System and method for programmatic link generation with media delivery

• US 8,973,072 B2
• Filed: 10/19/2007
• Issued: 03/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm Atheros Incorporated (Qualcomm, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm Connected Experiences, Inc. (Qualcomm, Inc.)
• Inventors: Julia, Luc E., Henriot, Boris, Serghine, Maklouf
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Ricky
• Application Number:
  US11/875,824
• Publication Number:
  US 20080127289A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,692 Days
• Field of Search: 725/91, 725/112, 725/109
• US Class Current: 725/112
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4786 e-mailing message switching systems, e.g. electronic mail systems H04L51/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8586 by using a URL processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

a media file is electronically communicated by programmatically generating a link for an electronic communication, where the link identifies a media file that is stored on a given terminal of a user. Selection of the link at a remote terminal is detected, indicating that a recipient of the electronic communication has selected to view the media file. In response to the link in the message being selected from the remote terminal, streaming data from the media file to the recipient. An embodiment such as described may be performed from a user terminal or system, correspond to, for example, where the media file was recorded, created and/or stored.

Claims

1. A method for electronically communicating a media file, the method comprising:

interconnecting a plurality of devices of a user to form a personal network, each of the plurality of devices being interconnected to one or more other devices of the personal network across one or more networks;

generating a link for an electronic communication that is composed or communicated from a given terminal of the personal network, wherein the link identifies a media file that is stored on a resource of the user'"'"'s personal network that is remote to the given terminal;

detecting selection of the link from a remote terminal that is a recipient of the electronic communication;

upon detecting selection of the link from the remote terminal, detecting, one or more capabilities of the remote terminal to receive streaming media from the given terminal, then

in response to selection of from the remote terminal, streaming data of the media file to the recipient, wherein streaming said data includes configuring transmission of the data to accommodate the detected one or more capabilities, including to accommodate a network bandwidth of the remote terminal to receive the streaming media file.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the link is performed automatically after either (i) the media file identified by the link is recorded by the user, or (ii) recording of the media file identified by the link is initiated.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting selection of the link from a remote terminal includes receiving a communication from an intermediate server or service that indicates the link was selected on the remote terminal.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein generating a link for an electronic communication includes generating a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) or partial URL.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein generating a link for an electronic communication includes generating a link for a message or a web posting.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein generating a link for an electronic communication includes generating a link for one of a Short Message Service (SMS), Multimedia Message service (MMS), or Instant Message (IM).

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising recording the media file to reflect a live event in presence of the user, and generating the link programmatically for the electronic communication in response to the completing or initiating recording of the live event.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the media file resides on a second device on the personal network that is different than the given terminal.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein configuring transmission of the data to accommodate the detected one or more capabilities includes formatting the data for streaming based on one or more of (i) a type of platform used on the remote terminal, (ii) a type of browser or media player used on the remote terminal, or (iii) a display size of the remote terminal.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein generating a link for an electronic communication includes generating the link for insertion into a web page.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein generating the link includes embedding a media player with the link on the web page.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising generating a second link that is not included with the media player, and provided for devices that are not equipped for using embedded media players.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising enabling the link to be generated for any given media file stored on any of the plurality of devices that form the personal network.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein streaming data of the media file to the recipient is performed from the given terminal on which the communication is composed or communicated.