Patent ID: 9544379
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for aggregating media, comprising: receiving requests to create events from a first plurality of users, in response to each request received from the first plurality of users to create an event, (a) creating an event, (b) associating a temporal window and geofence with each created event, and (c) adding the created event, and the temporal window and geofence associated with the event, to an event database; receiving instances of captured media from the first plurality of users, wherein each instance of captured media was captured on a mobile technology platform associated with one of the first plurality of users in response to at least one command input by that user; for each instance of captured media received from the first plurality of users, (a) ascertaining the associated user's attendance at an event in the event database by comparing the associated time and location at which the instance of captured media was captured with the temporal window and geofence associated with the event, and (b) associating the instance of captured media with the event if, and only if, the instance of captured media was captured while the associated user was attending the event; aggregating into a collection all of the captured media related to an event in the event database; and providing access to the collection to at least some of the first plurality of users.