Collaborative media capture and sharing system

摘要

A system that enables a group to collaborate to capture and share media for an event. An organizer defines the time and location of an event, which establishes a geofence around the event area. Each event participant uses a mobile application that coordinates communication and sharing. The participants' devices form a mesh network with peer-to-peer links, for example over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. Media, such as photos or videos, captured by a participant are shared over the mesh network. To accommodate low bandwidth peer-to-peer links, reduced-size media, such as thumbnails, may be shared. Participants may exchange messages and update peers on their locations. Locations may be determined using GPS, or by correlating camera images and 3D sensor data with a model of the event area. Media may be uploaded to a server and curated to form integrated media records of the event, such as a highlight reel or news feed.

主权项

1. A collaborative media capture and sharing system, comprising
an event organizer station, comprising an organizer application configured to execute on an electronic computing device used by an event organizer, wherein said organizer application is configured to
define a geographical area for an event;define a time range for said event;transmit a notification of said event to a plurality of event participants, wherein said notification of said event comprises said geographical area for said event and said time range for said event; a plurality of event participant stations, each comprising a participant application configured to execute on a mobile computing device used by an event participant of said plurality of event participants, wherein said participant application is configured to
obtain a location of said mobile computing device;receive said notification of said event from said organizer application;display said notification of said event;when said location of said mobile computing device is within said geographical area for said event, at a time that is within said time range for said event,
join a mesh network that connects participant applications associated with event participants that are within said geographic area for said event, wherein said mesh network uses peer-to-peer connections between nodes;capture one or more media records of said event;tag each media record of said one or more media records of said event with one or more descriptive tags comprising
a time at which said media record was captured;a location at which said media record was captured; andan identity of said event participant;store said each media record and said one or more descriptive tags on a memory associated with said mobile computing device;share a representation of said one or more media records and descriptive tags with one or more other event participants over said mesh network;display a representation of one or more media records and descriptive tags shared by said one or more other event participants.