Live Videocast to Social Network

摘要

In some implementations, a method includes receiving a selection of one or more users of a social networking service, the selection received via a social networking interface. A live visual data feed derived from a camera is received, where the received live visual data feed has a multiple frames and has a time interval between successive frames of the live visual data feed. A modified live visual data feed is sent over a network to be distributed using the social networking service to the selected users of the social networking service. The modified live feed includes frames derived from the frames of the received live visual data feed, and the modified feed provides a different time interval between its successive frames than the time interval between the frames of the received live feed.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving a selection of a plurality of users of a social networking service, the selection based on user input provided via a social networking interface; receiving a plurality of property settings via the social networking interface, wherein the plurality of property settings are associated with a received live visual data feed; receiving the received live visual data feed derived from a video camera, wherein the received live visual data feed includes a plurality of frames and has a time interval between successive frames; determining that the received live visual data feed should be modified based at least in part on settings provided by at least one of the selected plurality of users or at least one device associated with at least one of the selected plurality of users; determining a plurality of different modified visual feeds based on the received live visual data feed, wherein the modified visual feeds include a different time interval between their successive frames than the time interval between the successive frames of the received live visual data feed; and sending the different modified live visual data feeds over a network to respective social networking interfaces used by respective users of the selected plurality of users, wherein the sending of the different modified live visual data feeds is based at least in part on the property settings.