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Description
A
real time streaming video capture, delivery, and alert system may capture a streaming
video of a live event and deliver it into a computer network as the live event is
being captured.
Technical Description
The
system may include a camera, a network interface, a source operator interface
configured to receive alerts, and a processing system. The system may issue an
alert when the live event is currently of interest.
A
streaming video search engine may allow prospective viewers to locate at least
one streaming video that is currently of interest from among several streaming
videos.
The engine may include a network interface configured to receive source
alerts from real time streaming video capture, delivery, and alert systems, a
memory system, a processing system, a searching system, and a viewer interface
Advantages
- Helps
end-users find live events on a network "as they happen."
- Enables news
events to quickly "bubble up" a ranking list.
- Provides the
human operator providing the alert with useful, real-time feedback.
- Provides end-users with the most real-time and up-to-date information
possible.
Applications
- Live video,
live webcasting, (e.g., concerts and bands, lectures and conferences,
social justice and activism, spontaneous events).
- News alerts,
events, and stories.
State of Development
Prototype
in research phase.
Rights Available
Worldwide,
exclusive and non-exclusive.
Patent Status
New Patent
filed.
Inventors
Michael
Naimark, Stephen DeBerry, Ignazio Moresco
Key Words
Live
video, news alerts, “propagation engine”, webcams, webcasting,
RSS, aggregator, syndication, disambiguation, blog, podcast |
