Method and system for self-broadcasting in a social experience environment

• US 9,888,291 B2
• Filed: 05/28/2013
• Issued: 02/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Pattan, Basavaraj Jayawant
• Primary Examiner(s): Bui, Kieu Oanh T
• Application Number:
  US14/404,202
• Publication Number:
  US 20150341695A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,715 Days
• 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 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2393 involving handling client requests scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25875 involving end-user authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; arrangements for secret or secure communication including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• 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 21/437 Interfacing the upstream path of the transmission network, e.g. for transmitting client requests to a VOD server flow control in data networks H04L47/10; streaming protocols, e.g. RTP or RTCP, H04L65/65; scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests in data packet switching networks H04L67/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; 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 21/475 End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data
• 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 21/658 Transmission by the client directed to the server

Abstract

A method and system for self-broadcasting content during an ongoing content viewing activity. The method receives a request from a first user to broadcast the content and determines whether the first user is authorized to broadcast the content, and publishes the availability of the broadcasting content for viewing activity. Additionally, the method receives a request from one or more second users to view the broadcasted content along with criteria associated with the ongoing content viewing activity. The method determines whether one or more second users are authorized to view the broadcasted content. Further, the method creates a list of broadcasted content based on the criteria and sends the list of the broadcasted content to the first user.

Claims

1. A method for broadcasting content, by a server, the method comprises:

establishing a session for broadcasting a first content with a first terminal and at least one second terminal and broadcasting the first content in the session;

receiving a request to broadcast a second content during the session, from the first terminal, the request including a privacy level of the second content and private user identifications (IDs),

wherein the second content is generated based on the first content;

determining whether the privacy level is private or public;

if the privacy level is private, inviting at least one terminal associated with the private user IDs included in the request among the at least one second terminal for broadcasting the second content to the invited at least one terminal in the session; and

if the privacy level is public, inviting each of the at least one second terminal for broadcasting to the each of the at least one second terminal the second content in the session.

2. The method as in claim 1, further comprising binding the second content with the first content.

3. The method as in claim 1, further comprising receiving a response from at least one terminal of the invited at least one terminal or the invited each of the at least one second terminal to view the second content, wherein the response comprises one of an accept response or a reject response to view the second content.

4. The method as in claim 3, further comprising initiating the broadcasting of the second content with the at least one terminal that transmitted the response comprising the accept response.

5. The method as in claim 3, further comprising notifying the first terminal of the response after receiving the response.

6. The method as in claim 4, further comprising sending a list of other terminal'"'"'s watching to the at least one terminal that transmitted the response comprising the accept response.

7. The method as in claim 3, further comprising transmitting information related to broadcasting the second content to the invited at least one terminal or the invited each of the at least one second terminal that transmitted the response comprising the accept response.

8. The method as in claim 1, further comprising:

receiving at least one request from the at least one second terminal to view at least one content broadcasted by the first terminal along with criteria associated with the session for the first content;

determining whether the at least one second terminal is authorized to view the at least one content;

analyzing list of the at least one content based on the criteria; and

sending list of the at least one content to the authorized at least one terminal.

9. The method as in claim 8, wherein the criteria comprises at least one of contact groups viewing similar content, popular broadcasted content, and all broadcasted content.

10. The method as in claim 8, further comprising receiving at least one request from the authorized at least one terminal to view at least one content from the list of the at least one content.

11. The method as in claim 10, further comprising determining whether the authorized at least one terminal is to view the broadcasted content of the first terminal.

12. The method as in claim 11, further comprising sending a response comprising an accept response or a reject response to the authorized at least one terminal to view the broadcasted at least one content.

13. A server for broadcasting content, wherein the server is configured to:

establish a session for broadcasting a first content with a first terminal and at least one second terminal and broadcast the first content in the session;

receive a request to broadcast a second content during the session, from the first terminal, the request including a privacy level of the second content;

wherein the second content is generated based on the first content;

determine whether the privacy level is private or public;

if the privacy level is private, invite at least one terminal associated with the private user IDs included in the request among the at least one second terminal based on the privacy level for broadcasting the second content to the invited at least one terminal in the session; and

if the privacy level is public, invite each of the at least one second terminal for broadcasting to the each of the at least one second terminal the second content in the session.

14. The server as in claim 13, wherein the server is further configured to bind the second content with the first content.

15. The server as in claim 13, wherein the server is further configured to receive a response from the at least one terminal of the invited at least one terminal or the invited each of the at least one second terminal to view the second content, wherein the response comprises one of an accept response or a reject response to view the second content.

16. The server as in claim 15, wherein the server is further configured to notify the first terminal of the response after receiving the response.

17. The server as in claim 15, wherein the server is further configured to initiate the broadcasting of the second content with the at least one terminal that transmitted the response comprising the accept response.

18. The server as in claim 15, wherein the server is further configured to transmit information related to broadcasting the second content to the invited at least one terminal or the invited each of the at least one second terminal that transmitted the response comprising the accept response.

19. The server as in claim 13, wherein the server is further configured to send a list of other terminal'"'"'s watching to the at least one terminal that transmitted the response comprising the accept response.

20. The server as in claim 13, wherein the server is further configured to:

receive at least one request from the at least one second terminal to view at least one content broadcasted by the first terminal along with criteria associated with the session for the first content;

determine whether the at least one second terminal is authorized to view the at least one content;

analyze a list of the at least one content based on the criteria; and

send the list of the at least one content to the authorized at least one terminal.

21. The server as in claim 20, wherein the criteria comprises at least one of contact groups viewing similar content, popular broadcasted content, and all broadcasted content.

22. The server as in claim 20, wherein the server is further configured to receive at least one request from the authorized at least one terminal to view at least one content from the list of the at least one content.

23. The server as in claim 22, wherein the server is further configured to determine whether the at least one terminal is authorized to view the at least one content broadcasted by the first terminal.

24. The server as in claim 23, wherein the server is further configured to send a response comprising an accept response or a reject response to the authorized at least one terminal to view the at least one content.