System and method for digital media content creation and distribution

• US 10,455,280 B2
• Filed: 11/08/2017
• Issued: 10/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MediaPOINTE, Inc.
• Original Assignee: MediaPOINTE, Inc.
• Inventors: Villoria, Stephen, Treffkorn, Remco, Bergner, Kevin, Block, James P
• Primary Examiner(s): Lynch, Sharon S
• Application Number:
  US15/806,877
• Publication Number:
  US 20180091853A1
• Time in Patent Office: 713 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 12/2838 Distribution of signals within a home automation network, e.g. involving splitting/multiplexing signals to/from different paths adaptations of television systems for transmission by electric cable for domestic distribution H04N7/106; hybrid transport H04L12/6418; home network arrangements specially adapted for distribution of digital video signals H04N7/24
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0853 using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving additional secure or trusted devices H04L9/3234
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• 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: H04N 21/25816 involving client authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; cryptographic authentication protocols H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/262 Content or additional data distribution scheduling, e.g. sending additional data at off-peak times, updating software modules, calculating the carousel transmission frequency, delaying a video stream transmission, generating play-lists scheduling strategies for dispatcher in multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/4881; arrangements for scheduling broadcast services or broadcast-related services H04H60/06; flow control in packet networks H04L47/10; establishing a time schedule or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/62
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43622 Interfacing an external recording device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44204 Monitoring of content usage, e.g. the number of times a movie has been viewed, copied or the amount which has been watched monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; protecting generic digital content where the protection is independent of the precise nature of the content G06F21/10; arrangements for monitoring the use made of the broadcast services in broadcast systems H04H60/31
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand

Abstract

A method and system for providing on-site content delivery and on-demand content access. The method comprising recording digital media content on a DMR device, managing distribution of the digital media content to one or more remote devices, automatically distributing the digital media content to the one or more remote devices, the distributed digital media content configured for local hosting at the one or more remote devices, and monitoring consumption of the digital media content distributed to the one or remote devices.

Claims

1. A method for providing on-site content delivery and on-demand content access, the method comprising:

loading, to a digital media recorder (DMR) device, parameters from a reader device that were received from a wireless portable identification key device upon verifying authorization of a user in possession of the key device to access the DMR device, the parameters defining location-specific configurations to operate a plurality of recording devices by a specific user using the wireless portable identification key device, wherein the plurality of recording devices that receive the parameters are determined to be located at different locations;

recording digital media content on the DMR device by combining media content received from the plurality of recording devices in conjunction with automated operation of ancillary equipment according to the parameters and a location of the specific user corresponding to one of the different locations, wherein the ancillary equipment includes one or more of the following;

lights, projectors and switching systems;

starting and stopping the recording of the digital media content based on the wireless portable identification key device entering or exiting a given location that is detectable by the reader device;

managing distribution of the digital media content to one or more remote devices;

automatically distributing the digital media content to the one or more remote devices; and

monitoring consumption of the digital media content distributed to the one or remote devices.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving polling requests from the one or more remote devices to refresh the distributed digital media content.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the wireless portable identification key device includes predefined instructions to create, tag, and distribute the digital media content.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein managing distribution of the digital media content to the one or more remote devices is based on a configuration associated with the wireless portable identification key device.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein automatically distributing the digital media content to the one or more remote devices is based on a configuration associated with the wireless portable identification key device.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the digital media content includes content generated by or in the presence of the specific user.

13. The method of claim 1 further comprising identifying the location of the specific user based on a location corresponding to the parameters received from the wireless portable identification key device by the reader device.

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising monitoring the location of the specific user.

6. A system for on-site content delivery and on-demand content access, the system comprising:

a digital media recorder (DMR) device;

a reader device coupled to the DMR device, the reader device receives parameters from a wireless portable identification key device upon verifying authorization of a user in possession of the key device to access the DMR device and loads the parameters to the DMR device, wherein the parameters define location-specific configurations to operate a plurality of recording devices by a specific user using the wireless portable identification key device, and the plurality of recording devices that receive the parameters are determined to be located at different locations;

a processor; and

a memory having executable instructions stored thereon that when executed by the processor cause the processor to;

record digital media content on the DMR device by combining media content received from the plurality of recording devices in conjunction with automated operation of ancillary equipment according to the parameters and a location of the specific user corresponding to one of the different locations, wherein the ancillary equipment includes one or more of the following;

lights, projectors and switching systems;

start and stop the recording of the digital media content based on the wireless portable identification key device entering or exiting a given location that is detectable by the reader device;

manage distribution of the digital media content to one or more remote devices;

automatically distribute the digital media content to the one or more remote devices; and

monitor consumption of the digital media content distributed to the one or remote devices.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein the processor is configured to receive polling requests from the one or more remote devices to refresh the distributed digital media content.

8. The system of claim 6 wherein the portable identification key device includes predefined instructions to create, tag, and distribute the digital media content.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the processor manages distribution of the digital media content to the one or more remote devices based on a configuration associated with the wireless portable identification key device.

10. The system of claim 6 wherein the processor automatically distributes the digital media content to the one or more remote devices based on a configuration associated with the wireless portable identification key device.

12. The system of claim 6 wherein the digital media content includes content generated by or in the presence of the specific user.

15. The system of claim 6 wherein the processor identifies the location of the specific user based on a location corresponding to the parameters received from the wireless portable identification key device by the reader device.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the processor monitors the location of the specific user.