METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PROVIDING EVENT CONTENT SHARING BY MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES

• US 20090061835A1
• Filed: 08/31/2007
• Published: 03/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: OL Security LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Laboratories Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Zhang, Xi, Schmidt, Albert L., Morrison, Stephen D.
• Granted Patent: US 7,970,418 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.200
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/185 by embedding added-value information into content, e.g. geo-tagging
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

An approach is disclosed for providing sharing of content relating to an event. Detection of a plurality of mobile communication devices within a predetermined location is performed. An event is identified corresponding to the predetermined location and a current time. The mobile communication devices are notified to enable exchange of content about the event. The content is received from one or more of the mobile communication devices, wherein the content is accessible by the mobile communication devices.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

detecting a plurality of mobile communication devices within a predetermined location;

identifying an event corresponding to the predetermined location and a current time;

notifying the mobile communication devices to enable exchange of content about the event; and

receiving the content from one or more of the mobile communication devices,

wherein the content is accessible by the mobile communication devices.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the content includes text, image, audio, video, or a combination thereof.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the content is exchanged via a Short Message Service (SMS) protocol or a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) protocol.

4. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving positional information from one of the mobile communication devices to determine location of the event.

5. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:

accessing a third party event database to identify the event.

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein the content is accessible by a computing device that is separate from the mobile communication devices.

7. A method according to claim 6, wherein the computing device is configured to run a web-based application to access the content, the computing device receiving an advertisement message that is targeted based on the event.

8. A system comprising:

an event and presence service module configured to detect a plurality of mobile communication devices within a predetermined location, and to identify an event corresponding to the predetermined location and a current time, wherein the event and presence service module is further configured to notify the mobile communication devices to enable exchange of content about the event; and

a content module configured to receive the content from one or more of the mobile communication devices, wherein the content is accessible by the mobile communication devices.

9. A system according to claim 8, wherein the content includes text, image, audio, video, or a combination thereof.

10. A system according to claim 8, wherein the content is exchanged via a Short Message Service (SMS) protocol or a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) protocol.

11. A system according to claim 8, wherein the event and presence service module configured to is further configured to receive positional information from one of the mobile communication devices to determine location of the event.

12. A system according to claim 8, wherein a third party event database is accessed to identify the event.

13. A system according to claim 8, wherein the content is accessible by a computing device that is separate from the mobile communication devices.

14. A system according to claim 13, further comprising:

a website that is configured to provide the content to the computing device, wherein the computing device is configured to run a web-based application to access the content from the website, and receives an advertisement message that is targeted based on the event.

15. A method comprising:

generating positional information;

transmitting the positional information over a wireless network to an event content sharing platform that is configured to detect a plurality of mobile communication devices within a predetermined location for identifying an event corresponding to the predetermined location and a current time;

receiving notification from the event content sharing platform about the event;

generating content relating to the event in response to the notification; and

transmitting the content to the event content sharing platform.

16. A method according to claim 15, wherein the content includes text, image, audio, video, or a combination thereof.

17. A method according to claim 15, wherein the content is transmitted via a Short Message Service (SMS) protocol or a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) protocol.

18. A method according to claim 15, further comprising:

receiving Global Positioning System (GPS) signals to generate the positional information.

19. A method according to claim 15, wherein a third party event database is accessed to identify the event.

20. A method according to claim 15, wherein the content is accessible by a computing device that is separate from the mobile communication devices.

21. A method according to claim 20, wherein the computing device is configured to run a web-based application to access the content, the computing device receiving an advertisement message that is targeted based on the event.

22. An apparatus comprising:

a location module configured to generate positional information for transmission over a wireless network to an event content sharing platform that is configured to detect a plurality of mobile communication devices within a predetermined location for identifying an event corresponding to the predetermined location and a current time; and

a processor configured to receive notification from the event content sharing platform about the event, and to generate content relating to the event in response to the notification, wherein the content is transmitted to the event content sharing platform.

23. An apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the content includes text, image, audio, video, or a combination thereof.

24. An apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the content is transmitted via a Short Message Service (SMS) protocol or a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) protocol.

25. An apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the location module is configured to receive Global Positioning System (GPS) signals to generate the positional information.

26. An apparatus according to claim 22, wherein a third party event database is accessed to identify the event.

27. An apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the content is accessible by a computing device that is separate from the mobile communication devices.

28. An apparatus according to claim 27, wherein the computing device is configured to run a web-based application to access the content, the computing device receiving an advertisement message that is targeted based on the event.