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US 2011/0211534 A1Published application
Method and system of providing event content sharing by mobile communication devices
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsAlbert L. Schmidt, Stephen D. Morrison, Xi Zhang
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Abstract
An approach is disclosed for providing sharing of content relating to an event. Detection of a plurality of mobile communication devices within a predetermined location is performed. An event is identified corresponding to the predetermined location and a current time. The mobile communication devices are notified to enable exchange of content about the event. The content is received from one or more of the mobile communication devices, wherein the content is accessible by the mobile communication devices.
Claims14
A method comprising:
- generating positional information;
- transmitting the positional information over a wireless network to an event content sharing platform that is configured to detect a plurality of mobile communication devices within a predetermined location for identifying an event corresponding to the predetermined location and a current time;
- receiving notification from the event content sharing platform about the event;
- generating content relating to the event in response to the notification;
- and
- transmitting the content to the event content sharing platform.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a location module configured to generate positional information for transmission over a wireless network to an event content sharing platform that is configured to detect a plurality of mobile communication devices within a predetermined location for identifying an event corresponding to the predetermined location and a current time;
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- a processor configured to receive notification from the event content sharing platform about the event, and to generate content relating to the event in response to the notification, wherein the content is transmitted to the event content sharing platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.