IP Library Granted Patent US 9,203,539
Granted Patent B2
US 9,203,539 · App. 12/961,852 · Granted Dec 1, 2015

Broadcasting content

Inventors: Umashankar Velusamy (Tampa, FL); Paul T. Schultz (Colorado Springs, CO)
Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
H04H60/52H04H60/07
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Patent No.
US 9,203,539
App. No.
12/961,852
Granted
Dec 1, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system is configured to: receive information identifying a geographic location of a user device of the user; identify a first recording device based on the geographic location and preferences of the user; instruct the first recording device to record content associated with the user; receive the content from the first recording device in response to instructing the first recording device to record the content; identify a first list of followers of the user based on the preferences of the user; and broadcast the content to follower devices corresponding to the first list of followers.

Claims (104)

1. A method comprising:

detecting, by a server device, one or more broadcast conditions associated with recording content associated with a user;

transmitting, by the server device, recording instructions to a first recording terminal based on detecting the one or more broadcast conditions;

receiving, by the server device, the content from the first recording terminal;

identifying, by the server device, a group of followers of the user to receive the content;

determining, by the server device, a first preference and a second preference associated with the content,

the first preference indicating: whether a permission is to be received, from the group of followers, prior to transmitting the content to the group of followers, and

the second preference indicating when the content is to be accessed; and

providing, by the server device, the content to the group of followers based on the first preference and the second preference,

providing the content including:

transmitting, by the server device and to the group of followers, information to request the permission based on the preference;

receiving, by the server device, the permission from the group of followers based on transmitting the information to request the permission; and

transmitting, by the server device, the content to the group of followers based on receiving the permission.

2. The method of claim 1 , where the detecting the one or more broadcast conditions comprises: receiving information identifying a location of a user device of the user; and detecting the one or more broadcast conditions when the location is within a geographic area associated with the first recording terminal.

3. The method of claim 1 , where the detecting the one or more broadcast conditions comprises: receiving identity information from the first recording terminal; identifying the user based on the identity information, where the identity information comprises biometric information of the user and information identifying a user device associated with the user; and detecting the one or more broadcast conditions based on identifying the user.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting a first option and a second option to a user device of the user,

where the first option corresponds to recording the content using the first recording terminal, and

where the second option corresponds to recording the content using a second recording terminal;

receiving a selection of the first option from the user device; and

generating the recording instructions based on the selection.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a first image of the user from the first recording terminal;

receiving a second image of the user from a second recording terminal;

determining whether to use the first recording terminal or the second recording terminal by comparing the first image and the second image to an image of the user; and

selecting the first recording terminal based on comparing the first image and the second image to the image of the user.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving information identifying a geographic location of a user device of the user;

determining whether the geographic location is within an area corresponding to the first recording terminal; and

transmitting an end recording instruction to the first recording terminal when the geographic location is outside the area.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a command from the user;

generating a new recording instruction based on the command; and

transmitting the new recording instruction to the first recording terminal,

where the new recording instruction prompts the first recording terminal to at least one of:

move a camera of the first recording terminal,

zoom-in on the user, or

zoom-out on the user.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving audio content from a second recording terminal; and

aggregating the content and the audio content into aggregated content; and

where transmitting the content comprises:

transmitting the aggregated content to the group of followers.

9. A system comprising:

a memory to store information identifying preferences associated with a user,

the preferences including:

information, specified by the user, indicating when content is to be accessed, and

information, specified by the user, indicating whether a permission is to be received, from followers of the users, prior to providing the content to the followers; and

a processor to:

receive information identifying a geographic location of a user device associated with the user, identify a first recording device based on the information identifying the geographic location and information identifying a proximity of the user to recording devices,

instruct the first recording device to record particular content associated with the geographic location of the user device,

receive the particular content from the first recording device based on instructing the first recording device to record the particular content,

identify a first list of followers of the user based on the preferences, and

provide the particular content to follower devices corresponding to the first list of followers based on the preferences.

10. The system of claim 9 , where the processor is further to:

receive the information identifying the preferences from the user device,

where the preferences comprise a recording preference,

where the recording preference specifies:

the first recording device and a second recording device for recording the particular content, and

an area corresponding to the first recording device, and

where the geographic location of the user is within the area corresponding to the first recording device.

11. The system of claim 9 , where the preferences comprise a broadcasting preference, and

where the broadcasting preference specifies the first list of followers for receiving content recorded during a first time period and a second list of followers for receiving content recorded during a second time period,

where the first time period is different from the second time period.

12. The system of claim 9 , where the processor is further to:

receive a follower request for a follower to join the first list of followers;

determine whether the follower meets criteria, indicated by the preferences, for joining the first list of followers; and

add the follower to the first list of followers when the follower meets the criteria.

13. The system of claim 9 , where the processor is further to: generate a broadcast message, where the broadcast message identifies particular followers corresponding to the follower devices that are receiving the particular content; transmit the broadcast message to the user device; receive an exclusion message from the user device; and end transmitting the particular content to one or more of the follower devices based on the exclusion message.

14. The system of claim 9 , where, when providing the particular content to the follower devices, the processor is to: transmit, to the follower devices, at least one of an image of the user or a clip of the particular content; receive a permission to transmit the particular content to one or more of the follower devices from the one or more of the follower devices; and transmit the particular content to the one or more of the follower devices based on the permission.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

receive a broadcast request from a user device,

the broadcast request comprising:

information identifying a geographic location of the user device, and

information, specified by a user of the user device, identifying a particular distance from the geographic location of the user device to recording terminals;

generate recording terminals information based on the geographic location and the information identifying the particular distance,

the recording terminals information comprising information identifying a first recording terminal and a second recording terminal,

each of the first recording terminal and the second recording terminal being located within the particular distance of the geographic location of the user device;

transmit the recording terminals information to the user device;

receive a selection of the first recording terminal from the user device;

transmit recording instructions to the first recording terminal based on the selection;

receive content from the first recording terminal based on transmitting the recording instructions to the first recording terminal;

determine preferences associated with providing the content, the preferences indicating:

when the content is to be accessed, and

whether a permission is to be received, from one or more devices, prior to providing the content to the one or more devices; and

provide the content to the one or more devices based on the preferences.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15 , where the one or more instructions to generate the recording terminals information comprise:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

identify a plurality of recording terminals within the particular distance of the geographic location; and

generate the recording terminals information based on identifying the plurality of recording terminals.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15 , where the recording terminals information comprises a representation showing a first symbol corresponding to the first recording terminal, a second symbol corresponding to the second recording terminal, and a third symbol corresponding to the user device, and

where the third symbol corresponding to the user device moves in the representation when the user device moves to a different geographic location.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15 , where the one or more instructions to provide the content comprise:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

identify one or more followers of the user;

select the one or more followers to receive the content based on at least one of the preferences; and

provide the content to the one or more devices based on selecting the one or more followers.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15 , where the one or more instructions to provide the content comprise: one or more instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: identify one or more followers of the user; transmit information identifying the one or more followers to the user device; receive a selection of the one or more followers from the user device; and broadcast the content to the one or more devices based on the selection of the one or more followers.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15 , where the one or more instructions to provide the content comprise:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

transmit, to the one or more devices, information to request the permission based on one of the preferences;

receive the permission from the one or more devices based on transmitting the information to request the permission; and

provide the content to the one or more devices based on receiving the permission.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2010
From: VELUSAMY, UMASHANKAR; SCHULTZ, PAUL T.
To: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
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Continuity (1)
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