Apparatus and Method for Providing Real-Time Event Updates

• US 20090164569A1
• Filed: 12/19/2008
• Published: 06/25/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: John Frederick Gregorski, Richard L. Garcia
• Original Assignee: John Frederick Gregorski, Richard L. Garcia
• Inventors: Gregorski, John Frederick, Garcia, Richard L.
• Application Number:
  US12/340,564
• Publication Number:
  US 20090164569A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1859 adapted to provide push services, e.g. data channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1895 for short real-time information, e.g. alarms, notifications, alerts, updates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to collect information from a community of event updaters regarding an ongoing event. Media content associated with the ongoing event is received. The information and a link to the media content is sent to a recipient community of users that has requested ongoing event updates. The recipient community of users forms a disposable social network that is terminated upon completion of the ongoing event.

Claims

1. A computer readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions to:

collect information from a community of event updaters regarding an ongoing event;

receive media content associated with the ongoing event; and

send the information and a link to the media content to a recipient community of users that has requested ongoing event updates.

2. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 further comprising executable instructions to download the media content to a user that selects the link.

3. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 wherein the media content is selected from a picture, video, and audio information.

4. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 wherein the media content is a text file.

5. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 wherein the media content is associated with an event identifier.

6. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 wherein the media content is associated with a textual description.

7. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 wherein the recipient community of users forms a disposable social network.

8. The computer readable storage medium of claim 7 wherein the disposable social network is terminated upon completion of the ongoing event.

9. The computer readable storage medium of claim 8 wherein the disposable social network is archived after termination.