Apparatus and method for on-demand multi-device social network experience sharing

• US 10,116,714 B2
• Filed: 06/15/2015
• Issued: 10/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Shaw, Venson, He, Jin
• Primary Examiner(s): Hussain, Tauqir
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mohammadi, Kamran
• Application Number:
  US14/740,047
• Publication Number:
  US 20160366199A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,233 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1066 Session management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

Methods, computer-readable media and apparatuses for sharing an experience via a social network on demand are disclosed. A processor establishes a first video session with a mobile endpoint device of a user, the first video session is established after the mobile endpoint device is authenticated as being allowed to capture a video of a live event at a commercial venue, the first video session containing the video of the live event at the commercial venue that the user is attending, receives at least one social media connection of the user for receiving the video, sends a notification to each social media connection of the at least one social media connection that the video is available, receives a request from the at least one social media connection to access the video, and establishes a second video session with an endpoint device of the at least social media connection.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a processor of a service provider of a communication network that provides a communication service, a request from a mobile endpoint device of a user to share a video of a live event at a commercial venue that the user is capturing;

establishing, by the processor, a first video session with the mobile endpoint device of the user, the first video session containing the video of the live event at the commercial venue that the user is capturing, wherein the establishing is performed in response to determining that the mobile endpoint device has rights for sharing the video of the live event at the commercial venue;

receiving, by the processor, at least one social media connection of the user for receiving the video;

sending, by the processor, a notification to each social media connection of the at least one social media connection that the video is available;

receiving, by the processor, a request from at least one of the at least one social media connection to access the video; and

establishing, by the processor, a second video session with an endpoint device of the at least one of the at least one social media connection to provide the video.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing, by the processor, a plurality of different video sessions from a plurality of different users to the at least one of the at least one social media connection;

receiving, by the processor, a request to become a social media connection of one of the plurality of different users associated with one of the plurality of different video sessions that is selected by the at least one of the at least one social media connection for viewing;

receiving, by the processor, a confirmation to accept the request to become the social media connection from the one of the plurality of different users; and

providing, by the processor, an access to the one of the plurality of different video sessions to the at least one of the at least one social media connection.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein each one of the plurality of different video sessions is captured from a different seat at the live event.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the processor, a type of the endpoint device being used by the at least one of the at least one social media connection to establish the second video session; and

encoding, by the processor, the video to be compatible with the type of the endpoint device being used by the at least one of the at least one social media connection.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the video of the first video session is captured by the mobile endpoint device of the user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the live event comprises a live sporting event or a live musical concert.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the user and the at least one of the at least one social media connection are paid subscribers of the service provider, for providing a service for providing on-demand social network experience sharing.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

establishing, by the processor, a full duplex communication between the user and the at least one of the at least one social media connection while the at least one of the at least one social media connection is viewing the video via the second video session.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the full duplex communication comprises at least one of:

a voice call, a video call or a messaging session.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor of a service provider of a communication network that provides a communication service, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a request from a mobile endpoint device of a user to share a video of a live event at a commercial venue that the user is capturing;

establishing a first video session with the mobile endpoint device of the user, the first video session containing the video of the live event at the commercial venue that the user is capturing, wherein the establishing is performed in response to determining that the mobile endpoint device has rights for sharing the video of the live event at the commercial venue;

receiving at least one social media connection of the user for receiving the video;

sending a notification to each social media connection of the at least one social media connection that the video is available;

receiving a request from at least one of the at least one social media connection to access the video; and

establishing a second video session with an endpoint device of the at least one of the at least one social media connection to provide the video.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, the operations further comprising:

providing a plurality of different video sessions from a plurality of different users to the at least one of the at least one social media connection;

receiving a request to become a social media connection of one of the plurality of different users associated with one of the plurality of different video sessions that is selected by the at least one of the at least one social media connection for viewing;

receiving a confirmation to accept the request to become the social media connection from the one of the plurality of different users; and

providing an access to the one of the plurality of different video sessions to the at least one of the at least one social media connection.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein each one of the plurality of different video sessions is captured from a different seat at the live event.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, the operations further comprising:

determining a type of the endpoint device being used by the at least one of the at least one social media connection to establish the second video session; and

encoding the video to be compatible with the type of the endpoint device being used by the at least one of the at least one social media connection.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the video of the first video session is captured by the mobile endpoint device of the user.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the live event comprises a live sporting event or a live musical concert.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the user and the at least one of the at least one social media connection are paid subscribers of the service provider, for providing a service for providing on-demand social network experience sharing.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, the operations further comprising:

establishing a full duplex communication between the user and the at least one of the at least one social media connection while the at least one of the at least one social media connection is viewing the video via the second video session.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the full duplex communication comprises at least one of:

a voice call, a video call or a messaging session.

19. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor of a service provider of a communication network that provides a communication service; and

a computer-readable storage device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

receiving a request from a mobile endpoint device of a user to share a video of a live event at a commercial venue that the user is capturing;

establishing a first video session with the mobile endpoint device of the user, the first video session containing the video of the live event at the commercial venue that the user is capturing, wherein the establishing is performed in response to determining that the mobile endpoint device has rights for sharing the video of the live event at the commercial venue;

receiving at least one social media connection of the user for receiving the video;

sending a notification to each social media connection of the at least one social media connection that the video is available;

receiving a request from at least one of the at least one social media connection to access the video; and

establishing a second video session with an endpoint device of the at least one of the at least one social media connection to provide the video.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, the operations further comprising:

providing a plurality of different video sessions from a plurality of different users to the at least one of the at least one social media connection;

receiving a request to become a social media connection of one of the plurality of different users associated with one of the plurality of different video sessions that is selected by the at least one of the at least one social media connection for viewing;

receiving a confirmation to accept the request to become the social media connection from the one of the plurality of different users; and

providing an access to the one of the plurality of different video sessions to the at least one of the at least one social media connection.