Patent ID: 7884855
Filing Date: 2011-02-08
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for providing video camera perspectives recorded from live activities at entertainment venues for display as video entertainment offered to customers located within the entertainment venue and also to remote customers located in homes and businesses located away from the entertainment venue, said camera views provided over a data network at remote video monitors, said method comprising the steps of: transmitting to remote video monitors located within the entertainment venue and also to remote customers located in homes and businesses located away from the entertainment venue at least two video camera perspectives captured by at least two video cameras independently recording live activities from at least one entertainment venue; receiving said at least two video camera perspectives at remote video monitors located within the entertainment venue and also to remote customers located in homes and businesses located away from the entertainment venue and processing said at least two video camera perspectives for user selected single or simultaneous display on said remote video monitors; and displaying at least one video camera perspective on said remote video monitors in response to a user selection of said at least one video camera perspective from the at least two video camera perspectives, wherein said at least two video camera perspectives are provided for transmission to said remote video monitors from synchronized cameras recording an activity at one entertainment venue and said at least two video camera perspectives are processed for user selected, simultaneous and synchronized display on said remote video monitors and wherein said synchronized cameras include one master camera located above and near the center of said performance platform and capturing images of live entertainment occurring on said performance platform from above said performance platform and at least one slave camera located proximate to the performance platform for capturing side views of entertainment occurring on said platform and responsive to movement of said one master camera, wherein a movement of said at least one slave camera is dependent on a movement by said master camera to capture a video camera perspective of said activity also being captured as video by said master camera.