Configuration and distribution of content at capture

• US 8,745,255 B2
• Filed: 02/24/2009
• Issued: 06/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Woodcock, Katrika, Weber, Karon A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pollack, Melvin H
• Application Number:
  US12/391,824
• Publication Number:
  US 20100217834A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,925 Days
• Field of Search: 345/156, 345/173, 345/204, 382/115, 382/176, 382/232, 382/254, 382/274, 455/426.1, 455/440, 705/26, 709/206, 709/207, 709/219, 709/231, 348/211.6, 348/211.9
• US Class Current: 709/231
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/2895 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data provider application, e.g. reverse proxies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/30 Profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561

Abstract

Configuring a computing device to capture content, and distributing the content to one or more content destinations at a point of capture. The user select the content destinations from a list of destinations, or the content destinations are selected automatically based on previous user activities or selections. Configuration data sets corresponding to the selected content destinations are accessed. Content capture settings from the configuration data sets are applied to the computing device. The computing device captures the content in accordance with the applied content capture settings. Without further user input, the captured content is transmitted to each of the selected content destinations.

Claims

1. A system for configuring the delivery and capture of content prior to capture of the content by a mobile computing device, said system comprising:

a memory area for storing a plurality of configuration data sets each associated with one or more of a plurality of content destinations, said memory area being associated with the mobile computing device; and

a processor programmed to;

prior to capturing content with the mobile computing device, automatically identify, based on selection criteria, a set of content destinations to which to send the captured content;

provide, for display on the mobile computing device, the identified set of content destinations;

receive, from a user of the mobile computing device, a selection of a plurality of content destinations from the provided set of content destinations, at least two of the selected plurality of content destinations having different formats;

access, from the memory area, the configuration data sets corresponding to the selected content destinations;

adjust, prior to capturing content with the mobile computing device, content capture settings on the mobile computing device based on the accessed configuration data sets that correspond to the selected content destinations;

capture the content in accordance with the adjusted content capture settings; and

transmit the captured content from the mobile computing device to each of the selected content destinations.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is programmed to capture one or more of the following as the content:

audio data, video data, and still image data.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further programmed to process the captured content in accordance with each of the accessed configuration data sets to produce processed content for each of the selected content destinations, and wherein the processor is programmed to transmit the processed content to the respective content destinations.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising means for receiving the selection of the plurality of content destinations from the user.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising means for automatic formatting and delivery of the captured content to the selected content destinations.

6. A method comprising:

storing a plurality of configuration data sets each associated with one or more of a plurality of content destinations, each of said plurality of configuration data sets comprising one or more content capture setting values;

prior to capture of content by a computing device, selecting, based on selection criteria, a plurality of the content destinations to which to send the captured content, at least two of the selected plurality of the content destinations having different formats;

identifying the stored configuration data sets corresponding to the selected content destinations;

prior to capture of content by the computing device, applying to the computing device one or more of the content capture setting values from the identified configuration data sets that correspond to the selected content destinations, wherein the computing device captures content in accordance with the applied content capture setting values; and

transmitting the captured content from the computing device to each of the selected content destinations.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

processing the captured content in accordance with each of the identified configuration data sets to produce processed content for each of the selected content destinations; and

transmitting the processed content to the respective content destinations.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

selecting one of the identified configuration data sets;

applying to the computing device the content capture setting values from the selected one of the identified configuration data sets, wherein the computing device captures content in accordance with the applied content capture setting values;

processing the captured content in accordance with each of the configuration data sets other than the selected configuration data set to produce processed content;

transmitting the captured content to the content destination associated with the selected configuration data set; and

transmitting the processed content to each of the content destinations respectively associated with the configuration data sets other than the selected configuration data set.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising providing, for display on the computing device, a list of one or more of the plurality of content destinations.

10. The method of claim 6, further comprising adding a geotag to the captured content.

11. The method of claim 6, wherein selecting the plurality of the content destinations comprises receiving a bar code from a user, and wherein identifying the stored configuration data sets comprises identifying the stored configuration data sets based on the bar code.

12. The method of claim 6, wherein selecting the plurality of the content destinations comprises receiving a selection via one or more of the following user actions:

touching a screen of the computing device, tilting the computing device, gesturing on a screen of the computing device, and flicking the computing device.

13. The method of claim 6, further comprising, prior to applying said one or more of the content capture setting values:

providing said one or more of the content capture setting values to a user; and

receiving, from the user, a change to at least one of the provided content capture setting values.

14. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

receiving identification of a user destination from a user;

receiving at least one of the content capture setting values from the user;

associating the received at least one of the content capture setting values with the user destination; and

storing the user destination as one of the plurality of content destinations.

15. One or more computer storage media having computer-executable components, said components comprising:

a memory component for storing a plurality of configuration data sets each associated with one or more of a plurality of content destinations, each of said plurality of configuration data sets comprising one or more content capture setting values;

a factor component for, prior to capture of content by a computing device and without input from a user of the computing device, evaluating selection criteria to identify one or more of the plurality of content destinations to which to send the captured content, at least two of the identified one or more of the plurality of content destinations having different formats;

an adjustment component for, prior to capture of content by the computing device, identifying the stored configuration data sets corresponding to the identified content destinations and applying to the computing device one or more of the content capture setting values from the identified configuration data sets corresponding to the identified content destinations, wherein the computing device captures content in accordance with the applied content capture setting values; and

an interface component for transmitting the captured content from the computing device to each of the selected content destinations.

16. The computer storage media of claim 15, wherein the factor component further maintains the selection criteria by monitoring previously-selected content destinations and adjusting the selection criteria based on the previously-selected content destinations.

17. The computer storage media of claim 15, wherein the factor component evaluates the selection criteria to automatically identify the content destinations based on one or more of the following:

a previously-selected content destination, a time of day, a day of year, a web browsing history, and orientation of the computing device.

18. The computer storage media of claim 15, wherein the factor component accesses a calendar of the user to identify said one or more of the plurality of content destinations.

19. The computer storage media of claim 15, wherein the factor component accesses an address book of the user to identify said one or more of the plurality of content destinations.

20. The computer storage media of claim 15, wherein the factor component accesses a global positioning system to identify said one or more of the plurality of content destinations based on a location of the computing device as determined by the global positioning system.