Gaming Display Video Feed Fallback to Play-by-Play
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wagering systems face disruptions due to service issues, communications failures, or outages in live event video feeds, leading to a poor user experience and potential interruptions in wagering activities.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that allow gaming devices to switch from a primary live video presentation to an alternative play-by-play presentation when video quality degrades, using a processor and communications interface to receive video and play-by-play information, and render these presentations dynamically on a display device, enabling continuous wagering and event information access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If the system relies on traditional video distribution sources for live event feeds, then the quality of video presentation is improved, but the system becomes vulnerable to service disruptions, communications failures, or outages
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates an alternative copy of the event presentation by generating play-by-play text descriptions that replicate the information content of the video feed. When video distribution fails, this text-based copy serves as a backup, ensuring continuous access to event information without relying on the fragile video distribution channel.
Solution Approach 2:
The gaming device is designed to handle multiple types of event presentations (both video and text-based play-by-play). This multi-functionality allows the system to switch between different presentation modes depending on the availability of video feeds, making the system universally capable of delivering event information through various channels.
2Reliability
If the system switches to alternative presentation formats during video failures, then service reliability is improved, but the user experience quality may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The play-by-play text feed serves as a simplified copy of the full video presentation, capturing essential event information in text form. While not as visually engaging as video, it preserves the core informational content, allowing users to continue following the event and placing bets even when video quality degrades or service fails.
3Illumination intensity
If the system maintains only video presentation, then presentation quality is improved, but the system loses adaptability to handle distribution failures
Solution Approach 1:
The system is designed with dual presentation capabilities - video and text-based play-by-play - making it universal in its ability to deliver event information. This versatility allows the system to adapt to different failure scenarios and distribution conditions, switching between presentation modes as needed to maintain service continuity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system prepares alternative play-by-play presentation capabilities in advance, before video distribution failures occur. By having the text-based presentation system ready and integrated, the system can immediately switch modes when video feeds fail, rather than needing to reconstruct an alternative presentation from scratch during a crisis.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods that selectively alter a presentation of a live sporting event rendered to a display device. The presentation of a live sporting event rendered to a portion of the display device is changed from a live video stream, received from a video source, to a non-video alternative presentation of the live sporting event using play-by-play information received from a wagering host server. When a signal of the video source is lost or degraded, the non-video alternative presentation replaces the live video stream with play-by-play information in real time about the live sporting event. The play-by-play information is text about the live sporting event, a two-dimensional graphical representation of the live sporting event, or a three-dimensional graphical representation of the live sporting event.