Method for interactive real time sharing of multimedia data, server, and interactive real time communication network
AssigneeAlcatel Lucent
InventorsGérard Delegue, Emmanuel Marilly
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Abstract
A method of sharing multimedia data, comprising: a step of inserting multimedia data into a space administered by an author; a step of the author establishing a list of approved persons receiving a right of access to the multimedia data contained in the space administered by the author, those persons forming a virtual community; a step of authenticating a visitor requesting access to the space administered by the author; a step of informing the author of the identity of the authenticated visitor; a step of the author automatically launching an interactive real time communication session with the authenticated user.
Claims19
A method of sharing multimedia data, comprising:
- a step of inserting multimedia data into a virtual space administered by an author;
- a step of the author establishing a list of approved persons receiving a right of access to the multimedia data contained in the space administered by the author, those persons forming a virtual community;
- a step of authenticating a visitor requesting access to the virtual space administered by the author;
- a step of informing the author of the identity of the authenticated visitor;
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- a step of automatically launching an interactive real time communication session with the author and the authenticated visitor.
A server for sharing multimedia data comprising:
- a database containing multimedia data of an author and associated metadata, the database containing a list of approved persons receiving a right of access to the multimedia data, those persons forming a virtual community;
- means for authenticating a visitor requesting access to the multimedia data;
- means for informing the author of the identity of the authenticated visitor;
- and
- means for automatically launching an interactive real time communication session with the author and the authenticated visitor.
A network comprising:
- a terminal associated with an author;
- a terminal associated with a visitor;
- a gateway receiving a request from the terminal associated with the visitor to view multimedia belonging to the author;
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- a server including a database containing the multimedia and associated metadata, the database containing a list of approved persons receiving a right of access to the multimedia those persons forming a virtual community, means for authenticating the terminal associated with the visitor requesting access to the multimedia, means for informing the author of the identity of the authenticated visitor, and means for automatically launching an interactive real time communication session with the author and the authenticated visitor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.