Network extensible reconfigurable media appliance

• US 7,987,155 B2
• Filed: 05/02/2008
• Issued: 07/26/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dennis Fernandez
• Inventors: Fernandez, Dennis
• Primary Examiner(s): Alam; Shahid A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bromell; Alexandria Y
• Application Number:
  US12/114,160
• Publication Number:
  US 20080209488A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,180 Days
• Field of Search: 707/913, 707/622, 386/1, 725/62, 725/86
• US Class Current: 707/622
• 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. Network extensible reconfigurable media processing of A/V data streams according to non-linear branching points comprising steps:

pre-producing a plurality of A/V data streams from a plurality of network extensible reconfigurable media appliances according to a plurality of non-linear branching points; and

sensing or producing the pre-produced data streams, such that one or more of the network extensible reconfigurable media appliances senses or produces the pre-produced data stream according to the one or more non-linear branching points;

wherein said network extensible reconfigurable media appliances comprise a group of at least one mobile, wireless or cellular device comprising a GPS transponder or module and a video or image sensor, such that each such device GPS transponder or module and video or image sensor senses or produces in real-time location-based or tagged video-stream as part of a distributed peer-to-peer network of such video-stream sensing or producing mobile, wireless or cellular devices configured extensibly for joining or leaving dynamically such group, thereby effectively enabling seamless real-time integration or synchronization of such sensed or produced location-based or tagged video-streams from different mobile, wireless or cellular devices configured extensibly in the group according to the one or more non-linear branching points;

wherein the mobile, wireless or cellular devices are synchronized to collaborate effectively each as different but related rendering peers in the group collectively reconstructing a media project extensibly within a mobile extensible reconfigurable effects studio, whereby each such device in such studio is delegated a different but related data structure that renders via one or more multi-path video interface associated with each such device separately sensing and rendering such media project, each such data structure thereby being different but related to each such device separately according to one or more theater automation cue synchronized per video scene and time stamp, such that each such mobile, wireless or cellular device renders video for the same media project differently according delegated different but related data structures that each renders collaboratively different but related video scenes and synchronization time stamps for the reconstructed media project.

2. Processing of claim 1 further comprising step:

post-producing the sensed or produced data stream, such that one or more of the network extensible reconfigurable media appliance post-produces the sensed or produced data stream according to the one or more non-linear branching points.

3. Network extensible reconfigurable media appliance for processing of A/V data streams according to non-linear branching points comprising:

means for pre-producing a plurality of A/V data streams from a plurality of network extensible reconfigurable media appliances according to a plurality of non-linear branching points; and

means for sensing or producing the pre-produced data streams, such that one or more of the network extensible reconfigurable media appliances senses or produces the pre-produced data stream according to the one or more non-linear branching points;

wherein said network extensible reconfigurable media appliances comprise a group of at least one mobile, wireless or cellular device comprising a GPS transponder or module and a video or image sensor, such that each such device GPS transponder or module and video or image sensor senses or produces in real-time location-based video-stream as part of a distributed peer-to-peer network of such video-stream sensing or producing mobile, wireless or cellular devices configured extensibly for joining or leaving dynamically such group, thereby effectively enabling seamless real-time integration or synchronization of such sensed or produced location-based or tagged video-streams from different mobile, wireless or cellular devices configured extensibly in the group according to the one or more non-linear branching points;

wherein the mobile, wireless or cellular devices are synchronized to collaborate effectively each as different but related rendering peers in the group collectively reconstructing a media project extensibly within a mobile extensible reconfigurable effects studio, whereby each such device in such studio is delegated a different but related data structure that renders via one or more multi-path video interface associated with each such device separately sensing and rendering such media project, each such data structure thereby being different but related to each such device separately according to one or more theater automation cue synchronized per video scene and time stamp, such that each such mobile, wireless or cellular device renders video for the same media project differently according delegated different but related data structures that each renders collaboratively different but related video scenes and synchronization time stamps for the reconstructed media project.

4. Appliance of claim 3 further comprising:

means for post-producing the sensed or produced data stream, such that one or more of the network extensible reconfigurable media appliance post-produces the sensed or produced data stream according to the one or more non-linear branching points.