Method and apparatus for sharing internet content

• US 20050198317A1
• Filed: 02/24/2004
• Published: 09/08/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc. (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc. (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Byers, Charles Calvin
• Application Number:
  US10/794,210
• Publication Number:
  US 20050198317A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/228
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/38 Arrangements for distribution where lower stations, e.g. receivers, interact with the broadcast
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/40 Arrangements for broadcast specially adapted for accumulation-type receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/82 using signals not modulated onto a carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/72 using electronic programme guides [EPG] focusing on identifying broadcast space time H04H60/39 ; menu type display of EPG in television receivers H04N21/47
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1818 Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/611 for multicast or broadcast systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A method for sharing content over a network is provided. According to the method, a plurality of requests (200) for receiving content are received by a server (102) from user terminals (106). And, announcements of content or playlists (206, 214) that are to be broadcast are received from broadcast devices (108). The requests for content are analyzed to determine if the desired content is scheduled to be broadcast, as indicated in an announcement or playlist from a broadcast device. If the desired content is scheduled to be broadcast, then the user terminal is notified, and a recording of the broadcast is preferably, automatically arranged at the user terminal. The desired content is recorded with leading and trailing advertisements. Hence, to perceive the content, the advertisements must be perceived.

Claims

1. A method for sharing content over a network, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving a request for content over the network from a user terminal, wherein the request for content includes a first content identification;

receiving an announcement of content that is to be broadcast from a broadcast server over the network, wherein the announcement of content includes a second content identification;

determining whether the first content identification matches the second content identification; and

notifying the user terminal if the first content identification matches the second content identification.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of a user terminal recording content to produce a recorded content in response to receiving notification that the first content identification matches the second content identification.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the step of notifying the user terminal includes providing the user terminal a content address, a broadcast time and duration.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the step of recording content includes recording an advertisement.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the step of recording content includes recording an advertisement before and an advertisement after a desired content identified by the first content identification.

6. The method of claim 4 further comprising the step of editing the recorded content to remove the advertisement.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the step of editing includes perceiving the advertisement.

8. The method of claim 6 further comprising saving the recorded content on a portable device.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising sending the request for content to a broadcast server.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising the broadcast server determining a content to broadcast based on the request for content.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the user terminal completes a registration and the registration includes demographics associated with the user terminal.

12. The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of:

receiving content that is broadcast to produce a received content;

delaying the received content for a predetermined time; and

broadcasting the received content.

13. A network server for facilitating sharing content over a network, the network server comprising:

a processor that;

receives a request for content over the network from a user terminal, wherein the request for content includes a first content identification;

receives an announcement of content that is to be broadcast from a broadcast server over the network, wherein the announcement of content includes a second content identification;

determines whether the first content identification matches the second content identification; and

notifies the user terminal if the first content identification matches the second content identification.

14. The network server of claim 13 wherein the processor notifies the user terminal of a content address and a broadcast time and duration.

15. The network server of claim 13 wherein the processors sends a plurality of user requests for content to a broadcast server.

16. The network server of claim 15 wherein the announcement of content is determined by the broadcast server based on the plurality of user requests.

17. A method for receiving content over a network, the method comprising:

sending a request to receive content, the request including a content identification and a user identification;

receiving a notification that a broadcast will include the content identification, the notification including a content address, a broadcast time and duration; and

recording content to produce a recorded content based on the content address at the broadcast time.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein the step of recording content includes recording an advertisement.

19. The method of claim 17 wherein the step of recording content includes recording an advertisement before or after content identified by the content identification.

20. The method of claim 18 further comprising editing the recorded content to remove the advertisement.