Patent ID: 8412772
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: detecting availability of a first user member mobile device to broadcast real-time streaming live media content generated by the first user member mobile device over a communication network; receiving a current location of the first user member mobile device; determining that the current location is a location of a newsworthy event; identifying, using at least one processor, a second user member mobile device via an association, specified in a social network, of the first user device with the second user member mobile device; determining an acceptance by the second user member mobile device to receive the real-time streaming live media content from the first user member mobile device; in response to the acceptance, initiating transmission of the real-time streaming live media content provided by the first user member mobile device over the communication network to the second user member mobile device; and based on the determination that the current location is a location of a newsworthy event, issuing host invitations to a plurality of user member mobile devices in proximity of the current location requesting indications of willingness to capture additional real-time streaming live media content from the current location.