System and method for registering attendance of entities associated with content creation

• US 7,373,109 B2
• Filed: 11/04/2003
• Issued: 05/13/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2003
• Status: Expired

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Mononen, Jari, Pohja, Seppo
• Primary Examiner(s): TRAN, TUAN A
• Application Number:
  US10/701,158
• Publication Number:
  US 20050096084A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,652 Days
• Field of Search: 455/550.1, 4555561-5562, 455/557, 455 901- 903, 455 411- 412, 455418-420, 4554141-4144, 455/415, 4554561-4566, 455/457, 455/466, 455/552.1, 455/553.1, 340/572.1, 340/573.1, 340/539.1, 340/539.11, 340/13, 340/539.15, 340/686.1, 340/6, 707/E17.026, 348/231.99, 3482312-2316, 348/207.99, 348/207.1, 348 1401- 1404, 348/61
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4594 Address books, i.e. directories containing contact information about correspondents telephone directories in user terminals H04M1/27453
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0055 By radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals

Abstract

A system and method for registering or otherwise associating items with generated content. Identification of who and/or what is present in connection with the generation of content is determined. In one embodiment, images, video, audio, or other media/multimedia content is generated, and the items and/or people present and relevant to the creation of that content are determined. A record of those relevant items and/or people may then be associated with that created content, so that the content includes a record of who/what was there when the content was created.

Claims

1. A method for registering entities associated with the creation of content, comprising:

creating digital content via a mobile communications device capable of communicating via a wireless network;

obtaining identifiers via the mobile communications device, the identifiers corresponding to one or more entities associated with the creation of the digital content, wherein the one or more entities comprise one or more mobile terminals;

registering the identifiers of the one or more entities with the created content at the mobile communications device; and

transmitting the created digital content and a list of the obtained identifiers to communication addresses of the one or more entities registered with the created digital content.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising filtering the obtained identifiers to designate the identifiers of interest, and wherein registering the identifiers of the one or more entities with the created content comprises storing the identifiers of interest and associating the identifiers of interest with the created digital content.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising mapping the identifiers of interest to the communication addresses of users corresponding to the one or more entities registered with the created digital content.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising transmitting at least the created digital content to the communication addresses of the users corresponding to the one or more entities registered with the created digital content.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising comparing the obtained identifiers to a list of identifiers of interest to arrive at a resulting list of identifiers, and wherein registering the identifiers of the one or more entities with the created content comprises registering the resulting list of identifiers with the created content.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein registering the identifiers of the one or more entities with the created content comprises storing the obtained identifiers, and associating the stored identifiers with the created digital content.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein associating the stored identifiers with the created digital content comprises any one or more of including a reference to a list of the stored identifiers with the content, and including a reference to the created digital content with the list of the stored identifiers.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the reference to the list of the stored identifiers comprises one of a filename and an address of the list of stored identifiers.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the reference to the created digital content comprises one of a filename and an address of the created digital content as stored.

10. The method of claim 6, further comprising mapping the stored identifiers to the communication addresses of the one or more entities registered with the created content.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein registering the identifiers of the one or more entities with the created digital content comprises associating the identifiers with the created digital content, wherein associating the identifiers with the created digital content comprises providing an external data object including a reference to the created digital content and to the obtained identifiers.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein registering the identifiers of the one or more entities with the created digital content comprises associating the identifiers with the created digital content, wherein associating the identifiers with the created digital content comprises including the created digital content and the obtained identifiers in a common container.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the created digital content at the mobile communications device, and wherein obtaining identifiers comprises:

transmitting at least one wireless signal from the mobile communications device to the entities within a wireless transmission range of the mobile communications device and

receiving responsive wireless signals, including the identifiers, from the one or more entities within the wireless transmission range of the mobile communications device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the wireless signal comprises transmitted from the mobile communications device comprises one or more of a Radio Frequency (RF) activation signal, a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) activation signal, a Bluetooth query signal, and a WLAN query signal.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising transmitting the responsive wireless signals from any of a Radio Frequency (RF) transponder, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag, Bluetooth-equipped device, and WLAN-coupled device, from the one or more entities in response to the wireless signal transmitted from the mobile communications device.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining identifiers comprises obtaining the identifiers in response to at least one triggering event.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the triggering event comprises the creation of the digital content.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the triggering event comprises the occurrence of a time-related event.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising mapping the identifiers of interest to the communication addresses of users corresponding to the one or more entities registered with the created digital content, and transmitting at least the created digital content to the communication addresses of the users corresponding to the one or more entities registered with the created digital content.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein registering the identifiers of the one or more entities with the created content comprises deriving a user identification for each of the identifiers, and associating the derived user identifications with the created digital content.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining identifiers comprises obtaining identifiers corresponding to the one or more entities within a wireless communication proximity of the mobile communications device.

22. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining identifiers comprises obtaining a list of the entities at a geographic area associated with the mobile communications device.

23. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining identifiers comprises obtaining identifiers of the entities that are the subject of the created digital content.

24. A method for registering entities associated with the creation of content, comprising:

creating digital content at a terminal capable of communicating via a wireless network;

obtaining identifiers corresponding to one or more entities associated with the creation of the digital content, wherein the one or more entities comprise one or more mobile terminals, and wherein obtaining identifiers comprises the terminal requesting transmission of the identifiers from a network service to the terminal; and

registering the identifiers of the one or more entities with the created content at the terminal.

25. The method of claim 24, further comprising:

identifying, via the network service, the entities located within a geographic area to which the terminal is located;

creating, via the network service, a list of entities of interest by filtering out the identified entities that are not among a predetermined list of entities of interest; and

providing the list of entities of interest from the network service to the terminal for registration with the created content.

26. The method of claim 24, further comprising:

identifying, via the network service, the entities located within a geographic area to which the terminal is located; and

providing a list of the entities located within the geographic area from the network service to the terminal.

27. The method of claim 26, further comprising creating, via the terminal, a list of entities of interest by filtering out the entities of the list of entities that are not among a predetermined list of entities of interest, and wherein registering the identifiers with the created content comprises registering the list of entities of interest with the created content.

28. A method for registering entities associated with the creation of content, comprising:

creating digital content at a mobile device, wherein the mobile device comprises a communications terminal capable of communicating via a wireless network;

transmitting at least one query signal from the mobile device to one or more entities within a wireless transmission range of the mobile device, wherein the one or more entities comprise one or more mobile terminals;

receiving identifiers from the entities in response to the entities successfully receiving the query signal;

digitally associating the received identifiers with the digital content created at the mobile device; and

transmitting the created digital content and a list of the obtained identifiers to addresses of the one or more entities associated with the created digital content.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein the received identifiers comprise at least one of a user identification of devices operated by respective users, and an equipment identification of the devices operated by the respective users.

30. The method of claim 28, further comprising filtering the received identifiers to specify identifiers of interest among the received identifiers, and wherein digitally associating the received identifiers comprises digitally associating the identifiers of interest with the digital content created at the mobile device.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein filtering the received identifiers comprises comparing the received identifiers with a predetermined list of identifiers of interest, and eliminating the received identifiers that are not specified in the predetermined list of identifiers of interest.

32. The method of claim 28, wherein:

transmitting at least one query signal comprises wirelessly transmitting a Bluetooth query signal; and

receiving identifiers from the entities comprises wirelessly receiving Bluetooth identifiers from the entities successfully receiving the query signal.

33. The method of claim 28, wherein:

transmitting at least one query signal comprises wirelessly transmitting a wireless query signal via a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN); and

receiving identifiers from the entities comprises wirelessly receiving WLAN identifiers from the entities successfully receiving the query signal.

34. The method of claim 28, wherein:

transmitting at least one query signal comprises wirelessly transmitting an RF query signal; and

receiving identifiers from the entities comprises wirelessly receiving identifiers from transponders associated with the entities successfully receiving the query signal.

35. The method of claim 28, wherein transmitting at least one query signal comprises transmitting the at least one query signal via a wireless transmission medium, and wherein receiving identifiers from the entities comprises receiving the identifiers via the wireless transmission medium.

36. The method of claim 28, wherein creating digital content at a mobile device comprises creating any one or more of a digital image, digital video file, digital audio file, digital document, and digital multimedia file.

37. A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that are executable by a mobile communications device computing system capable of communicating via a wireless network, the instructions executable for registering entities associated with the creation of content by performing steps comprising:

creating and storing digital content via the mobile communications device;

initiating a collection of entity identifiers corresponding to one or more entities associated with creation of the digital content, wherein the one or more entities comprise one or more mobile terminals;

receiving the entity identifiers from the one or more entities;

registering the entity identifiers with the created content; and

transmitting the created digital content and a list of the obtained identifiers to the addresses of the one or more entities registered with the created digital content.

38. The computer-readable medium as in claim 37, wherein the instructions further perform steps comprising facilitating creation of the digital content at the mobile communications device.

39. The computer-readable medium as in claim 37, wherein the entities associated with creation of the digital content comprise the entities within a communication proximity of the mobile communications device.

40. The computer-readable medium as in claim 37, wherein the entities associated with creation of the digital content comprise the entities within a defined geographic area relative to the mobile communications device.

41. A mobile terminal comprising:

a wireless network interface capable of communicating via a wireless network;

a content generation module configured to create digital content;

a query signal generation module configured to transmit an attendance query signal;

an association module configured to receive identifiers from entities receiving the attendance query signal, wherein the one or more entities comprise one or more mobile terminals, and wherein the association module is configured to associate the received identifiers with the created digital content and transmit the created digital content and a list of the obtained identifiers to addresses of the one or more entities associated with the created digital content.

42. The mobile terminal as in claim 41, further comprising a filtering module configured to receive the identifiers from the entities receiving the attendance query signal and to identify a subset of the received identifiers that are designated in a list of entities of interest, wherein the association module is configured to associate the subset of received identifiers with the created digital content.

43. The mobile terminal as in claim 42, further comprising a mapping module configured to map the subset of received identifiers to the addresses associated with the entities of interest.

44. The mobile terminal as in claim 41, wherein the query signal generation module comprises any one or more of a Bluetooth module, WLAN interface module, and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader module.

45. A system for registering entities associated with the creation of content, comprising:

one or more mobile terminals capable of communicating via wireless networks, each of the terminals having means for communicating at least an identifier associated with the respective mobile terminal in response to a query signal;

a registration module comprising;

storage to store digital content that is created via at least one of the one or more mobile terminals;

a query signal generation module configured to transmit the query signal; and

an association module configured to receive the identifiers from the one or more mobile terminals that receive the query signal, and to associate at least the received identifiers with the created digital content and transmit the created digital content and a list of the obtained identifiers to addresses of the one or more mobile terminals registered with the created digital content.

46. The system as in claim 45, further comprising a content-generating mobile device comprising a content generation module configured to create the digital content, and wherein the content-generating mobile device comprises the registration module.

47. The system as in claim 45, further comprising a content-generating mobile device comprising a content generation module configured to create the digital content, and wherein the registration module is further configured to associate an identifier of the content-generating mobile device with the created digital content.

48. The system as in claim 45, wherein the content that is created and that involves the one or more mobile devices comprises content that is created involving users of the one or more mobile terminals.

49. A system for registering entities associated with the creation of content, comprising:

a network service coupled to a network;

one or more first mobile devices coupled to the network and each having an identifier associated therewith;

a second mobile device coupled to the network and having an identifier associated therewith, the second mobile device comprising;

means for generating and storing content created at the second mobile device, wherein the creation of the content implicates the first and second mobile devices;

means for transferring a request to the network service to obtain the identifiers of the first mobile devices;

means for receiving a list of the identifiers of the first mobile devices; and

a registration module configured to associate the received list of identifiers with the created content.