SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIDEO STREAMING TO A GEOGRAPHICALLY LIMITED SUBSCRIBER SET

摘要

A video distribution technique permits individual subscribers to pay a nominal fee to follow celebrities and receive videos directly therefrom. An individual may qualify as a broadcaster by having a sufficient fan base as measured by the number of followers in existing social media services. The broadcaster uploads video to a central processing service where it may be transcoded to a convenient communication protocol for distribution. In addition, a warning message is sent to all subscribers of a particular broadcaster to indicate the impending arrival of an incoming video from the broadcaster. In one embodiment, the broadcaster can limit distribution of the video based on a geographic restriction. The broadcaster provides the restriction data and the system filters the subscriber list to include subscribers that meet the geographic requirements, such as residence in a particular area or current presence within a certain area. Messages sent only the targeted subscribers.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
generating a message using a broadcaster communication device; uploading the generated message to a server using a wide-area computer network; the server retrieving a subscriber list associated with the broadcaster, the subscriber list including geographic data related to each of a plurality of subscribers on the subscriber list; the server applying a geographic filter function to the subscriber list to generate a geographically filtered subscriber list; and distributing the message uploaded by the broadcaster only to subscribers on the geographically filtered subscriber list.