Video Broadcasting Through Selected Video Hosts

Abstract

A method for providing captured video to a subsequent user device, via a desired video host, including at least some of allowing a user to designate, via a mobile device, at least one desired video host; allowing the subsequent user, via the subsequent user device, to be associated with the at least one desired video host; allowing the user to capture video, via the mobile device, and upload or stream the captured video to the desired video host device(s), wherein the captured video includes at least one categorization for the captured video, as designated by the user prior to capturing the video; and allowing the subsequent user to access, via the subsequent user device, the captured video, via the video host device associated with the at least one desired video host, wherein the captured video is accessed, based on the at least one categorization for the captured video.

1 . A method for direct video broadcasting to one or more selected video hosts, via a mobile device, comprising:
 providing a user, via said mobile device, with a listing of one or more available video hosts;   allowing said user, via said mobile device, to select one or more desired video hosts from said one or more available video hosts;   associating said mobile device with said selected one or more desired video hosts, such that said selected one or more desired video hosts will be exclusive recipient(s) of video from said mobile device; and   allowing said user to capture video, via said mobile device, and upload or stream said captured video exclusively to said selected one or more desired video hosts, wherein said selected one or more desired video hosts is enabled to engage in audio communications with said user, as said captured video is being captured.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said mobile device is a cellular mobile device. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein each of said available video hosts represents a video host that is tailored toward a specific genre or type of accessible videos. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said user may optionally establish one or more video hosts, to be associated with a particular event description or tag. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein selection of said one or more desired video hosts by said user initiates an approval request to each of said selected one or more desired video hosts. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein allowing said user to capture video and upload or stream said captured video to said selected one or more desired video hosts includes allowing said user to capture video and upload or stream said captured video exclusively to said selected one or more desired video hosts. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 allowing said selected one or more desired video hosts to provide said captured video to one or more subsequent users.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 requiring said user to designate at least one categorization for said captured video, prior to capturing said video.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising:
 allowing said selected one or more desired video hosts to provide said captured video to one or more subsequent viewers, based on said at least one categorization for said captured video.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising:
 allowing said selected one or more desired video hosts to store said captured video.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said audio communications with said user are transmitted separate from audio associated with said captured video. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said selected one or more desired video hosts is enabled to engage in text or nonverbal communications with said user, as said captured video is being captured. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising:
 requiring said user to designate at least one categorization for said captured video, prior to capturing said video.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising:
 identifying a geographic location where said video is captured and wherein said captured video is accessed, based on said at least one categorization for said captured video.   
     
     
         15 . A method for providing captured video to a subsequent user device, via a desired video host, comprising:
 allowing a user to designate, via a mobile device, at least one desired video host;   allowing a subsequent user, via said subsequent user device, to be associated with said at least one desired video host;   allowing said user to capture video, via said mobile device, and upload or stream said captured video to said at least one desired video host, wherein said designated at least one desired video hosts is enabled to engage in audio communications with said user, as said captured video is being captured, and wherein said captured video includes at least one categorization for said captured video, as designated by said user prior to capturing said video; and   allowing said subsequent user to access, via said subsequent user device, said captured video, via said at least one desired video host, wherein said captured video is accessed, based on said at least one categorization for said captured video.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein said audio communications with said user are transmitted separate from audio associated with said captured video. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein said selected one or more desired video hosts is enabled to engage in text or nonverbal communications with said user, as said captured video is being captured. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 15 , further comprising:
 allowing said selected one or more desired video hosts to store said captured video.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 15 , further comprising:
 identifying a geographic location where said video is captured and wherein said captured video is accessed, based on said at least one categorization for said captured video.   
     
     
         20 . A method for providing captured video to a subsequent user device, via a desired video host, comprising:
 allowing a user to designate, via a mobile device, at least one desired video host;   allowing a subsequent user, via said subsequent user device, to be associated with said at least one desired video host;   allowing said user to capture video, via said mobile device, and upload or stream said captured video to said at least one desired video host, wherein said selected at least one desired video host is enabled to engage in audio communications with said user, as said captured video is being captured, and wherein said captured video includes at least one categorization for said captured video, as designated by said user prior to capturing said video;   identifying a geographic location of said mobile device at said time said captured video was captured; and   allowing said subsequent user to access, via said subsequent user device, said captured video, via said at least one desired video host, wherein said captured video is accessed, based on said at least one categorization for said captured video and said geographic location of said mobile device at said time said captured video was captured.