IP Library Granted Patent US 11,003,306
Granted Patent B2
US 11,003,306 · App. 15/607,195 · Granted May 11, 2021

Ranking requests by content providers in video content sharing community

Inventor: Curt Hutten (Newport Beach, CA)
Assignee: Wormhole Labs, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 11,003,306
App. No.
15/607,195
Granted
May 11, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of sharing an experience between a tapper and a content provider is provided. In this method, at least two interfaces are provided that are configured to allow the tapper and the content provider to join a content sharing community. A third interface is also provided to allow the tapper to select the content provider from a map where at least one of the tapper and the content provider are unknown to the other prior to the tapper selecting the content provider. Then a solicitation is conveyed from the tapper to the content provider to provide a video feed. A fourth interface is further provided to present the solicitations in an order according to predetermined ranking criteria.

Claims (16)

1. A method of sharing an experience between tappers and content providers, comprising:

providing at least first and second interfaces, configured to allow the tappers and the content providers to join a content sharing community;

providing at least a third interface configured to allow a tapper to select a content provider from a map that displays representations of members of the content sharing community;

conveying solicitations from the tappers to the selected content provider to provide near real-time video feeds, respectively;

providing a fourth interface that presents the solicitations in an order according to predetermined ranking criteria,

wherein the predetermined ranking criteria comprises one or more sub-events,

wherein the one or more sub-events are presented as one or more dynamic cluster indicators,

wherein the one or more dynamic cluster indicators are associated with tapper behavior; and

wherein a feed radar directs the tappers to a location of at least one dynamic cluster indicator.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing a fifth interface that allows the content provider to define the ranking criteria.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the fourth interface also presents the solicitations in groups according to predetermined grouping criteria.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising filtering the solicitations according to predetermined filtering criteria.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the dynamic cluster indicator further comprises a highlight in the video feed of the sub-event.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the dynamic cluster indicator further comprises a change in relative size of one or more elements of the video feed.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the dynamic cluster indicator further comprises a sound that is played in response to the occurrence of the sub-event.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprises analyzing data collected from user interactions with the one or more dynamic cluster indicators to determine advertisements.

Assignments (5)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2024
From: BRAVO, DAVID
To: WORMHOLE LABS, INC.
Reel/Frame 066037/0910 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 28, 2023
From: 54 DYER, LP
To: WORMHOLE LABS, INC.
Reel/Frame 065693/0515 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2023
From: WORMHOLE LABS, INC.
To: 54 DYER, LP
Reel/Frame 062604/0880 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 16, 2019
From: TAPTHERE, INC.
To: WORMHOLE LABS, INC.
Reel/Frame 050740/0813 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2018
From: HUTTEN, CURT
To: TAPTHERE, INC.
Reel/Frame 044549/0084 →
Continuity (13)
Division 14020556 · Sep 6, 2013
Continuation 13912567 · Jun 7, 2013
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