OASIS
PLATFORM
THE CHAMPIONSHIPS
AT WIMBLEDON
THE OASIS PLATFORM
NOW AND IN THE FUTURE
SMT’s 37 years of experience developing next-level technology for the live sports industry has led to the creation of OASIS (Organization of Asynchronous Sports Information Subsystems), a powerful organizing philosophy centered around an extraordinary data management system.
OASIS as an organizing philosophy views the data landscape of a sports league and/or event in three (3) layers:
Level 0 All subsystems that create data or video
Level 1 The central hub that absorbs, collates, synchronizes, organizes, expands, and distributes
all Level 1 data via push and query APIs
Level 2 All subsystems that consume, present, or use the data
OASIS’ organizing philosophy defines a simple, intuitive, approach to a sports league or event’s data governance and data management but requires a highly disciplined, central authority to maintain the proper separation of the layers and to maintain functional independence between layers for a sports league/event to gain the full benefits of the OASIS organizing philosophy.
OASIS is agnostic as to whether there is a single vendor or multiple vendors supplying the various subsystems at Level 0 or Level 2. The OASIS organizing philosophy ensures all subsystem suppliers maintain functional independence, communicate clearly to others and receive the full benefit of their participation.
As a product, the OASIS Platform is a highly integrated, multi-venue/court, time-synchronized, multilevel, data management system that SMT architected, designed and created to provide professional sports leagues and events with a centrally controlled and league-controlled platform to organize, maintain, administer, and manage all phases of the league or event’s data creation, data distribution, data visualization, and data monetization.
OASIS PLATFORM
FOR TENNIS
The OASIS Platform presents a data strategy success path for The Championships at Wimbledon.
The OASIS solution is all-inclusive, future-proof and component agnostic, allowing AELTC the flexibility to integrate technologies from third-party vendors and integrate new technologies that become available. Some components of OASIS are currently in place in SMT tennis applications being used for The Championships.
The OASIS Platform will give AELTC the ability to control its data and video rights more directly while maximizing its ability to monetize those rights with third parties.
OASIS TENNIS
PLATFORM
OASIS PLATFORM
KEY FEATURES
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APPLICATION INTERFACE
SMT design to optimize the data flow based on APIs structure:
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RTP API or Realtime Time Push so that data is instantly available for consumption
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REST API so that data is automatically stored and available for query
Per this design to organize, normalize, and streamline the data workflow, SMT can then focus separately on the management of the data live vs historical data.
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MONITORING/DATA QUALITY
Along with the treatment of the data via API, SMT has the ability to monitor the location tracking data, analyze it, and correct it if needed. We call this process “smoothing of the data” as it allows us to fill in any gap for a consistent frame of data.
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VIDEO
Since SMT OASIS ecosystem has the ability to ingest multiple video feeds through our SMT Tandem server, and then stamp the video with synchronized timecodes, we have the ability to create live replays and highlights via our OPTICS Pro proprietary software. OPTICS Pro provides the client with the ability to automatically create a highlight or a replay from the video stored on the SMT Tandem server.
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EDGE
EDGE is the SMT data analytics platform at Level 2. SMT will develop algorithms (per client input) in our eventing engine at Level 1 to create unique and new statistics for the recipients/consumers. These new statistics are available via EDGE.
OASIS PLATFORM
KEY BENEFITS
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Monetizing Data Rights
The SMT OASIS Platform provides a client with full and centralized control of data distribution to any recipient, allowing the client to set data pricing value in exchange for data rights. SMT OASIS gives rightsholder centralized and absolute control of all data and valued-added information with the ability to monetize rights through SMT’s interfaces with rightsholders’ third- party clients.
Future Proofing of the Data
The SMT OASIS Platform focuses on data integration, integrity, quality and validation, providing a client with authenticated data and establishing the only official source of data. The structure of the OASIS Platform is agnostic to third-party sources and therefore can remain intact as clients change suppliers and vendors, guaranteeing a future-proofed investment.
The Power of OASIS’ Natural Ecosystem
OASIS provides full flexibility and customization at any level, with the ability to ingest any input, develop custom algorithms, create new data sets or packages, validate and distribute desired data. In essence, OASIS delivers a powerful data platform that is constantly, logically and legitimately evolving, regardless of the changing scope of suppliers and vendors.
LEVEL 0 BENEFITS
EVENT-CENTRALZED DATA COLLECTION
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Agnostic: OASIS takes data input from any source provider(s).
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Unlimited Input: OASIS has the flexibility to intake existing and/or new data and link data to timecodes.
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Input Independence: Input Independence: OASIS offers a set of native data protocols that allow a third-party vendor to supply tracking, scoring, and other types of data. If a third-party vendor is unable to supply data using one of these OASIS native data protocols, OASIS can be customized to parse that vendor’s specific data format.
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Input Connectivity: OASIS can receive Level 0 data using a variety of industry-standard connection types, including UDP, TCP, HTTP POST, WebSockets and SignalR.
LEVEL 1 BENEFITS
OFFICIAL DATA FOUNDATION
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Data Normalization: Data is normalized into a standard OASIS format so that it is easily digestible at Level 2. Furthermore, the OASIS normalization assures that Level 2 consumers are not affected when Level 0 data providers are changed.
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Data Synchronization: All Level 0 data sources are synchronized onto a common timeline. This allows events from each disparate Level 0 data source to be correlated and used to calculate new information such as unique events, statistics, and analytics. This synchronization also allows data to be correlated with video.
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Data Validation: Per the needs of the customer, OASIS can provide specific data validation capabilities, e.g., range checking, thresholding, and gap analysis.
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Data Enhancement: OASIS can smooth and interpolate tracking data in order to provide a higher quality output for Level 2 consumers.
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Data Analytics: Via the built-in Intelligence Engine framework, OASIS can calculate and generate new events, statistics, and analytics that can be seamlessly distributed via OASIS APIs.
LEVEL 2 BENEFITS
REAL-TIME DATA DISTRIBUTION
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Data Distribution Control: OASIS allows the client to control the distribution of data using APIs and/or RESTful RTPs.
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Unlimited Platform Distribution: OASIS lets the client distribute data to any desired platform, e.g., web, TV, and displays.
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Broadcast enhancements: OASIS allows for automated event-based choreography of (virtual) graphical inserts based on tracking and official scoring data.
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Developer-friendly APIs: OASIS supports the querying of data using REST APIs. These types of APIs are recognizable by most application developers. Real-time push APIs are driven via SignalR and other standard communication methods such as TCP and WebSockets.
SUMMARY
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Implement Wimbledon OASIS Platform
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Proven data and video management platform
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Proven data analytics and visualization tools
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Future-proof data infrastructure
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Maximum control over data and video rights
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Leverage SMT data scientists
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Long-term vision: Establish a global GrandSlam OASIS Platform
OASIS PLATFORM CASE STUDY
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
The OASIS Platform is the central component of the NHL’s next-generation data infrastructure, leveraging the full benefits of SMT’s NHL HITS Scoring System and Puck and Player Tracking (PPT) data for all NHL stakeholders, including NHL broadcasters.
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The Eventing Intelligence Engine Inside OASIS, the EIEIO, is the core component of the OASIS Platform.
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The EIEIO integrates and synchronizes the PPT data with the HITS data to produce the Official NHL Stats.
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The EIEIO provides automatic live detection of hockey “events”, e.g., passes, player possession, shots, goals, time on ice, etc.
SMT’s solution suite for NHL broadcast partners debuted at the 2019 NHL All-Star Game and includes systems to seamlessly integrate PPT and eventing data into the three (3) key functional areas of the broadcast presentation of a live NHL game.
TALENT PROMPTERS
AND INFORMATION DISPLAY
Encourages talent to refer to unique PPT and eventing data on a regular basis throughout a telecast. PPT and eventing data drive the live information screen content.
Current data displayed includes:
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Distance Skated
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Number of Shifts
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Total Time on Ice (TOI)
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TOI – This Shift
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Player in Possession
* Color-coding highlights when a player's shift time exceeds 30sec and 60sec.
* C.I.S. displays will evolve over time and are customizable for each user profile.
2D
GRAPHIC PRESENTATION
OPTICS score bug integration via API and RTP ensures that all NHL broadcasters partners enjoy the maximum benefit of PPT data and EIEIO eventing data expressed graphically on their score bug devices.
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Unique PPT and eventing data can drive compelling score bug drop-downs and slide-outs.
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EIEIO triggers can coordinate and synchronize score bug displays with VFX-Live on-ice displays.
3D
VIRTUALf/x PRESENTATION
VFX - Packaged Replay System
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Standard timeline-based editor
VFX - Live System
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Single-click, intuitive, easy-to-use GUI
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Live insert from Center Ice POV
VFX - Instant Replay
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Auto-generated Graphic Analysis packages
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EIEIO Driven
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Supports four (4) unique camera POVs
ADDITIONAL SOLUTIONS
SINCE 2019 ALL-STAR GAME
Eventing Intelligence Engine Inside OASIS (EIEIO)
VIDEO DEMO
NHL ALL-STAR GAME
In the video that follows, you will see how all the information from the OASIS Platform comes to life for the NHL. The OASIS “Quad Split” video has four components:
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Upper right quadrant: Our tracking video allows the user to see that all players and the puck are being properly tracked and tagged.
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Lower right quadrant: One of two multipurpose and interactive portions of the video controller allows the user to see (and change between) various screens including:
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The graphical interface screen where operators can insert virtual elements in real time;
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A Commentator Information Screen (CIS);
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A data analysis screen that confirms the system is receiving data as planned and measures the real-time quality of the data being received against agreed-to protocols;
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An eventing screen that recognizes data and newly created events as they occur; and
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A script editor that allows the operator to change instructions to the system for insertion of virtual elements and/or pre-programmed instant replay scripts.
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Lower left quadrant: This quadrant is similar to the lower right-hand quadrant in that it allows the operator to toggle between screens. This video clip demonstrates the real-time generation of automated events being created through the OASIS Platform’s live eventing engine.
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Upper left quadrant: Displays the real-time output of the system; this output will be highlighted in future videos showing the application.
CONTACT US
ANGELA J. GARCIA
Business Development Manager
OLIVIER LORIN
OASIS Tennis Product Manager