System and method for sharing mobile video and audio content
Systems and methods for broadcasting media content include recording the media content by a mobile device and monitoring the recording to determine whether a threshold has been reached. The recorded content is segmented into chunks that can be encoded, compressed, and uploaded to a server for broadcasting to a specified list of recipients. The recorded chunks can be deleted from the mobile device once a confirmation is received from the server that the chunk was received.
1. A method for broadcasting media content comprising:
recording, by a mobile device, the media content;
monitoring, by the mobile device, the recording of the media content to determine whether a threshold has been reached;
segmenting, by the mobile device, the recorded content into at least one chunk, when the threshold has been reached;
encoding, by the mobile device, the at least one chunk, upon a determination to encode the at least one chunk;
compressing, by the mobile device, the at least one chunk;
placing, by the mobile device, the at least one compressed chunk into an upload queue;
transmitting, by the mobile device, to a server the at least one chunk from the upload queue;
receiving, by the mobile device, from the server a confirmation that the at least one transmitted chunk has been successfully received by the server; and
deleting the at least one transmitted chunk from the mobile device, after receiving the confirmation from the server;
wherein the threshold can dynamically change during the recording of the media content.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting, by the mobile device, to the server first metadata associated with the at least one chunk;
wherein the first metadata includes at least one of a list of recipients for the media content, a title for the media content, a location associated with the media content, time information, and date information.
3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
transmitting, by the mobile device, to the server second metadata associated with the at least one chunk;
wherein the second metadata includes at least one change in the list of recipients.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the threshold is at least one of a media content size and a duration.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising selecting the server from a plurality of servers, based on the proximity of the server to the mobile device.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the confirmation from the server comprises a successful REpresentational State Transfer (“REST”) Header response.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one chunk is encoded with a Fast Forward Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) encoder.
8. A method for broadcasting media content comprising:
recording, by a mobile device, the media content;
monitoring, by the mobile device, the recording of the media content to determine whether a threshold has been reached;
segmenting, by the mobile device, the recorded content into at least one chunk, when the threshold has been reached;
encoding, by the mobile device, the at least one chunk, upon a determination to encode the at least one chunk;
compressing, by the mobile device, the at least one chunk;
placing, by the mobile device, the at least one compressed chunk into an upload queue;
transmitting, by the mobile device, to a server the at least one chunk from the upload queue;
receiving, by the mobile device, from the server a confirmation that the at least one transmitted chunk has been successfully received by the server;
deleting the at least one transmitted chunk from the mobile device, after receiving the confirmation from the server; and
selecting the server from a plurality of servers, based on the proximity of the server to the mobile device.
9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
transmitting, by the mobile device, to the server first metadata associated with the at least one chunk;
wherein the first metadata includes at least one of a list of recipients for the media content, a title for the media content, a location associated with the media content, time information, and date information.
10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
transmitting, by the mobile device, to the server second metadata associated with the at least one chunk;
wherein the second metadata includes at least one change in the list of recipients.
11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the threshold is at least one of a media content size and a duration.
12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the threshold can dynamically change during the recording of the media content.
13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the confirmation from the server comprises a successful REpresentational State Transfer (“REST”) Header response.
14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the at least one chunk is encoded with a Fast Forward Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) encoder.
15. A method for broadcasting media content comprising:
recording, by a mobile device, the media content;
monitoring, by the mobile device, the recording of the media content to determine whether a threshold has been reached;
segmenting, by the mobile device, the recorded content into at least one chunk, when the threshold has been reached;
encoding, by the mobile device, the at least one chunk, upon a determination to encode the at least one chunk;
compressing, by the mobile device, the at least one chunk;
placing, by the mobile device, the at least one compressed chunk into an upload queue;
transmitting, by the mobile device, to a server the at least one chunk from the upload queue;
receiving, by the mobile device, from the server a confirmation that the at least one transmitted chunk has been successfully received by the server;
deleting the at least one transmitted chunk from the mobile device, after receiving the confirmation from the server;
transmitting, by the mobile device, to the server first metadata associated with the at least one chunk; and
transmitting, by the mobile device, to the server second metadata associated with the at least one chunk;
wherein the first metadata includes at least one of a list of recipients for the media content, a title for the media content, a location associated with the media content, time information, and date information;
wherein the second metadata includes at least one change in the list of recipients.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the threshold is at least one of a media content size and a duration.
17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the threshold can dynamically change during the recording of the media content.
18. The method of claim 15 , further comprising selecting the server from a plurality of servers, based on the proximity of the server to the mobile device.
19. The method of claim 15 , wherein the confirmation from the server comprises a successful REpresentational State Transfer (“REST”) Header response.
20. The method of claim 15 , wherein the at least one chunk is encoded with a Fast Forward Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) encoder.