Method and apparatus for providing media mixing with reduced uploading

A method comprising:

• receiving device situation description data and content analysis data from each of a plurality of devices, the device situation description data and content analysis data received from each of the plurality of devices being descriptive of media data associated with a common event and recorded separately at respective ones of the plurality of devices;
• determining media segments defining one or more portions of the media data associated with the common event to be requested from selected ones of the plurality of devices based on the device situation description data and content analysis data;
• causing communication of a request for corresponding ones of the media segments to respective devices among the selected ones of the plurality of devices, wherein each of the selected ones of the plurality of devices are caused to upload the media segment in response to the communication;
• and
• causing generation of mixed content of the common event based on a composite construction of the media segments received from the selected ones of the plurality of devices.

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
• cause provision of device situation description data and content analysis data from a user terminal to a service platform, the device situation description data and content analysis data being descriptive of media data associated with an event for which content is separately recorded by other devices associated with the service platform;
• receive a request for one or more corresponding media segments from the service platform, the media segments defining one or more portions of the media data associated with the event determined to be requested by the service platform based on the device situation description data and content analysis data;
• and
• cause provision of the media segments requested to the service platform to enable mixing of the media segments at the service platform with other media segments from the other devices to create a composite construction of the event based on the media segments associated with the event, wherein the provision of the media segments is caused by the request.

A method comprising:

• causing provision of device situation description data and content analysis data from a user terminal to a service platform, the device situation description data and content analysis data being descriptive of media data associated with an event for which content is separately recorded by other devices associated with the service platform;
• receiving a request for one or more corresponding media segments from the service platform, the media segments defining one or more portions of the media data associated with the event determined to be requested by the service platform based on the device situation description data and content analysis data;
• and
• causing provision of the media segments requested to the service platform to enable mixing of the media segments at the service platform with other media segments from the other devices to create a composite construction of the event based on the media segments associated with the event, wherein the provision of the media segments is caused by the request.