Patent ID: 7930420

Claim:
A real time streaming video capture and search engine system comprising: a plurality of real time streaming video capture systems, each including: a camera configured to generate streaming video of a live event; an operator interface configured to receive a source alert from an operator indicative of the operator believing that the live event is at a point of interest to prospective viewers; a source network interface configured to controllably deliver the streaming video into a computer network and the source alert; a processing system configured to cause the network interface to deliver the streaming video into the computer network while it is being generated by the camera and to deliver the source alert into the computer network when received from the operator; and a real time streaming video search engine, including: an engine network interface configured to receive the source alerts from the computer network; and a viewer interface configured to: receive viewer alerts from viewers of the streaming videos, each indicative of the viewer believing that the streaming video is at a point of interest to prospective viewers; rank the streaming videos based on the source alerts and the viewer alerts; and communicate information identifying the streaming videos and their ranking to each prospective viewer, including information which allows each prospective viewer to select one of the streaming videos for viewing.