METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A MOBILE VIDEO BLOG SERVICE

• US 20100161635A1
• Filed: 12/22/2008
• Published: 06/24/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Dey, Spondon
• Granted Patent: US 8,150,464 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/758
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/566 Grouping or aggregating service requests, e.g. for unified processing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2541 Rights Management protecting software against unauthorised usage in a vending or licensing environment G06F21/10; security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4524 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; systems specially adapted for using geographical information in broadcast systems H04H60/70; protocols in which the network application is adapted for the location of the user terminal in communication control or processing 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 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; 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 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6131 involving transmission via a mobile phone network wireless downlink channel access H04W74/006
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8173 End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, game

Abstract

A method and apparatus for providing a mobile video blog (vlog) service in a communication network are disclosed. For example, the method captures video content sourced from a mobile device used by a mobile user through a mobile vlog posting service portal, and provides a vlog viewing function accessible to a viewer through a vlog viewing service portal, wherein the vlog viewing function affords viewing of the video content and is provided in accordance with a user profile of the viewer, wherein the user profile comprises a viewing preference of the viewer.

Claims

1. A method for providing a mobile video blog (vlog) service in a communication network, comprising:

capturing video content sourced from a mobile device used by a mobile user through a mobile vlog posting service portal; and

providing a vlog viewing function accessible to a viewer through a vlog viewing service portal, wherein said vlog viewing function affords viewing of the video content and is provided in accordance with a user profile of said viewer, wherein said user profile comprises a viewing preference of said viewer.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said communication network comprises an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) based network.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said video content comprises at least one of:

a streaming video or a video file.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said mobile device comprises a second generation (2G) cellular endpoint device, a third generation (3G) cellular endpoint device, a fourth generation (4G) cellular endpoint device, a WiFi wireless endpoint device, or a WiMAX endpoint device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprises:

allowing said mobile user to opt in for an advertisement insertion feature to be associated with said video content.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprises:

posting said video content to a social networking community through an Application Programming Interface (API).

7. The method of claim 1, further comprises:

providing a plurality of vlog templates to said mobile user for formatting said video content.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprises:

providing at least one video editing function to said mobile user for editing said video content.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprises:

providing a category assignment function to said mobile user for assigning a category to said video content.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein said user profile is retrieved from a Home Subscriber Server.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein said vlog viewing function is further provided to said viewer in accordance with current location information of said viewer, if an endpoint device used by said viewer comprises a mobile device.

12. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

using said user profile to select an advertisement to be presented to said viewer.

13. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

using said user profile and current location information of said viewer to select an advertisement to be presented to said viewer.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein said providing said vlog viewing function comprises:

allowing said viewer to view said video content via a web browser based application.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein said providing said vlog viewing function comprises:

supporting an Application Programming Interface (API) to allow said viewer to retrieve said video content to an external content server.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprises:

providing one or more functions that allow said viewer to comment on said video content, to rate said video content, to view said video content by category, to view said video content by most viewed, or to view said video content by a highest rating.

17. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions, the plurality of instructions including instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform steps of a method for providing a mobile video blog (vlog) service in a communication network, comprising:

capturing video content sourced from a mobile device used by a mobile user through a mobile vlog posting service portal; and

providing a vlog viewing function accessible to a viewer through a vlog viewing service portal, wherein said vlog viewing function affords viewing of the video content and is provided in accordance with a user profile of said viewer, wherein said user profile comprises a viewing preference of said viewer.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 17, further comprises:

allowing said mobile user to opt in for an advertisement insertion feature to be associated with said video content.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 18, further comprising:

using said user profile to select an advertisement to be presented to said viewer.

20. A system for providing a mobile video blog (vlog) service in a communication network, comprising:

one or more servers for capturing video content sourced from a mobile device used by a mobile user through a mobile vlog posting service portal, and for providing a vlog viewing function accessible to a viewer through a vlog viewing service portal, wherein said vlog viewing function affords viewing of the video content and is provided in accordance with a user profile of said viewer, wherein said user profile comprises a viewing preference of said viewer.