An apparatus, including a processor which provides an electronic forum capable of providing a video or audio broadcast of a sporting event to users and capable of allowing the users to communicate with one another before, during, or after, the sporting event via text messaging, video conferencing, or audio conferencing, place a bet or bets on an outcome of, or on an event occurring during, the sporting event, and receive information regarding bets available, betting odds, changes in betting odds, or analytics information; a transmitter which transmits the electronic forum to a user communication device; and a receiver which receives information transmitted from the user communication device. The apparatus provides, via the electronic forum, player performance tracking data and betting activity information or betting market activity information. The player performance tracking data is obtained by an optical camera. a local positioning, or a GPS/GNSS, player performance tracking system.

Described herein are various embodiments of decentralized media distribution systems, devices and methods over a scalable local network. Embodiments relate to scalable media distribution amongst media data components comprising at least one media acquisition unit for acquiring source media data, and at least one media presentation unit for processing source media data. Embodiments may comprise two or more transceiver units comprising: at least two source media signal ports for receiving source media signals and transmitting source media signals from and to one of the media presentation units; a signal converter operable to packetize source media signals for communication over said packetized communications network, and to convert packetized network media signals to source media signals for communicating to the media presentation units; and a packetized network media data transceiver operable to multicast and receive packetized network media signals over a packetized communications network to and from any other transceiver unit.

Described herein are various embodiments of decentralized media distribution systems, devices and methods over a scalable local network. Embodiments relate to scalable media distribution amongst media data components comprising at least one media acquisition unit for acquiring source media data, and at least one media presentation unit for processing source media data. Embodiments may comprise two or more transceiver units comprising: at least two source media signal ports for receiving source media signals and transmitting source media signals from and to one of the media presentation units; a signal converter operable to packetize source media signals for communication over said packetized communications network, and to convert packetized network media signals to source media signals for communicating to the media presentation units; and a packetized network media data transceiver operable to multicast and receive packetized network media signals over a packetized communications network to and from any other transceiver unit.

A transmission method of simultaneously transmitting a first modulated signal and a second modulated signal at a common frequency performs precoding on both signals using a fixed precoding matrix and regularly changes the phase of at least one of the signals. One of signal generation processing in which phase change is performed and signal generation processing in which phase change is not performed is selectable, thereby improving general versatility in signal generation.

A transmission method of simultaneously transmitting a first modulated signal and a second modulated signal at a common frequency performs precoding on both signals using a fixed precoding matrix and regularly changes the phase of at least one of the signals. One of signal generation processing in which phase change is performed and signal generation processing in which phase change is not performed is selectable, thereby improving general versatility in signal generation.

Embodiments described herein relate to real-time streaming of large quantities of time critical data over multiple distinct networks from a communications device. More specifically, embodiments described herein may address challenges and problems of maintaining consistent data reception quality when faced with the anomalies of a moving sender that is sending data using a relatively unstable method. This may be achieved by converting single source data into multiple data streams, placing them in transport buffers and storing them for forwarding.

Embodiments described herein relate to real-time streaming of large quantities of time critical data over multiple distinct networks from a communications device. More specifically, embodiments described herein may address challenges and problems of maintaining consistent data reception quality when faced with the anomalies of a moving sender that is sending data using a relatively unstable method. This may be achieved by converting single source data into multiple data streams, placing them in transport buffers and storing them for forwarding.

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for porting locally processed media data with low latency to a remote client device via various wireless links are provided. In one example embodiment, a transceiver module may include a local network interface and a controller that may receive a client control signal from a client device over a wireless local area network via the local network interface, transmit a media control signal based on the client control signal to a media device, receive media data based on the media control signal from the media device, and transmit to the client device over the wireless local area network via the local network interface client data based on the media data and a low-latency compression technique. The receipt of the media data and transmission of the client data may be accomplished with substantially no detectable latency. Additional embodiments are also provided.

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for porting locally processed media data with low latency to a remote client device via various wireless links are provided. In one example embodiment, a transceiver module may include a local network interface and a controller that may receive a client control signal from a client device over a wireless local area network via the local network interface, transmit a media control signal based on the client control signal to a media device, receive media data based on the media control signal from the media device, and transmit to the client device over the wireless local area network via the local network interface client data based on the media data and a low-latency compression technique. The receipt of the media data and transmission of the client data may be accomplished with substantially no detectable latency. Additional embodiments are also provided.

The present disclosure relates to a system and a method for accessing streaming data. The method includes: obtaining, from a first user terminal and via a network, a first request for streaming data; transmitting the first request to a server for accessing the streaming data; recording identification information included in the first request to be corresponding to the server in a table; obtaining, from a second user terminal and via a network, a second request for the streaming data; and transmitting the second request to the server for accessing the streaming data. Identification information included in the second request is the same as the identification information included in the first request.