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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017

Filed:

Jan. 28, 2016
Applicant:

Echostar Technologies L.l.c., Englewood, CO (US);

Inventor:

Stephen Strong, Dunwoody, GA (US);

Assignee:

EchoStar Technologies L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/43 (2011.01); H04N 13/04 (2006.01); G01C 21/16 (2006.01); H04N 21/218 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); G06T 15/20 (2011.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G01C 19/38 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04N 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 19/597 (2014.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/6587 (2011.01); H04N 21/414 (2011.01); H04N 21/4363 (2011.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4307 (2013.01); G01C 19/38 (2013.01); G01C 21/165 (2013.01); G02B 27/017 (2013.01); G06T 7/97 (2017.01); G06T 15/20 (2013.01); H04L 65/4084 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04N 13/0014 (2013.01); H04N 13/044 (2013.01); H04N 13/047 (2013.01); H04N 13/0468 (2013.01); H04N 19/597 (2014.11); H04N 21/21805 (2013.01); H04N 21/41407 (2013.01); H04N 21/42202 (2013.01); H04N 21/42204 (2013.01); H04N 21/436 (2013.01); H04N 21/4363 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); H04N 21/47217 (2013.01); H04N 21/6587 (2013.01); G02B 2027/014 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0187 (2013.01); H04N 13/0429 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are operable to share a viewing experience of a free viewpoint format media content event. An exemplary embodiment receives the free viewpoint format media content event, receives unique geometric orientation information from each one of a plurality of head mounted displays (HMDs), determines a unique viewpoint location for each one of the plurality of HMDs based upon the geometric orientation information received from each one of the plurality of HMDs, determines a unique viewpoint area for each one of the plurality of HMDs based upon the determined unique viewpoint location, and communicates each one of the unique viewpoint areas to the associated one of the plurality of HMDs.


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