AD HOC COLLABORATION NETWORK FOR CAPTURING AUDIO/VIDEO DATA

• US 20140140675A1
• Filed: 11/16/2012
• Published: 05/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: de Sa, Marco, Shamma, David Ayman, Churchill, Elizabeth
• Granted Patent: US 9,294,787 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/223
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/21805 enabling multiple viewpoints, e.g. using a plurality of cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2187 Live feed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25841 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; arrangements for identifying locations of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/51; location of the user terminal in data switching networks H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• 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 21/2743 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 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4431 characterized by the use of Application Program Interface [API] libraries
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• 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 21/8549 Creating video summaries, e.g. movie trailer retrieval in video databases by using presentations in form of a video summary G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus

Abstract

Software authenticates a first user of a first mobile device and a second user of a second mobile device. Each of the mobile devices includes a video capturing device and each user agrees or has previously agreed to share video data captured by the user with other authenticated users. The software determines whether the first mobile device is located proximate to the second mobile device. Then the software receives video data captured by the second mobile device and transmits the video data to the first mobile device for display along with an annotation indicating the location of the second mobile device relative to the first mobile device, if the first mobile device is proximate to the second mobile device. The software receives an indication from the first mobile device that at least some of the video data is to be indexed in a profile associated with the first user.

Claims

1. A method, comprising operations of:

authenticating a first user of a first mobile device and a second user of a second mobile device, wherein each of the mobile devices includes a video capturing device and wherein each user agrees or has previously agreed to share video data captured by the user with other authenticated users;

determining whether the first mobile device is located proximate to the second mobile device;

receiving video data captured by the second mobile device and transmitting the video data to the first mobile device for display along with an annotation indicating a location of the second mobile device relative to a location of the first mobile device, if the first mobile device is proximate to the second mobile device; and

receiving an indication from the first mobile device that at least some of the video data is to be indexed in a profile associated with the first user, wherein each operation is performed approximately in real time and is executed by one or more processors.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising an operation of:

receiving a tag from the first user that identifies an event associated with the locations and storing the tag in the profile.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the video data and the annotation occurs in a view in a graphical user interface (GUI).

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the view includes controls that allow the users to communicate.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the view is an interface displayed by a web browser.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining operation includes ascertaining a location for the first mobile device and a location for the second mobile device using a hybrid positioning system.

7. The method claim 1, wherein the second mobile device includes an accelerometer that is used to determine a measure of video quality that is displayed on the first mobile device along with the video data and the annotation.

8. The method claim 1, wherein the second mobile device includes a compass that is used to determine data as to camera angle that is displayed on the first mobile device along with the video data and the annotation.

9. An apparatus that includes a computer-readable storage medium persistently storing a program, wherein the program, when executed, instructs a processor to perform the following operations performed approximately in real time:

authenticate a first user of a first mobile device and a second user of a second mobile device, wherein each of the mobile devices includes a video capturing device and wherein each user agrees or has previously agreed to share video data captured by the user with other authenticated users;

determine whether the first mobile device is located proximate to the second mobile device;

receive video data captured by the second mobile device and transmitting the video data to the first mobile device for display along with an annotation indicating a location of the second mobile device relative to a location of the first mobile device, if the first mobile device is proximate to the second mobile device; and

receive an indication from the first mobile device that at least some of the video data is to be indexed in a profile associated with the first user.

10. An apparatus as in claim 9, wherein further comprising an operation of:

receiving a tag from the first user that identifies an event associated with the locations and storing the tag in the profile.

11. An apparatus as in claim 9, wherein the displaying of the video data and the annotation occurs in a view in a graphical user interface (GUI).

12. An apparatus as in claim 11, wherein the view includes controls that allow the users to communicate.

13. An apparatus as in claim 11, wherein the view is an interface displayed by a web browser.

14. An apparatus as in claim 9, wherein the determining operation includes ascertaining a location for the first mobile device and a location for the second mobile device using a hybrid positioning system.

15. An apparatus as in claim 9, wherein the second mobile device includes an accelerometer that is used to determine a measure of video quality that is displayed on the first mobile device along with the video data and the annotation.

16. An apparatus as in claim 9, wherein the second mobile device includes a compass that is used to determine data as to camera angle that is displayed on the first mobile device along with the video data and the annotation.

17. An apparatus as in claim 9, wherein at least some of the video data is persistently stored on the first mobile device.

18. A method, comprising operations of:

determining whether a first mobile device is located proximate to a second mobile device using wireless technology, wherein each of the mobile devices includes a video capturing device and wherein a user of each mobile device agrees or has previously agreed to share video data captured by the mobile device with other users who agree to share video data captured by their mobile devices;

receiving and displaying, at the first mobile device, video data captured by the second mobile device, along with an annotation indicating the location of the second mobile device relative to the first mobile device, if the first mobile device is proximate to the second mobile device; and

persistently storing at least some of the video data on the first mobile device upon receipt of a command from the user of the first mobile device, wherein each operation is performed approximately in real time and is executed by one or more processors.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the displaying of the video data and the annotation occurs in a view in a graphical user interface (GUI).

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the determining operation includes ascertaining a location for the first mobile device and a location for the second mobile device using a hybrid positioning system.