System And Method For Communication Of An Event Through A Call For Media

• US 20140047074A1
• Filed: 08/11/2013
• Published: 02/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Scott Lee Chung, Theodore Lee Chung
• Original Assignee: Scott Lee Chung, Theodore Lee Chung
• Inventors: Chung, Scott Lee, Chung, Theodore Lee
• Granted Patent: US 9,307,047 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

Communication about an event is achieved through a call for media, allowing diverse forms of media such as text, audio, picture, and video to be associated with the call for media for a past, present and/or future event, an event being definable by location, a set time, an object, a state of being, an individual, any combination thereof and others, etc. Calls for media need not be stated as direct requests, but may simply be an event name, to which users may respond with related media. Associating specific communication with an event allows all forms of media used or captured to be related to the event for easier tagging, cataloging, or archiving, while also creating a way to alert others that media is desired for an event and can aggregate this media from one or many users, organize and prioritize event-related media to create presentations of the event, etc.

Claims

1. A computer implemented communication method stored on a server and accessible over a network, comprising:

providing access to a call for media database implemented on the server including at least one call for media record;

enabling a requesting user to create a call for media that is associated with the at least one call for media record;

sending out the call for media associated with the at least one call for media record;

receiving a plurality of media in response to the call for media associated with the at least one call for media record;

pooling the plurality of media received over a period of time in response to the call for media associated with the at least one call for media record;

checking the pooled media by comparing the pooled media against a media restriction set for the call for media associated with the at least one call for media record to determine verified media and unverified media;

updating the associated call for media record with the verified media by associating the verified media with the at least one call for media record; and

allowing access to the verified media that has been associated with the at least one call for media record.

2. The computer implemented communication method of claim 1, further comprising:

setting an end time for the call for media.

3. The computer implemented communication method of claim 1, wherein the media restriction based upon user-provided information, the method further comprising:

enabling the requesting user that created the call for media that is associated with the at least one call for media record to choose the media restriction set for the call for media from a list of restriction categories that includes at least a media type, a media format, a media memory size, a media length, a media quality, a media capture location, and a media capture time.

4. The computer implemented communication method of claim 1, wherein the call for media is initiated by a human being.

5. The computer implemented communication method of claim 1, wherein the call for media is generated automatically under control of computer program instructions in response to a satisfaction of one or more predetermined conditions.

6. The computer implemented communication method of claim 5, wherein the one or more predetermined conditions includes a set user condition, the generating step comprising:

generating the call for media where the set user condition is based upon the user'"'"'s location, information, activity, history, interests, or preferences.

7. The computer implemented communication method of claim 5, wherein the one or more predetermined conditions includes a set user action, the generating step comprising:

generating the call for media where the set user action is based upon media submitted by the user.

8. The computer implemented communication method of claim 5, further comprising:

periodically checking for the satisfaction of the one or more predetermined conditions.

9. The computer implemented communication method of claim 1, further comprising:

enabling the user to subscribe to a specific locations; and

notifying the user of calls for media or media related to the specific location or region based upon the subscription by the user to the specific location.

10. The computer implemented communication method of claim 1, further comprising:

enabling the user to subscribe to a specific keyword; and

notifying the user of calls for media or media related to the specific keyword based upon the subscription by the user to the specific keyword.

11. The computer implemented communication method of claim 1, further comprising:

enabling the user to subscribe to specific other users; and

notifying the user about activity of the specific other users based upon the subscription by the user to the specific other users.

12. The computer implemented communication method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of media comprises image media, video media, or audio media.

13. The computer implemented communication method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of media comprises text media.

14. The computer implemented communication method of claim 1, further comprising:

searching for related media to obtain the plurality of media.

15. The computer implemented communication method of claim 1, further comprising:

repeating the step of checking the pooled media by comparing the pooled media against an additional media restrictions set for the call for media associated with the at least one call for media record to determine verified media and unverified media until all media restrictions have been checked.

16. The computer implemented communication method of claim 1, further comprising:

presenting to the user a plurality of events for which to make the call for media.

17. The computer implemented communication method of claim 16, further comprising:

enabling the user to add a new event to the plurality of events.

18. The computer implemented communication method of claim 1, further comprising:

enabling the user to submit a user event for which to make the call for media.

19. The computer implemented communication method of claim 1, further comprising:

broadcasting the call for media to a specific region or geographic location.

20. The computer implemented communication method of claim 1, further comprising:

informing a user of one of the call for media, an event, and available media based upon one of the location of the user, information about the user, activity of the user, history of the user, interests of the user, and preferences of the user.

21. The computer implemented communication method of claim 1, wherein the user is compensated for replying to a call for media from another user.

22. The computer implemented communication method of claim 1, wherein a device with which a user captures media allows only specific media to be captured based upon the media restriction.

23. The computer implemented communication method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of media is automatically altered to fit the media restriction set for the call for media associated with the at least one call for media record.

24. A computer implemented method, comprising:

receiving a first media item having a first characteristic in a media category and a second media item having a second characteristic in the media category;

accessing the first characteristic and the second characteristic for the first and second media items related to a call for media;

comparing the first characteristic to the second characteristic to determine a priority of the first media item and a priority of the second media item;

determining a sequence of the first media item and the second media item for a presentation based upon the priority of the first media item and the priority of the second media item; and

preparing the first media item and the second media item for playback to a user in the presentation in chronological order with the higher priority media item being presented first.

25. The computer implemented method of claim 24, the method further comprising:

organizing the first media item and the second media item for the presentation based upon one of;

information about the user, requests by the user, or technology of a playback device of the user.

26. The computer implemented method of claim 25, wherein the user can switch between different media during the presentation including the first media item and the second media item is occurring on a touch screen device by using a swiping motion across the touch screen.

27. The computer implemented communication method of claim 25, wherein the user can choose a next prioritized media of a specific media form.

28. The computer implemented method of claim 25, wherein a combination of media is presented simultaneously.

29. A computer system for implementing a communication method via an application accessible over a network, comprising:

an application server running the application;

an event database in communication via a database interface with the application server and including at least one event record, an event being associated with the at least one event record; and

a user database in communication via a database interface with the application server and including at least one user record for at least one user;

the application server being configured to;

send out a call for media for the event associated with the at least one event record;

pool media over a period of time for the event associated with the at least one event record;

verify the pooled media by checking the pooled media against any media restriction set for the event associated with the at least one event record;

update the at least one event record with the media for the event associated to the at least one event record; and

allow the at least one user access to the verified pooled media associated to the at least one event record.

30. A computer-implemented data processing method for processing a media response generated by a second user in response to a request for media generated by a first user of a communication system, comprising:

receiving at a server the media response generated by the second user in response to the request for media generated by the first user;

analyzing the media response generated by the second user to determine whether a restriction associated with the request for media generated by the first user is met;

approving the media response generated by the second user as a first approved media response if the restriction associated with the request for media generated by the first user is met; and

making the first approved media response and additional approved media responses available to the first user as an organized collection of approved media responses received in response to the request for media generated by the first user.