Method and system for datacasting and content management

• US 10,021,435 B2
• Filed: 05/16/2017
• Issued: 07/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SpectraRep, LLC
• Original Assignee: SpectraRep, LLC
• Inventors: Buono, Thomas J., O'Brien, Mark, Herrmann, Rodney G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bruckart, Benjamin R
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Tien M
• Application Number:
  US15/596,385
• Publication Number:
  US 20170339436A1
• Time in Patent Office: 420 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/42 Arrangements for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/59 for emergency or urgency
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 2201/70 characterised in that receivers can be addressed
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/23 using cryptography, e.g. encryption, authentication, key distribution
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/601 Broadcast encryption
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/80 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/06 the encryption apparatus using shift registers or memories for block-wise or stream coding, e.g. DES systems or RC4; Hash functions; Pseudorandom sequence generators
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/21805 enabling multiple viewpoints, e.g. using a plurality of cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2347 involving video stream encryption
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2351 involving encryption of additional data arrangements using cryptography for the use of broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/23
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25816 involving client authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; cryptographic authentication protocols H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4353 involving decryption of additional data arrangements using cryptography for the use of broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/23
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4405 involving video stream decryption
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/814 comprising emergency warnings arrangements specially adapted for emergency or urgency in broadcast systems H04H20/59; arrangements for providing alarms, notifications, alerts to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/04 Systems for the transmission of one television signal, i.e. both picture and sound, by a single carrier H04N7/084, H04N7/087 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/15 Conference systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/03 : Protecting confidentiality, e.g. by encryption
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 : Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 : Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0453 : Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/30 : Resource management for broadcast services

Abstract

A method and system of content management for datacasting. Such a system may have, as its core, a dashboard system for managing data feeds. A dashboard system may receive data feeds from one or more associated devices, such as the hardware devices of first responders or other public safety officers, and may aggregate and prioritize them. The dashboard system may then manage, prioritize and encrypt the video, files and other data in preparation for broadcast over the television or satellite transmitter, via, for example, a television broadcasting station, and may then broadcast the video, files, or other data to a plurality of users. Alerts and notifications may be created, files attached and links to video streams distributed over this same broadcast network. The broadcasting system may be able to send multiple streams of content simultaneously, may be able to target specific users to be broadcast to, and may be able to incorporate data from public data sources, such as public security cameras.

Claims

1. A method of data management for datacasting comprising:

receiving data, by an encoder, from at least one of a plurality of sources;

encoding the data, by the encoder, to be a format that is eligible to be managed by a dashboard;

storing the data by a memory;

managing the data, by the dashboard, for datacasting;

authorizing, by the dashboard, at least one of a plurality of receivers to receive the data; and

communicating, by at least one of the plurality of receivers, with the dashboard,

wherein when managing the data, the dashboard manages an encryption of the data for a targeted receiver and the targeted receiver decrypts the data after receiving the data,

wherein when managing the data, the dashboard prioritizes at least one of the data for the datacasting,

wherein when managing the data, the dashboard selects at least one of the data for the datacasting,

wherein at least one of the plurality of receivers receives the data via a TV broadcasting network, and

wherein the dashboard is at least one of each of portable dashboards, online dashboards, offline dashboards and video management systems (VMSs), and the portable dashboards, the online dashboards, the offline dashboards and the VMSs communicate with each other.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a first mobile application is implemented on the sources to send the data to the dashboard, and a second mobile application is implemented on the receivers to receive the data.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein when managing the data, the dashboard performs at least one of combining the data, adding an additional information to the data and converting the data into a datacasting content, for the datacasting.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the source, after receiving the data as the receiver, resend the data to the dashboard after adding a feedback into the data by controlling the dashboard.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the encoder is operated as an online cloud system.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the memory is an online cloud storage.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the dashboard generates the data as the source for the datacasting.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the data includes at least one of a video, an audio, a text, an image, Metadata, a live data stream, a file, an alert, a notification and an emergency alarm.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the sources include at least one of a video management system (VMS), a public safety officer, a security camera, an aircraft, an airship, an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), a stationary device and a portable device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the receivers include at least one of a stationary antenna, a portable antenna and a wired receiver.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the dashboard prioritizes the at least one of the data for the datacasting by at least one of broadcasting higher-priority data before broadcasting lower-priority data, increasing a repetition frequency of broadcasting the higher-priority data, or allocating additional bandwidth for transmission of the higher-priority data.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein when managing the data, the dashboard combines data from the plurality of sources, the plurality of sources configured to receive the combined data.

13. A system of data management for datacasting comprising:

a plurality of sources that generates a data;

an encoder that receives and encodes the data to be a format that is eligible to be managed by a dashboard;

a memory that stores the data;

a dashboard that manages and sends the data; and

a plurality of receivers that receives the data,

wherein the sources or the receivers communicates with the dashboard by at least one of an implemented software and an equipment,

wherein the dashboard authorizes at least one of a plurality of receivers to receive the data,

wherein the dashboard manages an encryption of the data for a targeted receiver and the targeted receiver decrypts the data after receiving the data,

wherein the dashboard prioritizes at least one of the data for datacasting,

wherein the dashboard selects at least one of the data for the datacasting,

wherein at least one of the plurality of receivers receives the data via a TV broadcasting network, and

wherein the dashboard is at least one of each of portable dashboards, online dashboards, offline dashboards and video management systems (VMSs), and the portable dashboards, the online dashboards, the offline dashboards and the VMSs communicate with each other.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the source receives the data as the receiver, and the source shares a specific content with other sources by sending the specific content to the dashboard.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the dashboard is controlled by at least one of an authorized operator and the source.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the dashboard is controlled by a user who has a specific login credential.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the dashboard controls at least one of the plurality of sources and the plurality of receivers.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein a specific source controls the dashboard for a specific data which is generated by the specific source.

19. The system of claim 13, wherein the memory is an online cloud system.

20. The system of claim 13, wherein the dashboard prioritizes the at least one of the data for datacasting by at least one of broadcasting higher-priority data before broadcasting lower-priority data, increasing a repetition frequency of broadcasting the higher-priority data, or allocating additional bandwidth for transmission of the higher-priority data.

21. The system of claim 13, wherein the dashboard combines data from the plurality of sources, the plurality of sources configured to receive the combined data.