld device to allow users to select, at the corresponding individual handheld device, from said video content, and to display, via the corresponding individual portable display, an image defined by said video content selected by the individual corresponding user; formatting a plurality of audio signals associated with the event into audio content; and transmitting said audio content wirelessly over the broadcast area to the handheld devices, the handheld devices having speakers, the audio content being formatted in a manner that allows users to select the audio content to play over the speakers of the corresponding portable receiver, wherein the audio content is transmitted separately from the video content.