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System and method for remote data acquisition and distribution

  • US 8,041,829 B2
  • Filed: 06/22/2009
  • Issued: 10/18/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. One or more computer-readable nontransitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:

  • receive a selection of a mobile streamable-data source, the mobile streamable-data source being operable to transmit substantially real-time streamable data, the mobile streamable-data source comprising a viewing window that overlies one or more portions of one or more display elements on a display of a remote client device or a nonremote client device, the one or more portions of the one or more display elements being viewable to a user at the remote client device or nonremote client device through the viewing window, the viewing window being movable by the user at the remote client device or nonremote client device with respect to the display elements to overlie one or more other portions of one or more of the display elements;

    receive substantially real-time streamable data from the mobile streamable-data source, the substantially real-time streamable data being a video feed capturing the one or more portions of one or more of the display elements underneath the viewing window or the one or more other portions of one or more of the display elements underneath the viewing window as it moves;

    receive a selection of one or more other remote client devices to receive all or a portion of the substantially real-time streamable data;

    upload or cause to be uploaded all or a portion of the substantially real-time streamable data to a central server for storage in a streamable-data store; and

    based at least in part on the selection of the mobile streamable-data source and the selection of the one or more other remote client devices, communicate or cause to be communicated a command to one or more of the other remote client devices that is operable to cause each of one or more of the other remote client devices automatically and without input from a user at the other remote client device to;

    establish a connection with the central server;

    retrieve all or a portion of the substantially real-time streamable data from the streamable-data store; and

    open a window for making available all or a portion of the substantially real-time streamable data at the other remote client device.

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