SYSTEM, METHOD, AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING VIDEO CAPTURED ON A WIRELESS DEVICE

• US 20090300685A1
• Filed: 05/30/2008
• Published: 12/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Airme, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Airme, Inc.
• Inventors: Easter, Phillip J.
• Application Number:
  US12/130,759
• Publication Number:
  US 20090300685A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/62
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/756 adapting media to device capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/148 Interfacing a video terminal to a particular transmission medium, e.g. ISDN

Abstract

Aspects include methods, systems, and apparatuses for processing video for display on a display device. The method may include receiving a plurality of video segments from a wireless device, wherein each video segment comprises video data captured by the wireless device; determining a data rate at which at least one of the plurality of video segments was received; determining a delay based at least in part on the data rate at which at least one of the plurality of video segments was received; waiting for a time approximately equivalent to the delay; and transmitting for display on the display device the video segments in substantially the same order as the video segments were received, wherein a size of the video segments is determined based on at least one capability of the wireless device, and wherein transmitting a first video segment is executed substantially simultaneously with or before receiving a last video segment. The method may also include storing the received plurality of video segments and concatenating the plurality of video into a single file capable of being displayed by the display device. Other aspects include methods, systems, and devices for transmitting video from a wireless device.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting video for display on a display device, the method comprising:

receiving a plurality of video segments from a wireless device, wherein each video segment comprises video data captured by the wireless device;

determining a data rate at which at least one of the plurality of video segments was received;

determining a delay based at least in part on the data rate at which at least one of the plurality of video segments was received;

waiting for a time approximately equivalent to the delay; and

transmitting for display on the display device the video segments in substantially the same order as the video segments were received,

wherein a size of the at least one video segment is determined based on at least one capability of the wireless device, and wherein transmitting a first video segment is executed while receiving or before receiving a last video segment.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless device is a mobile telephone.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the received plurality of video segments; and

concatenating the plurality of video segments into a single file capable of being displayed by the display device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

separating audio information in at least one of the received plurality of video segments from image information in the at least one video segment; and

converting the audio information and the image information to standard formats.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising processing a series of individual images in at least one of the plurality of video segments into a video format.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising appending a hint track to each of the plurality of video segments.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the size of each video segment is a length of approximately 15-20 seconds of video data.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the size of each video segment is a length of approximately 20 seconds of video data.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the delay is reception of 3-5 files when the data rate is approximately greater than 150 kbps.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a session ID of each of the video segments; and

storing video segments with corresponding session IDs in a common directory.

11. A method of transmitting video for display on a display device, the method comprising:

receiving a first video segment from a wireless device,

transmitting for display on the display device the first video segment;

receiving a second video segment from the wireless device before transmission of the first video segment is complete; and

transmitting for display on the display device the second video segment following completion of transmission of the first video segment,

wherein the first and second video segments comprise video data captured by the wireless device, wherein the size of the first video segment and the second video segment is determined based on at least one capability of the wireless device, and wherein less than all of the video data in the second video segment existed before the receiving of the first video segment is substantially complete.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the wireless device is a mobile telephone.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the size of the first and second video segments is a length of approximately 15-20 seconds of video data.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the size of the first and second video segments is a length of approximately 20 seconds of video data.

15. A method of transmitting video from a wireless device, the method comprising:

determining a first video segment size based at least in part on a capability of the wireless device;

capturing a first video segment, the first video segment being of a size approximately equivalent to the determined first video segment size;

transmitting the first video segment to another device for display;

capturing a second video segment substantially simultaneously with the transmission of the first video segment; and

transmitting the second video segment to the other device for display following the transmission of the first video segment,

wherein the first and second video segments comprise video data.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the wireless device is a mobile telephone.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the determining is by reference to a table associating a model or type of the wireless device with the first video segment size.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the second video segment is of a size approximately equivalent to the determined first video segment size.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the first video segment size is a length of approximately 20 seconds of video data.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the first video segment size and a size of the second video segment is a length of approximately 15-20 seconds of video data.

21. The method of claim 15, further comprising determining a second video segment size, wherein the second video segment is of a size approximately equivalent to the determined second video segment size.

22. The method of claim 15, wherein the capability of the wireless device is one of a speed of a processor of the wireless device, a resolution of a camera of the wireless device, and a bitrate at which a microphone of the wireless device is capable of capturing audio.

23. The method of claim 15, further comprising determining a session ID common to the first and second video segments.

24. The method of claim 15, wherein the determining the first video segment size comprises determining the first video segment size such that video data lost or delayed during the transmission the first video segment can be retransmitted before the wireless device finishes capturing the second video segment.

25. The method of claim 15, further comprising compressing the first and second video segments before the transmitting the first and second video segments.

26. The method of claim 15, wherein the capturing comprises capturing a series of individual images and a corresponding audio track.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the wireless device is an iPhone™

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28. A system for transmitting video for display on a display device, comprising:

means for receiving a plurality of video segments from a wireless device, wherein each video segment comprises video data captured by the wireless device;

means for determining a data rate at which at least one of the plurality of video segments was received;

means for determining a delay based at least in part on the data rate at which at least one of the plurality of video segments was received; and

means for transmitting the video segments for display on the display device, after waiting for a time approximately equivalent to the delay, in substantially the same order as the video segments were received,

wherein a size of the at least one video segment is determined based on at least one capability of the wireless device, and wherein the transmitting means is configured to transmit a first video segment while the receiving means is receiving or before the receiving means is receiving a last video segment.

29. The system of claim 28, wherein the wireless device is a mobile telephone.

30. The system of claim 28, further comprising:

means for storing the received plurality of video segments; and

means for concatenating the plurality of video segments into a single file capable of being displayed by the display device.

31. The method system of claim 28, wherein the size of each video segment is a length of approximately 15-20 seconds of video data.

32. The system of claim 28, wherein the delay is reception of 3-5 files when the data rate is approximately greater than 150 kbps.

33. A wireless device for transmitting video, comprising:

a determination module configured to determine a first video segment size based at least in part on a capability of the wireless device;

a camera configured to capture video data;

a memory configured to store at least a first video segment of a size approximately equivalent to the first video segment size, wherein the video segment comprises captured video data;

a processor configured to store at least the first video segment and a second video segment obtained from captured video data in the memory; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the first video segment from the memory for display on another device, and the second video segment from the memory following transmission of the first video segment,

wherein the processor is further configured to store the second video segment in the memory while the transmitter is transmitting the first video segment.

34. The wireless device of claim 33, wherein the wireless device is a mobile telephone.

35. The wireless device of claim 33, wherein the determination module is configured to determine the first video segment size by reference to a table associating a model or type of the wireless device with the first video segment size.

36. The wireless device of claim 33, wherein the first video segment size and a size of the second video segment is a length of approximately 15-20 seconds of video data.