Mobile initiated broadcast
View Patent ↗Multimedia content is broadcast from a mobile device. The multimedia content, or a portion thereof, can be downloaded to or generated by the mobile device. The mobile device can comprise a cellular phone, camera phone, video phone, PDA, or the like, capable of transmitting multimedia content. The multimedia content can include images, video, audio and/or sensor content. The multimedia content is transmitted to a broadcast server via a radio network for subsequent broadcast to intended recipients. For example a first responder at a disaster site can broadcast multimedia, via a mobile device, to other first responders, to an Incident Commander on the site, and/or to remote recipients such as city, county, and/or state Emergency Operations Centers. The multimedia content can be broadcast via a wireless broadcast network, an intranet, the Internet, or a combination thereof.
1. A method for broadcasting multimedia content from a mobile device, the method comprising:
providing the multimedia content from the mobile device;
providing a query for intended recipients of the multimedia content and connectivity types identified by each respective intended recipient, each respective intended recipient having subscribed to receive the multimedia content, and the connectivity types including at least one of a wireless broadcast network, an intranet, or an internet;
determining at least one intended recipient to which the multimedia content is to be broadcast based on a reply to the query, the at least one intended recipient being determined by the mobile device;
determining at least one connectivity type identified by the at least one determined intended recipient based on the reply to the query, the identified at least one connectivity type being designated by the at least one determined intended recipient via which to receive the multimedia content; and
broadcasting the multimedia content to the at least one determined intended recipient via at least one of the wireless broadcast network or an Internet Protocol (IP) data session.
2. A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the multimedia content is received by the mobile device via at least one of a download or a personal area network.
3. A method in accordance with claim 1 , further comprising generating, by the mobile device, the multimedia content.
4. A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the multimedia content comprises at least one of graphic content, video content, audio content, or sensor content.
5. A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the mobile device comprises at least one of a portable media player, a portable music player, a portable computing device, a personal digital assistant, a portable phone, a portable email device, a thin client, a portable gaming device, a public computing device, a navigation device, a non-conventional computing device, a smart phone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, or a video phone.
6. A system for broadcasting multimedia content from a mobile device, the system comprising:
an input/output portion configured to:
receive multimedia content from a mobile device; and
broadcast the multimedia content to at least one intended recipient via at least one connectivity type identified by each respective intended recipient, each respective intended recipient having subscribed to receive the multimedia content, and the identified at least one connectivity type being designated by the at least one intended recipient via which to receive the multimedia content; and
a processor portion configured to:
query a memory portion for intended recipients and connectivity types identified by each respective intended recipient;
determine the at least one intended recipient to which the multimedia content is to be broadcast based on a reply to the query; and
determine the at least one connectivity type identified by the at least one determined intended recipient based on the reply to the query; and
the memory portion configured to:
store an indication of the at least one determined intended recipient and the at least one determined connectivity type.
7. A system in accordance with claim 6 , wherein the memory portion comprises a database.
8. A system in accordance with claim 6 , wherein the multimedia content comprises at least one of graphic content, video content, audio content, or sensor content.
9. A system in accordance with claim 6 , wherein the connectivity type comprises at least one of a wireless broadcast network, an intranet, or an internet.
10. A system in accordance with claim 6 , the input/output portion further configured to broadcast the multimedia content via a wireless broadcast network.
11. A system in accordance with claim 6 , the input/output portion further configured to broadcast the multimedia content via an Internet Protocol (IP) data session.
12. A computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions for broadcasting multimedia content from a mobile device, the computer-executable instructions when executed by a computing device causing the computing device to execute the computer-executable instructions, including:
providing from the mobile device the multimedia content comprising at least one of graphic content, video content, audio content, and sensor content;
providing a query for intended recipients of the multimedia content and connectivity types identified by each respective intended recipient, each respective intended recipient having subscribed to receive the multimedia content, and the connectivity types including at least one of a wireless broadcast network, an intranet, or an internet;
determining at least one intended recipient to which the multimedia content is to be broadcast based on a reply to the query, the at least one intended recipient being determined by the mobile device;
determining at least one connectivity type identified by the at least one determined intended recipient based on the reply to the query, the identified at least one connectivity type being designated by the at least one determined intended recipient via which to receive the multimedia content; and
broadcasting the multimedia content to the at least one determined intended recipient via at least one of the wireless broadcast network or an Internet Protocol (IP) data session.