System and method for managing distribution of rich media content

• US 8,745,165 B2
• Filed: 11/17/2008
• Issued: 06/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Original Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Inventors: Watson, Scott, Santana, Armando, Shively, Orrin J., Swirsky, Robert, Gilbert, Jonathan, Brown, Ben
• Primary Examiner(s): Ashraf, Waseem
• Application Number:
  US12/313,229
• Publication Number:
  US 20090234935A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,024 Days
• Field of Search: 709/219, 709/203
• US Class Current: 709/219
• 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 12/1831 Tracking arrangements for later retrieval, e.g. recording contents, participants activities or behavior, network status
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication

Abstract

There is provided a system for managing distribution of rich media content. The system comprises a communications server accessible by a mobile device; a local services network interactively connected to the communications server; a rich media control application resident on the communications server, the rich media control application configured to manage rich media distribution for a user of the mobile device in response to receipt of a valid rich media access code from the mobile device, by requesting a rich media content corresponding to the rich media access code from the local services network; receiving the rich media content from the local services network; and sending a notification message to the mobile device for enabling the user of the mobile device to access the rich media content.

Claims

1. A system for managing distribution of rich media contents between a group of mobile devices of users in a recreational venue, each of the users being persons visiting the recreational venue as guests, the system comprising:

a communications server accessible by a mobile device;

a local services network interactively connected to the communications server;

a rich media control application resident on the communications server, the rich media control application configured to;

receive a rich media access code sent by a first user of using a first mobile device for opting in the group, wherein the first user is a first person visiting the recreational venue;

opt the first mobile device in the group using the rich media access code;

receive the rich media access code sent by a second user of using a second mobile device for opting in the group, wherein the second user is a second person visiting the recreational venue;

opt the second mobile device in the group using the rich media access code;

receive a rich media content from the first mobile device of the first user, wherein the rich media content is created by the first user or at a request of the first user while visiting the recreational venue; and

send a notification message in response to receiving the rich media content to each of the mobile devices opted in the group of mobile devices using the rich media access code including the second mobile device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the rich media content comprises a photograph.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the rich media content comprises a video.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the rich media control application is further configured to expire activation of the rich media access code after a predetermined activation period.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the rich media content includes an image of the first user.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is configured to support communication via one of email, short message service (SMS) text messaging and Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) messaging.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising a rich media communication control software capable of being downloaded to the first mobile device;

the rich media communication control software configured to support rich media distribution among the communications server, the local services network, and the first mobile device over a local area network (LAN).

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is implemented to manage distribution of rich media content across the recreational venue corresponding to the local services network.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the recreational venue is one of a theme park and a destination resort.

10. A method for managing distribution of rich media contents between a group of mobile devices of users in a recreational venue, each of the users being individual persons visiting the recreational venue as guests, the method comprising:

receiving a rich media access code sent by a first user of using a first mobile device for opting in the group, wherein the first user is a first person visiting the recreational venue;

opting the first mobile device in the group using the rich media access code;

receiving the rich media access code sent by a second user of using a second mobile device for opting in the group, wherein the second user is a second person visiting the recreational venue;

opting the second mobile device in the group using the rich media access code;

receiving a rich media content from the first mobile device of the first user, wherein the rich media content is created by the first user or at a request of the first user while visiting the recreational venue; and

sending a notification message in response to receiving the rich media content to each of the mobile devices opted in the group of mobile devices using the rich media access code including the second mobile device.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the rich media content comprises a photograph.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the rich media content comprises a video.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising expiring activation of the rich media access code after a predetermined activation period.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the rich media content includes an image of the first user.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein communications received from the first mobile device comprise one of an email message, a short message service (SMS) text message and Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising providing a rich media communication control software capable of being downloaded to the first mobile device;

the rich media communication control software configured to support rich media distribution among the communications server, the local services network, and the first mobile device over a local area network (LAN).

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the LAN is one of a Wi-Fi network and a Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) network.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein the recreational venue is one of a theme park and a destination resort.