Method and system for datacasting and content management

• US 10,187,670 B2
• Filed: 05/16/2017
• Issued: 01/22/2019
• 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): Tesfaye, Aklil M
• Application Number:
  US15/596,362
• Publication Number:
  US 20170338902A1
• Time in Patent Office: 616 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 network architectures or network communication protocols for wireless network security H04W12/00
• 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 for datacasting and content management. 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 datacasting comprising:

receiving data, by a dashboard, from at least one of a plurality of sources via a one-to-one network;

managing the data by the dashboard;

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

sending the data, by the dashboard, to a broadcasting station;

allocating, by at least one of the dashboard and the broadcasting station, at least one of a plurality of electromagnetic spectrum portions to broadcast the data;

broadcasting the data, from the broadcasting station, to at least one of the plurality of receivers via at least one of a one-to-many broadcasting network and the one-to-one network; and

communicating, by at least one of the plurality of receivers, with the dashboard via at least one of the one-to-one network and the one-to-many broadcasting network,

wherein the one-to-many broadcasting network is at least one of an ATSC 1.0 broadcasting network and an ATSC 3.0 broadcasting network, and

wherein the dashboard resends the data to at least one of the plurality of receivers when the receiver sends a request to the dashboard;

wherein the dashboard comprises a plurality of systems, each of the plurality of systems comprising at least one of a portable dashboard, an online dashboard, an offline dashboard, and a video management system (VMS), and the dashboard is configured to bridge communications between portable dashboards, online dashboards, offline dashboards and VMSs such that the plurality of systems communicate directly with each other.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a mobile application is implemented on the sources to send the data to the dashboard via the one-to-one network.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a mobile application is implemented on the receivers to receive the data via at least one of the one-to-one network and the one-to-many broadcasting network.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the dashboard and the broadcasting station manages the data for broadcasting by at least one of an application software and an equipment.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein when broadcasting the data, the receiver receives the data via an ATSC 3.0 broadcasting network in at least one of cases that the receiver is moving fast and the receiver is located in an environment which requires a penetration of a broadcasting signal.

6. The method of claim 1, 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.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the one-to-one network is at least one of a mobile network, Internet network, a satellite and a microwave.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein when managing the data, the dashboard performs at least one of an encryption of the data and managing the encryption of the data for a targeted receiver and the targeted receiver decrypts the data after receiving the data.

9. 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.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the data is converted into a broadcasting content by at least one of the dashboard and the broadcasting station before the broadcasting.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the data is incorporated into a broadcasting content by at least one of the dashboard and the broadcasting station before the broadcasting.

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

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiver includes at least one of a stationary antenna, a portable antenna and a wired receiver.

14. A system for datacasting comprising:

a plurality of sources that generates data;

a dashboard that receives, manages and sends the data, wherein the dashboard comprises a plurality of systems, each of the plurality of systems comprising at least one of a portable dashboard, an online dashboard, an offline dashboard, and a video management system (VMS), and wherein the dashboard is configured to bridge communications between portable dashboards, online dashboards, offline dashboards and VMSs such that the plurality of systems communicate directly with each other;

a broadcasting station that broadcasts the data via at least one of a one-to-many broadcasting network and a one-to-one network; and

a plurality of receivers that receives the data,

wherein the sources, the broadcasting station or the receivers communicate with the dashboard by at least one of an implemented software and an equipment via at least one of the one-to-one network and the one-to-many broadcasting network,

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

wherein at least one of the dashboard and the broadcasting station allocates at least one of a plurality of electromagnetic spectrum portions to broadcast the data,

wherein the one-to-many broadcasting network is at least one of an ATSC 1.0 broadcasting network and an ATSC 3.0 broadcasting network,

wherein the receiver receives the data via at least one of an ATSC 3.0 broadcasting network, a low-power transmitter, an on-channel repeater and the one-to-one network in at least one of cases that the receiver is moving fast and the receiver is located in an environment which requires a penetration of a broadcasting signal,

wherein the one-to-one network is at least one of a mobile network, Internet network, a satellite and a microwave,

wherein the dashboard performs at least one of an encryption of the data and managing the encryption of the data for a targeted receiver and the targeted receiver decrypts the data after receiving the data, and

wherein the dashboard resends the data to at least one of the plurality of receivers when the receiver sends a request to the dashboard.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the dashboard is controlled by at least one of an authorized operator and the source.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the dashboard controls at least one of the plurality of sources, the broadcasting station and the plurality of receivers.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the data is converted into a broadcasting content by at least one of the dashboard and the broadcasting station before broadcasting of the data.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the dashboard adds an additional information to the data before broadcasting of the data.

19. The system of claim 14, 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.