DISTRIBUTION OF MEDIA TO MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES

• US 20120290937A1
• Filed: 05/12/2011
• Published: 11/15/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SRR Patent Holdings LLC (Leigh M. Rothschild)
• Original Assignee: LMR Inventions, L.L.C. (Leigh M. Rothschild)
• Inventors: ROTHSCHILD, LEIGH M.
• Application Number:
  US13/106,473
• Publication Number:
  US 20120290937A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/738
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23106 involving caching operations prefetching while addressing of a memory level in which the access to the desired data or data block requires associative addressing means within memory systems or architectures G06F12/0862; caching at an intermediate stage in a data network H04L67/568
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23439 for generating different versions
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments

Abstract

A method of delivering media to mobile communication devices and a media server that delivers media to mobile communication devices. Via the media server, selected media can be collected via a communication network and the selected media can be stored to a computer readable storage device. A presence of a mobile communication device can be detected on a private network serviced by the media server and information relating to the selected media can be sent to the mobile communication device. Responsive to receiving from the mobile communication device a selection of at least one media presentation from the selected media, the media presentation can be provided to the mobile communication device.

Claims

1. A method of delivering media to mobile communication devices, the method comprising:

via a media server, collecting selected media via a communication network;

storing the selected media to a computer readable storage device;

detecting a presence of a mobile communication device on a private network serviced by the media server;

sending to the mobile communication device information relating to the selected media; and

responsive to receiving from the mobile communication device a selection of at least one media presentation from the selected media, providing the media presentation to the mobile communication device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

indexing the media presentation to differentiate portions of the media presentation;

wherein providing the media presentation to the mobile communication device comprises providing an index menu for the media presentation, the index menu facilitating user selection of a specific portion of the media presentation to be presented on the mobile communication device.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

tagging the portions of the media presentation with respective metadata tags; and

configuring the index menu to present the metadata tags to a user to facilitate selection of the specific portion of the media presentation.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

tagging the portions of the media presentation with respective metadata tags; and

configuring the index menu to receive at least one search term from a user and match the search term to at least one of the metadata tags to facilitate selection of the specific portion of the media presentation.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

performing video recognition on the media presentation to identify visual features within the media presentation;

associating the identified visual features with respective portions of the media presentation;

generating metadata tags for the identified visual features; and

tagging the portions of the media presentation with respective ones of the metadata tags.

6. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

performing audio recognition on the media presentation to identify audio features within the media presentation;

associating the identified audio features with respective portions of the media presentation;

generating metadata tags for the identified audio features; and

tagging the portions of the media presentation with respective ones of the metadata tags.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transcoding the media presentation to modify a group of pictures (GOP) structure of the media presentation;

wherein storing the selected media to the computer readable storage device comprises storing the media presentation with the modified GOP structure.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

prompting a user of the mobile communication device to enter payment information in order to access the media presentation.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to receiving from the mobile communication device a selection of at least one media presentation from the selected media, adding a fee for accessing the media presentation to an invoice associated with a user of the mobile communication device.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing with the media presentation at least one advertisement; and

generating data corresponding to the presentation of the at least one advertisement, the data being processed to determine an amount of revenue due as compensation for presenting the at least one advertisement.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein:

receiving from the mobile communication device the selection of at least one media presentation from the selected media comprises receiving a media presentation session identifier indicating the selected media presentation and where in the media presentation a previous playback of the media presentation to the user ceased; and

providing the media presentation to the mobile communication device comprises beginning a new playback of the media presentation from where the previous playback of the media presentation ceased.

12. A computer program product comprising:

a first computer readable storage device having stored thereon computer readable program code that, when executed by a system comprising a processor and a memory, delivers media to mobile communication devices, the first computer readable storage device comprising;

computer readable program code that collects selected media via a communication network;

computer readable program code that stores the selected media to the first computer readable storage device or a second computer readable storage device;

computer readable program code that detects a presence of a mobile communication device on a private network serviced by the media server;

computer readable program code that sends to the mobile communication device information relating to the selected media; and

computer readable program code that, responsive to receiving from the mobile communication device a selection of at least one media presentation from the selected media, provides the media presentation to the mobile communication device.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, the first computer readable storage device further comprising:

computer readable program code that indexes the media presentation to differentiate portions of the media presentation;

wherein the computer readable program code that provides the media presentation to the mobile communication device comprises computer readable program code that provides an index menu for the media presentation, the index menu facilitating user selection of a specific portion of the media presentation to be presented on the mobile communication device.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, the first computer readable storage device further comprising:

computer readable program code that tags the portions of the media presentation with respective metadata tags; and

computer readable program code that configures the index menu to present the metadata tags to a user to facilitate selection of the specific portion of the media presentation.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, the first computer readable storage device further comprising:

computer readable program code that tags the portions of the media presentation with respective metadata tags; and

computer readable program code that configures the index menu to receive at least one search term from a user and match the search term to at least one of the metadata tags to facilitate selection of the specific portion of the media presentation.

16. The computer program product of claim 13, the first computer readable storage device further comprising:

computer readable program code that performs video recognition on the media presentation to identify visual features within the media presentation;

computer readable program code that associates the identified visual features with respective portions of the media presentation;

computer readable program code that generates metadata tags for the identified visual features; and

computer readable program code that tags the portions of the media presentation with respective ones of the metadata tags.

17. The computer program product of claim 13, the first computer readable storage device further comprising:

computer readable program code that performs audio recognition on the media presentation to identify audio features within the media presentation;

computer readable program code that associates the identified audio features with respective portions of the media presentation;

computer readable program code that generates metadata tags for the identified audio features; and

computer readable program code that tags the portions of the media presentation with respective ones of the metadata tags.

18. The computer program product of claim 12, the first computer readable storage device further comprising:

computer readable program code that transcodes the media presentation to modify a group of pictures (GOP) structure of the media presentation;

wherein the computer readable program code that stores the selected media to the first or second computer readable storage device comprises computer readable program code that stores the media presentation with the modified GOP structure.

19. The computer program product of claim 12, the first computer readable storage device further comprising:

computer readable program code that prompts a user of the mobile communication device to enter payment information in order to access the media presentation.

20. The computer program product of claim 12, the first computer readable storage device further comprising:

computer readable program code that, responsive to receiving from the mobile communication device a selection of at least one media presentation from the selected media, adds a fee for accessing the media presentation to an invoice associated with a user of the mobile communication device.

21. The computer program product of claim 12, the first computer readable storage device further comprising:

computer readable program code that provides with the media presentation at least one advertisement; and

computer readable program code that generates data corresponding to the presentation of the at least one advertisement, the data being processed to determine an amount of revenue due as compensation for presenting the at least one advertisement.

22. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein:

the computer-readable program code that receives from the mobile communication device the selection of at least one media presentation from the selected media comprises computer-readable program code that receives a media presentation session identifier indicating the selected media presentation and where in the media presentation a previous playback of the media presentation to the user ceased; and

the computer-readable program code that provides the media presentation to the mobile communication device comprises computer-readable program code that begins a new playback of the media presentation from where the previous playback of the media presentation ceased.

23. A media server that delivers media to mobile communication devices, the media server comprising:

at least one memory device; and

at least one processor;

wherein the processor is operable to;

collect selected media via a communication network;

store the selected media to a computer readable storage device;

detect a presence of a mobile communication device on a private network serviced by the media server;

send to the mobile communication device information relating to the selected media; and

responsive to receiving from the mobile communication device a selection of at least one media presentation from the selected media, provide the media presentation to the mobile communication device.