System and method for providing event spectators with audio/video signals pertaining to remote events

Abstract

A system and method for providing content for access by a portable device at an event are provided. The system includes an interface to receive signals from a plurality of sources. The plurality of sources are located at an event and remote from the event. The signals define event content and non-event content. The system further includes a processor for processing the received signals to generate combined signals based upon the received signals from the plurality of sources. The system also includes a transmitter for transmitting to a plurality of portable devices at the event the combined signals. The combined signals are configured to allow a user to select content using the portable device receiving the combined signals.

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         65 . A system for providing entertainment event content to a portable device, the system configured to communicate with at least one facility that receives video signals defining event content associated with multiple entertainment events of a similar type, the system comprising:
 multiple antenna located to service different coverage areas, the multiple antenna including a first antenna having a first coverage area where a first user is located;   a processor configured to determine a criteria regarding the multiple entertainment events, the multiple entertainment events including a remote entertainment event that is remote from the first user and the first coverage area;   the processor configured to designate the first antenna to receive a first video signal associated with the remote entertainment event indicated by the criteria; and   a router capable of routing the first video signal, associated with the remote entertainment event, to the first antenna; and   the first antenna configured to wirelessly transmit the first video signal to at least a first portable device within a corresponding first coverage area, the first video signal configured to allow the user to view the event content on the first portable device;   wherein the first antenna is configured to service a coverage area at a first entertainment event and the first antenna is configured to support active two-way communication with the first portable device through which the user actively makes a request for the first video signal from the system.   
     
     
         66 . (canceled) 
     
     
         66 . The system of  claim 65 , wherein the router routes first video event content to at least a first antenna and second video event content to at least a second antenna, the first and second antenna defining WiFi nodes at a first entertainment event. 
     
     
         67 . The system of  claim 65 , wherein one of the corresponding coverage areas include a stadium where a first entertainment event occurs. 
     
     
         68 . The system of  claim 65 , wherein the first antenna is located proximate to a stadium where a local entertainment event is occurring and a second antenna is located remote from the local entertainment event, the first and second antenna transmitting local event content. 
     
     
         69 . The system of  claim 65 , wherein sources comprise at least one of over air television, event cameras, AM/FM radio, satellite, VCR/DVD, cable television, satellite television, and Internet. 
     
     
         70 . The system of  claim 65 , wherein the processor is configured to designate antenna of a cellular network to receive the video signal. 
     
     
         71 . The system of  claim 65 , further comprising a modulator configured to modulate multiple video signals on different channels. 
     
     
         72 . The system of  claim 65 , wherein the first portable device represents a cellular phone and the first antenna communicates through WiFi with the cellular phone. 
     
     
         73 . The system of  claim 65 , wherein the video signal includes real-time video event content from a live entertainment event and recorded video event content from a prior entertainment event, where the live and prior entertainment events are a same type of event. 
     
     
         74 . The system of  claim 65 , where the first antenna defines a WiFi node with the corresponding coverage area at a first entertainment event, the video signal including the event content associated with the first entertainment event. 
     
     
         75 . A method for routing entertainment event content to a portable device from a system that receives video signals defining event content associated with multiple entertainment events of a similar type, the method comprising:
 connecting to multiple antenna located to service different coverage areas, the multiple antenna including a first antenna having a first coverage area where a first user is located;   determining a criteria regarding the multiple entertainment events, the multiple entertainment events including a remote entertainment event that is remote from the first user and the first coverage area;   designating the first antenna to receive a first video signal associated with the remote entertainment event indicated by the criteria;   routing the first video signal, associated with the remote entertainment event, to the first antenna;   wirelessly transmitting, from the first antenna, the video signal to at least a first portable device within the coverage area of the first antenna; and   configuring the video signal to allow a user of the first portable device to view the event content on the first portable device;   wherein the first antenna is configured to service a coverage area at a first entertainment event and the first antenna is configured to support active two-way communication with the first portable device through which the user actively makes a request for the video signal from the system.   
     
     
         76 . The method of  claim 75 , wherein the first video signal represents real-time video event content from the remote entertainment event. 
     
     
         77 . The method of  claim 75 , wherein the antenna are located to service corresponding coverage areas within a stadium where a first entertainment event occurs. 
     
     
         78 . The method of  claim 75 , further comprising receiving a user request for user specified event content and routing the video signal to the user in responses to the user specified event content. 
     
     
         79 . The method of  claim 75 , further comprising wirelessly transmitting a first video signal to a first portable device in response to a user request. 
     
     
         80 . The method of  claim 75 , wherein at least a portion of the antenna are configured to service coverage areas remote from the entertainment event and are configured to wirelessly transmit the video signal to cellular telephones while at locations other than at the entertainment event. 
     
     
         81 . The method of  claim 75 , wherein at least one antenna is configured to service a coverage area at a first entertainment event and the at least one antenna is configured to support active two-way communication with the first portable device through which the user actively makes a request for the video signal from the system. 
     
     
         82 . The method of  claim 75 , wherein the video signal includes video event content from a first video source at a live entertainment event and audio event content from a first audio source at the live entertainment event. 
     
     
         83 . The method of  claim 75 , wherein the antenna and first portable device communicate through WiFi communications. 
     
     
         84 . The method of  claim 75 , wherein the first antenna defines a WiFi node with the corresponding coverage area at a first entertainment event, the video signal including the event content associated with the first entertainment event. 
     
     
         85 . The system of  claim 75 , wherein the first video signal represents real-time video event content from the remote entertainment event.