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Gaming utilizing actual telemetry data
Assignee: Intel Corp
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Filing: 1998-12-22
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Granted: 2007-05-01
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Expires: 2018-12-22
Abstract
Abstract Gaming utilizing actual telemetry data. In one embodiment, a system including a source of actual telemetry data regarding an event, such as a sporting event, and a gaming application utilizing the actual telemetry data. In one embodiment, by utilizing actual telemetry data, the ability to play a game as if the game player were involved in a current sporting event, in real-time, is provided.
Inventors
- 👤 Curtis E. Jutzi
- 👤 Jay Connelly
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 10:26
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F13/00; A63F13/60; A63F13/65; A63F13/12; A63F13/30; A63F13/50; A63F13/52; A63F13/525; A63F13/5252; A63F13/80; A63F13/803; A63F13/812; A63F2300/00; A63F2300/40; A63F2300/409; A63F2300/60; A63F2300/64; A63F2300/69; A63F2300/80; A63F2300/8011; A63F2300/8017
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 27
Claim 1
Independent Claim
128 words
A system comprising: a source of actual telemetry data regarding an event, wherein the actual telemetry data comprises quantitative data measurements of characteristics of the event, and wherein the source comprises at least one data measurement instrument to collect the quantitative data measurements; a media manager to manage bandwidth and multicast address assignment and to export interfaces used to configure and retrieve the actual telemetry data; a capture manager to manage stream objects, wherein each stream object is to send a stream relating to the event; a controller to communicate announcements regarding the event via an exported internal interface; and a gaming application utilizing the actual telemetry data to provide a viewing experience of the event comprising viewing shots and angles not covered by cameras at the event.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
128 words
A system comprising: a source of actual telemetry data regarding an event, wherein the actual telemetry data comprises quantitative data measurements of characteristics of the event, and wherein the source comprises at least one data measurement instrument to collect the quantitative data measurements; a media manager to manage bandwidth and multicast address assignment and to export interfaces used to configure and retrieve the actual telemetry data; a capture manager to manage stream objects, wherein each stream object is to send a stream relating to the event; a controller to communicate announcements regarding the event via an exported internal interface; and a gaming application utilizing the actual telemetry data to provide a viewing experience of the event comprising viewing shots and angles not covered by cameras at the event.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
13 words
The system of claim 1 , wherein the event comprises a sporting event.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
The system of claim 1 , wherein the source of actual telemetry data comprises a storage storing the data as previously captured by data capture equipment.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system of claim 3 , wherein the storage is selected from a group essentially consisting of: a removable storage medium and a server.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
The system of claim 1 , wherein the source of actual telemetry data comprises data capture equipment to capture data from each of at least one contestant of the event.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system of claim 5 , further comprising a transport medium to communicate the actual telemetry data from the source to the gaming application.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
The system of claim 6 , wherein the transport medium comprises: a transceiver coupled to the data capture equipment; and, an uplink coupled to the transceiver.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
30 words
The system of claim 7 , wherein the transport medium further comprises: a downlink communicatively coupled to the transceiver; and, a network communicatively coupling the downlink to the gaming application.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system of claim 8 , wherein the network is selected from a group essentially consisting of: the Internet, an intranet, and an extranet.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
26 words
The system of claim 1 , wherein the event is selected from a group essentially consisting of: auto racing, golf, baseball, football, basketball, tennis, and hockey.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
37 words
The system of claim 1 , wherein the gaming application is run on a platform selected from a group essentially consisting of: a computer, a television set-top box, a stand-alone video game, and a video-gaming system console.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
23 words
The system of claim 1 , wherein the gaming application utilizes the actual telemetry data to display a simulated version of the event.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system of claim 1 , wherein the gaming application utilizes the actual telemetry data to provide a user-participatory simulated version of the event.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
103 words
A method comprising: capturing actual telemetry data regarding an event, wherein the actual telemetry data comprises quantitative data measurements of characteristics of the event, and wherein capturing further comprises collecting the quantitative data measurements from at least one data measurement instrument; managing bandwidth and multicast address assignment, and exporting interfaces used to configure and retrieve the actual telemetry data using a media manager; communicating announcements regarding the event via an exported internal interface; and utilizing the actual telemetry data within a gaming application to provide a viewing experience of the event comprising viewing shots and angles not covered by cameras at the event.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
103 words
A method comprising: capturing actual telemetry data regarding an event, wherein the actual telemetry data comprises quantitative data measurements of characteristics of the event, and wherein capturing further comprises collecting the quantitative data measurements from at least one data measurement instrument; managing bandwidth and multicast address assignment, and exporting interfaces used to configure and retrieve the actual telemetry data using a media manager; communicating announcements regarding the event via an exported internal interface; and utilizing the actual telemetry data within a gaming application to provide a viewing experience of the event comprising viewing shots and angles not covered by cameras at the event.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 14 , wherein the event comprises a sporting event.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 14 , further comprising storing the actual telemetry data on a storage for later utilization by the gaming application.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of claim 14 , wherein utilizing the actual telemetry data within a gaming application comprises displaying a non-participatory simulated version of the sporting event based on the actual telemetry data.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of claim 14 , wherein utilizing the actual telemetry data within a gaming application comprises providing a user-participatory simulated version of the sporting event based on the actual telemetry data.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
129 words
A machine-readable medium having processor instructions stored thereon for execution by a processor to perform a method comprising: receiving actual telemetry data regarding an event, wherein the actual telemetry data comprises quantitative data measurements of characteristics of the event, and wherein the actual telemetry data is collected via at least one data measurement instrument; managing bandwidth and multicast address assignment, and exporting interfaces used to configure and retrieve the actual telemetry data using a media manager; communicating announcements regarding the event via an exported internal interface; and utilizing the actual telemetry data regarding the event in an application to provide a simulated version of the event, wherein the simulated version comprises a viewing experience of the event comprising viewing shots and angles not covered by cameras at the event.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
129 words
A machine-readable medium having processor instructions stored thereon for execution by a processor to perform a method comprising: receiving actual telemetry data regarding an event, wherein the actual telemetry data comprises quantitative data measurements of characteristics of the event, and wherein the actual telemetry data is collected via at least one data measurement instrument; managing bandwidth and multicast address assignment, and exporting interfaces used to configure and retrieve the actual telemetry data using a media manager; communicating announcements regarding the event via an exported internal interface; and utilizing the actual telemetry data regarding the event in an application to provide a simulated version of the event, wherein the simulated version comprises a viewing experience of the event comprising viewing shots and angles not covered by cameras at the event.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
14 words
The machine-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the event comprises a sporting event.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
34 words
The machine-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein receiving actual telemetry data regarding an event comprises retrieving the actual telemetry data from a storage storing the data as previously captured by data capture equipment.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
40 words
The machine-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein receiving actual telemetry data regarding an event comprises retrieving the actual telemetry data in substantially real-time from a transport medium communicatively coupled to data capture equipment capturing in substantially real-time the data.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
41 words
The machine-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein utilizing the actual telemetry data regarding a sporting event to provide a simulated version of the event comprises utilizing the actual telemetry data to display a non-participatory simulated version of the sporting event.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
39 words
The machine-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein utilizing the actual telemetry data regarding an event to provide a simulated version of the event comprises utilizing the actual telemetry data to provide a user-participatory simulated version of the event.
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