Systems and methods for integrated automated sports data collection and analytics platform

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10086231-B2
Application number	US-201715450191-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 6, 2017
Priority date	Mar 8, 2016
Publication date	Oct 2, 2018
Grant date	Oct 2, 2018

Abstract

Systems and methods for integrated automated sports data collection and analytics are disclosed. Different types of data, for example but not limited, location data, movement data, impact data and biometric data for individual players are collected via wearable sensors in real time during a sports activity and transmitted to a cloud-based platform together with other sports data, including video, timing, scoring, statistics, and events with time code. The cloud-based platform is operable to aggregate, correlate, organize and synchronize various data related to the sports activity; store, query and retrieve various live data and historical data in and from a proprietary database; and perform analytics and provide intelligence to different parties involved in a sports activity, including coaches, trainers, medical staff, live announcers, broadcasters, displays, viewers, and fans and etc. These different parties may subscribe to licensed access to the cloud-based platform for tailored data feeds with real time push.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for data collection and analytics for a sports activity, comprising:
a server platform, a multiplicity of sensors, a multiplicity of application programs, and a multiplicity of user devices, wherein each of the user devices includes at least one of the multiplicity of application programs;
wherein the multiplicity of sensors and the multiplicity of user devices are operable for network communication with the server platform;
wherein the multiplicity of sensors are operable to collect and communicate in real time or near real time sports data related to the sports activity and a multiplicity of players in the sports activity to the server platform;
wherein the sports data comprises a multiplicity of data inputs from the multiplicity of sensors;
wherein the sports data includes real-time data relating to sports rules-based events and biometric data including heart rate, hydration, core body temperature, and impact metrics;
wherein the sports rules-based events include flags, whistles, timeouts, and snaps;
wherein the sports data includes disparate and asynchronous data from the multiplicity of players in the sports activity;
wherein the server platform is operable to automatically aggregate the multiplicity of data inputs, automatically correlate each of the multiplicity of data inputs with a corresponding time code, automatically integrate the multiplicity of data inputs, automatically receive the time-coded timing information and scoring statistics including timeouts, play clock, penalties, scores, and attempts, and automatically synchronize a number of the multiplicity of data inputs which have identical time codes and store the synchronized number of the multiplicity of data inputs in a database, thereby creating a time-synchronized data set;
wherein the server platform is operable to analyze the time-synchronized data set at a given time code based on user requested information for multiple players, thereby creating analyzed data;
wherein the analyzed data includes a speed of a moving player, a distance a player ran compared to a gain in yards, a distance an offensive player pushed back a defensive player, and a total distance any player travelled during a play;
wherein the server platform is operable to analyze relationships between the sports data and the analyzed data;
wherein the server platform is operable to send the analyzed data to the multiplicity of user devices and the multiplicity of application programs on each user device is operable to display the analyzed data and social media feeds related to the sports activity in combination with real-time video of the sports activity;
wherein the server platform is operable to provide a complete integration of dynamic statistical data and graphical content to the multiplicity of user devices;
wherein the multiplicity of data inputs is available for live query, live access, and live push;
wherein the multiplicity of data inputs is synchronized with the rules-based sports events;
wherein the server platform includes a Football Intelligence Engine;
wherein the Football Intelligence Engine is operable to store information for the multiplicity of players; and
wherein the Football Intelligence Engine is operable to integrate the multiplicity of data inputs from the multiplicity of sensors with information held by the Football Intelligence Engine including a number of plays for a player in a game and in a season, biographical data for a player, live and season-to-date location data, a player's position on a field from a beginning of a given play to an end of the given play, manual event markers from a marking application program on at least one of the user devices, linear timecode data, and statistical data.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the multiplicity of sensors includes radio-frequency identification (RFID) tracking tags with Bluetooth transmitters or radios, wherein the RFID tracking tags are removably attached to two shoulder pads for each player, wherein each RFID tracking tag further includes an accelerometer for measuring a speed of each player.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sports data comprise location data, movement data, impact data, video data, individual and team scoring, individual statistics, team statistics, and predetermined sports activity events.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sports data is transmitted to the server platform via one or more wired or wireless communication protocols selected from the group consisting of any proprietary or standard wireless protocol Ultra-Wide Band (UWB), Near Field Communication (NFC), Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, ISO/IEC 18000, Zigbee, infrared, mobile broadband, cellular protocols, Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP), and any other suitable protocol, wherein the one or more wired or wireless communication protocols are selected based on a location of the sports activity, and wherein the location is indoor, outdoor, or in stadium.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the server platform is a cloud-based platform, wherein the cloud-based platform is operable to integrate with social media and extract hashtags from the social media feeds related to a game during a predetermined time period and wherein the multiplicity of user devices is operable to display the hashtags related to the game in combination with the social media feeds.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the server platform is sensor-agnostic.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the database is operable to store live sports data and historical sports data and the analyzed data, and wherein the server platform is further operable to query and retrieve live sports data and historical sports data stored in the database.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the server platform is operable to provide a third party analytics provider with licensed access to the live sports data and historical sports data in the database, and wherein the third party analytics provider is operable to generate complementary analytics independently from the server platform.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the server platform is operable to provide authorized licensed or subscription-based access via an Application Program Interface (API) for the multiplicity of user devices for tailored data feeds with real time push.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the multiplicity of sensors includes at least one environmental sensor operable to collect environmental data including temperature and humidity and provide environmental factors and hazardous conditions; wherein the multiplicity of user devices is operable to display the environmental data to aid the assessment of an individual or team performance.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the multiplicity of sensors includes at least one sensor operable to capture the biometric data, wherein at least one of the multiplicity of user devices is operable to display an alert when the captured biometric data exceeds or drops below a threshold for the biometric data.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the multiplicity of user devices is equipped with a talent prompter providing offensive and defensive information; and wherein at least one of the multiplicity of user devices is operable to display an alert including key matchups, first time on field for offense, mismatches for positions, size and speed.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the marking application program marks and displays data comprising the time for sports activity events including the start of play, end of play, time of hand off and/or quarterback release, start of run with ball, end of run with ball, quarterback release of pass, start of route, end

Assignees

• Sportsmedia Tech Corp

Inventors

• Hall Gerard J

Classifications

• A61B5/4869

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