FR3083658A1 - METHOD FOR SHARING GEO-LOCATED VIDEO SEQUENCES CONNECTED TO SITES WITH CATEGORY NAVIGATION - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a process for sharing video sequences known as “Stories” between connected equipment comprising processing operations for the publication of digital video sequences and processing operations for viewing the published digital video sequences, a) the processing operations for the publication of video sequences comprising : a step of capturing and broadcasting a VIDi video using a connected device equipped with a camera, a step of recording a digital metadata file MDi associated with said video file, comprising LOCi geolocation data of said connected equipment, and at least part of the data consisting of duration data of said video file, an identifier of the author of said capture, timestamp data of said capture, - a step of selecting the identifiers of a plurality of recipients or groups of recipients, - a step of broadcasting the video file associated with the said metadata file, b) the display processing on a connected equipment of the digital video sequences published.

Description

METHOD FOR SHARING GEO-LOCATED VIDEO SEQUENCES CONNECTED TO SITES WITH CATEGORY NAVIGATION

Field of the invention

The present invention relates generally to the field of social networks, and more particularly to systems and methods for generating video content based on dynamic relationships for members of a web-based social network.

Since social networking has become very popular, the information available to each member has become considerable. As a result, members can be inundated with information that does not interest members. In addition, members may be unable to find timely and effective information of interest to them, in real time, such as information about their community. There is therefore a need for systems and methods for generating dynamic content based on events and atmospheres, in places known or not to the user, in a given geographic area.

Recently, applications such as Snapchat (trade name) allow you to publish, for example from a cell phone, short video sequences ("stories") accessible by all contacts in relation to the author of the video sequence or even by the general public.

The user of the application takes a picture with the camera of his phone or his tablet, personalizes it via an interface offering filters, effects, drawings, and annotations by comments, and controls the publication with a list of recipients or on a social network, for example Instagram (trade name).

These video sequences remain online for 24 hours and can be viewed as many times as desired during this time interval. All new stories are displayed at the top of the list in certain applications.

State of the art

The international patent application WO2015192026A1 describing a computer implemented method consisting of receiving a message and geolocation data for a device sending the message is known in the prior art. It is determined whether the geolocation data corresponds to a geolocation barrier associated with an event. The message is sent to an event gallery associated with the event when the geolocation data correspond to the geolocation barrier associated with the event. The event gallery is provided in response to a request from a user.

US patent US7827208B2 relates to systems and methods for generating content based on a personalized dynamic relationship for members of a web-based social network. At least one action from one or more members of a web-based social network is associated with relationship data for the member (s) to produce consolidated data. One or more elements associated with the consolidated data are identified and used to aggregate the consolidated data. Other examples of methods include affinity weighting of aggregated consolidated data to generate content based on a personalized dynamic relationship for members of the web-based social network.

Disadvantages of the prior art

The solutions of the prior art do not allow automatic adaptation of the context of the user, in order to optimally select the content available in real time on his connected equipment, according to his position and the criteria of interest which he chose.

The solutions of the prior art offered by applications such as Snapchat (Trade name) or Instagram (Trade name) provide the possibility of broadcasting short video sequences of the Stories type, which generally correspond to stories centered on the user who publishes. The course of Instagram or Snapchat stories will bring the user to content without particular continuity: the user at home, the user having dinner, putting on make-up, walking, a businessman promoting his business, an event, a story from the day before or a few hours ago ...

Furthermore, the solutions of the prior art imperatively require the downloading of the contents to a server which then ensures the dissemination of the contents. A variant of the invention provides for the possibility of exchanging video sequences without going through a step of downloading to a server thanks to a decentralized storage and streaming infrastructure.

Solution provided by the invention

In order to remedy these drawbacks, the present invention relates, in its most general sense, to a process for sharing video sequences known as “Stories” between connected equipment comprising processing operations for the publication of digital video sequences and processing operations for viewing digital video sequences published

a) processing for the publication of video sequences comprising:

- a step of capturing and broadcasting a VIDi video using connected equipment provided with a camera,

a step of recording a digital metadata file MDi associated with said video file, comprising geolocation data LOCi of said connected equipment, and at least part of the data consisting of duration data of said video file, an identifier of the 'author of said capture, timestamp data of said capture,

a step of selecting the identifiers of a plurality of recipients or groups of recipients,

a step of broadcasting the video file associated with said metadata file,

b) the display processing on connected equipment of the digital video sequences comprising:

a step for configuring the reception criteria of the video sequences as a function of the correlation of the metadata associated with the parameters recorded on said connected equipment,

- reception on connected equipment of users corresponding to said identifiers of recipients or groups of recipients,

the display of the available videos at least in the form of a list ordered by date and time stamp of the digital video files with activation links of a multimedia player of the selected video file characterized in that said configuration step comprises the selection :

a) a geographic radius R and of reception limitation to video files the distance between the associated LOCi geolocation metadata and the position of said connected equipment item is less than said parameter R;

b) at least one CAT category and limitation of reception to video files whose associated CATi category metadata corresponds to the selected CAT category (ies) and in that said step of displaying the available videos also includes the display of icons associated with said selected video files on a cartographic representation, the position of the icons on said cartographic representation being calculated as a function of the geolocation metadata LOCi of each of the associated video files.

Advantageously, said step of recording a digital metadata file MDi associated with said video file, comprises the recording of at least one category indicator CATi

According to a variant, the method comprises a step of recording a library of geolocalized sites SIT, the step of recording geolocation data LOCi associating the geolocation data provided by the connected recording equipment with the SIT identifier of the nearest site, within a radius less than a threshold value, as well as CATSIT category data.

According to another variant, the method comprises:

a step of registering groups of users associated with an “influencer” broadcaster or groups of “follower” type users associated with a user and / or steps for notifying digital messages to users.

Preferably, said video broadcasting step can be carried out in continuous mode (“streaming”).

According to a particular variant, the metadata of at least part of the videos include part of the information comprising indications of the date on which the video was taken with precision to the minute, of the name of the establishment where it was taken , the name of the user who posted it, the number of views, the number of "likes", with or without inlay on the screen of a reduction coupon integrated into the video by the establishment or a coupon integrated by the influencer who posts the video.

According to another variant, the method comprises a step of selecting a perimeter or a geographical area and a category of ¹ influencers to transmit a request and receive a list of ¹ potential influencers associated with a means of selection by the user d 'one of said 1 ¹ influencers, said influencers being presented in the form of "stories".

According to yet another variant, it includes a step of selecting a perimeter or a geographical area and a category for transmitting a request and receiving a list of videos offering coupons.

According to yet another variant, it comprises a step of selecting a perimeter or a geographical area and a “meeting” category to transmit a request and receive a list of videos of users or group of users presenting themselves under form of a storie inside an establishment and inviting other users to join them for a loving or friendly purpose

Detailed description of an exemplary embodiment of

1'invention

The present invention will be better understood on reading the description which follows, referring to nonlimiting exemplary embodiments illustrated by the appended drawings where:

- Figure 1 shows a schematic view of the hardware architecture of the system according to the invention

The figure 2 represented a view of 1'écran display during the capture of the video The figure 3 represented a view of 1 screen display during display of the suggestions of establishment The figure 4 represented a view of 1'écran display for the selection of videos The figure 5 represented a view of 1'écran display during display d ' a video selected The figure 6 represented a view of 1 screen display viewing a card of geolocation The figure 7 represented a view of 1'écran display of the selection influencers The figure 8 represented a view of 1'écran display of the result of the research influencers The figure 9 represented a view of 1 screen display of function coupons of discount.

Context of the invention

The invention relates to the broadcasting of short video sequences called "stories", generally 5 to 20 seconds, constituting a new mode of expression on social networks. The invention relates to a method of producing and distributing such sequences according to new principles making it possible to reinforce the visibility and the frequentation of sites or places, to develop strategies of attractiveness and to provide new user experiences with respect to solutions. already implemented on tools such as Snapchat.

One of the essential features of the invention relates to the broadcasting in real time of the videos, directly at the time of capturing the sequence, and not the sending of previously recorded video sequences, in order to guarantee that the scenes broadcast correspond well to the atmosphere of the moment. These videos captured in real time are then immediately accessible or delayed by other users.

The invention relates to a technical solution enabling the development of uses centered on “stories” at the crossroads of a social network for video sharing and a recommendation platform in a community-oriented model. It is designed to ensure that the user will only find video content related to social activities, such as restaurants, bars, clubs, art exhibitions, events, meetings in real time etc. The design of the system which is the subject of the invention makes it impossible to publish a video without being inside an established place and therefore ensuring a link between the video, the place of capture of the video and the time of capturing this video to form a community-oriented video sharing network. This positioning uses GPS information from the user's equipment, and corresponds to the creation of a link between the user's position and the GPS positioning of one or more nearby establishments. No download can be made without the captured video file being geolocated. Each video posted by a user is immediately available to all users to give them real-time insight into everything that's going on around them.

The use is oriented to answer by video the main questions that a user asks before going somewhere: what is the frequentation of the site, what is the profile of the people present, what is the style of music, what is its volume, is there a DJ? Is there a particular event, an exclusive event or an exhibition around the location of the user ...

The invention thus provides a powerful tool for rapid mapping and real-time decision-making support for the inhabitants who want to find an event, an establishment, and / or an atmosphere, which best suits them at a given time and according to a given location in the form of a geolocalized social network which promotes 1 ¹ interaction between individuals and facilitates meetings according to the centers of interest related to the social life of the participants. The solution that is the subject of the invention also allows any user to become an influencer, to be promoted by the network, to be paid to create and support their community of followers.

According to a particular variant, the system which is the subject of the invention is based on blockchain (“blockchain” in English) and on its own cryptocurrency in order to reward its users for their participation in the community, by decentralizing its operating mode.

Hardware architecture

FIG. 1 represents a schematic view of the hardware architecture of the system according to the invention.

By web server (also called http server), we mean any type of server that allows the distribution of content

Web on the Internet or Intranet. As part of a computer network, a web server transmits documents (from a web page to a browser, for example) to a client.

The system comprises a Web server (1) constituted in a known manner by a computer on which the administration programs, the storage and the making available of Web contents are executed. Data from a website is stored on a defined web space. This web space is, so to speak, a hard drive on which web content is stored. This memory is linked to a Web server, so that online content is made available (such as a website).

The web server (1) is connected to a multimedia streaming server (2) which broadcasts video and audio content over the Internet to connected users. Video and audio content are the most common types of content transmitted via media streaming servers. The data is recorded in S3 baskets (“s3 buckets” from Amazon (trade names)) to store the streaming videos in a database (3), the icons (4) and the original videos (5).

User data is also saved in a database (6) administered by a DynamoDB service (trade name) (7).

Users access the service through an application loaded on connected equipment (8), for example a telephone or a tablet.

Creation of a short video "Story"

To create a new short video, the user opens the application, one of the functions of which takes orders for the camera, and orders the camera and takes the picture (Figure 2). Just before or at the end of its shooting, the system identifies the position of the user from the geolocation data available on the connected equipment (8). The application transmits the geolocation data to the server (1) and receives suggestions from establishments or sites whose georeferencing is close to the geolocation of the equipment (8) (FIG. 3). According to a variant, the “establishment” database is stored not locally but accessible in API mode from a third party or in a database separate from the dynamo database or archived in decentralized mode directly on peripherals

The user must imperatively link his video to an establishment by selecting one of the establishment or site appearing in the list transmitted by the server (1), or by adding a new site or establishment if the establishment in which he is located does is not offered to him.

The user can add a comment linked to the geotagged video.

The user can also add one or more categories; alternatively, the categories are added automatically.

The user then validates by activating the download button, which controls the transmission of the video sequence and the metadata associated with the server (s) (1).

Preferably, video broadcasting is carried out in continuous mode (“streaming” in English) as it is captured. The storage is temporary and does not appear directly in the form of a file on the equipment memory and is analyzed on the fly by the microprocessor of the connected equipment to transmit a video stream to the server or possibly to other connected equipment. .

The system increments the GPS position, establishment, user name and time information corresponding to the time stamp data in the metadata to the nearest minute, and optionally the categories, comments and privacy setting of the video, such as hiding the user name.

Each video has indications of date at which the video has been taken with a precision to the minute, by name of The establishment where she was taken, of name of

the user who posted it (or not), the number of views, the number of "likes", with or without inlay on the screen of a reduction coupon (coupons can be automatically integrated into the video by The establishment or by the influencer who posts the video).

Navigation step

The user activates the application corresponding to the invention, which displays a tactile zone (10) for selecting a distance and tactile zones (11) proposing categories.

According to a first possibility, the user selects a category and a distance and activates a search button which controls the transmission to the server of a data sequence containing the selected information as well as the time and the identifier of the user. The application hosted on the server (1) receives this data and creates a request including the radius, category and time and returns the videos associated with the category, whose georeferencing is included in the selected perimeter and sorted chronologically by order d ¹ arrival (the last video arrives first in the application for viewing).

According to a variant, the last video is displayed not only but by applying a filter which makes it possible to take into account other possible criteria modeled in an algorithm (center of interest, social category, etc. of the user).

The user views on his equipment (8) the videos of the selected category in the order of arrival; he can go from one video to another by tapping on his phone screen to the right of the screen or by swiping with his finger (figure 5), and return to the previous video by tapping on the left of his screen or by sliding his finger. Each video includes date indications and the site or establishment corresponding to the metadata associated with the video viewed (Figure 5).

According to another option, the user selects a video from a display of geolocated videos on a map (Figure 6).

In response to a request, the system returns the videos in the category, in the selected perimeter and sorted chronologically in order of ¹ arrived (the last video arrives first in the application for viewing). The application controls the display of a map (Figure 6) and the user can view bubbles positioned at the location where the videos were taken corresponding to the videos in the category and the selected distance with an overview of the video. He can click on a bubble and launch the video and then resume standard navigation or return to the map to navigate directly by geolocated bubble.

Search for influencers

The invention also makes it possible to propose a tool for bringing together establishments and influencers.

It allows an establishment to identify one or more influencers in real time according to geographic and availability criteria, by displaying a selection screen shown in Figure 7.

The user selects in the application a perimeter around him or a geographic area (Figure 8). He then selects a category of influencer (gourmet, artistic, outings, cultural / tourist guide ...) and optionally a minimum number of followers and / or a minimum score and / or a minimum number of services already performed then click on the search button and / or an amount / number of coupons used by end users. The user selects the influencer from a list of available influencers which corresponds to his needs. The system generates a request to the influencer containing the information of the proposed offer (location, financial offer, in-kind offer, desired passage time, content of the service (ephemeral video, video archived on the influencer’s account, number of videos, comment ...). The influencer can validate or not the influencer offer and the establishment and the influencer can rate each other.

Coupon management process

The system allows an establishment to generate geolocalized reduction coupons in real time, optionally limited in time and / or limited in number, possibly in flash sale which will be accessible directly from the video overlay, the user can then click on the coupon and will have a defined period to use it, the system must also allow an establishment to provide an influencer with the possibility of integrating the coupons into its own stories and ensuring the traceability of the use of the coupons.

For coupons managed by the establishment, the administrator of the establishment connects to the professional account of 1 ¹ application and fills in a digital form then and fills in the characteristic fields of the coupon: geographic radius,% reduction, period of validity , number of coupons, 1 purchased 1 offered, comment ... The establishment makes its video and links the coupon and optionally on the videos linked to the establishment and captured by other users.

The coupon appears each time the video is superimposed on the video (Figure 9). The user can click on the coupon and download it. The user goes to the establishment and the coupon is scanned by the establishment in the application using a Qrcode.

Alternatively, coupons are managed by an influencer.

The administrator of the establishment connects to the professional account of the application and fills in a form and fills in the characteristic fields of the coupon: geographic radius,% reduction, period of validity, number of coupons, 1 purchased 1 offered, comment...

The establishment uses the services of an influencer who comes to make a video and links the coupon to the influencer video (s) concerning the establishment. The coupon appears the same way each time the video of the influencer is overprinted. The user can click on the coupon and download it. The user goes to the establishment and the coupon is scanned by the establishment in the application using a Qrcode. The influencer is paid for each use of the coupon.

The system according to the invention makes it possible to carry out a search for coupons available in a given perimeter, according to one or more categories, characterized in that the coupons are presented and / or accessible, in the form and / or through stories. The user who performs a search, accesses a list of videos to which coupons 5 are superimposed on the videos, the user can click on the coupon to download it.

Claims (10)

claims 1 - Method for sharing video sequences known as “Stories” between connected devices comprising processing for the publication of digital video sequences and processing for viewing the published digital video sequences, a) processing for the publication of video sequences comprising: - a step of capturing and broadcasting a VIDi video using connected equipment provided with a camera, a step of recording a digital metadata file MDi associated with said video file, comprising geolocation data LOCi of said connected equipment, and at least part of the data consisting of duration data of said video file, an identifier of the 'author of said capture, timestamp data of said capture, a step of selecting the identifiers of a plurality of recipients or groups of recipients, a step of broadcasting the video file associated with said metadata file, b) the display processing on connected equipment of the digital video sequences comprising: a step for configuring the reception criteria of the video sequences as a function of the correlation of the metadata associated with the parameters recorded on said connected equipment, - reception on connected equipment of users corresponding to said identifiers of recipients or groups of recipients, the display of the videos available at least in the form of a list ordered by date and time stamp of the digital video files with activation links of a multimedia player of the selected video file characterized in that said configuration step comprises the selection : a) a geographic radius R and of reception limitation to video files whose distance between the associated LOCi geolocation metadata and the position of said connected equipment is less than or equal to said parameter R; b) at least one CAT category and limitation of reception to video files whose associated CATi category metadata corresponds to the selected CAT category (ies) and in that said step of displaying the available videos also includes the display of icons associated with said selected video files on a cartographic representation, the position of the icons on said cartographic representation being calculated as a function of the geolocation metadata LOCi of each of the associated video files. 2 - Method for sharing video sequences called “Stories” according to claim 1 characterized in that said step of recording a digital metadata file MDi associated with said video file, comprises recording at least one category indicator CATi 3 - Method for sharing video sequences called "Stories" according to claim 1 characterized in that it comprises a step of recording a library of SIT geolocalized sites, the step of recording LOCi geolocation data associating the geolocation data provided by the connected shooting equipment to the SIT identifier of the nearest site, within a radius less than a threshold value, as well as data from one or more categories (bar, restaurant for example) CATSIT . 4 - Method for sharing video sequences called "Stories" according to claim 1 characterized in that it comprises a step of recording groups of users associated with a broadcaster "influencer" or a broadcaster "user" (such as a friend). 5 - Method for sharing video sequences called "Stories" according to claim 1 characterized in that it comprises steps of notification of digital messages to users. 6 - Method for sharing video sequences called "Stories" according to claim 1 characterized in that said step of video broadcasting is carried out in continuous mode ("streaming"). 7 - Method for sharing video sequences called "Stories" according to claim 1 characterized in that the metadata of at least part of the videos include a part of the information including date indications on which the video was taken with precision per minute, the name of the establishment where it was taken, the name of the user who posted it, the number of views, the number of "likes", with or without inlay on the screen a reduction coupon integrated into the video by the establishment or a coupon integrated by the influencer who posts the video. 8 - Method for sharing video sequences called "Stories" according to claim 1 characterized in that it comprises a step of selecting a perimeter or a geographic area and a category of ¹ influencers to transmit a request and receive a list of ¹ potential influencers associated with a means of selection by the user of one of said influencers, said influencers being presented in the form of “stories”. 9 - Method for sharing video sequences called "Stories" according to claim 1 characterized in that it comprises a step of selecting a perimeter or a geographical area and a category to transmit a request and receive a list of videos offering coupons. 10. A method of sharing video sequences called "Stories" according to claim 1 characterized in that it comprises a step of selecting a perimeter or a geographic area and a category "meeting" to transmit a request and receive a list of videos of users or groups of users presenting themselves as a storie inside an establishment and inviting other users to join them for a romantic or friendly purpose