System and Method for Remote Data Acquisition and Distribution

• US 20090325570A1
• Filed: 06/22/2009
• Published: 12/31/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Reality Mobile LLC
• Original Assignee: Reality Mobile LLC
• Inventors: Hirata, Tasuki, Winters, Kevin John, Kramer, David Joshua, Geoghegan, Brian Joseph, Rensin, David Kallett
• Granted Patent: US 7,949,730 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/422.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/103 applying security measure for protecting copyright
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1094 Inter-user-equipment sessions transfer or sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/613 for the control of the source by the destination control signals issued by the client directed to the server or network components specially adapted for selective content distribution H04N21/637
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/756 adapting media to device capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/148 Migration or transfer of sessions
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25816 involving client authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; cryptographic authentication protocols H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25841 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; arrangements for identifying locations of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/51; location of the user terminal in data switching networks H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2743 Video hosting of uploaded data from client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42202 environmental sensors, e.g. for detecting temperature, luminosity, pressure, earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6181 involving transmission via a mobile phone network arrangements for providing broadcast or conference services to substation in data switching networks in combination with wireless systems H04L12/189; wireless uplink channel access H04W74/004
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8543 using a description language, e.g. Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group [MHEG], eXtensible Markup Language [XML] information retrieval of semistructured data, the underlying structure being taken into account, e.g. mark-up language structure data G06F16/80
• 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 7/17327 with deferred transmission or handling of upstream communications

Abstract

Methods and systems for remote data collection and distribution include components and operations for receiving, at a server, data transmitted by a first client device via a communication network. The method may also include selecting, by one or more client devices associated with the communication network, a second device to receive the data. The method may further include establishing a connection between the server and the selected second device via the communication network. The method may also include automatically transmitting the received data to the second device using the connection via the communication network. The method may further include causing, by the one or more client devices, the second device to execute a predefined operation.

Claims

1. Software embodied in one or more computer-readable storage media comprising one or more instructions that when executed by one or more processors are operable to:

receive a first command from a first client application directed to one or more second mobile client devices, the first command including one or more parameters corresponding to a real-time media session;

generate a second command based on the first command;

store the second command in one or more message queues associated with the one or more second mobile client devices; and

transmit during a check-in service interval the second command to the one or more second mobile client devices, wherein the second command is operative to cause each of the second mobile client devices, using the one or more parameters, to automatically initiate the media session.

2. The software of claim 1, wherein the first command comprises a message command that causes text to appear on a display of each selected second mobile client device.

3. The software of claim 1, wherein the first command comprises a distribute file command that causes each selected second mobile client device to retrieve one or more files from one or more servers or one or more third mobile client devices.

4. The software of claim 1, wherein the first command comprises a camera on command that causes each selected second mobile client device to begin recording video and to transmit the recorded video to a central server or other mobile client device.

5. The software of claim 1, wherein the first command comprises a camera off command that causes each selected second mobile client device to stop recording video and to stop transmitting video to the central server or other mobile client device.

6. The software of claim 1, wherein the first command comprises a phone call command that causes each selected second mobile client device to initiate a telephone call.

7. The software of claim 1, wherein the first command comprises a switch users command that causes each selected second mobile client device to display a live image stream from a selected video source.

8. The software of claim 1, wherein the first command comprises a status command that causes each selected second mobile client device to transmit status data to a central server, the first mobile client device, or a third mobile client device.

9. The software of claim 1, wherein the first command comprises a kill command that causes each selected second mobile client device to erase all of the data on the second mobile client device and restore itself to factory default settings.

15. The software of claim 1, wherein the command comprises a phone call command that causes the mobile client device to initiate a telephone call.

10. Software embodied in one or more computer-readable storage media comprising one or more instructions that when executed by one or more processors are operable to:

establish a connection between a mobile client device and a central server;

receive, at the mobile client device during a check-in service interval, a command originating from a remote client application and stored via the central server, the command including one or more parameters corresponding to a real-time media session; and

in response to receiving the command, use the one or more parameters to automatically initiate the media session.

11. The software of claim 10, wherein the command comprises a message command that causes text to appear on a display of the mobile client device.

12. The software of claim 10, wherein the command comprises a distribute file command that causes the mobile client device to retrieve one or more files from one or more servers or one or more third mobile client devices.

13. The software of claim 10, wherein the command comprises a camera on command that causes the mobile client device to begin recording video and to transmit the recorded video to a central server or other mobile client device.

14. The software of claim 10, wherein the command comprises a camera off command that causes the mobile client device to stop recording video and to stop transmitting video to the central server or other mobile client device.

16. The software of claim 10, wherein the command comprises a switch users command that causes the mobile client device to display a live image stream from a selected video source.

17. The software of claim 10, wherein the command comprises a status command that causes the mobile client device to transmit status data to a central server, the first mobile client device, or a third mobile client device.

18. The software of claim 10, wherein the command comprises a kill command that causes the mobile client device to erase all of the data on the second mobile client device and restore itself to factory default settings.

19. A method comprising:

establishing, by a mobile client device, a connection between the mobile client device and a central server;

receiving, by the mobile client device during a check-in service interval, a command originating from a remote client application and stored via the central server, the command including one or more parameters corresponding to a real-time media session; and

in response to receiving the command, using, by the mobile client device, the one or more parameters to automatically initiate the media session.