US 10,652,506 B2 · High quality multimedia transmission from a mobile device for live and on-demand viewing

Abstract

Techniques are provided for transmitting high quality multimedia data from a device for live and on-demand viewing. The device adjusts the quality of a single multimedia data stream based on one or more factors, such as the available bandwidth of a wireless link with a server, whether there are any “live” subscribers of the multimedia data stream, whether any “live” subscribers are interacting with the device, and a change in the privacy settings of the user of the device. Any data that was removed from the multimedia data stream before it was transmitted to a server is subsequently sent to the server. The server generates multiple versions of the multimedia data stream that vary in terms of quality. The server selects which version of the multimedia data stream to transmit to a subscriber of the multimedia data stream based on one or more criteria.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A device for streaming data, comprising:

hardware processing circuitry;
a hardware memory storing instructions that when executed cause the hardware processing circuitry to perform operations comprising:
capturing a first live video stream from an imaging sensor;
determining a transmission capacity of a communications channel between the device and a server;
removing portions of the first live video stream to generate a second live video stream having a size compatible with the determined transmission capacity;
transmitting the second live video stream to the server;
storing the removed portions of the first live video stream;
and
transmitting the stored removed portions of the first live video steam to the server when the determined transmission capacity of the communications channel is compatible with transmission of any remaining portion of the first live video stream and the stored removed portions of the first live video stream.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/019,337Filed 26 Jun 2018 · continuation

Priority

21 Nov 2007

Published

US 2018/0309960 A125 Oct 2018

Granted

12 May 2020

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

H04N 7/173
Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems: with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal
H04L 65/60
Network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communication: network streaming of media packets
H04L 67/04
Protocols: specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
H04N 21/2187
Source of audio or video content , e.g. local disk arrays: live feed

Family

Application60/989,711Us provisional application · filed 21 Nov 2007

Application60/989,716Us provisional application · filed 21 Nov 2007

Application61/082,457Us provisional application · filed 21 Jul 2008

Application61/106,131Us provisional application · filed 16 Oct 2008

Application61/106,133Us provisional application · filed 16 Oct 2008

Application12/276,171Parent of this continuation · filed 21 Nov 2008

Application14/524,925Parent of this continuation · filed 27 Oct 2014

Application15/209,589Parent of this continuation · filed 13 Jul 2016

US 2018/0309960 A1Pre-grant publication · published 25 Oct 2018

US 10,027,927 B2Parent of this continuation

US 9,420,232 B2Parent of this continuation

US 8,875,208 B1Parent of this continuation

US 2015/0089555 A1Published application

US 2016/0323547 A1Published application

US 10,652,506 B2This patent

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High quality multimedia transmission from a mobile device for live and on-demand viewing

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High quality multimedia transmission from a mobile device for live and on-demand viewing

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