Distributed Automatic Recording of Live Event

• US 20090148124A1
• Filed: 02/11/2009
• Published: 06/11/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Athsani, Athellina, Davis, Marc, Higgins, Chris W.
• Granted Patent: US 8,522,289 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/241
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/27 Arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/46 for recognising users' preferences
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1831 Tracking arrangements for later retrieval, e.g. recording contents, participants activities or behavior, network status
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1859 adapted to provide push services, e.g. data channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/21805 enabling multiple viewpoints, e.g. using a plurality of cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/252 Processing of multiple end-users' preferences to derive collaborative data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/475 End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6582 Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number arrangements where receivers interact with the broadcast H04H20/38
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

Methods and systems for processing multimedia content captured from a plurality of locations via one or more capturing devices include obtaining multimedia content from one or more capturing devices. The capturing devices identify a type of content being captured and/or location of capture. An interest type for multimedia content is obtained from a consuming user. The multimedia content from the capturing devices are searched based on the interest type of the consuming user. A subset of the multimedia content conforming to the interest type is presented in substantial real-time at the receiving devices of the consuming users. Feedback regarding the presented multimedia content is obtained from consuming users and communicated to the capturing devices in substantial real-time so as to influence future capture of multimedia content. The methods also include receiving a request for recording a live event wherein the request provides one or more recording preferences including one or more requester preferences for recording the live event. The request is dynamically matched to one or more generating users who have expressed intentions for recording the live event. The generating users are associated with one or more capturing devices that are configured to record the live event based on the recording preferences of the request. The request is then forwarded to the matched one or more generating users for recording the live event. User interactions at the recordings are monitored and fed back to the generating users for further refining the recordings.

Claims

1. A method for enabling recording a live event, comprising:

receiving a request to record the live event, the request including one or more recording preferences defining recording criteria of a consuming user for recording the live event;

dynamically matching the request to recording intention expressed by one or more generating users, wherein the live event is captured using one or more capturing devices associated with the generating users; and

forwarding the request to the one or more matched generating users for recording multimedia content of the live event, the recording of the live event matching the recording preferences expressed in the request.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the recording intention includes one of an expressed intention to record, a derived intention to record based on history, or an ability to record.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a request further includes,

receiving one or more user preferences for the live event;

and

generating a personalized user profile with the received user preferences, the personalized user profile used as an initial matching criteria when requesting multimedia content of the live event.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the user profile is updated periodically based on one or more of a user'"'"'s interaction with the content of the live event, the user interaction including one or more of consumption, annotation and recommendation towards recorded content of live event, the updated user profile defining latest matching criteria used for requesting recording of the live event.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the updating of the user profile is dynamic.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein matching further includes,

identifying a plurality of generating users (GUs) with expressed intention to capture the live event based on user data;

and

selecting a GU from the plurality of GUs for recording the live event, the selection of the GU based on a level of matching with the request.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein recording further includes explicit recording based on one or more of the consuming user'"'"'s instructions, one or more of the generating user'"'"'s instructions or a combination of the consuming user'"'"'s instructions and the generating user'"'"'s instructions.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein matching further includes,

identifying a plurality of generating users (GUs) with expressed intention to capture the live event;

and

matching to a subset of GUs, the matching of the GUs based on a level of matching with the request.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein recording further includes generating a composite set of streams with the recordings of the live event from the subset of GUs, the composite set of streams generated based on one or more of the consuming user'"'"'s instructions and capturing one or more of GU instructions of each of the corresponding subset of GUs.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein matching further includes, when the request for recording does not match expressed intention of any available GU,

analyzing the request to capture one or more of spatial, social, temporal or topical aspects associated with the live event to be recorded;

identifying one or more GUs that fit the one or more of the spatial, social, temporal or topical aspects for recording the live event; and

propagating the request to the identified GUs requesting coverage of the event, the propagation and request carried out up until the live event'"'"'s end time.

11. The method of claim 10, further includes presenting an incentive offer for recording the live event to the plurality of GUs, the incentive offer may be one of a monetary or non-monetary offer.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein forwarding the request to the one or more GUs further includes,

presenting the request to the GU with recording intentions that match the request for recording the live event;

and

updating the live event to a list of events offered by the GU upon the GU accepting the request for recording the live event.

13. The method of claim 12, further includes updating scheduled recordings of events available for rendering at an Event Media Engine and Digital Video Recorder (DVR) module (EMED) upon the GU accepting the request for recording the live event.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein automatically matching the request further includes,

identifying a plurality of GUs whose spatial, temporal, topical and social data match the request;

creating a composite plan with information associated with the identified plurality of GUs; and

presenting the composite plan in response to the request, the presentation of the composite plan enabling selection of one or more GUs for recording the live event.

15. The method of claim 1, further includes,

receiving a plurality of recordings of the live event from a plurality of GUs;

ranking each of the plurality of recordings of the live events based on the corresponding CUs profile, the ranking enabling reordering of the recordings based on GU'"'"'s spatial, social, temporal or topical aspects along with mutual standing amongst other GUs;

choosing one or more recordings of the live event based on the ranking and recording criteria associated with the live event; and

integrating the one or more recordings from the GUs to generate a personalized composite stream of recording for the live event, the composite stream generated based on the recording preferences associated with the request.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the request is for one of a public or personal live event.

17. The method of claim 1, further includes,

delivering the recorded multimedia content for the live event in response to the request, the delivered recorded multimedia content stored in a repository accessible by a receiving device associated with the consuming user (CU);

and

dynamically monitoring one or more of interactions, annotations and recommendations in response to the delivered recorded multimedia content for the live event, wherein results of the monitoring presented to the corresponding GU of the recorded multimedia content as feedback for further refining the recording of the live event.

18. A method for recording upcoming live events, comprising:

obtaining a list of the upcoming live events requested for recording;

presenting the list of upcoming live events for recording, the presentation including information associated with the live event, wherein the information associated with the upcoming live events include information associated with one or more of spatial, temporal, topical or social aspect, wherein the information includes one or more of date, time, location, type, identifying information, one or more recording preferences and tag, wherein the recording preferences include one or more of preferred generating user, angle, style, or source, location, filter, orientation and sensor value;

identifying one or more generating users to record each of the upcoming live events based on the information associated with the live event including recording preferences; and

assigning each of the upcoming live events to the corresponding one or more identified generating users for providing the recording, the assignment enabling the identified generating users to record the live event based on one or more recording preferences associated with the recording the live events and storing the recorded multimedia content in a repository accessible to users for subsequent retrieval.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein obtaining a list further includes,

gathering information about upcoming live events, the information including one or more of recording preferences for recording the live event, one or more user preferences, and one or more compensated offers extended to a generating user (GU) for recording the live event, the information obtained from one or more requesters desiring coverage of the one or more live events, wherein the requester is one of a consuming user desiring to view the live event or a sponsor and wherein the upcoming live events are one of public or personal live events.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein identifying one or more generating users (GUs) to record a live event further includes,

analyzing the list of upcoming live events to identify one or more of spatial, temporal, topical or social aspects associated with the live events;

and

selecting one or more GUs with corresponding GU profile matching one or more of the spatial, social, temporal or topical aspects of the live events.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the selected GUs include one of GUs with expressed intentions for recording the live event or GUs that have not expressed any intentions for recording the live event.

22. The method of claim 18, further includes,

recording the corresponding live event at an appropriate time;

and

presenting the recorded live event for rendering in real-time in response to a request for coverage of the live event.

23. The method of claim 18, further includes,

recording the corresponding live event at an appropriate time;

and

forwarding the recorded live event to a repository for subsequent retrieval and rendering in response to a request for viewing the live event.

24. The method of claim 18, further includes,

when the live event is recorded by more than one generating user (GU) or recorded by a GU not registered to record the event,

ranking the recordings of the live event from the GUs based on each GUs profile, the GU profile identifying GUs spatial, social, temporal or topical aspects along with mutual standing amongst other GUs;

selecting one or more of the recordings of the live event based on the ranking and recording preferences associated with the live event; and

integrating the one or more selected recordings from the GUs to generate a composite stream of recording for the live event, the composite stream personalized based on the recording preferences associated with the request, the recording preferences including a profile of a requester associated with the request.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the GU profile including one or more of spatial, social, temporal or topical aspects of the GU, shot quality of one or more previously recorded live events, reputation, GU-requestor history, popularity of the live event, popularity of the GU, sponsor or commercial opportunity and wherein the requestor'"'"'s profile including one or more of requestor'"'"'s preferences, requestor'"'"'s usage history, requestor'"'"'s interest, requestor'"'"'s spatial, social, temporal or topical aspect related profile, requestor'"'"'s history with a GU providing a coverage of the live event or other explicit/implicit profile.

26. A system for recording a live event, comprising:

a receiving device of a consuming user configured to generate a request for recording the live event, render one or more recording preferences for recording the live event and the recorded live event, receive and transmit feedback on the rendered live event in substantial real-time, wherein the recording preferences define the consuming user'"'"'s criteria for recording over a communication network;

a capturing device of a generating user enabled to capture generating users intention for recording a live event, to record a live event and to transmit the live event in substantial real-time over a communication network; and

a matching engine with a matching manager communicatively connected to the receiving device and the capturing device to,

receive a plurality of requests for recording multimedia content of a plurality of live events;

receive one or more of attributes defining generating user profile of one or more generating users with expressed intentions for recording the live events;

match each of the plurality of requests to a corresponding generating user for recording the live events;

receive the recordings of live events;

generate one or more composite streams by integrating one or more recordings of a live event,

transmit the composite streams to the capturing devices;

monitor interactions at the recorded multimedia content for the live event; and

generate and transmit a feedback to the generating users associated with the monitored multimedia content, wherein the feedback enables refining of the multimedia content by the generating user.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein the receiving device further includes,

a control interface with a user interface for receiving a request for recording a live event, user preferences and for selecting one or more live events for coverage, the receiving device includes,

a) controls for, capturing request for coverage of a live event, rendering the multimedia content of a live event and providing feedback for the multimedia content, the request including recording preferences and a profile of a requester;

b) a storage device to store the captured request including requestor'"'"'s profile data and rendered multimedia content; and

the capturing device further includes,

a) controls for capturing multimedia content of a live event and receiving feedback from the consuming users (CUs) for the multimedia content; and

b) a storage device for storing the recording intentions, generating user (GU) profile and the recorded multimedia content.

28. The system of claim 26, further includes a plurality of distinct databases to store each of the requests, offers, multimedia content, requestor'"'"'s profile and GU profile, wherein the matching engine is configured to interact with the plurality of databases to obtain the relevant information in order to provide the appropriate multimedia content to the corresponding requester.

29. A method for recording a live event, comprising:

receiving a request for a multimedia content of a live event from a requester associated with a receiving device, the request including user profile and recording preferences of the requester;

identifying one or more GUs with expressed intentions matching the request;

forwarding the request to the identified GUs for recording the live event;

receiving one or more recordings of the multimedia content of the live event based on the matching of the user profile and recording preferences;

monitoring available discretionary space at the receiving device for receiving the multimedia content of the live event; and

integrating the available one or more recordings of the live event and forwarding the integrated recording for rendering at the receiving device, the integration of the multimedia content matching the user profile and the discretionary space of the receiving device.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein the one or more recordings are ranked and prioritized based on the user profile and the available space at the receiving device associated with the requester.