Video sharing network

• US 9,032,047 B1
• Filed: 05/24/2011
• Issued: 05/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sebastiaan Elzinga, Troy Gomez
• Original Assignee: Sebastiaan Elzinga, Troy Gomez
• Inventors: Gomez, Troy, Elzinga, Sebastiaan
• Primary Examiner(s): Chang, Tom Y
• Application Number:
  US13/067,313
• Time in Patent Office: 1,449 Days
• Field of Search: 709/219
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1073 Registration or de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/764 at the destination reformatting of additional data in video clients H04N21/4355
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/765 intermediate
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2343 involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements video transcoding H04N19/40; media packet handling at the source H04L65/762
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25825 involving client display capabilities, e.g. screen resolution of a mobile phone optimising the visualisation of content during browsing in the Internet G06F16/9577; processing of terminal status or physical abilities in wireless networks H04W8/22; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2743 Video hosting of uploaded data from client
• 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

The present invention is directed to a social networking system which provides a website for users to share personal videos made by each user'"'"'s web cam. Videos are shared over the interne through the use of open source technology which uses cryptography to search, locate and convert video for passing the video to any type of video device for playback and recording. A matching server is used to determine each user'"'"'s type of video service.

Claims

1. A method for producing, sending and displaying video over the Internet to a registered member of a website, said method comprising the following steps,

providing a web server, said web server including a database, a database server and a plurality of storage arrays,

offering a registration form to a first user, said registration form providing a means for the first user to select from a list of portable media devices, said user selecting a portable media device from said list and storing said information on a database and making payment on said registration form to join said video sharing network,

accepting said registration form from said first user and providing said first user with a code for logging into said video sharing network,

offering a registration form to a second user to join a video sharing network, said registration form providing a means for the second user to select from a list of portable media devices, said second user selecting a portable media device from said list for storage on a database and making payment on said registration form to join said video sharing network,

accepting said registration form from said second user and providing said second user with a code for logging into said video sharing network,

receiving and recording a video on said database produced by said first user for playback,

receiving and recording a video on said database produced by said second user for playback,

converting either of said videos for playback on said first users selected portable media device or said second user'"'"'s portable media device based on said first users selected portable media device selected on said first user'"'"'s registration form or based on said second users selected portable media device selected on said second user'"'"'s registration form.

2. A method for producing, sending and displaying video over the internet to registered members of a website as recited in claim 1, said video sharing network further comprising, a web server for use with said database for storing said videos.

3. A method for producing, sending and displaying video over the internet to registered members of a website as recited in claim 1, said video sharing network further comprising a conversion server for converting said video for operation on a recipient member'"'"'s database.

4. A method for producing, sending and displaying video over the interne to registered members of a website as recited in claim 1, said video sharing network further comprising a streaming server for sending video to portable media devices.

5. A method for producing, sending and displaying video over the internet to registered members of a website as recited in claim 1, said video sharing network further comprising, a storage array for storing videos.

6. A method for producing, sending and displaying video over the internet to registered members of a website as recited in claim 1, said video sharing network further comprising an encoding server for encoding recorded video.