Method and system for providing local private broadcasting service with a mobile terminal

• US 8,224,352 B2
• Filed: 02/05/2008
• Issued: 07/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: soongsil university-industry cooperation foundation
• Original Assignee: soongsil university-industry cooperation foundation
• Inventors: Ko, Ilju, Sung, Bokyung
• Primary Examiner(s): Hu, Jinsong
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shen, Qun
• Application Number:
  US12/025,988
• Publication Number:
  US 20090197618A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,624 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.1, 455/456.2, 455/456.3, 455/456.5, 455/456.6, 707/631
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/189 in combination with wireless systems selective distribution or broadcast in wireless communication networks H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/30 Resource management for broadcast services

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and a system for providing a local private broadcasting service with a mobile terminal. The system for providing a local private broadcasting service with the mobile terminal according to the present invention comprises a broadcasting mobile terminal; a viewing mobile terminal; and a broadcasting relay device which relays a broadcasting content to be streamed down in real time from the broadcasting mobile terminal to the viewing mobile terminal placed in a predetermined broadcasting service area centering on a position of the broadcasting mobile terminal based on a movement of the broadcasting mobile terminal. Thus, the present invention provides a method and a system for providing a local private, broadcasting service through which a mobile terminal user performs a private broadcasting and which has a limited, predetermined broadcasting transmission area based on a position of a broadcasting mobile terminal.

Claims

1. A system for providing a local private broadcasting service with a mobile terminal, the system comprising:

a broadcasting mobile terminal to broadcast broadcasting content of the broadcasting mobile terminal;

a viewing mobile terminal which is different from the broadcasting mobile terminal; and

a broadcasting relay device which relays the broadcasting content to be streamed down in real time from the broadcasting mobile terminal to the viewing mobile terminal placed in a broadcasting service area centering on a position of the broadcasting mobile terminal based on movement of the broadcasting mobile terminal;

wherein the broadcasting service area comprises at least one of;

an area having a cell in which the broadcasting mobile terminal is placed and neighboring cells of the cell;

an area having a cell in which the broadcasting mobile terminal is placed, neighboring cells of the cell and another neighboring cells of the neighboring cells; and

an area having an administrative district in which the broadcasting mobile terminal is placed and neighboring administrative districts of the administrative district;

wherein the broadcasting content comprises at least one of a multimedia content pre-stored in the broadcasting mobile terminal, identification information of a multimedia content pre-stored in the broadcasting mobile terminal, video data content including at least one of video data currently captured by the broadcasting mobile terminal and streamed down in real time, audio data input through a microphone, voice call data between a user of the broadcasting mobile terminal and others, currently-viewing data of the broadcasting mobile terminal, text data, and data combining the foregoing elements.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the broadcasting relay device comprises a media server which receives the broadcasting content;

a content server which stores therein a database on a content protected by a copyright and authenticates identification information of the received broadcasting content;

a streaming server which receives content from the media server and the content server and streams down in real time the content to the viewing mobile terminal;

a WAP (wireless application protocol) page generator which generates a WAP page with broadcasting channel information on the broadcasting mobile terminal in the broadcasting service area; and

a relay controller which controls to update the broadcasting channel information and the WAP page according to movement of the broadcasting mobile terminal, and controls to stream down the broadcasting content from the broadcasting mobile terminal to the viewing mobile terminal placed in the broadcasting service area centering on a position of the broadcasting mobile terminal.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the relay controller controls to stream down in real time the content from the viewing mobile terminal to the broadcasting mobile terminal.

4. A method for providing a local private broadcasting service with a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

receiving a request from a broadcasting mobile terminal to broadcast broadcasting content of the broadcasting mobile terminal;

generating a WAP page by adding information on the broadcasting mobile terminal to private broadcasting channel information of a broadcasting service area centering on a position of the broadcasting mobile terminal and updating the private broadcasting channel information and the WAP page according to movement of the broadcasting mobile terminal;

receiving a request from a viewing mobile terminal to transmit the private broadcasting channel information, the viewing mobile terminal being different from the broadcasting mobile terminal;

transmitting a WAP page about the private broadcasting channel information available in the current position of the viewing mobile terminal, to the viewing mobile terminal;

receiving a viewing channel selection from the viewing mobile terminal;

streaming down in real time the broadcasting content from the broadcasting mobile terminal corresponding to the viewing channel selection to the viewing mobile terminal; and

displaying a predetermined message on the viewing mobile terminal if at least one of the broadcasting mobile terminal and the viewing mobile terminal move and if the viewing mobile terminal is out of the broadcasting service area of the broadcasting mobile terminal,

wherein the broadcasting service area comprises at least one of;

an area having a cell in which the broadcasting mobile terminal is placed and neighboring cells of the cell;

an area having a cell in which the broadcasting mobile terminal is placed, neighboring cells of the cell and another neighboring cells of the neighboring cells; and

an area having an administrative district in which the broadcasting mobile terminal is placed and neighboring administrative districts of the administrative district;

wherein the broadcasting content comprises at least one of a multimedia content pre-stored in the broadcasting mobile terminal, identification information of a multimedia content pre-stored in the broadcasting mobile terminal, video data content including at least one of video data currently captured by the broadcasting mobile terminal and streamed down in real time;

audio data input through a microphone, voice call data between a user of the broadcasting mobile terminal and others, currently-viewing data of the broadcasting mobile terminal, text data, and data combining the foregoing elements.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising:

providing a database on a content protected by a copyright; and

authenticating the identification information if the identification information of the content is received, wherein the streaming down in real time the content comprises streaming down in real time the authenticated content from the database to the viewing mobile terminal.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising streaming down in real time a content from the viewing mobile terminal to the broadcasting mobile terminal.