It's a big day for Ricky. He and a couple of his dorm buddies are ready to
watch an NBA game between the San Jose Speed and the Cupertino Cannonballs. They're big Speed fans.
Their college subscribes to the local cable company's premium services that
provide enhanced broadcasting, such as real-time scores and statistics, fun
betting, video sports cards, chat with the players, and so forth.
While waiting for the game to start, Ricky and his friends amuse themselves
by checking out some action sports cards. With the premium service remote
control, they bring up a roster of the team to select their favorite
players. Each player's action card appears semi-transparently laid over the
current scheduled program. The action cards display the "best of" action
sequences from the players' careers in the form of compact animations that
comprise up to 10 frames. In addition to the action stuff, these cards also
feature the most current statistical information as well as still images
and data about their personal lives. Ricky's favorite animation shows
Bobby Dunkwell in '96 missing an easy slam dunk shot although he's
virtually alone at the end of the court. No way!
Meanwhile, the game has started. Ricky uses the premium service remote
control to put up the dynamic scoreboard, DynaBoard, in the upper right
corner of the screen for real-time Cannonballs/Speed scoring and foul information.
During a break, Ricky's friend uses the DynaBoard to quickly check out
another NBA game in progress. Back to the evenly matched game, Ricky asks
DynaBoard to display the final score from the last Cannonballs/Speed game
alongside the current scores.
Now the game hits a gut-wrenching stretch as the Cannonballs surge ahead. Ricky
plays with the Java technology-enabled multi-view feature allowing him to select
different camera angles for viewing the game. Does he want to try the
overhead cam? Yes, but his friends urge Ricky to switch to the center court
cam as the Speed steal the ball. How about the Bobby Dunkwell cam? Ricky's
just in time for a close view of the net as Jordan slam dunks the ball. Yo
dudes! The Speed are back in the game.
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