Event media file discovery

• US 8,903,953 B2
• Filed: 09/27/2011
• Issued: 12/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bockus, Gordon W. Jr., Bockus, Mike A., Brewer, Derek R., Wilhelm, Robert D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bates, Kevin
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rahman, S M
• Application Number:
  US13/246,140
• Publication Number:
  US 20130080590A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,162 Days
• Field of Search: 709/219, 709/231
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/182 Distributed file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor

Abstract

A computer implemented method and computer program product provides for announcing file availability. A source device receives a uniform resource locator (URL). The source device reports the URL, the URL corresponding to an event and to a network addressable server.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method to announce a uniform resource locator file availability, the computer implemented method comprising:

receiving user input describing the uniform resource locator, and in response, determining whether the user input is short enough to transmit as a service set identifier;

in response to a determination that the user input is short enough to transmit as a service set identifier, wirelessly transmitting an identifier a service set identifier (SSID) comprising the uniform resource locator as a wireless identifier;

receiving a second user input describing a second universal resource locator, and in response, determining whether the second user input is short enough to transmit as a service set identifier;

in response to a determination that the second user input is not short enough to transmit as a service set identifier, storing the second user input for later serving out; and

receiving a request for the second user input, and in response to receiving the request, transmitting the second user input, as stored for serving, to a requester.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the wireless identifier is a service set identifier (SSID) is as according to an IEEE protocol.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the wireless identifier is an identifier according to Bluetooth protocol.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

setting up an event server to respond to hypertext transport protocol requests using the universal resource locator, wherein setting up further comprises transmitting at least one media file made contemporaneously with transmitting the identifier.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the uniform resource locator references a server which redirects requests having the uniform resource locator to a redirect server, the method further comprising:

transmitting at least one media file to the redirect server for storage.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein wirelessly transmitting the identifier is performed repeatedly, further comprising:

discarding at least one Wi-Fi packet received on a frequency associated with the identifier, wherein the at least one Wi-Fi packet is received contemporaneously with the transmitting of the identifier.

7. A computer program product to announce file availability, the computer program product comprising:

one or more computer-readable, storage devices;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to receive user input describing the uniform resource locator, and in response, determine whether the user input is short enough to transmit as a service set identifier;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to receive user input describing the uniform resource locator, and in response, determining whether the user input is short enough to transmit as a service set identifier;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to wirelessly transmit an identifier a service set identifier (SSID) comprising the uniform resource locator as a wireless identifier, in response to a determination that the user input is short enough to transmit as a service set identifier;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to store the second user input for later serving out, in response to a determination that the second user input is not short enough to transmit as a service set identifier;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to store the second user input for later serving out together with a preset indicator the uniform resource locator, in response to a determination that the second user input is not short enough to transmit as a service set identifier; and

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to receive a request for the second user input on a Wi-Fi channel defined, in part, by the preset indicator, and in response to receiving the request, transmit the second user input, as stored for serving, to a requester.

8. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the service set identifier (SSID) is as according to an IEEE protocol.

9. The computer program product of claim 7, further comprising:

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to set up an event server to respond to hypertext transport protocol requests using the universal resource locator, wherein setting up further comprises transmitting at least one media file made contemporaneously with transmitting the SSID.

10. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the uniform resource locator references a server which redirects requests having the uniform resource locator to a redirect server, the method further comprising:

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to transmit at least one media file to the redirect server for storage.

11. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein wirelessly transmitting the SSID is performed repeatedly, further comprising:

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to discard at least one Wi-Fi packet received on a frequency associated with the SSID, wherein the at least one Wi-Fi packet is received contemporaneously with the transmitting of the SSID.

12. A computer system for announcing file availability, the computer system comprising:

one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories and one or more computer-readable storage devices;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to receive a user input describing the uniform resource locator, and in response, determine whether the user input is short enough to transmit as a service set identifier;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to receive user input describing the uniform resource locator, and in response, determining whether the user input is short enough to transmit as a service set identifier;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to wirelessly transmit an identifier a service set identifier (SSID) comprising the uniform resource locator as a wireless identifier, in response to a determination that the user input is short enough to transmit as a service set identifier;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to store the second user input for later serving out, in response to a determination that the second user input is not short enough to transmit as a service set identifier;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to store the second user input for later serving out together with a preset indicator, in response to a determination that the second user input is not short enough to transmit as a service set identifier; and

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to receive a request for the second user input on a Wi-Fi channel defined, in part, by the preset indicator, and in response to receiving the request, transmit the second user input, as stored for serving, to a requester the uniform resource locator.

13. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the service set identifier (SSID) is as according to an IEEE protocol.

14. The computer system of claim 12, further comprising:

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to set up an event server to respond to hypertext transport protocol requests using the universal resource locator, wherein setting up further comprises transmitting to the event server at least one media file made contemporaneously with transmitting the SSID.

15. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the uniform resource locator references a server which redirects requests having the uniform resource locator to a redirect server, the method further comprising:

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to transmit at least one media file to the redirect server for storage.

16. The computer system of claim 12, wherein wirelessly transmitting the SSID is performed repeatedly, further comprising:

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to discard at least one Wi-Fi packet received on a frequency associated with the SSID, wherein the at least one Wi-Fi packet is received contemporaneously with the transmitting of the SSID.