System and Methods for Transmitting and Distributing Media Content

• US 20100083303A1
• Filed: 09/26/2009
• Published: 04/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Janos Redei, Xiaohan Wang
• Original Assignee: Janos Redei, Xiaohan Wang
• Inventors: Redei, Janos, Wang, Xiaohan
• Granted Patent: US 9,191,625 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2223 being a public access point, e.g. for downloading to or uploading from clients arrangements specially adapted to plural spots in a confined site in broadcast systems H04H20/63
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25866 Management of end-user data customer care in data networks H04L41/5077
• 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 21/2743 Video hosting of uploaded data from client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

A technique for distributing high-quality, user-generated high definition (HD) video content on the web is presented. A system according to the technique may include a service provider including a user database, a catalog database, and a media library. The service provider may receive the HD video content from a user through a content submission method. A method according to the technique receives registration information for the HD video content to be shared and receives the HD video content from a user through a content submission method. The HD video content may then be further processed, such as transcoding to a streamable format using a massively parallel cloud computing platform.

Claims

1. A method for distributing media content on a network, the method comprising:

receiving description information related to the media content via a first submission method;

receiving the media content via a second submission method;

upon matching the description information with the media content, processing the media content, wherein the processed media content is configured to be distributed over the network.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising

performing quality assurance on the received media content.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first submission method allows the description information to be received via the network.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the second submission method allows the media content to be received via a postal service.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the second submission method allows the media content to be received via a self-service kiosk.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the second submission method allows the media content to be received via a direct network connection which cannot be accessed via the first submission method.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the second submission method bypasses the first submission method during the receiving of the media content.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the network exhibits a heterogeneous bandwidth constraint, wherein an upstream bandwidth is lower than a downstream bandwidth.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said processing of the media content further comprising:

transcoding the media content;

editing the media content; and

distributing the media content over the network.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is embodied in a machine-readable medium as a set of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method.

11. A method for distributing media content on a network, the method comprising:

receiving the media content via a media submission method;

processing the media content for distribution; and

distributing the processed content via the network, wherein the media submission method does not utilize the network in receiving the media content.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

monitoring the processing of the media content via the network.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

performing quality assurance analysis on the media content before the processing of the media content; and

upon a determination that the media content has a quality below a pre-determined threshold according to pre-specified criteria, restricting the distributing of the processed content.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the quality assurance is configured to enable detecting copyright infringement of the media content.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

inserting advertisement into the media content during the processing of the media content; and

presenting the processed media content via an immersive 3D interface.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

inserting advertisement into the media content during the distributing of the media content.

17. A system for distributing media content on a network, the system comprising:

a plurality of computer systems providing a content submission connection for uploading the media content; and

a processor coupled with each of the plurality of the computer systems to receive the media content, wherein the processor allows distribution of the processed content via the network that is separated from the content submission connection.

18. The system of claim 17, further comprising:

a distributed cloud computing platform coupled with the processor, wherein the distributed cloud computing platform performs post-processing tasks on the content.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the distributed cloud computing platform includes a plurality of GPUs that are capable of performing 3D processing on the media content.

20. The system of claim 17, further comprising:

an immersive 3D interface coupled with the processor, wherein the immersive 3D interface allows the media content to be presented, searched or shared via the network.