Streaming video selection system and method

• US 10,205,986 B2
• Filed: 08/04/2004
• Issued: 02/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Video Knows You.Com LLC (Gabriel De La Vega, Jr.)
• Original Assignee: Gabriel De La Vega, Jr.
• Inventors: DeLaVega, Gabriel
• Primary Examiner(s): Airapetian, Mila
• Application Number:
  US10/911,144
• Publication Number:
  US 20050034158A1
• Time in Patent Office: 5,305 Days
• Field of Search: 705 26, 705 27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2187 Live feed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2543 Billing , e.g. for subscription services payment schemes, architectures or protocols G06Q20/00; e-commerce G06Q30/00; arrangements for billing for the use of broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/21
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4143 embedded in a Personal Computer [PC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• 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 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6581 Reference data, e.g. a movie identifier for ordering a movie or a product identifier in a home shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control

Abstract

A system and method of broadcasting images in a communications network. Methods according to the invention include providing image content from at least one mobile content provider, coupling the image content from the mobile content provider to a network, presenting the image content from the mobile content provider for selection, and selecting the image content from the mobile content provider.

Claims

1. A method for selecting streaming image content from a network comprising:

providing real-time streaming image content output by a camera from at least one mobile content provider;

coupling said real-time streaming image content from said mobile content provider camera to the network using a networked computer in conjunction with cellular telephony, wherein said real-time streaming image content provided by said mobile content provider is acquired while in motion within the cellular telephony coverage area;

presenting said real-time streaming image content from said mobile content provider on a server homepage for selection; and

selecting said real-time streaming image content from said at least one mobile content provider presented on said homepage for viewing in real-time over the Internet, wherein a viewer filters the real-time streaming image content by selection criteria comprising at least one of a location, a name, a type, and an audio commentary.

2. The method according to claim 1 further comprising presenting real-time streaming image content that will later become available at predetermined times, wherein the viewer filters the real-time streaming image content that will be later become available at predetermined times by the selection criteria.

3. The method according to claim 2 further comprising searching for the real-time streaming image content that will later become available at the predetermined times.

4. The method according to claim 1 wherein said image content further includes audio.

5. The method according to claim 1 further comprising obtaining one or more tokens wherein the one or more tokens are a form of digital currency to pay for an amount of viewing time for the selected real-time streaming image content, wherein the amount of viewing time is predetermined by the mobile content provider.

6. The method according to claim 1 further comprising viewing said selected real-time streaming image content.

7. The method according to claim 5 further comprising paying a first percentage of said predetermined fee to the mobile content provider providing said selected real-time streaming image content and a second percentage of said predetermined fee based upon a set of metrics wherein the set of metrics comprises at least one of frequency of provided real-time streaming image content, type of real-time streaming image content, amount of viewers of the mobile content provider'"'"'s real-time streaming image content, and the time the mobile content provider provides said real-time streaming image content.

8. The method according to claim 7 wherein the first percentage of the predetermined fee and the second percentage of the predetermined fee are deposited into an account previously established by the mobile content provider.

9. A system for selecting streaming image content from a network comprising:

means for providing real-time streaming image content output by a camera from at least one mobile content provider;

means for coupling said real-time streaming image content from said mobile content provider camera to the network using a networked computer in conjunction with cellular telephony, wherein said real-time streaming image content provided by said mobile content provider is acquired while in motion within the cellular telephony coverage area;

means for presenting said real-time streaming image content from said mobile content provider on a server homepage for selection;

means for presenting filtered content by selection criteria filtered by a viewer, the selection criteria comprising at least one of a location, a name, a type, and an audio commentary of said real-time streaming image content on the homepage; and

means for selecting said real-time streaming image content from said mobile content provider presented on said homepage for viewing in real-time over the Internet.

10. The system according to claim 9 further comprising means for presenting real-time streaming image content that will be later become available at predetermined times, wherein the image content is filtered by the viewer by the selection criteria.

11. The system according to claim 10 further comprising means for searching for real-time streaming image content that will later become available at the predetermined times.

12. The system according to claim 9 wherein said image content further includes audio.

13. The system according to claim 9 further comprising means for obtaining one or more tokens wherein the one or more tokens are a form of digital currency to pay for an amount of viewing time for the selected real-time streaming image content, wherein the amount of viewing time is predetermined by the mobile content provider.

14. The system according to claim 9 further comprising means for viewing said selected real-time streaming image content.

15. The system according to claim 13 further comprising means for paying a first percentage of said predetermined fee to the mobile content provider providing said selected real-time streaming image content and a second percentage of said predetermined fee wherein the second percentage is based upon a set of metrics wherein the set of metrics comprises at least one of frequency of provided real-time streaming image content, type of real-time streaming image content, amount of viewers of the mobile content provider'"'"'s real-time streaming image content, and time the mobile content provider provides said real-time streaming image content.

16. The system according to claim 15 wherein the first percentage of the predetermined fee and the second percentage of the predetermined fee are deposited into an account previously established by the mobile content provider.

17. A system for selecting streaming image content from a network comprising:

at least one mobile content provider, each mobile content provider comprises;

an object offering continuous mobility;

at least one video camera coupled to the object offering continuous mobility, the video camera configured to capture real-time image content and provide real-time image content signals at a video camera output;

a first processor located at the object offering continuous mobility and coupled to the video camera output, the first processor configured to process the real-time image content signals as streaming data, the first processor having a bus connection; and

a cellular telephone Internet access card coupled to the bus connection of the first processor, the cellular telephony Internet access card configured to wirelessly couple the streaming data from a mobile content provider while the object is in motion wirelessly to the Internet over cellular telephone network infrastructure mobile IP, wherein the cellular telephony network infrastructure defines a region of mobility; and

a second processor coupled to the Internet, the second processor configured to communicate with the Internet via a web browser to retrieve and display filtered results filtered by a viewer using selection criteria comprising at least one of a location, a name, a type, and an audio commentary for the real-time image content from the at least one mobile content provider, wherein to view selected image content requires payment of a predetermined fee for a predetermined amount of selected image content viewing time.

18. The system according to claim 17 further comprising a server coupled to the Internet, the server configured to host the real-time image content from the at least one mobile content provider for selection, and configured to process one or more tokens wherein the one or more tokens are a form of digital currency to pay for an amount of viewing time for the selected real-time streaming image content, wherein the amount of viewing time is predetermined by the mobile content provider.

19. The system according to claim 18 wherein a first percentage of the predetermined fee is paid to the mobile content provider providing the selected real-time streaming image content and a second percentage of said predetermined fee wherein the second percentage is based upon a set of metrics wherein the set of metrics comprises at least one of frequency of provided real-time streaming image content, type of real-time streaming image content, amount of viewers of the mobile content provider'"'"'s real-time streaming image content, and e time the mobile content provider provides said real-time streaming image content.

20. The system according to claim 19 wherein the first percentage of the predetermined fee and the second percentage of the predetermined fee are deposited into an account previously established by the mobile content provider.