Dissemination of video files to mobile computing devices over a communications network

• US 9,258,580 B1
• Filed: 07/28/2015
• Issued: 02/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ip-Com LLC
• Original Assignee: Ip-Com LLC
• Inventors: Otero, Andres, Guzman, Rodrigo, Ramirez, Alvaro
• Primary Examiner(s): Asanbayev, Oleg
• Assistant Examiner(s): KURIEN, CHRISTEN A
• Application Number:
  US14/811,548
• Time in Patent Office: 196 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/21815 comprising local storage units
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2187 Live feed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23439 for generating different versions
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/235 Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2351 involving encryption of additional data arrangements using cryptography for the use of broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/23
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/252 Processing of multiple end-users' preferences to derive collaborative data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25833 involving client hardware characteristics, e.g. manufacturer, processing or storage capabilities allocation of resources considering hardware capabilities in multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/5044; allocation of resources considering software capabilities in multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/5055
• 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 21/2668 Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles information retrieval from the Internet by querying with filtering and personalisation G06F16/9535; arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast H04H20/10; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/063
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2743 Video hosting of uploaded data from client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42623 involving specific decryption arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4358 for generating different versions, e.g. for different peripheral devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4516 involving client characteristics, e.g. Set-Top-Box type, software version or amount of memory available
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4756 for rating content, e.g. scoring a recommended movie
• 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 21/6131 involving transmission via a mobile phone network wireless downlink channel access H04W74/006
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/148 Interfacing a video terminal to a particular transmission medium, e.g. ISDN
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

A server for disseminating a video file to mobile subscriber over a mobile communications network is disclosed. The server comprises a processor programmed for storing a record for each mobile subscriber, defining a criteria for selecting mobile subscribers for videos, wherein said criteria is based on data from a record for a mobile subscriber, selecting a group of mobile subscribers by identifying the records that match said criteria, generating, for each mobile subscriber of the group, a video message in a format that corresponds to the operating system indicator and the video format indicator for said mobile subscriber, and transmitting a video message to the mobile phone number in the record, wherein the video message is transmitted according to the method of access indicator for said mobile subscriber.

Claims

1. A server for disseminating a video file to a plurality of mobile subscribers over a mobile communications network, the server comprising:

a database storing video files and records of mobile subscribers;

a memory storage;

a network connection device communicatively coupled with the mobile communications network;

a processor communicatively coupled with the database, the memory storage and the network connection device, the processor programmed for;

(a) storing in an attached database a record for each of the plurality of mobile subscribers, wherein said record includes at least a user name, a mobile phone number, an operating system indicator, a video format indicator and a method of access indicator, wherein at least 100,000 records for mobile subscribers are stored;

(b) defining a criteria for selecting mobile subscribers for receiving one or more videos from the database, wherein said criteria is based on data from a record for a mobile subscriber;

(c) selecting a group of mobile subscribers from the plurality of mobile subscribers by identifying the records of said mobile subscribers that match said criteria, wherein the group of mobile subscribers comprises at least 100,000 mobile subscribers;

(d) generating, for each mobile subscriber of the group of mobile subscribers, a video message in a format that corresponds to the operating system indicator and the video format indicator in the record for said mobile subscriber, such that a plurality of video messages are generated; and

(e) transmitting, to each mobile subscriber of the group of mobile subscribers of the group, via the mobile communications network, a corresponding video message of the plurality of video messages to the mobile phone number in the record for said mobile phone subscriber, wherein the video message is transmitted according to the method of access indicator in the record for said mobile subscriber.

2. The server of claim 1, wherein a record for a mobile subscriber record includes demographic data of a user, a protocol for delivering a video file, video and audio codecs, a signaling communications protocol, a security protocol and a protocol for delivering real time and encrypted media streams.

3. The server of claim 2, wherein a record for a mobile subscriber record further includes a native interactive video chat platform, a manufacturer, an industry sector, a country, and a resolution.

4. The server of claim 3, wherein a method of access indicator defines whether a video file may be accepted by a mobile subscriber using either push technology or pull technology.

5. A server for disseminating a video file to a plurality of mobile subscribers over a mobile communications network, the server comprising:

a database for storing video files and records for mobile subscribers;

a memory storage;

a network connection device communicatively coupled with the mobile communications network;

a processor communicatively coupled with the database, the memory storage and the network connection device, the processor programmed for;

(a) storing in an attached database a record for each of the plurality of mobile subscribers, wherein said record includes at least a user name, a mobile phone number, an email address, an operating system indicator, a video format indicator and a method of access indicator that defines whether a video file may be accepted by a mobile subscriber using either push technology or pull technology, wherein at least 100,000 records for mobile subscribers are stored;

(b) defining a criteria for selecting mobile subscribers for receiving one or more videos from the database, wherein said criteria is based on data from a record for a mobile subscriber;

(c) selecting a group of mobile subscribers from the plurality of mobile subscribers by identifying the records of said mobile subscribers that match said criteria, wherein the group of mobile subscribers comprises at least 100,000 mobile subscribers;

(d) generating, for each mobile subscriber of the group of mobile subscribers, a video message in a format that corresponds to the operating system indicator and the video format indicator in the record for said mobile subscriber, such that a plurality of video messages are generated; and

(e) transmitting, to each mobile subscriber of the group of mobile subscribers of the group, via the mobile communications network, a corresponding video message of the plurality of video messages to the mobile phone number in the record for said mobile phone subscriber, wherein the video message is transmitted according to the method of access indicator in the record for said mobile subscriber.

6. The server of claim 5, wherein a record for a mobile subscriber record includes demographic data of a user, a protocol for delivering a video file, video and audio codecs, a signaling communications protocol, a security protocol and a protocol for delivering real time and encrypted media streams.

7. The server of claim 6, wherein a record for a mobile subscriber record further includes a native video chat platform, a manufacturer, an industry sector, a country, and a resolution.

8. A server for disseminating a video file to a plurality of mobile subscribers over a mobile communications network, the server comprising:

a database storing video files and records of mobile subscribers;

a memory storage;

a network connection device communicatively coupled with the mobile communications network;

a processor communicatively coupled with the database, the memory storage and the network connection device, the processor programmed for;

(a) storing in an attached database a record for each of the plurality of mobile subscribers, wherein said record includes at least a user name, a mobile phone number, an operating system indicator, a video format indicator, a method of access indicator, HLR data and previous call data, wherein at least 100,000 records for mobile subscribers are stored;

(b) defining a criteria for selecting mobile subscribers for receiving one or more videos from the database, wherein said criteria is based on data from a record for a mobile subscriber;

(c) selecting a group of mobile subscribers from the plurality of mobile subscribers by identifying the records of said mobile subscribers that match said criteria, wherein the group of mobile subscribers comprises at least 100,000 mobile subscribers;

(d) converting, for each mobile subscriber of the group of mobile subscribers, a video file to a format that corresponds to the operating system indicator and the video format indicator in the record for said mobile subscriber, such that a plurality of converted video files are generated;

(e) generating, for each mobile subscriber of the group of mobile subscribers, a video message including a corresponding converted video file, such that a plurality of video messages are generated;

(f) establishing a live video stream source for the plurality of video messages;

(g) establishing a video chat session with each of the group of mobile subscribers, over the mobile communications network and via a video chat service provider, using the live video stream source as a source for the plurality of video messages;

(h) transmitting, to each mobile subscriber of the group mobile subscribers, via the mobile communications network and the video chat service provider, a corresponding video message of the plurality of video messages to the mobile phone number in the record for said mobile phone subscriber, wherein the video message is transmitted according to the method of access indicator in the record for said mobile subscriber; and

(i) receiving, via the mobile communications network, feedback from a subset of the group of mobile subscribers, wherein said feedback comprises data that is entered by each said mobile subscriber into a mobile phone used to view the video message.

9. The server of claim 8, wherein a record for a mobile subscriber record includes demographic data of a user, a protocol for delivering a video file, video and audio codecs, a signaling communications protocol, a security protocol and a protocol for delivering real time and encrypted media streams.

10. The server of claim 9, wherein a record for a mobile subscriber record further includes a native video chat platform, a manufacturer, an industry sector, a country, and a resolution.

11. The server of claim 10, wherein a method of access indicator defines whether a video file may be accepted by a mobile subscriber using either push technology or pull technology.

12. A system for disseminating a video file to a plurality of mobile subscribers over a mobile communications network, the system comprising:

a plurality of mobile subscribers communicably connected to the mobile communications network, wherein each mobile subscriber comprises a mobile device configured for receiving video messages via the mobile communications network and for receiving feedback data;

a server, comprised of;

a database storing video files and records of mobile subscribers;

a memory storage;

a network connection device communicatively coupled with the mobile communications network;

a processor communicatively coupled with the database, the memory storage and the network connection device, the processor programmed for;

(a) storing in an attached database a record for each of the plurality of mobile subscribers, wherein said record includes at least a user name, a mobile phone number, an operating system indicator, a video format indicator, a method of access indicator, HLR data and previous call data, wherein at least 100,000 records for mobile subscribers are stored;

(b) defining a criteria for selecting mobile subscribers for receiving one or more videos from the database, wherein said criteria is based on data from a record for a mobile subscriber;

(c) selecting a group of mobile subscribers from the plurality of mobile subscribers by identifying the records of said mobile subscribers that match said criteria, wherein the group of mobile subscribers comprises at least 100,000 mobile subscribers;

(d) converting, for each mobile subscriber of the group of mobile subscribers, a video file to a format that corresponds to the operating system indicator and the video format indicator in the record

(e) generating, for each mobile subscriber of the group of mobile subscribers, a video message including a corresponding converted video file, such that a plurality of video messages are generated;

(f) establishing a live video stream source for the plurality of video messages;

(g) establishing a video chat session with each of the group of mobile subscribers, over the mobile communications network and via a video chat service provider, using the live video stream source as a source for the plurality of video messages;

(h) transmitting, to each mobile subscriber of the group of mobile subscribers, via the mobile communications network and the video chat service provider, a corresponding video message of the plurality of video messages to the mobile phone number in the record for said mobile phone subscriber, wherein the video message is transmitted according to the method of access indicator in the record for said mobile subscriber; and

(i) receiving, via the mobile communications network, feedback from a subset of the group of mobile subscribers, wherein said feedback comprises data that is entered by each said mobile subscriber into a mobile device used to view the video message.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein a record for a mobile subscriber record includes demographic data of a user, a protocol for delivering a video file, video and audio codecs, a signaling communications protocol, a security protocol and a protocol for delivering real time and encrypted media streams.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein a record for a mobile subscriber record further includes a native video chat platform, a manufacturer, an industry sector, a country, and a resolution.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein a method of access indicator defines whether a video file may be accepted by a mobile subscriber using either push technology or pull technology.