Automatic sharing and publication of multimedia from a mobile device

• US 8,620,353 B1
• Filed: 01/26/2007
• Issued: 12/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: DP Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: DP Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Kahn, Philippe, Kinsolving, Arthur, Rudraraju, Panduranga R, Bodmer, Brian
• Primary Examiner(s): MEHRA, INDER P
• Application Number:
  US11/698,632
• Time in Patent Office: 2,531 Days
• Field of Search: 370/310, 709/206, 709/224, 455/405, 455/456.3, 455/414.1, 455/419, 455/466, 455/519, 455/550.1, 455/569.1
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera constructional features concerning the integration of cameras in portable phones H04M1/0264

Abstract

Multimedia from a mobile device is automatically distributed to multiple and various types of shares specified by a default destination. The mobile device generates a media package from the multimedia and sensor meta data. The media package is transmitted to a server that optimizes the multimedia before distributing the multimedia to the shares. Alternatively, the multimedia may be distributed to shares specified in a different destination that is input through the mobile device. Delivery instructions corresponding to the shares for the different destination are included in the media package. In another aspect, the mobile device sends share identifiers to the server to define the default destination for the user account.

Claims

1. A computerized method comprising:

generating a media package from multimedia captured by a mobile device;

transmitting the media package to a server to automatically transmit by the server an optimized version of the multimedia to shares specified in delivery instructions within the media data package, the delivery instructions specifying one or more user-specified shares different than a plurality of shares in default delivery destinations associated with a user account, the shares specified in the delivery instructions and the default delivery destinations identifying heterogeneous delivery locations for the multimedia, the media package including sensor data captured by the mobile device that is indicative of physical or environmental information of the mobile device when the multimedia data was captured, the sensor data utilized by the server to optimize the multimedia by alteration of the multimedia based on the sensor data in the media package;

storing share identifiers, in the user account, for the one or more user-specified shares as new default delivery destinations for a future multimedia transmission by the server;

synchronizing the share identifiers associated with the user account for the new default delivery destinations with a second server; and

the second server utilizing the share identifiers for the new default delivery destinations for the automatic transmission of an optimized version of a second multimedia data received in a second multimedia package from a second mobile device, the second multimedia package referencing the user identification for the user account.

2. The computerized method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a different destination through the mobile device, the different destination comprising a plurality of shares that override the shares of the default destination.

3. The computerized method of claim 2, wherein receiving the different destination comprises:

receiving a numeric input; and

retrieving a destination associated with the numeric input.

4. The computerized method of claim 2, wherein receiving a different destination comprises:

receiving share identifiers.

5. The computerized method of claim 1 further comprising:

sending share identifiers to the server to define the default destination for the user account.

6. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the heterogeneous locations comprise one or more of:

internet sites, RSS feeds, web blogs, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers.

7. The computerized method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining, by the server, the shares for the multimedia in the media package;

optimizing the multimedia using sensor meta data in the media package; and

distributing the multimedia to the shares.

8. The computerized method of claim 7, wherein determining the shares comprises:

using the default destination if there are no delivery instructions in the media package.

9. The computerized method of claim 8, wherein determining the shares comprises:

retrieving the delivery instructions from the media package, the delivery instructions corresponding to shares different than those of the default destination.

10. The computerized method of claim 7, wherein the physical or environmental information provided by the sensor comprises data from an accelerometer utilized by the server to reduce blur effect in the multimedia captured by the mobile device.

11. The computerized method of claim 1 further comprising:

associating, by the server, shares identifiers with the user account to define the default delivery destinations.

12. A computerized method comprising:

determining a destination for multimedia in a media package, the destination specifying shares in delivery instructions within the media package that identify heterogeneous delivery locations for the multimedia;

optimizing the multimedia using sensor meta data, indicative of physical or environmental information of a mobile device that captured the multimedia, in the media package, the optimized multimedia altered based on sensor meta data;

transmitting the multimedia to the shares specified in the delivery instructions;

storing share identifiers, in a user account, for the shares specified in the delivery instructions as new default delivery destinations for a future media package transmission;

synchronizing the share identifiers associated with the user account for the new default delivery destinations; and

utilizing the share identifiers for the new default delivery destinations for the automatic transmission of an optimized version of a second multimedia data received in a second media package from a second device, the second media package referencing a user identification for the user account.

13. The computerized method of claim 12, wherein determining the destination comprises:

retrieving a default destination associated with the user account if there are no delivery instructions in the media package.

14. The computerized method of claim 13, wherein determining the destination comprises:

retrieving the delivery instructions from the media package, the delivery instructions corresponding to shares different than those of the default destination.

15. The computerized method of claim 14 further comprising:

associating share identifiers with a user account to define the default destination for the user account.

16. The computerized method of claim 15 further comprising:

returning user identification for the user account.

17. The computerized method of claim 12, wherein the physical or environmental information comprises sensor meta data from an accelerometer utilized to reduce blur effect in the multimedia captured by the mobile device.

18. The computerized method of claim 12, wherein the heterogeneous locations comprise internet sites, RSS feeds, web blogs, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying executable instructions, the instructions comprising:

generating a media package from multimedia captured by a mobile device;

transmitting the media package to a server to automatically transmit by the server an optimized version of the multimedia to shares specified in delivery instructions within the media data package, the delivery instructions specifying one or more user-specified shares different than a plurality of shares in default delivery destinations associated with a user account, the shares specified in the delivery instructions and the default delivery destinations identifying heterogeneous delivery locations for the multimedia, the media package including sensor data captured by the mobile device that is indicative of physical or environmental information of the mobile device when the multimedia data was captured, the sensor data utilized by the server to optimize the multimedia by alteration of the multimedia based on the sensor data in the media package;

storing share identifiers, in the user account, for the one or more user-specified shares as new default delivery destinations for a future multimedia transmission by the server;

synchronizing the share identifiers associated with the user account for the new default delivery destinations with a second server; and

the second server utilizing the share identifiers for the new default delivery destinations for the automatic transmission of an optimized version of a second multimedia data received in a second multimedia package from a second mobile device, the second multimedia package referencing the user identification for the user account.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the instructions further comprise:

receiving a different destination through the mobile device, the different destination comprising a plurality of shares that override the shares of the default destination.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 20, wherein receiving the different destination comprises:

receiving a numeric input; and

retrieving a destination associated with the numeric input.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 20, wherein receiving a different destination comprises:

receiving share identifiers.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the instructions further comprise:

sending share identifiers to the server to define the default destination for the user account.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the heterogeneous locations comprise internet sites, RSS feeds, web blogs, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers.

25. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying executable instructions, the instructions comprising:

determining a destination for multimedia in a media package, the destination specifying shares in delivery instructions within the media package that identify heterogeneous delivery locations for the multimedia;

optimizing the multimedia using sensor meta data, indicative of physical or environmental information of a mobile device that captured the multimedia, in the media package, the optimized multimedia altered based on sensor meta data;

transmitting the multimedia to the shares specified in the delivery instructions;

storing share identifiers, in a user account, for the shares specified in the delivery instructions as new default delivery destinations for a future media package transmission;

synchronizing the share identifiers associated with the user account for the new default delivery destinations; and

utilizing the share identifiers for the new default delivery destinations for the automatic transmission of an optimized version of a second multimedia data received in a second media package from a second device, the second media package referencing a user identification for the user account.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 25, wherein determining the destination comprises:

retrieving a default destination associated with the user account if there are no delivery instructions in the media package.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 26, wherein determining the destination comprises:

retrieving the delivery instructions from the media package, the delivery instructions corresponding to shares different than those of the default destination.

28. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 27, wherein the instructions further comprise:

associating share identifiers with a user account to define the default destination for the user account.

29. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 28, wherein the instructions further comprise:

returning user identification for the user account.

30. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 25, wherein the physical or environmental information comprises sensor meta data from an accelerometer utilized to reduce blur effect in the multimedia captured by the mobile device.

31. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 25, wherein the heterogeneous locations comprise internet sites, RSS feeds, web blogs, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers.

32. An apparatus comprising:

means for generating a media package from multimedia captured by a mobile device;

means for transmitting the media package to a server to automatically transmit by the server an optimized version of the multimedia to shares specified in delivery instructions within the media data package, the delivery instructions specifying one or more user-specified shares different than a plurality of shares in default delivery destinations associated with a user account, the shares specified in the delivery instructions and the default delivery destinations identifying heterogeneous delivery locations for the multimedia, the media package including sensor data captured by the mobile device that is indicative of physical or environmental information of the mobile device when the multimedia data was captured, the sensor data utilized by the server to optimize the multimedia by alteration of the multimedia based on the sensor data in the media package;

means for storing share identifiers, in the user account, for the one or more user-specified shares as new default delivery destinations for a future multimedia transmission by the server;

means for synchronizing the share identifiers associated with the user account for the new default delivery destinations with a second server; and

means for the second server utilizing the share identifiers for the new default delivery destinations for the automatic transmission of an optimized version of a second multimedia data received in a second multimedia package from a second mobile device, the second multimedia package referencing the user identification for the user account.

33. The apparatus of claim 32 further comprising:

means for receiving a different destination, the different destination comprising a plurality of shares that override the shares of the default destination.

34. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein the means for transmitting further sends share identifiers to the server to define the default destination for the user account.

35. The apparatus of claim 32 further comprising:

means for formatting user information for transmission to the server to set up the user account.

36. An apparatus comprising:

means for generating a distribution package from multimedia in a media package, wherein the means for generating further determines a destination for the multimedia, the destination specifying shares based on delivery instructions within the media package that identify heterogeneous delivery locations for the multimedia;

means for optimizing the multimedia using any sensor meta data, indicative of physical or environmental information of a mobile device that captured the multimedia, in the media package, the optimized multimedia altered based on sensor meta data;

means for transmitting the multimedia to the shares based on the delivery instructions;

means for storing share identifiers, in a user account, for the shares specified in the delivery instructions as new default delivery destinations for a future media package transmission;

means for synchronizing the share identifiers associated with the user account for the new default delivery destinations; and

means for utilizing the share identifiers for the new default delivery destinations for the automatic transmission of an optimized version of a second multimedia data received in a second media package from a second device, the second media package referencing a user identification for the user account.

37. The apparatus of claim 36 further comprising:

means for managing a user account, wherein the means for managing retrieves a default destination associated with the user account if there are no delivery instructions in the media package.

38. The apparatus of claim 37, wherein the means for generating further retrieves the delivery instructions from the media package, the delivery instructions corresponding to shares different than those of the default destination.

39. The apparatus of claim 37, wherein the means for managing further associates share identifiers with a user account to define the default destination for the user account.