Systems and methods for streaming media content

• US 8,931,011 B1
• Filed: 03/13/2012
• Issued: 01/06/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hitchcock, Daniel W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kumar, Pankaj J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Andramuno, Franklin
• Application Number:
  US13/418,568
• Time in Patent Office: 1,029 Days
• Field of Search: 725/52, 725/105
• US Class Current: 725/52
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/7867 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, title and artist information, manually generated time, location and usage information, user ratings
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/70 Media network packetisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25841 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; arrangements for identifying locations of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/51; location of the user terminal in data switching networks H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43072 of multiple content streams on the same device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4524 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; systems specially adapted for using geographical information in broadcast systems H04H60/70; protocols in which the network application is adapted for the location of the user terminal in communication control or processing H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6175 involving transmission via Internet broadcast-related systems characterised by the transmission system being the Internet H04H60/82

Abstract

Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating streaming of media content. Video content is retrieved over a network from one or more client devices capturing video content. Data items associated with the plurality of video content are also retrieved. A list order for the plurality of video content is determined according to at least a portion of the retrieved data items, and a user interface is encoded for display where the user interface contains a plurality of items corresponding to the plurality of video content, the items being positioned within the user interface according to the list order.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program executable in a computing device, the program comprising:

code that identifies metadata associated with a plurality of video content received from at least one client device;

code that extracts location data from the metadata;

code that sorts and groups at least a portion of the plurality of video content into a grouping of content based at least in part on the location data;

code that renders a user interface embodied as a map for display, the user interface including at least one item corresponding to the grouping of content, wherein the at least one item is positioned at a location on the map based at least in part on the location data;

code that, in response to an input from a viewer for navigating the map, retrieves a selection of the grouping from the map;

code that, in response to retrieving the selection of the grouping, determines a list order for the at least a portion of the plurality of video content of the grouping based at least in part on a sorting criterion; and

code that encodes for display another user interface including the at least a portion of the plurality of video content of the grouping based at least in part on the list order.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the input from the viewer further comprises a panning operation or a zooming operation.

3. A system, comprising:

at least one computing device; and

at least one application executable in the at least one computing device, the at least one application comprising;

logic that identifies a plurality of data items associated with a plurality of video content received from at least one client device, the plurality of data items including location data;

logic that determines a grouping of at least a portion of the plurality of video content according to at least the location data;

logic that encodes for display a user interface including the grouping;

logic that, in response to retrieving a selection of the grouping in the user interface, determines a list order for the at least a portion of the plurality of video content of the grouping based at least in part on a sorting criterion; and

logic that encodes for display another user interface including the at least a portion of the plurality of video content of the grouping based at least in part on the list order.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the plurality of data items further include at least one of video resolution, audio quality, user identifier, or temporal data items.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the location data comprises global positioning system (GPS) data corresponding to a current position of the at least one client device.

6. The system of claim 4, further comprising logic that retrieves account information based at least in part on the user identifier, wherein the account information includes a rating associated with a user.

7. The system of claim 3, wherein the sorting criterion is based at least in part on a highest rated user of the at least one client device down to a lowest rated user of the at least one client device.

8. The system of claim 3, wherein the sorting criterion is based at least in part on a number of faces detected within the at least a portion of the plurality of video content of the grouping.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the logic that determines the grouping assigns content that contains a relatively higher number of faces a higher priority relative to content that contains a relatively lower number of faces.

10. The system of claim 3, wherein:

the user interface comprises a map including at least one item corresponding to the grouping; and

the at least one item is positioned at a location on the map based at least in part on the location data.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the map comprises an exploded view of a region of interest selected by a user of a viewing device.

12. The system of claim 3, wherein the logic that identifies the plurality of data items is further configured to periodically identify at least one update of the plurality of data items.

13. The system of claim 3, further comprising logic that retrieves a video capture input from at least one viewing device, wherein the video capture input comprises a panning command or a zooming command.

21. The system of claim 3, wherein the user interface includes at least one representative image corresponding to the grouping.

22. The system of claim 3, wherein the sorting criterion is based at least in part on a common event associated with the location data for the grouping.

23. The system of claim 3, wherein the another user interface includes the at least a portion of the plurality of video content in the grouping in a list format based at least in part on the sorting criterion.

14. A system, comprising:

at least one computing device; and

a developer application executable in the at least one computing device, the developer application comprising;

logic that interfaces with a content delivery service and identifies a plurality of data items associated with a plurality of video content received from at least one client device, the plurality of data items including location data;

logic that determines a grouping of at least a portion of the plurality of video content according to at least the location data;

logic that encodes for display a user interface including the grouping;

logic that, in response to retrieving a selection of the grouping in the user interface, determines a list order for the at least a portion of the plurality of video content of the grouping based at least in part on a sorting criterion; and

logic that encodes for display another user interface including the at least a portion of the plurality of video content of the grouping based at least in part on the list order.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the developer application interfaces with the content delivery service via one or more application programming interface (API) calls.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the content delivery service is configured to interface with a plurality of other developer applications via one or more application programming interface (API) calls.

17. A method, comprising:

interfacing with a content delivery service and identifying a plurality of data items associated with a plurality of video content received from at least one client device, the plurality of data items including location data;

determining a grouping of at least a portion of the plurality of video content according to at least the location data;

encoding for display a user interface including the grouping;

determining, in response to retrieving a selection of the grouping in the user interface, a list order for the at least a portion of the plurality of video content of the grouping based at least in part on a sorting criterion; and

encoding for display another user interface including the at least a portion of the plurality of video content of the grouping based at least in part on the list order.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the interfacing comprises interfacing with the content delivery service via one or more application programming interface (API) calls.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the content delivery service is configured to interface with a plurality of other developer applications via one or more application programming interface (API) calls.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the sorting criterion is based at least in part on a highest rated user of at least one client device down to a lowest rated user of the at least one client device.