Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing media content by capturing media content at a client device and storing the media content at a network accessible media repository

• US 20080148358A1
• Filed: 10/31/2006
• Published: 06/19/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Nguyen, Hong, Denny, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 8,418,231 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 Access control lists [ACL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication

Abstract

Media content is managed by defining a list of authorized recipients in a network accessible security information repository, recording media content at a client device, obtaining the list of authorized recipients at the client device, associating at least one of the authorized recipients with the media content, and transmitting the media content along with information identifying the at least one of the authorized recipients associated therewith from the client device to a network accessible media repository for storage therein. The media content includes audio, video, and/or image content.

Claims

1. A method of managing media content, comprising:

defining a list of authorized recipients in a network accessible security information repository;

recording media content at a client device, the media content comprising audio, video, and/or image content;

obtaining the list of authorized recipients at the client device;

associating at least one of the authorized recipients with the media content; and

transmitting the media content along with information identifying the at least one of the authorized recipients associated therewith from the client device to a network accessible media repository for storage therein.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein recording the media content, associating at least one of the authorized recipients with the media content, and transmitting the media content are performed responsive to at least one prompt provided via the client device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the client device is an Internet Protocol (IP) device and the network comprises an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network, the method further comprising:

authenticating the client device in the IMS network;

determining that the authenticated client device is authorized to store the media content in the media repository; and

storing the media content in the media repository responsive to determining that the client device is authorized to store the media content in the media repository.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein obtaining the list of authorized recipients is performed responsive to authentication of the client device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein recording the media content at the client device comprises:

recording the media content at the client device while maintaining a call session at the client device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the media content is audio content.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the security information repository and the media repository have at least one server associated therewith, the method further comprising:

authenticating the client device at the at least one server associated with the security information repository and the media repository;

determining that the authenticated client device is authorized to store the media content in the media repository; and

storing the media content in the media repository responsive to determining that the client device is authorized to store the media content in the media repository.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the security information repository and the media repository have at least one server associated therewith, the method further comprising:

receiving a request from a requesting client device to access the stored media content at the at least one server;

authenticating the requesting client device;

determining that the authenticated requesting client device is authorized to access the stored media content; and

providing the requesting client device access to the stored media content responsive to determining that the authenticated requesting client device is authorized to access the stored media content.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the requesting client device is an Internet Protocol (IP) device and the network comprises an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network, and wherein authenticating the requesting client device comprises:

authenticating the requesting client device in the IMS network.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein authenticating the requesting client device comprises:

authenticating the requesting client device at the at least one server associated with the security information repository and the media repository.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein determining that the authenticated requesting client device is authorized to access the stored media content comprises:

comparing an identity of a user associated with the requesting client device with the at least one of the authorized recipients associated with the media content.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the media content is audio content, and wherein providing the requesting client device access to the stored media content comprises:

playing the audio content to the requesting client device.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the client device and the requesting client device are the same device.

14. A computer program product comprising computer-readable program code embodied on a computer-readable medium, the computer readable program code being configured to carry out the method of claim 1.

15. A system for managing media content, comprising:

a network accessible security information repository that contains a list of authorized recipients for the media content, the list of authorized recipients being accessible to a client device over the network; and

a media repository that is configured to receive the media content over the network for storage therein, the media content having been recorded at a client device and associated with at least one of the authorized recipients

wherein the media content comprises audio, video, and/or image content.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the client device is an Internet Protocol (IP) device.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the media content is audio content.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the security information repository and the media repository have at least one server associated therewith.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the media content is audio content and wherein the at least one server is configured to play the audio content to a requesting client device responsive to a request therefor.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the client device and the requesting client device are the same device.