Network-extensible reconfigurable media appliance

• US 7,743,025 B2
• Filed: 08/09/2007
• Issued: 06/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dennis Fernandez
• Inventors: Fernandez, Dennis S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Breene; John E
• Assistant Examiner(s): MYINT, DENNIS Y
• Application Number:
  US11/836,668
• Publication Number:
  US 20080028185A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,048 Days
• Field of Search: 707/1, 707/621, 707/636
• US Class Current: 707/621
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/74 Browsing; Visualisation therefor end-user interfaces for requesting or interacting with video content, e.g. video on demand interfaces or electronic program guides, H04N21/472
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64784 Data processing by the network data processing in packet switching systems H04L12/56; flow control in packet networks H04L47/10; intermediate storage or scheduling H04L49/90; provisioning of proxy services in data packet switching networks H04L67/56
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/617 Upgrading or updating of programs or applications for camera control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/262 Studio circuits, e.g. for mixing, switching-over, change of character of image, other special effects ; Cameras specially adapted for the electronic generation of special effects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/2621 Cameras specially adapted for the electronic generation of special effects during image pickup, e.g. digital cameras, camcorders, video cameras having integrated special effects capability
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/913 Multimedia
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99931 Database or file accessing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

Extensible reconfigurable media appliance for security and entertainment captures images digitally for storage. Digital effects and filters are applied to incoming video stream on-the-fly or to video data stored in memory. Digital effects and filters are dynamically stored, modified, updated or deleted, providing extensible reconfigurable effects studio. Digital media appliance communicates wirelessly with other media appliances, computers, security systems, video storage, email, chat, cellular services or PDAs to provide seamless integration of captured video stream.

Claims

1. Method for distributing cellular telephone and digital television security media, comprising the steps of:

accessing one or more audio or visual cellular telephone and digital television stream provided according to a non-linear template or script comprising at least one branching point; and

transmitting the cellular telephone and digital television stream according to a meta-data or label for accessing such stream;

wherein the cellular telephone and digital television stream is provided for security to a distributed group of network-extensible cellular telephone and digital television media appliances, such cellular telephone and digital television stream being provided using programmable digital effects processing via real-time signal processing to convert a communication format of the provided cellular telephone and digital television stream, wherein the converted cellular telephone and digital television stream is associated with one or more meta data tag for synchronizing cellular telephone and digital television stream production or rendering thereof with one or more other cellular telephone and digital television stream provided by one or more other cellular telephone and digital television appliance in the group, such synchronization automatically enabling seamless collaboration or dynamic integration by the group cellular telephone and digital television appliances using one or more tag to produce a media project or reconstruct a covered event, whereby such distributed group serves effectively as a mobile reconfigurable effects studio for digitally processing synchronized cellular telephone and digital television streams in the group in a network extensible manner.

2. Method of claim 1 wherein:

the transmitted stream comprises a news report or a sports broadcast.

3. System for distributing cellular telephone and digital television security media, comprising:

means for accessing one or more audio or visual cellular telephone and digital television stream provided according to a non-linear template or script comprising at least one branching point; and

means for transmitting the cellular telephone and digital television stream according to a meta-data or label for accessing such cellular telephone and digital television stream;

wherein the cellular telephone and digital television stream is provided for security to a distributed group of network-extensible cellular telephone and digital television media appliances, such cellular telephone and digital television stream being provided using programmable digital effects processing via real-time signal processing to convert a communication format of the provided cellular telephone and digital television stream, wherein the converted cellular telephone and digital television stream is associated with one or more meta data tag for synchronizing cellular telephone and digital television stream production or rendering thereof with one or more other cellular telephone and digital television stream provided by one or more other cellular telephone and digital television appliance in the group, such synchronization automatically enabling seamless collaboration or dynamic integration by the group cellular telephone and digital television appliances using one or more tag to produce a media project or reconstruct a covered event, whereby such distributed group serves effectively as a mobile reconfigurable effects studio for digitally processing synchronized cellular telephone and digital television streams in the group in a network extensible manner.

4. System of claim 3 wherein:

the transmitted stream comprises a news report or a sports broadcast.