Systems, Apparatuses, Methods and Computer Executable Code for Facilitating Broadcast, Publication and/or Sharing of Video from a User Device to one or more Other User Devices in a Social Networking Environment

Abstract

The present invention includes systems, apparatuses, methods and computer executable code for facilitating broadcast, publication and/or sharing of video from a user device to one or more other user devices in a social networking environment. According to some embodiments of the present invention, there may be provided systems, apparatuses, methods and computer executable code for facilitating live broadcast of video captured by a user device image sensor to one or more other users associated with the broadcasting user within a social networking site (e.g. facebook).

1 . A system for facilitating live broadcast of video, said system comprising:
 a live broadcasting (LB) server;   a processor functionally associated with a digital memory, which digital memory stores processor executable code adapted to cause one or more processors of a mobile communication device to:
 (i) communicate with said LB server over a distributed data network and stream, substantially in real time, to said server, a video sequence being captured via a native image sensor of said mobile communication device, which native image sensor is an integral component of said mobile communication device, wherein said LB server broadcasts, via the distributed data network, the video sequence, as it is being captured, to one or more social networking site friends of a user of said mobile communication device, wherein a social networking friend of a given user is an individual associated with the given user on a social networking site and the social networking site is a web based social networking service hosted by one or more servers and operated by a third party; 
 (ii) receive, using the communication circuitry of said mobile communication device, feedback to the video from the one or more social networking site friends; and 
 (iii) display, upon a native display of said mobile communication device, the received feedback in conjunction with a display of the video sequence, during the capture of the video sequence; 
   wherein said LB server comprises an application programming interface (API) for communicating with the one or more servers hosting the social networking site and is adapted to automatically post, within a listing stored on the one or more servers hosting the social networking site, using said API, an indication of the broadcast of the video sequence, which listing is associated with the user of the mobile communication device and includes a link to said LB server.   
     
     
         2 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein said processor executable code is further adapted to cause the one or more processors of the mobile communication device to simultaneously broadcast the video sequence, as it is being captured, to multiple social networking site friends of the user of said mobile communication device. 
     
     
         3 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein said processor executable code is further adapted to cause the one or more processors of the mobile communication device to display, during the broadcast of the video sequence, an indication of which social networking site friends of the user of said mobile communication device are currently viewing the broadcast. 
     
     
         4 . The system according to  claim 3 , wherein said processor executable code is further adapted to cause the one or more processors of the mobile communication device to display the indications of friends currently viewing the broadcast as an overlay on the display of the video sequence, as it is being captured. 
     
     
         5 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein said processor executable code is further adapted to cause the one or more processors of the mobile communication device to include in the broadcast an indication of a geographical location of said mobile communication device. 
     
     
         6 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein said processor executable code is further adapted to cause the one or more processors of the mobile communication device to visually modify the video sequence prior to broadcast. 
     
     
         7 . A system for facilitating live broadcast of video, said system comprising:
 a live broadcasting (LB) server;   a mobile communication device comprising:
 communication circuitry adapted to communicate over a distributed data network; 
 a native image sensor of said mobile communication device, which native image sensor is an integral component of said mobile communication device; 
 a broadcasting module, residing on processing circuitry of said mobile communication device, adapted to communicate with said LB server over a distributed data network and stream, substantially in real time, to said server, via the distributed data network, a video sequence being captured by said native image sensor, as it is being captured, wherein said LB server broadcasts, via the distributed data network, the video sequence, as it is being captured, to one or more social networking site friends of a user of said mobile communication device, wherein a social networking friend is an individual associated with the user on a social networking site and the social networking site is a web based social networking service supported by one or more servers and operated by a third party; 
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 an application programming interface (API) for communicating with the one or more servers supporting the social networking site; 
   wherein said mobile communication device is further adapted to automatically post, within a listing stored on the one or more servers supporting the social networking site, using said API, an indication of the broadcast of the video sequence, which listing is associated with the user of the mobile communication device and includes a link to said LB server;   and said LB server is operated by a different party than the one or more servers supporting the social networking site.   
     
     
         8 . The system according to  claim 7 , wherein said LB server is adapted to simultaneously broadcast the video sequence captured by said native image sensor, as it is being captured, to multiple social networking site friends of the user of said mobile communication device. 
     
     
         9 . The system according to  claim 7 , wherein said display module is further adapted to display, during the broadcast of the video sequence, an indication of which social networking site friends of the user of said mobile communication device are currently viewing the broadcast. 
     
     
         10 . The system according to  claim 7 , wherein said broadcasting module is further adapted to include in the broadcast an indication of a geographical location of said mobile communication device. 
     
     
         11 . The system according to  claim 7 , further comprising image processing circuitry adapted to visually modify the video sequence prior to broadcast. 
     
     
         12 . The system according to  claim 9 , wherein said image processing circuitry is further adapted to display the indications of friends currently viewing the broadcast as an overlay on the display of the video sequence, as it is being captured. 
     
     
         13 . A method for facilitating live broadcast of video, said method comprising:
 capturing a video sequence using a native image sensor of a mobile communication device, which native image sensor is an integral component of the mobile communication device;   communicating, using communication circuitry of said mobile phone, via a distributed data network, with a live broadcasting (LB) server and streaming the video sequence to the LB server, as it is being captured;   broadcasting, by the LB server, via the distributed data network, the video sequence, as it is being captured, to one or more social networking site friends of a user of said mobile communication device, wherein a social networking friend of a given user is an individual associated with the given user on a social networking site and the social networking site is a web based social networking service hosted by one or more servers and operated by a third party;   using an application programming interface (API) for communicating with the one or more servers hosting the social networking site to automatically post within a listing stored on the one or more servers hosting the social networking site an indication of the broadcast of the video sequence, which listing is associated with the user of the mobile communication device and includes a link to the LB server;   streaming, by the LB server, the video clip, to the one or more social networking site friends of the user.   
     
     
         14 . The method according to  claim 13 , further comprising displaying, during the broadcast of the video sequence, an indication of which social networking site friends of the user of said mobile communication device are currently viewing the broadcast. 
     
     
         15 . The method according to  claim 14 , further comprising displaying the indication of which social networking site friends of the user of said mobile communication device are currently viewing the broadcast as an overlay on the display of the video sequence, as it is being captured. 
     
     
         16 . The method according to  claim 13 , further comprising including in the broadcast an indication of a geographical location of said mobile communication device. 
     
     
         17 . The method according to  claim 13 , further comprising visually modifying the video sequence prior to broadcast. 
     
     
         18 . The method according to  claim 13 , further comprising simultaneously broadcasting the video sequence, as it is being captured, to multiple social networking site friends of the user of said mobile communication device.