Method and mechanism for implementing a real time media database

• US 9,788,027 B1
• Filed: 06/15/2012
• Issued: 10/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Enconcert Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Enconcert Incorporated
• Inventors: Vucurevich, Ted
• Primary Examiner(s): Flynn, Nathan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Trinh, Tung T
• Application Number:
  US13/524,365
• Time in Patent Office: 1,943 Days
• Field of Search: 725115, 709229
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/83 accessed over telephonic networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2187 Live feed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2385 Channel allocation H04N21/266 takes precedence; Bandwidth allocation H04N21/24 takes precedence ; allocation of channels according to the instantaneous demands of the users in time-division multiplex systems H04J3/1682; admission control, resource allocation in open networks H04L12/5692; arrangements for maintenance or administration in data switching networks involving bandwidth and capacity management H04L41/0896; negotiating bandwidth in wireless networks H04W28/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/632 using a connection between clients on a wide area network, e.g. setting up a peer-to-peer communication via Internet for retrieving video segments from the hard-disk of other client devices broadcast-related systems characterised by transmission among terminal devices H04H60/80; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104

Abstract

Disclosed is an improved approach for implementing a distributed media system, where ad hoc network connections may be created and optimized on a localized level. This efficiently allows for capture and distribution of media data, as well as the optimized allocation of bandwidth on the network in a distributed manner.

Claims

1. A method for implementing a multi-tier media system at an event location for an event, comprising:

identifying media at a device node;

identifying a server node that is to receive the media from the device node;

synchronizing the server node, the device node, and other device nodes to a common clock; and

wherein the device node at the event location locally controls a schedule to transfer the media, in real-time at the event, from the device node to the server node using a network connection using the common clock.

2. The method of claim 1 in which the media was captured and locally stored on the device node.

3. The method of claim 1 in which the schedule comprises a randomly generated delay period.

4. The method of claim 1 in which the local control over the schedule is optimized using feedback information.

5. The method of claim 4 in which the feedback information comprises information from the server node regarding data sent to the server node.

6. The method of claim 4 in which the feedback information comprises information at a network layer level regarding packet transmissions.

7. The method of claim 4 in which the optimizations of the local control over the schedule includes a modification to a delay period.

8. The method of claim 4 in which the optimizations of the local control over the schedule includes a selection of a network path.

9. The method of claim 1 in which the server node broadcasts information about the media to other device nodes.

10. The method of claim 9 in which the information that is broadcast to the other device nodes comprises metadata about the media.

11. The method of claim 10 in which a selection by the other device nodes of the media causes raw data corresponding to the media to be sent to the other device nodes that made the selection.

12. The method of claim 1 in which metadata for the media is sent to the server node from the device node while locally storing raw data for the media at the device node.

13. The method of claim 1 in which the server node comprises a local server that acts on behalf of a central server node.

14. The method of claim 13 in which the local server routes data to the central server node, hold the data at the local server node, or broadcasts the data to other device nodes.

15. The method of claim 1 in which the server node is a central server node.

16. A multi-tier media system at an event location for an event, comprising:

a device node which comprises a local storage for holding media captured at the device node;

a server node, in which the server node is to receive the media from the device node, and where the device node is synchronized to a common clock with the server node and other device nodes; and

wherein the device node at the event location is networked to the server node using a network connection that is locally controlled to schedule a transfer of the media, in real-time at the event, from the device node to the server node, where the common clock is used to locally control scheduling of the transfer of the media.

17. The system of claim 16 in which the media was captured and locally stored on the device node.

18. The system of claim 16 in which the schedule comprises a randomly generated delay period.

19. The system of claim 16 in which the local control over the schedule is optimized using feedback information.

20. The system of claim 19 in which the feedback information comprises information from the server node regarding data sent to the server node.