Patent Application
20220303628
With the proliferation of theater and home based entertainment experiences, where people sit for the most part idol while content is broadcast to them, and the rise of outdoor events based around live performances where people run the possibility of being exposed to outdoor elements such as sun and rain; along with the typical crowds and often inadequate facilities such as bathrooms that are present at such outdoor events; it is the belief that given the opportunity for a highbred experience, one in which people can experience video and audio content suitable for theater and home based broadcast while in an indoor venue promoting a festival environment, people will embrace this alternative. Additionally, allowing individuals to participate with content being broadcast/streamed into their home via utilizing hard (non-technical) objects combined with prompts from an electronic device, such as a mobile and/or in home electronic smart device will provide an enhancement to the existing entertainment experience.
As people seek new and innovated ways to be entertained, venues, such as nightclubs and bars concurrently seek ways of expanding and deepening their patron base. As a result, the opportunity for venues such as nightclubs and bars to attract an expanded patron base exists in providing an entertainment experience in the form of a video and audio broadcast coupled with patron interactivity.
The present invention is therefore directed to the problem of developing a system and method to enhance a patron's experience in a nightclub, bar or similar venue and/or in a residential home by allowing them a participatory experience with a video and audio broadcast. The present invention solves these and other problems by providing a method, apparatus and devices for allowing event goer interaction and participation with a visual and audio content broadcast (movie) while the movie is being shown to the event goer, either in a private or public venue. Patrons are provided content and cues on their mobile communication/computing devices which in turn is synced to various portion of the video and audio being broadcast in the venue, thereby enabling them to participate with the event and audio/video (movie) content.
The invention, a method for enabling an event goer to participate with video and audio content being presented by a display device such as a video screen and/or mobile device screen includes a process of streaming, storing, and viewing the content. It further entails having the content (video and audio) interact with a software application that is present on the event goers mobile device and/or a device, either a computer, steaming/storage device. The content may have participatory points embedded, which allow a mobile device to recognize segments of the content. Each participatory point may be associated with a segment(s) in the video/audio content and an object(s) which the event goer has. The software application is storable on a computer readable media and is downloadable to a mobile computing device. The software application enables a user of the mobile computing device to register with the processor using the mobile computing device and to receive a prompt from the processor on the mobile computing device and to respond to the prompt by participating/using an object(s) in a bag, the object(s) are non-technical in nature. The processor is to send an interactive message prompt prior to each interaction point to request registered users to use an item they have in conjunction with action taking place in the broadcast content.
In one possible variant of the above standard model, a broadcast from the internet, cable, television, or some other content provider will be shown in a venue and apparatuses, devices and the process of having the content communicate with an electronic device, typically a mobile device, and that mobile device in turn will prompt event goers to utilize an item.
An alternative variation of the above model example, is that the content would be delivered via an electronic device such as a streaming stick and/or dongle. The broadcast content would contain watermarks or other identifying marks. The identifying marks would deliver a prompt to a mobile device which has a software application installed for the purpose. The prompt would instruct the mobile device user to interact with an object(s).
Additionally, there is the possibility that the model can have a coordinated content time regulation in that the system may measure and accept time stamped data from the streaming and/or stored content and the presentation device and run time data to a mobile device. A push notification timed to the video and audio content being broadcast will be sent to a mobile device to cue event goers on when to participate and use objects.
The invention relates in specific to methods and apparatuses for experiencing and participating in an event taking place in a public venue, such as a bar and/or in a home while watching video and audio content and more particularly to a method and apparatus for watching video and audio (a movie or show) in a private or public venue or in a home while participating with said content via utilizing items and an electronic device such as a mobile device or smart home electronic device.
Public Venue Example
In the public venue embodiment of the invention the method, process and devices used, generate a participatory event going experience in a public venue environment (such as a nightclub, bar, restaurant or other similar venue) by providing event goers with the ability to utilize a wireless mobile device, such as a smart phone to participate with the content being publicly displayed on the venue's screen or screens and/or audio equipment. This incarnation of the invention acts in combination with video and audio content that has been produced utilizing specialized procedures, these procedures start with the creation of the content (script, lyrics, music, etc.) and continue on throughout the production, both on the artistic side (dialogue, visuals, etc.) and the tech side with the possible insertion of (watermarks, time codes or some other identifying marks) placed within the content, although the content can be creating without markings and the timing of certain scenes in the content just noted.
The outcome of the of the invention, is that at specific times throughout the audio and video content being displayed, event goers have the ability to participate with the content via a cue from their mobile device that further informs them to use an object.
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The broadcast method, process and devices; such as a computer, streaming stick and/or dongle, cable connection, cloud based content delivery system or other means of broadcast
An event goer will download an application (app)
Content, often times in the form of some kind of signal and/or message will be are exchanged between the broadcast/streaming server/processor and the event goers electronic mobile device which has the application loaded onto it. By having the application on the mobile device, the mobile device will in turn be able to identify what content is being broadcast/streamed and at what point of the broadcast/stream the content is at. Software operating on the broadcast device, either on a computer, or other device in the venue, or in the cloud; distributes prompts to an event goers mobile devices via the installed application on said device.
In-Home Example
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The outcome of the of the invention in an in-home setting, is that at specific times throughout the audio and video content being displayed, viewers will have the ability to participate with the content via a cue from their mobile or home electronic smart device that further informs them to use an object.
