Event media file discovery

• US 9,836,477 B2
• Filed: 06/17/2013
• Issued: 12/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bockus, Jr., Gordon W, Bockus, Mike A, Brewer, Derek R, Wilhelm, Robert D
• Primary Examiner(s): Rahman, S M
• Application Number:
  US13/919,178
• Publication Number:
  US 20130346457A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,632 Days
• Field of Search: 709219
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/182 Distributed file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor

Abstract

A computer implemented method and computer program product provides for announcing file availability. A source device receives a uniform resource locator (URL). The source device reports the URL, the URL corresponding to an event and to a network addressable server.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method to announce file availability, the computer implemented method comprising a receive protocol:

receiving, at a source device, an event conclusion time later than the current time, wherein the event conclusion time is input by receiving from a user an input for an event;

receiving, at the source device, a user input Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to store a media file;

uploading, from the source device, the media file to a server that hosts the URL;

storing, by the source device, the user input URL to a configuration file;

transmitting, by the source device, a Service Set IDentifier (SSID) comprising a preset identifier, wherein the preset identifier is unused in ubiquitous protocols that are not the receive protocol;

determining that a local wireless request for the URL is received from a client device based on signal strength received at the client device being above a preset level, and in response, transmitting the URL; and

determining whether the event is concluded, based on the event conclusion time; and

in response to a determination that the event is concluded, terminating the transmitting of the SSID and the transmitting of the preset identifier, whereby terminating the preset identifier reduces clutter in a radio environment.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the URL further comprises transmitting a geographic description of the event.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the media file is a video encoded file.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising recording the media file.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising recording a photo as the media file.

6. A computer program product to announce file availability within a receive protocol, the computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage device having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code to receive, at a source device, an event conclusion time later than the current time, wherein the event conclusion time is input by a user inputting an input for an event;

computer readable program code to receive, at the source device, a user input Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to store a media file;

computer readable program code to store, by the source device, the user input URL to a configuration file;

computer readable program code to transmit, by the source device, a Service Set IDentifier (SSID) comprising a preset identifier, wherein the preset identifier is unused in ubiquitous protocols that are not the receive protocol;

computer readable program code to iteratively determine, by the source device, if a request for the URL is made by;

computer readable program code to determine that a local wireless request for the URL is received from a client device based on signal strength received at the client device being above a preset level, and in response, transmitting the URL; and

computer readable program code to determine whether the event is concluded, based on the event conclusion time; and

computer readable program code to terminate the transmitting of the SSID and the transmitting of the preset identifier, whereby terminating the preset identifier reduces clutter in a radio environment, in response to a determination that the event is concluded.

7. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein computer readable program code to transmit the URL further comprises computer readable program code to transmit a geographic description of the event.

8. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the media file is a video encoded file.

9. The computer program product of claim 6, further comprising computer readable program code to record the media file.

10. The computer program product of claim 6, further comprising computer readable program code to record a photo as the media file.

11. A data processing system comprising:

a bus;

a storage device connected to the bus, wherein computer usable code is located in the storage device;

a communication unit connected to the bus; and

a processor connected to the bus, wherein the processor is configured to execute computer usable code for announcing file availability within a receive protocol, the computer usable code, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to execute the steps;

receive, at a source device, an event conclusion time later than the current time, wherein the event conclusion time is input by a user inputting an input for an event;

receive, at the source device, a user input Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to store a media file;

store, by the source device, the user input URL to a configuration file;

transmit, by the source device, a Service Set IDentifier (SSID) comprising a preset identifier, wherein the preset identifier is unused in ubiquitous protocols that are not the receive protocol;

determining that a local wireless request for the URL is received from a client device based on signal strength received at the client device, and in response, transmitting the URL; and

determining whether the event is concluded, based on the event conclusion time; and

to terminate the transmitting of the SSID and the transmitting of the preset identifier, whereby terminating the preset identifier reduces clutter in a radio environment, in response to a determination that the event is concluded.

12. The data processing system of claim 11, wherein in executing computer usable code to transmit the URL the computer usable code, when executed by the processor, further executes the step to transmit a geographic description of the event.

13. The data processing system of claim 11, wherein the media file is a video encoded file.

14. The data processing system of claim 12, wherein the computer usable code, when executed by the processor, further records the media file.

15. The data processing system of claim 12, wherein the computer usable code, when executed by the processor, further records a photo as the media file.