Distributed content uploading and validation

• US 10,075,452 B2
• Filed: 02/18/2016
• Issued: 09/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Comcast Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Comcast Corporation)
• Inventors: Badro, Joseph, Syed, Yasser F., Wester, Donald J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Song, Hosuk
• Application Number:
  US15/047,095
• Publication Number:
  US 20170244725A1
• Time in Patent Office: 936 Days
• Field of Search: 726 2- 6
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/123 received data contents, e.g. message integrity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4061 Push-to services, e.g. push-to-talk or push-to-video
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/222 Secondary servers, e.g. proxy server, cable television Head-end provisioning of proxy services in data packet switching networks H04L67/56
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/258 Client or end-user data management, e.g. managing client capabilities, user preferences or demographics, processing of multiple end-users preferences to derive collaborative data arrangements for services using the result on the distributing side of broadcast systems H04H60/66; profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/442 Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed, the storage space available from the internal hard disk arrangements for monitoring broadcast services or broadcast-related services H04H60/29; arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information H04H60/35; monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; monitoring in wireless networks H04W24/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8352 involving content or source identification data, e.g. Unique Material Identifier [UMID]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8547 involving timestamps for synchronizing content
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/10 Integrity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/61 Time-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/63 Location-dependent; Proximity-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/68 Gesture-dependent or behaviour-dependent

Abstract

In accordance with one or more embodiments, aspects of the disclosure provide efficient, effective, and convenient ways of uploading and authenticating content. In particular, a user device may receive validating information from a wireless networking device. The user or client device may record a content item, and may insert a validation tag based on the validating information. The user or client device may then send the content item to the wireless networking device. The wireless networking device may receive the content item at a first location and may determine the validity of the content item based on the validating information. The user device may continually interact with wireless networking devices as it travels to continually upload content items while establishing the validity of the time and location of the content items.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device and from a first wireless networking device, first validating information for validating a first content item;

recording, by the computing device and after the receiving, the first content item;

inserting, by the computing device and into the first content item, a first validation tag based on the first validating information; and

sending, by the computing device and to a second wireless networking device, the first content item with the first validation tag.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the computing device and from the second wireless networking device, second validating information;

recording, by the computing device, a second content item that is a continuation of the first content item;

inserting, by the computing device and into the second content item, a second validation tag based on the first validating information; and

sending, by the computing device and to a third wireless networking device, the second content item with the second validation tag.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first validating information comprises a first time and the second validating information comprises a second time.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the first content item comprises a first video file and the second content item comprises a second video file.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first validation tag is stored in a first adaptation field of the first video file, and wherein the second validation tag is stored in a second adaptation field of the second video file.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

determining, by the computing device, a geographic density of wireless networking devices; and

adjusting, by the computing device and based on the geographic density of the wireless networking devices, a video file quality setting.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein

the computing device is installed in a vehicle, and

the sending the second content item is responsive to an indication from a sensor of the vehicle.

8. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

receiving, by the computing device, during the recording, and from a user, an indication to preserve the second content item; and

preserving, by the computing device and at least until the sending, the second content item.

9. An apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to determine a current time and a current location of a vehicle;

at least one transceiver configured to communicate with a wireless networking device;

a clock communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the clock is configured to store the current time;

at least one video camera communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the at least one video camera is configured to record content;

at least one sensor communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the at least one sensor is configured to record sensor data;

a video processor communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the video processor is configured to embed, into an adaptation field of the content;

the current time, the current location, and the sensor data into an adaptation field of the content; and

non-transitory memory communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the non-transitory memory is configured to cause;

sending an external time received by the transceiver from the wireless networking device to the clock for use as the current time;

storing the content comprising the current time, the current location, and the sensor data; and

sending the content to an additional wireless networking device.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the at least one sensor comprises a motion sensor,

wherein the motion sensor is configured to store a current speed of the vehicle, and

wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive, via the motion sensor, the current speed of the vehicle, and

adjust, based on the current speed of the vehicle, a stream quality of the content.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising:

a switch configured to prevent a deletion of the content.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising:

a switch configured to disable the at least one video camera for a predetermined period of time.

13. A method comprising:

detecting, by a computing device, a vehicle at a first location at a first time;

requesting, by the computing device and from the vehicle, a first validating time maintained by the vehicle;

determining, by the computing device and based on whether the first validating time matches the first time, a first validation;

recording, by the computing device, the first validation;

receiving, by the computing device, a content item; and

associating, by the computing device, the first validation with the content item.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the first validation comprises an indication that the first validating time does not match the first time, and further comprising sending, by the computing device and to the vehicle, an updated time.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

detecting, by the computing device, the vehicle at a second location at a second time;

requesting, by the computing device and from the vehicle, a second validating time;

determining, by the computing device and based on whether the second validating time matches the second time, a second validation;

recording, by the computing device, the second validation; and

associating, by the computing device, the second validation with the content item.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the receiving the content item comprises receiving, by the computing device, the content item comprising a time stamp indicating a third time between the first time and the second time;

and further comprising;

validating, by the computing device and based on the first validation and the second validation, the third time.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

determining, by the computing device and based on the first location at the first time and the second location at the second time, a third location of the vehicle.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

determining, by the computing device, a path of the vehicle based on the first location, the second location, and the third location.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein:

the content item comprises a video file, and

wherein the time stamp is stored in an adaptation field of the video file.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the video file further comprises sensor information from the vehicle.