SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL TIME VIDEO STREAMING FROM A MOBILE DEVICE OR OTHER SOURCES THROUGH A SERVER TO A DESIGNATED GROUP AND TO ENABLE RESPONSES FROM THOSE RECIPIENTS

• US 20130007788A1
• Filed: 04/19/2012
• Published: 01/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zap Systems LLC
• Original Assignee: Zap Group LLC
• Inventors: Levinson, Lawrence, Singh, Deepinder
• Granted Patent: US 9,154,740 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/13
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/005 Alarm destination chosen according to a hierarchy of available destinations, e.g. if hospital does not answer send to police station
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast

Abstract

A system and method for real time video streaming from a device through a website to a designated group for security, personal, entertainment or commercial applications and to enable responses from those recipients comprises a server operable to bi-directionally communicate with the device and other devices, which are operable to bi-directionally communicate with the server and a module on the server operable to receive notice of an upstream from the device and authenticate a log-in of the device, e.g., a user, transmit content of the upstream to the website, transmit the notice of the upstream to either Designated Recipient Groups or pre-determined recipients, display the content of the upstream on the website, in response to requests, enable placement of information such as advertising and publicity in the content, and enable responses to the content, such as communicating with the user, posting comments, conducting electronic commerce, making appointments and making reservations.

Claims

1. A system for real time video streaming from a device through a website comprising:

a server having a CPU, the server operable to bi-directionally communicate with the device and with one or more other devices, and the device and the one or more other devices operable to hi-directionally communicate with the server, the bi-directional communication comprising real time video being streamed at the same time as the video is being captured by the device;

a module on the server operable to;

receive notice of an upstream comprising streaming real time video from the device, the notice being synchronized with the start of the video capture,

authenticate a log-in of the device,

transmit the upstream to the website,

transmit the notice of the upstream to a pre-selected recipient, the pre-selected recipient comprising;

one or more Designated Recipient Groups selected in accordance with the log-in of the device, and pre-determined recipients in accordance with the log-in of the device,

display the upstream on the website,

stream the video to the pre-selected recipient in response to a requests from the pre-selected recipient, and

route responses to the displayed upstream.

2. The system according to claim 1, the designated recipient group being a safety group associated with the log-in of the device, and module is further operable to route communication between the device and the safety group and record, at the server, the communication from the device to the server.

3. The system according to claim 1, the device being a mobile device and having characteristics comprising at least a geographic location and the server further operable to prepare and maintain a map of the geographic location of the device.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the communication between the server and the device is performed using one or more of an internet and a cellular network, the communication between the server and the one or more other devices is performed using one or more of an internet and a cellular network.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the server is further operable to place information into the displayed upstream, the information comprising at least one of advertising, publicity, emergency, security, traffic, weather, educational and entertainment information.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the other devices comprise one or more of a mobile device, a personal computer, a laptop, a tablet and an internet television, and at least one of the one or more devices and a log-in of one of the one or more devices is registered with the system.

8. The system according to claim 1, the module further operable to:

enable searching for video imagery, audio, text and data on the website with respect to particular ZAPCHANNELS and particular senders, and

manage data describing the log-in of the device, the data comprising one or more of name, address, emergency contacts, safety group names and telephone numbers, and user emergency notes.

25. The system according to claim 1, wherein the responses to the displayed content comprise at least communicating with the log-in of the device, posting comments, conducting electronic commerce, making appointments and making reservations.

5. The system according wherein the bi-directional communication comprises one or more of live audio, images, text, data in encrypted form and data in unencrypted form.

9. A method for real time video streaming from a device through a website, comprising steps of:

receiving notice of an upstream comprising streaming real time video from the device, the video being streamed at the same time as the video is being captured by the device, the notice being synchronized with the start of the video capture;

authenticating a log-in of the device;

transmitting the notice of the upstream to a pre-selected recipient, the pre-selected recipient comprising;

one or more designated recipient groups selected in accordance with the log-in of the device, and

pre-determined recipients in accordance with the log-in of the device;

transmitting the upstream to the website;

displaying the upstream on the website,

streaming the video to the pre-selected recipient in response to a requests from the pre-selected recipient; and

routing responses to the displayed upstream.

10. The method according to claim 9, further comprising steps of:

routing communication between the device and the designated recipient group; and

recording, at the server, the communication from the device to the server.

11. The method according to claim 9, further comprising a step of preparing and maintaining a map of geographic location of the device.

12. The method according to claim 9, wherein the step of bi-directionally communicating between the server and the device is performed using one or more of an internet and a cellular network and the step of bi-directionally communication between the server and the one or more other devices is performed using one or more of an internet and a cellular network.

13. The method according to claim 9, wherein bi-directionally communicating is performed using one or more of live audio, images, text, data in encrypted form and data in unencrypted form.

14. The method according to claim 9, further including placing information into the displayed upstream, the information comprising at least one of advertising, publicity, emergency, security, traffic, weather, educational and entertainment information.

15. The method according to claim 9, further comprising a step of registering at least one of the one or more devices and a log-in of one of the one or more devices, wherein the other devices comprise one or more of a mobile device, a personal computer, a laptop, a tablet and an internet television.

16. The method according to claim 9, further comprising steps of:

enabling searching for video imagery, audio, text and data on the website with respect to particular ZAPCHANNELS and particular senders; and

managing data describing the log-in of the device, the data comprising one or more of name, address, emergency contacts, safety group name and telephone numbers and user emergency notes.

26. The method according to claim 9, wherein the responses to the displayed content comprise at least communicating with the log-in of the device, posting comments, conducting electronic commerce, making appointments and making reservations.

17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program of instructions executable by a machine to perform a method for real time video streaming from a device through a website, comprising:

receiving notice of an upstream comprising streaming real time video from the device, the video being streamed at the same time as the video is being captured by the device, the notice being synchronized with the start of the video capture;

authenticating a log-in of the device;

transmitting the notice of the upstream to a pre-selected recipient, the pre-selected recipient comprising;

one or more designated recipient groups selected in accordance with the log-in of the device, and

pre-determined recipients in accordance with the log-in of the device;

transmitting the upstream to the website;

displaying the upstream on the website,

streaming the video to the pre-selected recipient in response to a requests from the pre-selected recipient; and

routing responses to the displayed upstream.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 17, further comprising steps of:

routing communication between the device and the designated recipient group; and

recording, at the server, the communication from the device to the server.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 17, further comprising a step of preparing and maintaining a map of geographic location of the device.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 17, wherein the step of hi-directionally communicating between the server and the device is performed using one or more of an internet and a cellular network and the step of bi-directionally communication between the server and the one or more other devices is performed using one or more of an internet and a cellular network.

21. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 17, wherein bi-directionally communicating is performed using one or more of live audio, images, text, data in encrypted form and data in unencrypted form.

22. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 17, further including placing information into the displayed upstream, the information comprising at least one of advertising, publicity, emergency, security, traffic, weather, educational and entertainment information.

23. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 17, further comprising a step of registering at least one of the one or more devices and a log-in of one of the one or more devices, wherein the other devices comprise one or more of a mobile device, a personal computer, a laptop, a tablet and an internet television.

24. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 17, further comprising steps of:

enabling searching for video imagery, audio, text and data on the website with respect to particular ZAPCHANNELS and particular senders; and

managing data describing the log-in of the device the data comprising one or more of name, address, emergency contacts, safety group name and telephone numbers and user emergency notes.

27. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 17, wherein the responses to the displayed content comprise at least communicating with the log-in of the device, posting comments, conducting electronic commerce, making appointments and making reservations.