Patent ID: 8466913

Claim:
A method for providing image data of an event involving participants at an event facility, comprising: receiving a television broadcast of the event at a user system, the user system comprises a display, a user input device and a host computer, the host computer comprising at least one processor, the television broadcast includes: (a) video data, including a plurality of camera images of the event, the plurality of camera images include first and second selected images of the event and (b) auxiliary data associated with the video data, the auxiliary data including: (i) a preview image of the first selected image, (ii) a model which is based on the first selected image of the event, and which includes texture data of at least one of the participants from the first selected image of the event, (iii) a preview image of the second selected image, and (iv) a model which is based on the second selected image of the event, and which includes texture data of at least one of the participants from the second selected image of the event, the model which is based on the first selected image of the event and the model which is based on the second selected image of the event include texture data of the event facility; displaying the preview images of the first and second selected images on the display; receiving, via the user input device, user commands which select the first preview image and identify specific virtual viewpoints of the event; and in response to the user commands, executing processor-readable code at the at least one processor to run the model which is based on the first selected image of the event to depict, on the display, the at least one of the participants from the first selected image of the event and the event facility, from the specific virtual viewpoints.