Creation and management of digital content and workflow automation via a portable identification key

• US 9,166,976 B2
• Filed: 10/17/2012
• Issued: 10/20/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Media Pointe Inc.
• Original Assignee: James Patrick Block, Kevin Bergner, Remco Treffkorn, Stephen Villoria
• Inventors: Villoria, Stephen, Treffkorn, Remco, Bergner, Kevin, Block, James Patrick
• Primary Examiner(s): Arani, Taghi
• Assistant Examiner(s): LYNCH, SHARON S
• Application Number:
  US13/654,399
• Publication Number:
  US 20130097689A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,098 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0853 using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving additional secure or trusted devices H04L9/3234
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles

Abstract

The present invention is directed towards a method and system for automating workflow. The method and system includes receiving data from a portable identification key communicatively coupled to a processing device to initiate automation processes. The profile information comprised in the data is accessed, the profile information including an identification of a user associated with the portable identification key. The method and system further includes retrieving one or more instructions and parameters associated with the identified user by the processing device to initiate an automated workflow session, and initiating the automated workflow session according to the one or more instructions and parameters.

Claims

1. A method for automating workflow performing operations instructed by a portable identification key device, the method comprising:

receiving, via a processing device, data from a portable identification key device communicatively coupled to the processing device, the data including profile information that identifies a specific user, parameters for specifying a unique workflow to the processing device to execute a pre-configured single-user session for the specific user on the processing device, and executable instructions;

determining whether the specific user is authorized to access the processing device based on the profile information, and

executing, via the processing device, the executable instructions upon determining that the specific user is authorized, wherein the executing of the single-user session comprises

the processing device configuring one or more media capture devices to record media and initiate automated processes, according to settings based on the parameters for specifying the unique workflow, for ancillary equipment including one or more of the following;

room lights, projectors, and switching systems;

creating files from the recorded media based on the parameters for specifying the unique workflow, wherein the recorded media is associated with the profile information;

tagging the created files with information based on the profile information and with metadata that identifies the single-user session;

ending the single-user session upon detecting a removal of the portable identification key from the processing device; and

deleting the created files from the digital processing device according to the profile information and the parameters for specifying the unique workflow.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the portable identification key device comprises at least one of a smartcard, secure Universal Serial Bus device, Radio-Frequency Identification card, or magnetic strip card.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the portable identification key device comprises at least one of a touch-screen, numeric keypad, fingerprint reader, retinal scanner, voice recognition system, and a facial recognition system.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the profile information includes at least one of a user description, a user group, and an application.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the profile information includes an application, and the application comprises one of a video newsletter, an internal broadcast, and a seminar.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving data including executable instructions and parameters further comprises retrieving a list of commands relating to specific actions that the processing device should perform.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving data including executable instructions and parameters further comprises retrieving a list of technical settings and parameters required for a given workflow session.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving digital media content from the one or more media capture devices.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the unique workflow includes a recording of the digital media content.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the recording of the digital media content is stored on the processing device according to the retrieved parameters.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving data including executable instructions and parameters associated with the specific user comprises retrieving the executable instructions and parameters from the portable identification key device.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving data including executable instructions and parameters associated with the specific user comprises retrieving the executable instructions and parameters from a remote server.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein determining whether the specific user is authorized to access the processing device further includes determining privilege settings for the user.

14. The method of claim 1 further comprising performing a query to match the profile information with the processing device.

15. The method of claim 1 further comprising creating metadata that uniquely identifies a workflow session.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein the processing device includes instructions configured to perform automated workflow processes according to the data received from the portable identification key device.

17. A portable identification key device for instructing a digital processing device to perform operations, the portable identification key device comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable medium having profile information that identifies a specific user, parameters for specifying a unique workflow to the digital processing device to execute a pre-configured single-user session for the specific user on the digital processing device, and executable instructions stored therein; and

a communication interface configured to transmit the executable instructions to the digital processing device upon the portable identification key device being connected to the digital processing device, wherein executing the executable instructions causes the digital processing device to;

retrieve the profile information from the portable identification key device;

determine whether the specific user is authorized to access the digital processing device based on the profile information, and

execute the executable instructions, after determining that the specific user is authorized, to cause the digital processing device to execute the single-user session, the execution of the single-user session by the digital processing device comprising

the digital processing device configuring one or more media capture devices to record media and initiate automated processes, according to settings based on the parameters for specifying the unique workflow, for ancillary equipment including one or more of the following;

room lights, projectors, and switching systems,

creating files from the recorded media based on the parameters for specifying the unique workflow, wherein the recorded digital media is associated with the profile information;

tagging the created files with information based on the profile information and with metadata that identifies the single-user session;

ending the single-user session upon detecting a removal of the portable identification key from the processing device; and

deleting the created files from the digital processing device according to the profile information and the parameters for specifying the unique workflow.