Selectively directing media feeds to a set of target user equipments

US9444564B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• QUALCOMM Incorporated · US

Inventors

• Samuel K. Sun · San Diego, US
• Anthony Pierre Stonefield · West Hollywood, US
• Richard W. Lankford · San Diego, US
• Mark Aaron Lindner · Superior, US
• Shane Richard Dewing · West Hollywood, US
• Daniel S. Abplanalp · Salem, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 10, 2012
• Grant date: Sep 13, 2016
• Expiry date: May 10, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W4/80
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In an embodiment, a given UE joins a local group communication session between a group of UEs, establishes itself as a director, obtains media feeds captured by media capturing UEs in the group of UEs and transmits a selected subset of the media feeds to a server for transmission to target UEs. In another embodiment, the server receives the media feeds itself and sends the media feeds to a director UE. The director UE indicates a selection of the subset of the media feeds to the server, and the server transmits the selected subset of media feeds to the target UEs. Accordingly, a local director UE can direct the subset to the target UEs by controlling which media feeds are sent to the server, or a remote director UE can direct the subset to the target UEs by controlling which media feeds the server sends to the target UEs.