IP Library Patent Application 10550115
Patent Application
App. No. 10/550,115

Method for sharing multimedia data

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App. No.
10/550,115
Abstract

Method for sharing multimedia data and especially images captured by many cameras provided with image transmission means, comprising: the reception of digital image routing messages that include image data ( 40 ) and at least some event data ( 42 ); the linking to each image of an identifier according to the event data, and the saving of said digital images; the reception of image requests ( 50 ) also comprising at least some event data ( 52 ); the search for at least one saved image, linked to an identifier according to an event data ( 42 ) corresponding to the event data ( 52 ) of the request, and if the search finds at least one image, the transmission of the images to an addressee.

Claims (17)

1 ) A method for sharing multimedia data captured by a plurality of cameras or sound recorders provided with multimedia data transmission means, comprising

the reception of multimedia data routing messages, the routing messages including multimedia data ( 40 ) and at least some event data ( 42 ),

the linking to each multimedia data of an identifier according to the event data, and the saving of said multimedia data,

the reception of multimedia data requests ( 50 ) also comprising at least some event data ( 52 ),

the search for at least one saved multimedia data, linked to an identifier according to an event data ( 42 ) corresponding to the event data ( 52 ) of the request, and

if the search finds at least one multimedia data, the transmission of the multimedia data to an addressee.

2 ) A method for sharing multimedia data according to claim 1 , wherein the multimedia data include data relative to images, video clips, sound recordings, text and/or any combination of such data

3 ) A method according to claim 1 , wherein the event data contained in the multimedia data routing message are set according to the place and date of transmission of the routing message.

4 ) A method according to claim 1 , wherein the event data are established by a telecommunications operator ( 30 ) transmitting the multimedia data routing messages.

5 ) A method according to claim 4 , wherein the linking of the images with an identifier is performed by the telecommunications operator or by an image sharing service provider.

6 ) A method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the search operations for saved multimedia data and their transmission to an addressee are conditional operations.

7 ) A method according to claim 6 , wherein the multimedia data requests include at least one data usable as a condition of execution of the search and transmission operations.

8 ) A method according to claim 7 , wherein the data usable as a condition of execution is an event data contained in the image request.

9 ) A method according to claim 1 , wherein the routing messages and multimedia data requests are from cameras/sound recorders provided with a connection to a telecommunications network, such as mobile phones with built-in image sensor.

10 ) A method according to claim 1 , wherein the image requests are from multimedia data capturing devices and image displays provided with a connection to a telecommunications network, such as mobile phones with viewing screen, suited to image or video.

11 ) A method according to claim 1 , comprising, on reception of the routing messages, a comparison of the event data of the multimedia data routing messages with the previously recorded event data, the comparison of the data conditioning the processing of the multimedia data.

12 ) A program that can be downloaded to portable communication equipment, comprising instructions suited to sending routing and/or multimedia data request messages to execute the steps of the method according to claim 1.

Assignments (5)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 15, 2023
From: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES FUND 83 LLC
To: MONUMENT PEAK VENTURES, LLC
Reel/Frame 064599/0304 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2013
From: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
To: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES FUND 83 LLC
Reel/Frame 029959/0085 →
PATENT RELEASE Recorded Feb 1, 2013
From: CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.; WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY; EASTMAN KODAK INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL COMPANY, INC.; FAR EAST DEVELOPMENT LTD.; KODAK (NEAR EAST), INC.; KODAK AMERICAS, LTD.; KODAK PORTUGUESA LIMITED; KODAK REALTY, INC.; LASER-PACIFIC MEDIA CORPORATION; KODAK AVIATION LEASING LLC; KODAK PHILIPPINES, LTD.; NPEC INC.; FPC INC.; KODAK IMAGING NETWORK, INC.; PAKON, INC.; QUALEX INC.; CREO MANUFACTURING AMERICA LLC
Reel/Frame 029913/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2012
From: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY; PAKON, INC.
To: CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 028201/0420 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 24, 2006
From: TOUCHARD, NICOLAS P.; VAU, JEAN-MARIE
To: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
Reel/Frame 018138/0175 →