User interface for simultaneous display of video stream of different angles of same event from different users

• US 9,306,998 B2
• Filed: 03/27/2013
• Issued: 04/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Nguyen, Bill, Mallet, Vincent, Woods, Nicholas, Cheng, Jessica, Chokshi, Sandip, Ramanarayanan, Ganesh, Streich, Megan
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim, Matt
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Tuan S
• Application Number:
  US13/851,606
• Publication Number:
  US 20130212232A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,105 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1822 Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/06 Generation of reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0811 by checking connectivity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/19 at layers above the network layer network arrangements for networked applications for scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/61 for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1006 with static server selection, e.g. the same server being selected for a specific client
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1008 based on parameters of servers, e.g. available memory or workload monitoring of computer activity G06F11/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/101 based on network conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1012 based on compliance of requirements or conditions with available server resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1019 Random or heuristic server selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 : Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2187 : Live feed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23103 : using load balancing strategies, e.g. by placing or distributing content on different disks, different memories or different servers storage management G06F3/0604; allocation of resources considering the load in multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/505; techniques for rebalancing the load in a distributed system G06F9/5083; access to distributed or replicated servers, e.g. load balancing, in data networks H04L67/1001
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2402 : Monitoring of the downstream path of the transmission network, e.g. bandwidth available traffic monitoring in data switching networks H04L43/00; monitoring data switching networks utilization H04L43/0876
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2743 : Video hosting of uploaded data from client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 : embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4314 : for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47205 : for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally
• 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 21/488 : Data services, e.g. news ticker systems specially adapted for using meteorological information in broadcast systems H04H60/71

Abstract

Example systems and methods of content sharing via social networking are presented. In one example, availability of a first user device to provide media content over a communication network is detected. A second user device is identified via an association of the first user device with the second user device that is specified in a social network. An acceptance by the second user device to receive the media content from the first user device is determined. In response to the acceptance, transmission of the media content provided by the first user device over the communication network to the second user device is initiated.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

recording logical relationship information, the logical relationship information describing logical relationships between a first user and other users, the logical relationship information associated with a social networking site;

receiving, at a host, a live video stream from a mobile device of the first user, the live video stream including recorded visual data of an event captured by a camera on the mobile device of the first user at a first angle;

determining a location for the mobile device of the first user;

receiving, at the host, a live video stream from a mobile device of a second user, the live video stream from the mobile device of the second user including recorded visual data of the event captured by a camera on the mobile device of the second user at a second angle;

determining a location for the mobile device of the second user;

in response to a determination that the mobile device of the first user is at a same location as the mobile device of the second user, forming a logical group including at least the first user, the second user, and a third user based on the event, the third user not having a connection to the first and second users in the logical relationship information; and

causing the live video stream from the mobile device of the first user and the live video stream from the mobile device of the second user to be simultaneously displayed on a display of a third user device associated with the third user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the forming of the logical group is based on a recognition that the live video stream from the first user and the live video stream from the second user are both related to the event.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the simultaneous display of the live video stream from the first user and the live video stream from the second user is performed by way of a tiled view.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the simultaneous display of the live video stream from the first user and the live video stream from the second user is performed by way of a picture-in-picture view.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving live video stream from a mobile device of a fourth user, the live video stream including recorded visual data of the event captured by a camera at a third angle on a fourth user device associated with the fourth user;

adding the fourth user to the logical group; and

causing the live video stream from the fourth user to be simultaneously displayed on the display of the third user device along with the content from the first user and the live video stream from the second user.

6. A system comprising:

one or more processors;

a computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to;

record logical relationship information, the logical relationship information describing logical relationships between a first user and other users, the logical relationship information associated with a social networking site; and

receive a live video stream from a mobile device of the first user, the live video stream including visual data recorded of an event by a camera on the mobile device of the first user at a first angle, determine a location for the mobile device of the first user, receive a live video stream from a mobile device of a second user, the live video stream including visual data recorded of the event by a camera on the mobile device of the second user at a second angle, and determine a location for the mobile device of the second user;

in response to a determination that the mobile device of the first user is at a same location as the mobile device of the second user, form a logical group including at least the first user, the second user, and a third user based on the event, the third user not having a connection to the first and second users in the logical relationship information; and

cause the live video stream from the mobile device of the first user and the live video stream from the mobile device of the second user to be simultaneously displayed on a display of a third user device associated with the third user.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the forming of the logical group is based on a recognition that the live video stream from the mobile device of the first user and the live video stream from the mobile device of the second user are both related to the event.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the simultaneous display of the live video stream from the mobile device of the first user and the live video stream from the mobile device of the second user is performed by way of a tiled view.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the simultaneous display of the live video stream from the mobile device of the first user and the live video stream from the mobile device of the second user is performed by way of a picture-in-picture view.

10. The system of claim 6, wherein the instructions further cause the system to receive a live video stream from a fourth user, the live video stream including visual data recorded of the event at a third angle on a fourth user device associated with the fourth user and cause the live video stream from the fourth user to be simultaneously displayed on the display of the third user device along with the live video stream from the first user and the live video stream from the second user.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

recording logical relationship information, the logical relationship information describing logical relationships between a first user and other users, the logical relationship information associated with a social networking site;

receiving, at a host, a live video stream from a mobile device of the first user, the live video stream including recorded visual data of an event captured by a camera on the mobile device of the first user at a first angle;

determining a location for the mobile device of the first user;

receiving, at the host, a live video stream from a mobile device of a second user, the live video stream from the mobile device of the second user including recorded visual data of the event captured by a camera on the mobile device of the second user at a second angle;

determining a location for the mobile device of the second user;

in response to a determination that the mobile device of the first user is at a same location as the mobile device of the second user, forming a logical group including at least the first user, the second user, and a third user based on the event, the third user not having a connection to the first and second users in the logical relationship information; and

causing the live video stream from the mobile device of the first user and the live video stream from the mobile device of the second user to be simultaneously displayed on a display of a third user device associated with the third user.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the forming of the logical group is based on a recognition that the live video stream from the first user and the live video stream from the second user are both related to the event.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the simultaneous display of the live video stream from the first user and the live video stream from the second user is performed by way of a tiled view.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the simultaneous display of the live video stream from the first user and the live video stream from the second user is performed by way of a picture-in-picture view.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, the operations further comprising:

receiving live video stream from a mobile device of a fourth user, the live video stream including recorded visual data of the event captured by a camera at a third angle on a fourth user device associated with the fourth user;

adding the fourth user to the logical group; and

causing the live video stream from the fourth user to be simultaneously displayed on the display of the third user device along with the content from the first user and the live video stream from the second user.