Method and mechanism for coordinated capture and organization of multimedia data

• US 8,965,271 B1
• Filed: 05/06/2011
• Issued: 02/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Enconcert Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Enconcert Incorporated
• Inventors: Vucurevich, Ted
• Primary Examiner(s): Safaipour, Bobbak
• Application Number:
  US13/102,794
• Time in Patent Office: 1,390 Days
• Field of Search: 455/3.06
• US Class Current: 455/3.06
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/17306 Intercommunication techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1446 display composed of modules, e.g. video walls
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2356/00 Detection of the display position w.r.t. other display screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/04 Exchange of auxiliary data, i.e. other than image data, between monitor and graphics controller
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/12 Synchronisation between the display unit and other units, e.g. other display units, video-disc players
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/242 Synchronization processes, e.g. processing of PCR [Program Clock References] arrangements for synchronising broadcast or distribution via plural systems in broadcast distribution systems H04H20/18
• 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 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41415 involving a public display, viewable by several users in a public space outside their home, e.g. movie theatre, information kiosk
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4305 Synchronising client clock from received content stream, e.g. locking decoder clock with encoder clock, extraction of the PCR packets arrangements for synchronising receiver with transmitter by comparing receiver clock with transmitter clock H04L7/0012; arrangements for synchronising receiver with transmitter wherein the receiver takes measures against momentary loss of synchronisation H04L7/0083
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6543 for forcing some client operations, e.g. recording remote booting in general G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6582 Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number arrangements where receivers interact with the broadcast H04H20/38
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/90 Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 25/41 Extracting pixel data from a plurality of image sensors simultaneously picking up an image, e.g. for increasing the field of view by combining the outputs of a plurality of sensors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/44 Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards H04N5/14 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 : for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/188 : Capturing isolated or intermittent images triggered by the occurrence of a predetermined event, e.g. an object reaching a predetermined position signal generation from motion picture films H04N5/253
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 : User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 : for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 : Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits

Abstract

Disclosed is an improved approach for capturing multimedia information in a coherent manner to inherently permit aggregation or synchronization with other coherently captured multimedia information. Also disclosed are techniques for using a rich semantic model for relating and aggregating the captured data.

Claims

1. A method for coordinated aggregation of data on a mobile device, comprising:

identifying multimedia data that has been captured with a first mobile device by an audience member at an audience event, wherein the multimedia data is registered with a central server with one or more data parameters;

using the one or more data parameters to perform sharing or aggregation of the multimedia data captured at the first mobile device by the audience member at the audience event to a second mobile device, wherein the one or more data parameters identify a relationship between the multimedia data relative to other data captured at the audience event, the aggregation of the multimedia data comprises image data or video data captured by the first mobile device that is aggregated with audio data from a second capture device, the aggregation is implemented by correlating between the image data or video data from the first mobile device and the audio data from the second capture device using the one or more data parameters, and the sharing comprises sharing of aggregated multimedia data to the second mobile device; and

distributing the multimedia data to the second mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1 in which the multimedia data comprises pictures, videos, or sound from different locations, perspectives, or media capture qualities.

3. The method of claim 1 in which sharing or aggregation of the multimedia data between the first mobile device and the second mobile device is based at least in part upon an event associated with the multimedia data.

4. The method of claim 1 in which sharing or aggregation of the multimedia data between the first mobile device and the second mobile device is based upon at least in part on a location associated with the first mobile device or the second mobile device.

5. The method of claim 4 in which a GPS mechanism at the first mobile device or the second mobile device is employed to determine the location.

6. The method of claim 1 in which proximity relative to a location is employed to implement sharing of the multimedia data between the first mobile device and the second mobile device.

7. The method of claim 1 in which the multimedia data undergoes data manipulation.

8. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer usable medium, the computer readable medium having stored thereon a sequence of instructions which, when executed by a processor causes the processor to execute a method for coordinated aggregation of data on a mobile device, the method comprising:

identifying multimedia data that has been captured with a first mobile device by an audience member at an audience event, wherein the multimedia data is registered with a central server with one or more data parameters;

using the one or more data parameters to perform sharing or aggregation of the multimedia data captured at the first mobile device by the audience member at the audience event to a second mobile device, wherein the one or more data parameters identify a relationship between the multimedia data relative to other data captured at the audience event, the aggregation of the multimedia data comprises image data or video data captured by the first mobile device that is aggregated with audio data from a second capture device, the aggregation is implemented by correlating between the image data or video data from the first mobile device and the audio data from the second capture device using the one or more data parameters, and the sharing comprises sharing of aggregated multimedia data to the second mobile device; and

distributing the multimedia data to the second mobile device.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 in which the multimedia data comprises pictures, videos, or sound from different locations, perspectives, or media capture qualities.

10. The computer program product of claim 8 in which sharing or aggregation of the multimedia data between the first mobile device and the second mobile device is based at least in part upon an event associated with the multimedia data.

11. The computer program product of claim 8 in which sharing or aggregation of the multimedia data between the first mobile device and the second mobile device is based upon at least in part on a location associated with the first mobile device or the second mobile device.

12. The computer program product of claim 11 in which a GPS mechanism at the first mobile device or the second mobile device is employed to determine the location.

13. The computer program product of claim 8 in which proximity relative to a location is employed to implement sharing of the multimedia data between the first mobile device and the second mobile device.

14. The computer program product of claim 8 in which the multimedia data undergoes data manipulation.

15. A system for coordinated aggregation of data on a mobile device, comprising:

a processor;

a memory for holding programmable code; and

wherein the programmable code includes instructions for identifying multimedia data that has been captured with a first mobile device by an audience member at an audience event, wherein the multimedia data is registered with a central server with one or more data parameters;

using the one or more data parameters to perform sharing or aggregation of the multimedia data captured at the first mobile device by the audience member at the audience event to a second mobile device, wherein the one or more data parameters identify a relationship between the multimedia data relative to other data captured at the audience event, the aggregation of the multimedia data comprises image data or video data captured by the first mobile device that is aggregated with audio data from a second capture device, the aggregation is implemented by correlating between the image data or video data from the first mobile device and the audio data from the second capture device using the one or more data parameters, and the sharing comprises sharing of aggregated multimedia data to the second mobile device; and

distributing the multimedia data to the second mobile device.

16. The system of claim 15 in which the multimedia data comprises pictures, videos, or sound from different locations, perspectives, or media capture qualities.

17. The system of claim 15 in which sharing or aggregation of the multimedia data between the first mobile device and the second mobile device is based at least in part upon an event associated with the multimedia data.

18. The system of claim 15 in which sharing or aggregation of the multimedia data between the first mobile device and the second mobile device is based upon at least in part on a location associated with the first mobile device or the second mobile device.

19. The system of claim 18 in which a GPS mechanism at the first mobile device or the second mobile device is employed to determine the location.

20. The system of claim 15 in which proximity relative to a location is employed to implement sharing of the multimedia data between the first mobile device and the second mobile device.

21. The system of claim 15 in which the multimedia data undergoes data manipulation.