Impromptu community streamer

• US 10,270,820 B2
• Filed: 02/02/2016
• Issued: 04/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Venolia, Gina D., Tang, John C., Inkpen, Kori, Hamilton, William A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Huq, Farzana B
• Application Number:
  US15/013,753
• Publication Number:
  US 20170054773A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,176 Days
• Field of Search: 709221
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3211 Display means
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3216 Construction aspects of a gaming system, e.g. housing, seats, ergonomic aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3225 Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3227 Configuring a gaming machine, e.g. downloading personal settings, selecting working parameters
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3244 Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3276 wherein the players compete, e.g. tournament
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3293 Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4061 Push-to services, e.g. push-to-talk or push-to-video
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds

Abstract

Various systems and methods for streaming an impromptu community are described herein. In one example, a system for streaming impromptu communities includes a data storage device, a community analyzer, and a publisher. In an example, the data storage device can store a number of incoming data sets, wherein each data set identifies a time and location for the origin of the data, a media instance, and an identification of an origin device or origin user. In an example, the community analyzer can operate from the data storage device to use a processor in order to calculate an IC boundary and generate an impromptu community (IC) indicator based on the proximity and temporality of the number of incoming data sets. In an example, the processor can modify the number of data sets to include the IC indicator.

Claims

1. A system for streaming an impromptu community, comprising:

a processor;

a data storage device to store a plurality of incoming data sets from a plurality of devices, wherein each data set identifies a time and location for the origin of the data, a media instance, and an identification of an origin device or origin user;

a community analyzer to execute instructions on the processor to calculate a geographic and temporal boundary indicating a range of time and a geographic area and generate an indicator, wherein the processor modifies a data set of the plurality of data sets to comprise the indicator in response to a determination that the data set is within the geographic and temporal boundary; and

a publisher located on the data storage device and connected to a network interface to direct the exchange of communications received at the data storage device for media instances both coming from and going to the plurality of devices and users associated with the data set comprising the indicator, wherein the publisher is to direct the exchange of communications received at the data storage device by sharing the media instances from the plurality of devices in a single unified thread to be displayed on each of the plurality of devices with the indicator.

2. The system of claim 1, comprising a linking manager connected to the data storage device and a network to stream each media instance stored in the data storage device with the indicator to origin devices and origin users in the geographic and temporal boundary.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the communications comprise push-to-talk audio.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the publisher streams an interaction received from a device with indicator information by associating the interaction with a media instance for streaming.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the publisher monitors streamed media instances for interactions and modifies the media instances streamed based on the interactions to reflect a number and a type of interaction associated with the streamed media instance.

6. The system of claim 1, comprising a linking manager, which is connected to the data storage device and a network, to direct the exchange of communications received at the data storage device from and to a subset of devices and users sending data sets comprising the indicator, wherein the subset of devices and users is determined based on their interactions with streamed media instances from data sets with the indicator.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the data storage device tracks and stores data about the media instances streamed by the publisher with a time published tag.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein:

the data storage device generates an event collection based on the streamed media instances, time published tag, and interactions; and

the publisher also stores each media instance with the indicator in the data storage device for access by devices with indicator information.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the publisher streams an interface providing an index and access system to all media instances stored in the data storage device with grouping and search functions based on indicators associated with each media instance.

10. A method for streaming an impromptu community, comprising:

storing, with a data storage device, a plurality of incoming data sets from a plurality of devices, wherein each data set identifies a time and location for the origin of the data, a media instance, and an identification of an origin device or origin user;

generating, with a community analyzer located on a data storage device a geographic and temporal boundary indicating a range of time and a geographic area;

modifying, with a processor, a data set of the plurality of data sets stored in the data storage device, to incorporate an indicator in response to a determination that the data set of the plurality of data sets is within the geographic and temporal boundary; and

managing the exchange of communications at the data storage device for media instances both coming from and going to the plurality of devices and users associated with the data set of the plurality of data sets comprising the indicator, wherein the publisher is to direct the exchange of communications received at the data storage device by sharing the media instances from the plurality of devices in a single unified thread to be displayed on each of the plurality of devices with the indicator.

11. The method of claim 10, comprising streaming each media instance with a publisher connected to the data storage device, wherein the media instance is from a data set with an the indicator and to monitor each streamed media instance for interactions.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the communications comprise push-to-talk audio.

13. The method of claim 10, comprising streaming an interaction received from a device with information of the indicator by associating the interaction with a media instance for streaming.

14. The method of claim 10, comprising monitoring streamed media instances for interactions and modifies the media instances streamed based on the interactions to reflect a number and a type of interaction associated with the streamed media instance.

15. The method of claim 10, comprising monitoring the exchange of communications between a subset of devices sending the plurality of data sets, the communications comprising an the indicator received at the data storage device, wherein the subset of devices have each interacted with streamed media instances associated with the indicator.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the data storage device tracks and stores data about the media instances streamed with a time published tag.

17. The method of claim 16, comprising, generating, with the data storage device an event collection based on the streamed media instances, time published tag, and interactions.

18. The method of claim 10, comprising streaming an interface providing an index and access system to all media instances stored in the data storage device with grouping and search functions enabled based on indicators associated with each media instance.

19. A system for streaming an impromptu community, comprising:

a user device comprising;

a data set generator interface to generate a data set comprising a media instance, location of origin data, time of origin data, and user device information; and

a transmitter to transmit the data set to a coordinating server; and

the coordinating server comprising;

a data storage device to store the data set;

a community analyzer to generate a geographic and temporal boundary indicating a range of time and a geographic area and generate an indicator, and to modify the data set to include the indicator in response to a determination that the data set is within the geographic and temporal boundary; and

a publisher connected to the data storage device to stream each media instance with the indicator and manage the exchange of communications at the data storage device for media instances both coming from and going to both the user device and a plurality of devices associated with the data set comprising the indicator, wherein the publisher is to direct the exchange of communications received at the data storage device by sharing the media instances from the plurality of devices in a single unified thread to be displayed on each of the plurality of devices with the indicator.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the user device receives a notification from the coordinating server that the user device is within the geographic and temporal boundary and requesting the user device send an approval signal of the adding of the indicator prior to the publication of a media instance.