Computer-implemented system and method for notifying users upon the occurrence of an event

• US 9,173,009 B2
• Filed: 12/26/2013
• Issued: 10/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gula Consulting Limited Liability Company (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Gula Consulting Limited Liability Company (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Kalajan, Kevin E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Laballe, Clayton E
• Assistant Examiner(s): Smith, Linda B
• Application Number:
  US14/141,388
• Publication Number:
  US 20140176796A1
• Time in Patent Office: 670 Days
• Field of Search: 396/429
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2743 Video hosting of uploaded data from client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4786 e-mailing message switching systems, e.g. electronic mail systems H04L51/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4882 for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64784 Data processing by the network data processing in packet switching systems H04L12/56; flow control in packet networks H04L47/10; intermediate storage or scheduling H04L49/90; provisioning of proxy services in data packet switching networks H04L67/56
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/80 Generation or processing of content or additional data by content creator independently of the distribution process; Content per se arrangements for generating broadcast information H04H60/02
• 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: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

A computer-implemented system and method for notifying users on the occurrence of an event is disclosed. An embodiment further includes notifying selected users upon the occurrence of particular events in sessions using a variety of notification methods.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

in response to determining that a capturing of images is complete, initiating, by a camera-enabled device, sending the images to a server device,

receiving, by the camera-enabled device in response to interaction with a timeline representation displayed by the camera-enabled device and indicating times at which the images were sent to the server device by the camera-enabled device, selection input indicating a location on the timeline representation, wherein the location represents a start time; and

in response to the receiving, initiating, by the camera-enabled device, sending a request for a video object to the server device, wherein the video object comprises a subset of the images, corresponding to a time period beginning with the start time and lasting a specified duration, converted to a video format.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising adding, by the camera-enabled device, time stamp data to respective images of the images.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the initiating the sending of the images comprises initiating the sending of the images to a portion of memory of the server device allocated to the camera-enabled device in accordance with a subscription.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

initiating, by the camera-enabled device, sending a request to the server device for provision of an image uploading service;

in response to the initiating, receiving, by the camera-enabled device, qualification software from the server device; and

executing, by the camera-enabled device, the qualification software to determine whether the camera-enabled device supports performance of the capturing and the initiating the sending of the images.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising initiating, by the camera-enabled device, sending guest information to the server device identifying an entity to be allowed access to the images on the server device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the images are a first set of images, and the method further comprises, in response to the sending of the first set of images being determined to have been completed, enabling, by the camera-enabled device, capture of a second set of images by the camera-enabled mobile device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the initiating the sending of the images comprises configuring, by the camera-enabled device, a data block comprising information related to the images and initiating the sending of the images with the data block.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving the video object from the server device in response to the request.

9. The method of claim 4, further comprising, in response to the camera-enabled device being determined to support performance of the capturing and the initiating the sending of the images,

initiating, by the camera-enabled device, a download of service software from the server device that enables the camera-enabled device to perform the capturing and the initiating the sending of the images.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the configuring comprises adding an identifier of the camera-enabled device to the data block.

11. A device, comprising:

a memory that stores executable components; and

a processor, operatively coupled to the memory, that executes the executable components, the executable components comprising;

a network interface component configured to, in response to a determination that a set of images have been captured, send the set of images to a network device; and

a display component configured to render a graphical timeline that identifies times at which the set of images were sent to the network device and to receive selection input indicating a location on the graphical timeline corresponding to a start time,

wherein the network interface component is further configured to, in response to receipt of the selection input, send a request to the network device for at least a subset of the images, captured during a time period beginning with the start time and lasting a specified duration, to be converted to a video format to yield video data.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the executable components further comprise an image capture component configured to capture the set of images according to a defined period, and wherein the set of images is a first set of images, and the image capture component is further configured to, in response to another determination that the set of images have been uploaded to the network device, enable capture of a second set of images.

13. The device of claim 11, wherein the executable components further comprise a control interface component configured to receive editing input that configures an attribute of the video data.

14. The device of claim 11, wherein the network interface component is further configured to receive qualification software from the network device in response to a request for an upload service, and wherein the qualification software is configured to confirm a capability of the device to perform image capturing and image uploading.

15. The device of claim 11, wherein the executable components further comprise a preference component configured to receive input specifying an identity of an entity to be granted access to the set of images on the network device.

16. The device of claim 11, wherein the network interface component is further configured to generate a data block based on information relating to the set of images, and to send the set of images to the network device with the data block.

17. The device of claim 11, wherein the network interface component is further configured to download the video data from the network device in response to the request.

18. The device of claim 14, wherein the network interface component is further configured to obtain service software from the network device in response to the qualification software confirming that the device is capable of performing the image capturing and the image uploading, and wherein the service software enables the device to capture the set of images and send the set of images to the network device.

19. The device of claim 16, wherein the data block comprises identification data for the device.

20. A computer-readable storage device having stored thereon instructions that, in response to execution, cause an apparatus comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:

in response to a determination that a recording of a plurality of images has been completed, sending the plurality of images to a server device;

receiving, in response to interaction with a graphical timeline representation indicating times at which the plurality of images were sent to the server device by the apparatus, selection input indicating a location on the graphical timeline representation corresponding to a time; and

in response to the receiving, sending request data to the server device, wherein the request data requests a video object from the server device comprising at least a subset of the plurality of images, corresponding to a time period starting at the time and lasting a specified duration, converted to a video format.

21. The computer-readable storage device of claim 20, wherein the request data is first request data, and the operations further comprise:

sending second request data to the server device requesting an image upload service; and

receiving, from the server device in accordance with the second request data, a qualification application configured to determine whether the apparatus is capable of performing the recording and the sending of the plurality of images.

22. The computer-readable storage device of claim 20, wherein the operations further comprise configuring a data block based on information relating to the plurality of images, and the sending of the plurality of images comprises sending the plurality of images with the data block.

23. The computer-readable storage device of claim 21, wherein the operations further comprise, in response to the qualification application determining that the apparatus is capable of performing the recording and the sending of the plurality of images, sending third request data to the server device requesting upload service software that enables the apparatus to perform the recording and the sending of the plurality of images.