Content upload system with preview and user demand based upload prioritization

• US 8,527,602 B1
• Filed: 05/27/2010
• Issued: 09/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Rasmussen, Lars Eilstrup, Seidel, Eric Christopher
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Dustin
• Application Number:
  US12/789,413
• Time in Patent Office: 1,195 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206, 709/217, 709/218, 709/207, 707/2, 707/636, 725/40, 715/838
• US Class Current: 709/207
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1822 Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1827 Network arrangements for conference optimisation or adaptation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440263 by altering the spatial resolution, e.g. for displaying on a connected PDA
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104

Abstract

A receiving from a first client a thumbnail of content selected by the user of the first client. The server provides the thumbnail to a second client and while providing the thumbnail to the second client, the server receives the content from the first client. After providing the thumbnail to the second client, the server receives an access request from the second client for the content. In response to receiving the access request the server provides the content to the second client. In some embodiments, the server sends a prioritization request to the first client to increase the priority of uploading the content in response to a request to access the content by a second client, and the uploading priority of the content at the first client is increased based on the prioritization request.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

at a first client having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors so as to perform the method;

receiving a request, from a user of the first client, for adding a plurality of content items;

in response to receiving the request;

generating a plurality of thumbnails corresponding to the plurality of content items;

scheduling the plurality of thumbnails to be uploaded to a server;

scheduling the plurality of content items to be uploaded to the server after the plurality of thumbnails is uploaded; and

while uploading the plurality of thumbnails to the server;

receiving a prioritization request to increase upload priority for a content item in the plurality of content items; and

in response to receiving the prioritization request;

scheduling the content item to be uploaded before at least one thumbnail in the plurality of thumbnails is uploaded.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein uploading the content item to the server includes:

dividing the content item into a plurality of portions, wherein each portion is associated with a different error detection value; and

uploading the plurality of portions of the content item to the server.

3. A client computer system, comprising:

one or more processors;

memory; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and are configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions which when executed cause the client computer system to;

receive a request, from a user of the first client, for adding a plurality of content items;

in response to receiving the request;

generate a plurality of thumbnails corresponding to the plurality of content items;

schedule the plurality of thumbnails to be uploaded to a server;

schedule the plurality of content items to be uploaded to the server after the plurality of thumbnails is uploaded; and

while uploading the plurality of thumbnails to the server;

receive a prioritization request to increase upload priority for a content item in the plurality of content items; and

in response to receiving the prioritization request;

schedule the content item to be uploaded before at least one thumbnail in the plurality of thumbnails is uploaded.

4. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium and one or more computer programs embedded therein, the one or more computer programs comprising instructions, which when executed by a client computer system, cause the client computer system to:

receive a request, from a user of the first client, for adding a plurality of content items;

in response to receiving the request;

generate a plurality of thumbnails corresponding to the plurality of content items;

schedule the plurality of thumbnails to be uploaded to a server;

schedule the plurality of content items to be uploaded to the server after the plurality of thumbnails is uploaded; and

while uploading the plurality of thumbnails to the server;

receive a prioritization request to increase upload priority for a content item in the plurality of content items; and

in response to receiving the prioritization request;

schedule the content item to be uploaded before at least one thumbnail in the plurality of thumbnails is uploaded.

5. A method comprising:

at a server having one or more processors and memory;

scheduling to receive, from a first client, a plurality of thumbnails corresponding to a plurality of content items;

scheduling to receive, from the first client, the plurality of content items after the plurality of thumbnails is received;

while receiving, from the first client, the plurality of thumbnails;

issuing, to the first client, a prioritization request to increase upload priority for a content item in the plurality of content items; and

in response to issuing the prioritization request;

receiving, from the first client, the content item before receiving at least one thumbnail in the plurality of thumbnails.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein receiving the content item from the first client includes receiving a plurality of portions of the content item, wherein each respective portion in the plurality of portions is associated with a different error detection value;

the method further comprising;

providing a first portion of the plurality of portions to a second client, at a time when a second portion of the plurality of portions is being received from the first client.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein receiving the content item from the first client includes receiving the plurality of portions of the content item, wherein each portion of the plurality of portions is associated with a different error detection value;

the method further comprising;

providing the plurality of portions in its entirety to the second client.

8. The method of claim 5, further including,

prior to providing a thumbnail to the second client:

receiving from the second client, an update request to update a content item corresponding to the thumbnail on the second client; and

in response to the update request, providing the thumbnail to the second client.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein:

the update request is received in response to a notification by the server that one or more new content items are available.

10. A server computer system, comprising:

one or more processors;

memory; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions to;

schedule to receive, from a first client, a plurality of thumbnails corresponding to a plurality of content items;

schedule to receive, from the first client, the plurality of content items after the plurality of thumbnails is received;

while receiving, from the first client, the plurality of thumbnails;

issue to the first client, a prioritization request to increase upload priority for a content item in the plurality of content items; and

in response to issuing the prioritization request;

receive, from the first client, the content item before receiving at least one thumbnail in the plurality of thumbnails.

11. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium and one or more computer programs embedded therein, the one or more computer programs comprising instructions, which when executed by a server computer system, cause the server computer system to:

schedule to receive, from a first client, a plurality of thumbnails corresponding to a plurality of content items;

schedule to receive, from the first client, the plurality of content items after the plurality of thumbnails is received;

while receiving, from the first client, the plurality of thumbnails;

issue to the first client, a prioritization request to increase upload priority for a content item in the plurality of content items; and

in response to issuing the prioritization request;

receive, from the first client, the content item before receiving at least one thumbnail in the plurality of thumbnails.