Systems and methods for automatically transferring audiovisual content

• US 10,397,415 B1
• Filed: 09/30/2016
• Issued: 08/27/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
• Original Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
• Inventors: Youel, II, Jeffrey, Sievert, Otto, Suryavanshi, Vijay, Cheema, Gurprit, Petersen, Mark, Treebs, Leland
• Primary Examiner(s): Henn, Timothy J
• Application Number:
  US15/282,429
• Time in Patent Office: 1,061 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00214 details of transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32765 Initiating a communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/65 Control of camera operation in relation to power supply

Abstract

Systems and methods to automatically transfer audiovisual content include camera devices, client computing devices, and centralized servers. A camera device captures audiovisual content and notifies an external entity, e.g., a (client) computing device or a centralized server. The external entity may effectuate transfer of the content to other computing devices and/or destinations. Operations on the audiovisual content, including but not limited to tagging, transcoding, clipping, speed changes, and/or image cropping, are synchronized and propagated across different computing devices and the centralized server such that any user from any computing device can be presented with the latest version of any particular audiovisual content.

Claims

1. A system configured for automatically transferring audiovisual content, the system comprising:

a camera device configured to;

obtain configuration information, wherein the configuration information supports establishment of a communication channel between the camera device and the computing device;

capture a first item of audiovisual content;

generate a notification indicating that the first item of audiovisual content has been captured by the camera device, the notification including a first identifier that identifies the first item of audiovisual content, the first identifier derived from content of the first item of audiovisual content;

transfer the notification to the computing device;

receive a request for the first item of audiovisual content from the computing device; and

responsive to the request, transfer the first item of audiovisual content to the computing device; and

a computing device configured to;

communicate with the camera device;

manage electronic access to and storage of items of audiovisual content;

receive the notification from the camera device prior to reception of the first item of audiovisual content;

effectuate registration of the first item of audiovisual content, the registration of the first item of audiovisual content including an association between the first item of audiovisual content and the first identifier, wherein a registration status of the first item of audiovisual content indicates whether the first item of audiovisual content has been transferred to the computing device;

transfer the request for the first item of audiovisual content to the computing device; and

receive the first item of audiovisual content from the camera device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first identifier is a content-based unique identifier.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the camera device is further configured to detect whether the communication channel is available, and wherein transfer of the first item of audiovisual content is performed responsive to detection that the communication channel is available.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the camera device is further configured to, responsive to detection that the communication channel is available, establish the communication channel between the camera device and the computing device, wherein establishment of the communication channel is based on the configuration information.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the camera device includes a rechargeable battery, wherein the camera device is further configured to:

determine whether the rechargeable battery is holding a charge that meets at least a predetermined charge threshold,

wherein transfer of the first item of audiovisual content is performed responsive to a determination that the charge held by the rechargeable battery meets the predetermined charge threshold.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the camera device is further configured to:

capture a second item of audiovisual content;

determine an order of the transfer of the first item of audiovisual content and the second item of audiovisual content.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the order of the transfer of the first item of audiovisual content and the second item of audiovisual content is determined based on content types of the first item of audiovisual content and the second item of audiovisual content.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the computing device is, to manage electronic access to and storage of the items of audiovisual content, further configured to synchronize storage of copies of the first item of audiovisual content in multiple computing devices.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein synchronization of the storage of the copies of the first item of audiovisual content in multiple computing devices includes:

a first copy of the first item of audiovisual content being transferred by the computing device for storage in a first client computing device;

a second copy of the first item of audiovisual content being transferred by the computing device for storage in a second client computing device;

reception, by the computing device, of operation information defining one or more operations to modify the first item of audiovisual content; and

propagating, by the computing device, the one or more operations to modify the first item of audiovisual content to the first client computing device and the second client computing device.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the first identifier is regenerated responsive to one or more changes in the content of the first item of audiovisual content, and the regenerated first identifier is propagated to the first client computing device and the second client computing device.

11. A method for automatically transferring audiovisual content, the method performed by a camera device, the method comprising:

obtaining, by the camera device, configuration information, wherein the configuration information supports establishment of a communication channel between the camera device and a computing device;

capturing, by the camera device, a first item of audiovisual content;

generating, by the camera device, a notification indicating that the first item of audiovisual content has been captured by the camera device, the notification including a first identifier that identifies the first item of audiovisual content, the first identifier derived from content of the first item of audiovisual content;

transferring, by the camera device, the notification to the computing device;

receiving, by the camera device, a request for the first item of audiovisual content from the computing device; and

responsive to the request, transferring, by the camera device, the first item of audiovisual content to the computing device;

wherein the computing device;

communicates with the camera device;

manages electronic access to and storage of items of audiovisual content;

receives the notification from the camera device prior to reception of the first item of audiovisual content;

effectuates registration of the first item of audiovisual content, the registration of the first item of audiovisual content including an association between the first item of audiovisual content and the first identifier, wherein a registration status of the first item of audiovisual content indicates whether the first item of audiovisual content has been transferred to the computing device;

transfers the request for the first item of audiovisual content to the computing device; and

receives the first item of audiovisual content from the camera device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the first identifier is a content-based unique identifier.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising detecting, by the camera device, whether the communication channel is available, wherein transfer of the first item of audiovisual content is performed responsive to detection that the communication channel is available.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising, responsive to detection that the communication channel is available, establishing, by the camera device, the communication channel between the camera device and the computing device, wherein establishment of the communication channel is based on the configuration information.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein:

the camera device includes a rechargeable battery; and

transfer of the first item of audiovisual content is performed responsive to a determination that the charge held by the rechargeable battery meets the predetermined charge threshold.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

capturing, by the camera device, a second item of audiovisual content;

determining, by the camera device, an order of the transfer of the first item of audiovisual content and the second item of audiovisual content.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the order of the transfer of the first item of audiovisual content and the second item of audiovisual content is determined based on content types of the first item of audiovisual content and the second item of audiovisual content.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the computing device managing electronic access to and storage of the items of audiovisual content includes synchronizing storage of copies of the first item of audiovisual content in multiple computing devices.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein synchronizing the storage of the copies of the first item of audiovisual content in multiple computing devices includes:

a first copy of the first item of audiovisual content being transferred by the computing device for storage in a first client computing device;

a second copy of the first item of audiovisual content being transferred by the computing device for storage in a second client computing device;

reception, by the computing device, of operation information defining one or more operations to modify the first item of audiovisual content; and

propagating, by the computing device, the one or more operations to modify the first item of audiovisual content to the first client computing device and the second client computing device.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the first identifier is regenerated responsive to one or more changes in the content of the first item of audiovisual content, and the regenerated first identifier is propagated to the first client computing device and the second client computing device.