SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING MEDIA ASSOCIATED WITH A MOBILE DEVICE

• US 20090167859A1
• Filed: 12/28/2007
• Published: 07/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: ALBERTH, WILLIAM P. JR.
• Granted Patent: US 8,314,838 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/143
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/28 by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording G11B27/22 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 between a recording apparatus and a television camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/185 by embedding added-value information into content, e.g. geo-tagging

Abstract

A mobile device (104) interacts with a media collection system (102). The media collection system has a communication nodes (106) placed at various locations in a region, area, or facility where the mobile device may be carried by a user. The mobile device interacts (306) with the media collection system over a short range radio link (206) to request media collection service. The media collection system then uses media collection devices (107) in the same region, area, or facility as the communication nodes to record media, thereby producing a record of the user'"'"'s experiences in the region, area, or facility. The collected media is stored on a database (112) which accessible by the user using an access identifier.

Claims

1. A method for collecting media content in cooperation with a mobile device, comprising:

broadcasting the presence of a media collection system at a communication node via a wireless interface;

receiving from the mobile device a media collection request via the wireless interface;

providing an access identifier to the mobile device;

collecting media in a vicinity of the mobile device;

storing the media in the media collection system; and

providing access to the media via a data network to a user of the mobile device when the user of the mobile device provides the access identifier to the media collection system.

2. A method for collecting media content as defined in claim 1, wherein collecting pictographic media is performed in response to a collection criteria being met.

3. A method for collecting media content as defined in claim 2, wherein the collection criteria includes recognizing a user of the mobile device via facial recognition.

4. A method for collecting media content as defined in claim 2, wherein the collection criteria includes an elapsed time from a previous media collection.

5. A method for collecting media content as defined in claim 1, further comprising determining a location of the mobile device, and wherein collecting media in the vicinity of the mobile device is performed with the benefit of the present location of the device.

6. A method for collecting media content as defined in claim 5, wherein determining the present location of the mobile device is performed by receiving positioning information from the mobile device.

7. A method for collecting media content as defined in claim 5, wherein determining the present location of the mobile device is performed by radio triangulation of the mobile device in relation to a plurality of communication nodes of the media collection system.

8. A method for collecting media content as defined in claim 5, wherein determining the present location of the mobile device is performed by recognizing a user of the mobile device via facial recognition.

9. A method for collecting media content as defined in claim 1, wherein providing the access identifier comprises providing a unique uniform resource locator to the mobile device.

10. A method for collecting media content as defined in claim 1, wherein collecting media in the vicinity of the mobile device comprises stamping the media with at least one of a time stamp or a location stamp.

11. A method for collecting media associated with a user of a mobile device, comprising:

detecting a media collection system via a radio interface of the mobile device by receiving a broadcast signal from a communication node of the media collection system;

requesting a media collection service of the media collection system by the mobile device;

receiving an access identifier at the mobile device, the access identifier provided by the media collection system for accessing media collected by the media collection system; and

ceasing a self-collection activity at the mobile device while in the vicinity of the media collection system.

12. A method for collecting media defined in claim 11, further comprising, resuming self-collection activity upon leaving the vicinity of the media collection system.

13. A method for collecting media defined in claim 12, wherein resuming self-collection is further performed in response to receiving notification from the media collection system that the mobile device is no longer in the vicinity of the media collection system.

14. A method for collecting media defined in claim 11, further comprising providing location information to the media collection system upon ceasing the self collection activity.

15. A method for collecting media defined in claim 14, further comprising deriving the location information by use of a satellite positioning receiver of the mobile device.

16. A method for collecting media defined in claim 11, further comprising providing user identification information to the media collection system.

17. A method for collecting media defined in claim 16, wherein providing user identification information includes providing facial recognition information including at least one of an image of the a user of the mobile device or facial recognition parameters derived from an image of the user of the mobile device.