System and method for providing live augmented reality content

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9990028-B2
Application number	US-201414506243-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 3, 2014
Priority date	Oct 3, 2014
Publication date	Jun 5, 2018
Grant date	Jun 5, 2018

Abstract

A rendering platform for providing live augmented reality content to a user device is disclosed. The rendering platform receives augmented reality content associated with an event via a multicast data channel. A coverage area of the multicast data channel covers a portion of a venue associated with the event. The rendering platform receives a request to present an augmented reality display of the event at the user device within the coverage area. Further, the augmented reality content in the augmented reality display is presented based on the request.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, on a scheduled basis and by a user device, augmented reality content associated with an event via a multicast data channel,
wherein a coverage area of the multicast data channel covers at least a portion of a venue associated with the event,
wherein each item of the scheduled augmented reality content is associated with a particular time,
wherein the user device is located within the coverage area,
wherein the augmented reality content is delivered over the multicast data channel based on a scheduling request from a provider of the augmented reality content;

determining, by the user device, that a particular augmented reality content item, of the received augmented reality content, is available for viewing at the user device, the determining including:
determining that a present time matches the particular time associated with the particular augmented reality content item;

presenting, by the user device, based on determining that the present time matches the particular time associated with the particular augmented reality content item, an alert indicating that the particular augmented reality content item is available for viewing;
receiving, by the user device and after presenting the alert, a request to present the particular augmented reality content item;
presenting the particular augmented reality content item via a display device of the user device based on the request; and
providing, by the user device and to the provider of the augmented reality content, feedback regarding the delivery of the augmented reality content.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the particular augmented reality content item is available for viewing is further based on:
contextual information associated with the event, the venue, the device, a user of the device, or a combination thereof.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the multicast data channel is provisioned based on the venue, a location of the event, a duration of the event, or a combination thereof.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
initiating a storage of the augmented reality content at the user device only while the user device is located at the venue, during a duration of the event, or a combination thereof.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
updating the presented augmented reality content based on a progression of the event, the updating being performed based on the scheduled basis on which the augmented reality content is received via the multicast data channel.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the augmented reality content includes live content associated with the event, recorded content associated with the event, curated content, advertising content, or a combination thereof.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
presenting guide information that indicates a direction or an orientation in which the user device should be faced in order to view the particular augmented reality content.

8. A user device, comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of processor-executable instructions; and
a processor configured to execute the set of processor-executable instructions, wherein executing the set of processor-executable instructions causes the processor to:
receive, on a scheduled basis, augmented reality content associated with an event via a multicast data channel,
wherein a coverage area of the multicast data channel covers at least a portion of a venue associated with the event,
wherein each item of the scheduled augmented reality content is associated with a particular time that is defined as an offset of a start time of the event,
wherein the user device receives the augmented reality content when the user device is located within the coverage area,
wherein the augmented reality content is delivered over the multicast data channel based on a scheduling request from a provider of the augmented reality content;

determine that a particular augmented reality content item, of the received augmented reality content, is available for viewing at the user device, the determining including:
determining that a present time matches the particular time associated with the particular augmented reality content item;

present, at the present time and based on determining that the present time matches the particular time associated with the particular augmented reality content item, an alert indicating that the particular augmented reality content item is available for viewing;
receive, after presenting the alert, a request to present the particular augmented reality content item;
present the particular augmented reality content item via a display device of the user device based on the request; and
provide, to the provider of the augmented reality content, feedback regarding the delivery of the augmented reality content.

9. The user device according to claim 8 , wherein determining that the particular augmented reality content item is available for viewing is further based on:
contextual information associated with the event, the venue, the device, a user of the device, or a combination thereof.

10. The user device according to claim 8 , wherein the multicast data channel is provisioned based on the venue, a location of the event, a duration of the event, or a combination thereof.

11. The user device according to claim 8 , wherein executing the set of processor-executable instructions further causes the processor to:
initiate a storage of the augmented reality content at the device only while the device is located at the venue, during a duration of the event, or a combination thereof.

12. The user device according to claim 8 , wherein executing the set of processor-executable instructions further causes the processor to:
update the presented augmented reality content based on a progression of the event, the updating being performed based on the scheduled basis on which the augmented reality content is received via the multicast data channel.

13. The user device according to claim 8 , wherein the augmented reality content includes live content associated with the event, recorded content associated with the event, curated content, advertising content, or a combination thereof.

14. The user device according to claim 8 , wherein the augmented reality content includes information related to:
a service available at the event, the venue, or a combination thereof;
a status of the service; or
a combination thereof.

15. The user device of claim 8 , wherein executing the processor-executable instructions further causes the processor to:
present guide information that indicates a direction or an orientation in which the user device should be faced in order to view the particular augmented reality content.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, storing processor-executable instructions, which, when executed by a processor of a user device, cause the processor to:
receive, on a scheduled basis, augmented reality content associated with an event via a multicast data channel,
wherein a coverage area of the multicast data channel covers at least a portion of a venue associated with the event,
wherein each item of the scheduled augmented reality content is associated with a particular time that is defined as an offset of a start time of the event,
wherein the user device receives the augmented reality content when the user device is located within the coverage area,
wherein the augmented reality content is delivered over the multicast data channel based on a scheduling request from a pr

Assignees

• Verizon Patent & Licensing Inc

Inventors

• Basra Arvind K

Classifications

• H04L51/10

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• H04W4/06

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  automatically by game devices or servers from real world data, e.g. measurement in live racing competition · CPC title

• H04W4/008

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