Providing multiple perspectives of a venue activity to electronic wireless hand held devices

Abstract

Methods and systems for providing multiple perspectives of a venue activity to electronic hand held devices. A system for providing venue-based data to venue-based wireless hand held device can include at least one processor for processing data captured by at least one venue-based video camera for transmission to remote wireless hand held devices and at least one transmitter for wirelessly transmitting the data to a the remote wireless hand held devices. Wireless hand held devices include a display screen for displaying received venue video data. A method for transmitting venue-based data to hand held devices includes steps of capturing video images from at least one perspective of a venue-based activity using at least one video camera; processing the video images into venue-based data formatted for transmission and use by at least one hand held device and transmitting the venue-based data to at least one hand held device. Hand held devices receive venue-based data, process the data for display on a display screen associated with hand held devices, and display processed data on the display screen, thereby enabling users of the hand held devices to view at least one perspective of venue-based data through the hand held devices.

1 . A system for wirelessly transmitting venue-based data to at least one hand held device, said system comprising:
 at least one wireless network;   at least one processor for processing data captured by at least one venue-based video camera for transmission via said at least one wireless network to at least one hand held device, wherein said at least one hand held device comprises a display screen for displaying said data;   at least one transmitter for wirelessly transmitting said data via said at least one wireless network to said at least one hand held device;   at least one security module for securing said data for transmission to said at least one hand held device by said at least one transmitter via said at least one wireless network.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1  wherein said at least one security module further includes a security module associated with said at least one hand held device, wherein said security module associated with said at least one hand held device decrypts said data if said data is encrypted for transmission to said at least one hand held device via said at least one wireless network. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1  wherein said at least one hand held device further comprises at least one wireless module for communicating with said at least one wireless network. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 3  wherein said wireless module associated with said at least one hand held device includes at least one 802.11 wireless module for providing wireless communications access by said at least one hand held device to said at least one wireless network and/or said wireless module includes at least one cellular communications module for providing wireless communications access by said at least one hand held device to said at least one wireless network. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 4  wherein said at least one wireless network comprises at least an 802.11 wireless network and/or at least a cellular communications network. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 5  wherein said at least one hand held device comprises a smartphone. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 2  wherein said at least one hand held device further comprises at least one wireless module for communicating with said at least one wireless network. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 7  wherein said wireless module associated with said at least one hand held device includes at least one, 802.11 wireless module for providing wireless communications access by said at least one hand held device to said at least one wireless network and/or said wireless module includes at least one cellular communications module for providing wireless communications access by said at least one hand held device to said at least one wireless network, and wherein said at least one wireless network comprises at least an 802.11 wireless network and/or at least a cellular communications network. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8  wherein said at least one hand held device comprises a smartphone. 
     
     
         10 . A system for wirelessly providing venue-based data to at least one hand held device, said system comprising:
 at least one hand held device comprising a module for instructing said at least one hand held device to wirelessly receive venue-based data from at least one wireless network, said venue-based data associated with at least one venue and including video, audio, statistics and advertising information, said video comprising a plurality of video perspectives;   at least one transmitter for wirelessly transmitting said venue-based data to at least one hand held device from at least one venue-based data source through said at least one wireless network;   a processor for processing said venue-based data to provide processed data including said audio, statistics, advertising information and said video processed for display on a display screen associated with said at least one hand held device; and   a display screen associated with said at least one hand held device for simultaneously displaying said plurality of video perspectives and said processed data on said display screen of said at least one hand held device, thereby enabling a user of said at least one hand held device to view more than one video perspective at a time through said at least one hand held device in association with audio, statistics and advertising information.   
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 10  wherein said at least one wireless network further includes at least one wireless gateway associated with at least one server for processing said venue-based data in order to provide said processed data for display on said display screen associated with said at least one hand held device. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 10  wherein said at least one hand held device comprises a cellular telephone capable of establishing voice communications with other cellular telephones. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 10  wherein said at least one hand held device includes an audio component for providing said audio associated with said venue-based data. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 10  wherein said at least one venue comprises a sports arena. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 10  wherein said at least one venue comprises an entertainment venue. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 10  wherein said at least one venue comprises a racing arena. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 10  wherein said at least one wireless network comprises an 802.11 wireless network. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 10  wherein said at least one wireless network comprises a cellular telephone network. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 10  wherein said at least one wireless network comprises a cellular telephone network and/or an 802.11 wireless network and said at least one hand held device comprises a smartphone that communicates wirelessly with said at least one wireless network.