US 10,433,020 B2 · Sharing mobile subscriber content in a publically viewable content distribution network

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system associating video content obtained from a first mobile device, with a video delivery channel of a television distribution service comprising a plurality of television channels to generate an updated video delivery channel that includes the video content. Equipment of a television receiver, when tuned to the video delivery channel, processes a television signal of the television distribution service to obtain the video content for presentation at a display device. A notification is initiated to a second mobile device, wherein the notification identifies an association of the video content and the video delivery channel, and wherein, responsive to the notification, equipment of a viewer accesses a message from the second mobile device indicating availability of the video content. Other embodiments are disclosed.

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Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

associating, by a processing system including a processor, mobile video content obtained from a first mobile device, with a television channel of a television distribution service comprising a plurality of television channels to generate an updated television channel that includes the mobile video content, wherein equipment of a television receiver, when tuned to the television channel, processes a television signal of the television distribution service to obtain the mobile video content for presentation at a display device;
and
providing, by the processing system, a notification to a second mobile device, wherein the notification identifies an association of the mobile video content and the television channel, and wherein, responsive to the notification, equipment of a viewer accesses a message from the second mobile device indicating availability of the mobile video content.

An apparatus comprising:

a memory to store executable instructions;
and
a processing system including a processor in communication with the memory, wherein the processing system, responsive to executing the instructions, facilitates performance of operations, the operations comprising:
associating video content obtained from a first mobile device with a television channel of a television distribution service comprising a plurality of television channels to generate an updated television channel that includes the video content, wherein the associating of the video content is based on a distribution request;
and
providing notification to a second mobile device, wherein the notification identifies an association of the video content and the television channel, and wherein, responsive to the notification, the second mobile device automatically answers a telephone call from the first mobile device indicating availability of the video content.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Sharing mobile subscriber content in a publically viewable content distribution network

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Sharing mobile subscriber content in a publically viewable content distribution network

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Abstract

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