Method for collecting media associated with a mobile device

• US 8,872,916 B2
• Filed: 10/16/2012
• Issued: 10/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Alberth, William P. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lazaro, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): KOROBOV, VITALI A
• Application Number:
  US13/652,726
• Publication Number:
  US 20130050484A1
• Time in Patent Office: 742 Days
• Field of Search: 348/143, 707/622, 709/223, 455/456.1
• US Class Current: 348/143
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/28 by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording G11B27/22 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 between a recording apparatus and a television camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/185 by embedding added-value information into content, e.g. geo-tagging

Abstract

A media collection system (102) uses media collection devices (107) to record media in the vicinity of a mobile device (104). A method (300) for collecting media associated with a user of a mobile device (104) includes the mobile device detecting (304) a broadcast signal from a communication node of the media collection system (102) at a radio interface of the mobile device. Then the mobile device requests (308) a media collection service of the media collection system. In response, the mobile device receives (314) an access identifier from the media collection system. The access identifier can be used to access media collected by the media collection system. The mobile device can then cease a self-collection activity while in the vicinity of the media collection system.

Claims

1. A method for collecting media associated with a user of a mobile device, comprising:

collecting media by the mobile device;

receiving a broadcast signal from a communication node of a media collection system at a radio interface of the mobile device;

requesting, by the mobile device, a media collection service of the media collection system;

receiving an access identifier at the mobile device from the media collection system, the access identifier for accessing media collected by the media collection system; and

ceasing the collecting media by the mobile device upon receiving the access identifier.

2. A method for collecting media defined in claim 1, further comprising:

ceasing the collecting media by mobile device upon receiving the access identifier while within a region covered by the media collection system;

resuming the collecting of media by the mobile device upon leaving the region covered by the media collection system.

3. A method for collecting media defined in claim 2, wherein resuming the collecting of media by the mobile device is further performed in response to receiving notification from the media collection system that the mobile device is no longer in the region covered by the media collection system.

4. A method for collecting media defined in claim 1, further comprising:

providing location information to the media collection system upon ceasing the collecting media by the mobile device.

5. A method for collecting media defined in claim 4, further comprising:

deriving the location information by use of a satellite positioning receiver of the mobile device.

6. A method for collecting media defined in claim 1, further comprising:

providing user identification information to the media collection system.

7. A method for collecting media defined in claim 6, wherein providing user identification information includes:

providing facial recognition information including at least one of an image of the a user of the mobile device or facial recognition parameters derived from an image of the user of the mobile device.