WO2015026263A1 - Server for storing images and/or video files - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to the field of information storage, and more particularly to servers for storing images and/or video files, and can be used for the shared storage of images and/or video files relating to a specific event common to all of the users. A server is adapted to communicate with user client devices via an internetwork. The server comprises a database, an event setup module, wherein an event is set up by one of the users acting as the organizer of the event in question, a module for notifying event participants and a module for identifying participants from among client device users. The database has sections for housing images and/or video files relevant to each participant of an event that has been set up. Furthermore, each participant has their own section in the database which is adapted for the purposes of housing, editing and deleting images and/or video files. Each participant has viewing access to all of the sections of the database. The organizer of a given event has access for the purposes of viewing, correcting and deleting images and/or video files in any of the sections of the database.

Description

 SERVER FOR STORING IMAGES AND / OR VIDEO FILES

The technical field to which the invention relates.

 The invention relates to the field of information storage, and in particular to servers for storing images and / or video files containing a database and adapted for communication through an integrated network with client devices of users having means for capturing images and / or video files and a transmission module for these images and / or video files to a server containing a labeling unit and can be used for collective storage of images and / or video files related to a specific event, general I'm all users. The level of technology.

 The prior art servers for storing images and / or video files containing a database, and adapted for communication through an integrated network with client devices of users having a means of capturing images and / or video files and a module for transmitting these images and / or video files to a server containing block forming labels described on the Internet.

 The most common and well-known is the services of the Google site. It allows you to store photos in Picasa Web Albums. http://picasa.google.com/

 This system is the closest in technical essence and the achieved technical result to the proposed solution and is taken as a prototype of the invention.

Its disadvantage is the low ease of use, due to the fact that after it is impossible for the user to create a common event, to invite other users there using the server means. After attending a general event, users who received images and / or video files of scenes from this event using their personal image capture devices, such as cameras, having the desire to exchange images (photographs) and / or video files with each other, must either send image data repeatedly and / or video files on to upload their user devices on a single server, as in the case of the prototype, but then provide access to their files to all other participants in this event. The result is a set of separate databases with images and / or video files from this event, and in order for each user to view all images and / or video files, it is necessary to download a new database on his client device each time.

Disclosure of the invention.

 Based on this original observation, the present invention mainly aims to offer a server for storing images and / or video files, which allows at least to alleviate the above drawback, namely, to increase the usability of the server for storing images and / or video files due to providing access to all users at once to all images and / or video files of all users of the general event with the ability for users to edit their images and / or video fishing, and organizer of the event - editing capabilities of any image and / or video files in the server database.

 To achieve this goal, the server contains a module for the formation of events generated by one of the users who is the organizer of the event, having the name of the event, the date of the venue, the list of participants from users of client devices, connected to the notification module for the specified participants of the formed event and the module for identifying participants users of client devices, selecting from them only the organizer and participants of the formed event, connected to database.

Due to this advantageous characteristic, it becomes possible for one of the users to be able to form an event, assign parameters to it, for example, the name of the event, the date of the venue, the venue, invite any users to this event, sending them invitations to their client devices using the notification module for the specified participants of the formed events, and further identify all invited users, providing them access to the server for storing images and / or video. The database has sections for placing images and / or video files of each participant in the formed event, connected to the identification module of the participants in the formed event, each participant having his own section in the database adapted for placing, editing and deleting images and / or video files.

 Thanks to this advantageous feature, it is possible for each user who is invited to upload to the event to upload, edit and delete images and / or video files from the mentioned event to the server, and for this each user has a dedicated section in the common database.

 All images and / or video files in the database have labels - date, time of shooting, location of the shooting location, image name and / or video file.

 Due to this advantageous characteristic, it becomes possible to perform convenient search, sorting of images and / or video files by time, by name and by other parameters.

 The participant identification module is adapted for access of participants to view all sections of the database.

 Thanks to this advantageous feature, it becomes possible for any participant in the event to view all the images and / or video files that are in the server database for storing images and / or video files.

 The participant identification module is adapted for viewing, adjusting and deleting images and / or video files in any sections of the database by the organizer of this event.

 Thanks to this advantageous feature, it becomes possible that the organizer of this event has the ability to edit and delete any image and / or video file from the mentioned event, located in any section of the server database.

 There is an embodiment of the invention, in which the server further comprises a module for sorting images and / or video files by tags, connected to a database and adapted for communication through an integrated network with client devices of users.

Thanks to this advantageous feature, it becomes possible for users to sort the viewed images by tags: date, name, location and more. That is, you can easily switch the viewing mode of images and / or video files in chronological order to, for example, alphabetical mode.

 There is an embodiment of the invention in which the server further comprises a module for extracting on one of the database an image of the face of a particular event participant and retrieving the remaining images from the database, on which there is a distinguished person connected to the database and adapted for communication through an integrated network with user client devices .

 Thanks to this advantageous feature, it becomes possible for users to sort the viewed images by specific persons present at the specified event. For example, select from the database only those images that have a randomly selected user. Or two randomly selected together. This additionally provides opportunities for conducting sociological research, studying the behavior of participants in small groups and more.

 There is an embodiment of the invention, in which the server further comprises a module for commenting on images and / or video files connected to a database and adapted for communication through an integrated network with client devices of users.

 Thanks to this advantageous feature, it becomes possible for users to comment on any images and / or video files located in the database.

 There is an embodiment of the invention, in which the server further comprises a geolocation module connected to a database, which is adapted to read exact coordinates from client devices of users having GPS-type positioning blocks, which creates geolocation marks on the images and / or video files of the participants of the formed event, placed in the database.

Due to this advantageous characteristic, it becomes possible to assign additional marks to images and / or video files that relate to the exact coordinates of the shooting location, which is especially important when conducting large-scale events with a wide radius of action, for example, City Day. Then it becomes possible to select images and / or video files for specific coordinates, for example, for metro stations. There is an embodiment of the invention in which the server further comprises a module for displaying on an electronic map images and / or video files of participants in the generated event, located in a database having geolocation tags connected to the database.

 Due to this advantageous characteristic, it becomes possible to provide all participants of the formed event with access to a common electronic map on which images and / or video files of the participants of the formed event are displayed. Then the participants of the formed event, having downloaded an electronic map from the server, can select and view images and / or video files.

 The set of essential features of the invention is unknown from the prior art for devices of similar purpose, which allows us to conclude that the criterion of "novelty" for the invention. A brief description of the drawings.

 Other distinguishing features and advantages of the invention clearly follow from the description below for illustration and not being restrictive, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

 - figure 1 schematically depicts a functional diagram of a server for storing images and / or video files in the embodiment when it is connected to the mobile client devices of users through an integrated network, according to the invention.

 - figure 2 depicts the sequence of steps of the server for storing images and / or video files, according to the invention.

 According to figure 1, the server 1 for storing images and / or video files contains a database 2, adapted for communication through an integrated network 3 with client devices 4 users having means 5 for capturing images and / or video files and a module 6 for transmitting these images and / or video files to a server containing a block 7 forming labels. As a label assignment unit, we mean standard assignment of images with serial numbers, dates, and other technical parameters.

Server 1 contains a module 8 for the formation of events generated by one of the users who are the organizers of this event, having the name of the event, date, location, a list of participants from users of client devices connected to module 9 for notifying the indicated participants of the formed event and module 10 for identifying participants from users of client devices that select only the organizer and participants of the formed event connected to the database 2 from them.

 Database 2 has sections 22 for placing images and / or video files of each participant in the formed event, connected to the module 10 for identifying participants in the formed event.

 At the same time, each participant has his own section in database 2, adapted for placing, editing and deleting images and / or video files.

 All images and / or video files in database 2 have labels - date, time of shooting, coordinates of the place of shooting, name of the image and / or video files.

 The participant identification module 10 is adapted for access of participants to view all sections of the database.

 The module 10 for identifying participants is adapted to view, adjust and delete images and / or video files in any sections of database 2 by the organizer of this event

 The server for storing images and / or video files further comprises a module 1 1 for sorting images and / or video files by tags, connected to a database 2 and adapted for communication through an integrated network 3 with client devices of users 4.

 The server for storing images and / or video files further comprises a module 12 for extracting on one of the database 2 the image of the face of a particular participant in the event and retrieving the remaining images from the database, on which there is a distinguished person connected to database 2 and adapted for communication through a unified network 3 with client devices of users 4.

 The server for storing images and / or video files further comprises a module 13 for commenting on images and / or video files, connected to the database 2 and adapted for communication through an integrated network 3 with client devices of users 4.

The server further comprises a geolocation module 14 connected to a database, which is adapted to read the exact coordinates from client devices of users having GPS-type location blocks that creates geolocation tags for images and / or video files of participants of the formed event, placed in the database,

 The server further comprises a module 15 for displaying on an electronic map the images and / or video files of the participants in the generated event located in the database 2 having geolocation tags connected to the database 2.

 Unified network 3, as well as all connections between all modules and blocks, include various topologies, configurations, and layouts of components of the interconnect, configured to interconnect corporate, global, and local area networks, and includes, without limitation, traditional wired , wireless, cellular, Wi-Fi, Wi-Max networks, mobile and stationary Internet, satellite, optical and equivalent network technologies.

 As client devices 4 can be used "smart" cell phones, (in English - a smartphone), tablet computers, as well as their various layouts and configurations that are connected to the network, such as an integrated network and allowing interaction with application programs.

The implementation of the invention.

 The server for storing images and / or video files works as follows. (See FIG. 2).

 Stage A1. One of the users who is the organizer of a certain event, for example, a corporate holiday at the enterprise, creates this event by means of the event generation module located on the server, for which it assigns the following parameters to it in the database located on the server:

 - name of the event,

 - date of carrying out,

 - location,

 - list of participants.

Stage A2. The same user, who is the organizer of this event, notifies other users who have client devices, by means of the notification module of the specified participants of the formed event available on the server. That is, all client devices of users, for example, cell phones, receive messages about an upcoming event with an invitation to participate in it and with the parameters of the specified event. Time, place, and other parameters, for example, a dress code.

 Stage A3. Users attend this event, and on their client devices 4, which have a means of capturing 5 images and / or video files, for example, the ability to take pictures on the phone, take photos and video of this event.

 Stage A4. Since the server is connected through a connected network 3 with the client devices of 4 users, and those, in turn, have a module 6 for transferring the specified images and / or video files to server 1, all participants of the event, having passed identification using the identification module of 10 participants from users of client devices, selecting from them only the organizer and participants of the formed event, and connected to database 2, can upload their images and / or video files to the database. At the same time, each participant in the event has his own personal section 22 in database 2, adapted for placing, editing and deleting images and / or video files. It is essential that the database remains the same anyway.

 Stage A5. If necessary, each participant in the event has the ability to edit and delete images and / or video files that he posted on server 1 in his personal section 22 in database 2.

 Stage A6. If necessary, the organizer of this event has the ability to edit and delete any images and / or video files that any user has placed on server 1 in database 2.

 Stage A7. Any user can view all images and / or video files that any user has placed on server1 in database 2. At the same time, he can optionally sort all images and / or video files by tags.

Stage A8. Any user can sort the viewed images by specific persons present at the specified event. For example, select from database 2 only those images that have a randomly selected user. Or two randomly selected together.

 Stage A9. Any user can comment on all images and / or video files that any user has placed on server1 in database 2. That is, leave text messages signed with his identification name on the server and the date and time of the comment.

 The sequence of steps is approximate and allows you to rearrange, add or perform some operations at the same time without losing the ability to provide all the server functions for storing images and / or video files.

Industrial applicability.

 In accordance with the proposed invention, the applicant made a prototype server for storing images and / or video files, which was made on the basis of a personal computer with a permanent connection to the Internet. Due to the fact that the server had a permanent connection to the Internet, it was adapted to connect to client devices of users 4 having means 5 for capturing images and / or video files and a module for transferring said images and / or video files to the server.

 As such client devices, “smartphone” -type cell phones were used, having a camera for capturing images, video filming and which are adapted to transfer files via the Internet.

 The pilot operation of the server for storing images and / or video files showed that it allows you to:

 - any user to organize events, while this user becomes the organizer of this event;

 - to the event organizer to assign the name of the event, the date of the venue, the venue, the list of participants from users of client devices and other parameters;

 - the event organizer to notify the indicated participants of the formed event;

- the server has means of identifying participants from users of client devices, and allows you to select from them only the organizer and participants of the formed event; - any participant of the formed event may place any images and / or video files related to the formed event in the database section provided for him;

 - each participant can not only post, but also edit and delete images and / or video files that he posted on the server;

 - all images in the database can have labels - date, time of shooting, coordinates of the place of shooting, name of the image and / or video file and allow all users to sort images and / or video files in different ways;

 - the organizer of this event has the ability to view, adjust and delete images and / or video files in any sections of the database;

 - each participant can select on one of the images in the database the faces of a particular participant in the event and select the remaining images from the database on which the selected person is present;

 each participant can comment on images and / or video files located in the database;

 each participant can assign additional marks to images and / or video files that relate to the exact coordinates of the shooting location, which is especially important when conducting large-scale events with a wide radius of action, for example, City Day;

 - each participant can select images and / or video files for specific coordinates, for example, for metro stations.

 - each participant has access to a common electronic map on which images and / or video files of participants of the formed event are displayed;

 - all participants of the formed event, having downloaded an electronic map from the server, can select and view images and / or video files.

All this ultimately ensures the achievement of the technical result achieved - improving the usability of the server for storing images and / or video files by providing access to all users at once to all images and / or video files of all users of the general event with the ability to edit users of their images and / or video files, and the organizer of this event is the ability to edit any image and / or video files in the server database.

Claims

CLAIM  1. A server for storing images and / or video files, containing a database, and adapted for communication through an integrated network with client devices of users having means for capturing images and / or video files and a module for transferring said images and / or video files to a server containing a generating unit labels, characterized in that the server contains a module for the formation of events generated by one of the users who are the organizers of this event, having the name of the event, date p information, venue, list of participants from users of client devices, connected to the notification module of the indicated participants of the formed event and the module of identification of participants from users of client devices, selecting from them only the organizer and participants of the formed event, connected to the database, and the fact that the database has sections for placing images and / or video files of each participant of the formed event, connected to the identification module of participants of the formations this event, with each participant having his own section in the database, adapted for placing, editing and deleting images and / or video files, and the fact that all the images in the database have labels - date, time of shooting, location coordinates, image name and / or video file and the fact that the participant identification module is adapted for access of participants to view all sections of the database and the fact that the participant identification module is adapted to view, adjust and delete images and / or video files fishing in any sections of the database by the organizer of this event.  2. The server for storing images and / or video files according to claim 1, characterized in that the server further comprises a module for sorting images and / or video files by tags, connected to a database and adapted for communication through an integrated network with client devices of users.  3. The server for storing images and / or video files according to claim 1, characterized in that the server further comprises a module for extracting on one of the database an image of the face of a particular participant in the event and retrieving the remaining images from the database, on which there is a dedicated person connected to database and adapted for communication through an integrated network with client devices of users. 4. The server for storing images and / or video files according to claim 1, characterized in that the server further comprises a module commenting on images and / or video files, connected to a database and adapted for communication through an integrated network with client devices of users.  5. The server for storing images and / or video files according to claim 1, characterized in that the server further comprises a geolocation module connected to a database, which is adapted to read the exact coordinates from client devices of users having GPS-type location blocks that creates geolocation tags for images and / or video files of participants in the formed event, placed in the database.  6. The server for storing images and / or video files according to claim 5, characterized in that the server further comprises a module for displaying on an electronic map images and / or video files of participants in the generated event, located in the database, and having geolocation tags connected to the database .  7. A method of storing images and / or video files in a database in which images are captured by a client device of users, they are transferred via an integrated network to a server, where tags are generated, characterized by the fact that one of the users organizes the event, which has the event the name of the event, the date of the venue, the venue, the list of participants from users of client devices, notify the specified participants of the formed event, and the fact that sections are created for the database to place images and / or video files of each participant in the formed event, and each participant has his own section in the database adapted for placing, editing and deleting images and / or video files, and that they assign labels to images in the database - the date, time of shooting, the coordinates of the shooting location, the name of the image and / or video file and the fact that the participants are identified for access to view all sections of the database and that they can view adjustments and deletions of images and / or video files in any sections of the database by the organizer of this event.