A crowd-sourced broadcasting system and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018367820-A1
Application number	US-201516060917-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 8, 2015
Priority date	Dec 8, 2015
Publication date	Dec 20, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to a broadcasting system and method that allows incorporation of user-generated content such as user videos of a live event and user commentary (audio and/or video) about the live event. The live video and audio including the user-generated content can be streamed to users over the internet or via more traditional broadcasting methods such as over-the-air (OTA) broadcast, satellite, cable, etc.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method of streaming video of a live event, the method comprising:
receiving a plurality of videos from a plurality of devices located in a geographic region surrounding the live event; making available the plurality of videos over a network; receiving a selection selecting one or more of the plurality of videos; receiving a first commentary on the live event; and streaming video of the live event including the selected one or more videos and the first commentary.

2 . The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising:
receiving a request to contribute live video of the event; verifying that the contributed live video is associated with a location within the geographic region surrounding the live event; and in response to verifying that the contributed live video is associated with a location within the geographic region surrounding the live event, including the contributed live video in the streaming video.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a collection of user-generated content includes the plurality of videos and a plurality of commentaries including the first commentary, the method further comprising:
ranking each respective portion of the collection of user-generated content based on a popularity value associated with the respective portion; and selecting a portion of the user-generated content to stream based on the ranking.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein each respective portion of the user-generated content is associated with a respective user that submitted the respective portion, and the popularity value associated with the respective portion is determined based on a popularity value associated with the respective user.

5 . The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising:
compiling the streaming video based on user input at a remote device.

6 . The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising:
compiling the streaming video including pairing the selected one or more videos with audio from the first commentary.

7 . The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising:
compiling the streaming video including generating a new video including portions of a first video and a second video of the plurality of videos.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the portions of the first video and the second video are shown concurrently in the new video.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first commentary is received from a device outside the geographic region surrounding the live event.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first commentary includes only audio content.

11 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by an electronic device including one or more processors, cause the electronic device to perform a method of streaming video of a live event, the method comprising:
receiving a plurality of videos from a plurality of devices located in a geographic region surrounding the live event; making available the plurality of videos over a network; receiving a selection selecting one or more of the plurality of videos; receiving a first commentary on the live event; and streaming video of the live event including the selected one or more videos and the first commentary.

12 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , the method further comprising:
receiving a request to contribute live video of the event; verifying that the contributed live video is associated with a location within the geographic region surrounding the live event; and in response to verifying that the contributed live video is associated with a location within the geographic region surrounding the live event, including the contributed live video in the streaming video.

13 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein a collection of user-generated content includes the plurality of videos and a plurality of commentaries including the first commentary, the method further comprising:
ranking each respective portion of the collection of user-generated content based on a popularity value associated with the respective portion; and selecting a portion of the user-generated content to stream based on the ranking.

14 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein each respective portion of the user-generated content is associated with a respective user that submitted the respective portion, and the popularity value associated with the respective portion is determined based on a popularity value associated with the respective user.

15 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , the method further comprising:
compiling the streaming video based on user input at a remote device.

16 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , the method further comprising:
compiling the streaming video including pairing the selected one or more videos with audio from the first commentary.

17 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , the method further comprising:
compiling the streaming video including generating a new video including portions of a first video and a second video of the plurality of videos.

18 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the portions of the first video and the second video are shown concurrently in the new video.

19 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the first commentary is received from a device outside the geographic region surrounding the live event.

20 . An electronic device comprising:
one or more processors; and a memory; wherein the memory stores instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the electronic device to perform a method of streaming video of a live event, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of videos from a plurality of devices located in a geographic region surrounding the live event; making available the plurality of videos over a network; receiving a selection selecting one or more of the plurality of videos; receiving a first commentary on the live event; and streaming video of the live event including the selected one or more videos and the first commentary.

Assignees

• Faraday&Future Inc

Inventors

• Abulikemu Abulimiti

Classifications

• H04N21/2743

  Video hosting of uploaded data from client · CPC title

• H04N21/2187 Primary

  Live feed · CPC title

• H04N21/2665

  Gathering content from different sources, e.g. Internet and satellite · CPC title

• H04N21/218

  Source of audio or video content {, e.g. local disk arrays (details of retrieval in video databases G06F16/739)} · CPC title

• H04N21/4788

  communicating with other users, e.g. chatting {(arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104)} · CPC title