COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NOTIFYING USERS UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF AN EVENT

• US 20140176796A1
• Filed: 12/26/2013
• Published: 06/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gula Consulting Limited Liability Company (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Xi Processing LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Kalajan, Kevin E.
• Granted Patent: US 9,173,009 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/552
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• 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 21/4786 e-mailing message switching systems, e.g. electronic mail systems H04L51/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4882 for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6175 involving transmission via Internet broadcast-related systems characterised by the transmission system being the Internet H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64784 Data processing by the network data processing in packet switching systems H04L12/56; flow control in packet networks H04L47/10; intermediate storage or scheduling H04L49/90; provisioning of proxy services in data packet switching networks H04L67/56
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/80 Generation or processing of content or additional data by content creator independently of the distribution process; Content per se arrangements for generating broadcast information H04H60/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/44 Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards H04N5/14 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

A computer-implemented system and method for notifying users on the occurrence of an event is disclosed. An embodiment further includes notifying selected users upon the occurrence of particular events in sessions using a variety of notification methods.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

capturing, by a camera-enabled device, images according to a defined frequency; and

in response to determining that the capturing is complete,

configuring, by the camera-enabled device, a data block with information related to the images, and

initiating, by the camera-enabled device, sending the images with the data block to a server device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising adding time stamp data to respective images of the images.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuring comprises adding an identifier of the camera-enabled device to the data block.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the initiating comprises initiating the sending of the images to a portion of memory of the server device allocated to the camera-enabled device in accordance with a subscription.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, by the camera-enabled device, animation data from the server device, wherein the animation data comprises the images formatted according to a video format.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

initiating, by the camera-enabled device, sending a request to the server device for provision of an image uploading service;

receiving, by the camera-enabled device, qualification software from the server device; and

executing, by the camera-enabled device, the qualification software to determine whether the camera-enabled device is capable of performing the capturing, the configuring, and the initiating the sending of the images.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising, in response to the camera-enabled device being determined to be capable of performing the capturing, the configuring, and the initiating the sending of the images,

initiating, by the camera-enabled device, a download of service software from the server device that enables the camera-enabled device to perform the capturing, the configuring, and the initiating the sending of the images.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising initiating, by the camera-enabled device, sending guest information to the server device identifying an entity to be allowed access to the images on the server device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the images are a first set of images, and the method further comprises, in response to of the first set of images being determined to have been completed, enabling, by the camera-enabled device, capture of a second set of images by the camera-enabled mobile device.

10. A device, comprising:

an image capture component configured to capture a set of images according to a defined period; and

a network interface component configured to, in response to a determination that the set of images have been captured,

generate a data block based on information relating to the set of images, and

send the plurality of images with the data block to a network device.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the set of images is a first set of images, and the image capture component is further configured to, in response to another determination that the set of images have been uploaded to the network device, enable capture of a second set of images.

12. The device of claim 10, wherein the data block comprises identification data for the device.

13. The device of claim 10, wherein the server interface component is further configured to download video data representing a video from the network device, wherein the video data comprises the set of images processed by the network device to yield the video data.

14. The device of claim 13, further comprising a control interface component configured to receive editing input that configures an attribute of the video.

15. The device of claim 10, wherein the network interface component is further configured to receive qualification software from the network device in response to a request for an upload service, wherein the qualification software is configured to confirm a capability of the device to perform image capturing and image uploading.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the server interface component is further configured to obtain service software from the network device in response to the qualification software confirming that the device is capable of performing the image capturing and the image uploading, wherein the service software enables the device to generate the data block and send the set of images with the data block to the network device.

17. The device of claim 10, further comprising a preference component configured to receive input specifying an identity of an entity to be granted access to the set of images on the network device.

18. A computer-readable storage device having stored thereon instructions that, in response to execution, cause an apparatus comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:

recording a plurality of images periodically at a defined frequency; and

in response to a determination that the recording has been completed,

configuring a data block based on information relating to the plurality of images, and

sending the plurality of images with the data block to a server device.

19. The computer-readable storage device of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise:

sending request data to the server device requesting an image upload service; and

receiving, from the server device in response to the request data, a qualification application configured to determine whether the apparatus is capable of performing the recording and the sending of the plurality of images.

20. The computer-readable storage device of claim 19, wherein the operations further comprise, in response to the qualification application determining that the apparatus is capable of performing the recording and the sending of the plurality of images, sending second request data to the server device requesting upload service software that enables the apparatus to perform the recording and the sending of the plurality of images.