Event media file discovery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9836477-B2
Application number	US-201313919178-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 17, 2013
Priority date	Sep 27, 2011
Publication date	Dec 5, 2017
Grant date	Dec 5, 2017

Abstract

A computer implemented method and computer program product provides for announcing file availability. A source device receives a uniform resource locator (URL). The source device reports the URL, the URL corresponding to an event and to a network addressable server.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer implemented method to announce file availability, the computer implemented method comprising a receive protocol:
receiving, at a source device, an event conclusion time later than the current time, wherein the event conclusion time is input by receiving from a user an input for an event;
receiving, at the source device, a user input Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to store a media file;
uploading, from the source device, the media file to a server that hosts the URL;
storing, by the source device, the user input URL to a configuration file;
transmitting, by the source device, a Service Set IDentifier (SSID) comprising a preset identifier, wherein the preset identifier is unused in ubiquitous protocols that are not the receive protocol;
determining that a local wireless request for the URL is received from a client device based on signal strength received at the client device being above a preset level, and in response, transmitting the URL; and
determining whether the event is concluded, based on the event conclusion time; and

in response to a determination that the event is concluded, terminating the transmitting of the SSID and the transmitting of the preset identifier, whereby terminating the preset identifier reduces clutter in a radio environment.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the URL further comprises transmitting a geographic description of the event.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the media file is a video encoded file.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising recording the media file.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising recording a photo as the media file.

6. A computer program product to announce file availability within a receive protocol, the computer program product comprising: a computer readable storage device having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
computer readable program code to receive, at a source device, an event conclusion time later than the current time, wherein the event conclusion time is input by a user inputting an input for an event;
computer readable program code to receive, at the source device, a user input Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to store a media file;
computer readable program code to store, by the source device, the user input URL to a configuration file;
computer readable program code to transmit, by the source device, a Service Set IDentifier (SSID) comprising a preset identifier, wherein the preset identifier is unused in ubiquitous protocols that are not the receive protocol;
computer readable program code to iteratively determine, by the source device, if a request for the URL is made by:
computer readable program code to determine that a local wireless request for the URL is received from a client device based on signal strength received at the client device being above a preset level, and in response, transmitting the URL; and
computer readable program code to determine whether the event is concluded, based on the event conclusion time; and

computer readable program code to terminate the transmitting of the SSID and the transmitting of the preset identifier, whereby terminating the preset identifier reduces clutter in a radio environment, in response to a determination that the event is concluded.

7. The computer program product of claim 6 , wherein computer readable program code to transmit the URL further comprises computer readable program code to transmit a geographic description of the event.

8. The computer program product of claim 6 , wherein the media file is a video encoded file.

9. The computer program product of claim 6 , further comprising computer readable program code to record the media file.

10. The computer program product of claim 6 , further comprising computer readable program code to record a photo as the media file.

11. A data processing system comprising:
a bus;
a storage device connected to the bus, wherein computer usable code is located in the storage device;
a communication unit connected to the bus; and
a processor connected to the bus, wherein the processor is configured to execute computer usable code for announcing file availability within a receive protocol, the computer usable code, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to execute the steps:
receive, at a source device, an event conclusion time later than the current time, wherein the event conclusion time is input by a user inputting an input for an event;
receive, at the source device, a user input Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to store a media file;
store, by the source device, the user input URL to a configuration file;
transmit, by the source device, a Service Set IDentifier (SSID) comprising a preset identifier, wherein the preset identifier is unused in ubiquitous protocols that are not the receive protocol;
determining that a local wireless request for the URL is received from a client device based on signal strength received at the client device, and in response, transmitting the URL; and
determining whether the event is concluded, based on the event conclusion time; and to terminate the transmitting of the SSID and the transmitting of the preset identifier, whereby terminating the preset identifier reduces clutter in a radio environment, in response to a determination that the event is concluded.

12. The data processing system of claim 11 , wherein in executing computer usable code to transmit the URL the computer usable code, when executed by the processor, further executes the step to transmit a geographic description of the event.

13. The data processing system of claim 11 , wherein the media file is a video encoded file.

14. The data processing system of claim 12 , wherein the computer usable code, when executed by the processor, further records the media file.

15. The data processing system of claim 12 , wherein the computer usable code, when executed by the processor, further records a photo as the media file.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Bockus Jr Gordon W
• Bockus Mike A
• Brewer Derek R
• Wilhelm Robert D

Classifications

• H04L67/18

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F17/30194 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04W4/00

  Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor · CPC title

• G06F17/30876

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04L67/26

  Electricity · mapped topic