Dynamic triggering of media signal capture

• US 20070300271A1
• Filed: 06/23/2006
• Published: 12/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Echo360, Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Echo360, Incorporated
• Inventors: Geyer, Steven Lee, Allen, Geoffrey Benjamin
• Application Number:
  US11/473,060
• Publication Number:
  US 20070300271A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/93
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42203 sound input device, e.g. microphone
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes associating a dynamic capture parameter with a capture record included in a capture schedule. A capture instruction is defined based on the dynamic capture parameter and the capture record. The capture instruction is configured to cause a multimedia capture device to capture a media signal after the capture instruction is received at the multimedia capture device.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

modifying a capture instruction at a processor of a multimedia capture device at a first time to produce a modified capture instruction, the capture instruction being defined at a second time different from the first time and based on a first dynamic capture parameter, the modifying being based on at least one of a change to a parameter value within the first dynamic capture parameter or a second dynamic capture parameter; and

sending a control signal from the multimedia capture device to a media sensor based on the modified capture instruction, the control signal configured to cause the media sensor to acquire a media signal.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising processing the media signal at the multimedia capture device based on the capture instruction.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the change or the second dynamic capture parameter are associated with the capture record based on an identifier included in the capture record.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the capture instruction is defined based on a rules-based algorithm.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the capture instruction is defined using at least one of a control server or the multimedia capture device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the multimedia capture device is a specific-purpose embedded appliance that includes a processor system.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the multimedia capture device is a general purpose computer system configured for media signal capture.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the media signal includes at least one of an audio signal, a video signal, a visual-capture signal or a digital-image signal.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first dynamic capture parameter is at least one of a multimedia-capture-device parameter associated with the multimedia capture device, a network preference associated with at least a portion of the network, a venue attribute associated with a venue, or a speaker preference associated with a speaker.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the second dynamic capture parameter is at least one of a multimedia-capture-device parameter associated with the multimedia capture device, a network preference associated with at least a portion of the network, a venue attribute associated with a venue, or a speaker preference associated with a speaker.

11. A method, comprising:

associating a dynamic capture parameter with a capture record included in a capture schedule; and

defining a capture instruction based on the dynamic capture parameter and the capture record, the capture instruction configured to cause a multimedia capture device to capture a media signal after the capture instruction is received at the multimedia capture device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the defining includes defining using at least one of a control server or the multimedia capture device,

the method, further comprising:

sending the capture instruction to a processor of the multimedia capture device.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the multimedia capture device is a first multimedia capture device, the defining includes defining the capture instruction for a second multimedia capture device.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising associating the dynamic capture parameter with a second capture record included in the capture schedule.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the associating includes associating based on an identifier associated with the capture record.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the dynamic capture parameter is at least one of a multimedia-capture-device parameter associated with the multimedia capture device or a network-preference associated with the network.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the dynamic capture parameter is a speaker preference associated with a speaker, the associating includes associating based on an identifier associated with the speaker.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the dynamic capture parameter is a venue preference associated with a venue.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the capture record is associated with a default capture setting that is modified based on the dynamic capture parameter to produce a capture setting, the capture instruction includes at least a portion of the capture setting.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein the multimedia capture device is at least one of a specific-purpose embedded appliance having an embedded environment or a general purpose computer system configured for media signal capture.

21. The method of claim 11, wherein the media signal is at least one of an audio signal, a video signal, a visual-capture signal or a digital-image signal.

22. The method of claim 11, wherein the defining includes defining at a first time,

the method, further comprising:

modifying the capture instruction at a second time different from the first time based on a change to a parameter within the dynamic capture parameter.

23. The method of claim 11, wherein the multimedia capture device is triggered by a parameter within the capture instruction to send a control signal that prompts a media sensor to acquire the media signal.

24. A method, comprising:

associating a first dynamic capture parameter with a capture record from a plurality of capture records within a capture schedule;

associating a second dynamic capture parameter with the capture record; and

sending a capture instruction to a processor of a multimedia capture device, the capture instruction being based on the first dynamic capture parameter and the second dynamic capture parameter, the capture instruction being configured to cause the multimedia capture device to schedule capture of a media signal.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the capture instruction is generated based on a priority of the first dynamic capture parameter and a priority of the second dynamic capture parameter.

26. The method of claim 24, wherein the capture instruction is generated based on a rules-based algorithm.

27. The method of claim 24, wherein the associating the first dynamic capture parameter includes associating based on a first identifier associated with the capture record, the associating the second dynamic capture parameter includes associating based on a second identifier associated with the capture record.

28. The method of claim 24, further comprising associating a fixed attribute with the capture record, the capture instruction being based on the fixed attribute.

29. The method of claim 24, further comprising sending a notification when a conflict between a portion of the first dynamic capture parameter and a portion of the second dynamic capture preference is at least one of detected or resolved.

30. The method of claim 24, wherein the multimedia capture device is at least one of a specific-purpose embedded appliance that includes a processor system or a general purpose computer system configured for media signal capture.

31. The method of claim 24, wherein the media signal includes at least one of an audio signal, a video signal, a visual-capture signal or a digital-image signal.