IP Library Granted Patent US 11,599,909
Granted Patent B2
US 11,599,909 · App. 17/583,187 · Granted Mar 7, 2023

Real-time consumer interaction via media broadcast

Inventor: Mark J. Williams (North Canton, OH)
Assignee: VIRTUAL HOLD TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC
G06Q30/0267G06Q30/0241H04N21/431H04N21/47815H04N21/812H04N21/84H04N21/8545
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Patent No.
US 11,599,909
App. No.
17/583,187
Granted
Mar 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system for integrated consumer interaction via media broadcast, comprising an immediate communication system that communicated with a media provider and a communications system, wherein the consumer submits a request to a content provider for interaction that is then handled by the immediate communication to establish an interaction with a communication system, and a method for providing integrated consumer interaction.

Claims (22)

1. A system for integrated consumer interaction, comprising:

a media player application installed on a consumer device, the media player application comprising a first plurality of programming instruction stored in a memory of, and operating on a processor of, the consumer device; and

an integrated communication server comprising a memory, a processor, and a second plurality of programmable instructions stored in the memory of, and operating on the processor of, the integrated communication server;

wherein the first plurality of programming instructions, when operating on the processor of the consumer device, cause the consumer device to:

request, receive, and store contact and preference information from a user in a data storage operating as a component of the consumer device;

receive media content from a content provider;

identify the media content and contact information for a company associated with the media content using metadata associated with the media content;

play the media content on the consumer device;

while the media content is playing, display an interactive interface element within a graphical user interface operating on the user's consumer device, the user interface element generated in real time based on metadata associated with the media content being played;

connect via a network to the integrated communication server; and

upon receipt of a user command via the interactive interface element:

retrieve consumer contact and preference data from the data storage;

automatically retrieve real-time consumer context data from the consumer device comprising a language preference based on metadata from the media content being played on the consumer device, or a location of the consumer device, or both;

automatically generate an electronic callback request comprising the real-time consumer context data, and the retrieved consumer contact and preference data; and

automatically send the callback request to the integrated communications server;

wherein the second plurality of programming instructions, when operating on the processor of the integrated communication server, cause the integrated communication server to:

receive connections via a network from the media player application, the connection being prompted by the user's interaction with the interactive interface element displayed by the media player software on the consumer device; and

for each such connection:

receive the company contact information, the media content identification, and the user's contact and preference information;

receive a callback request from the consumer device, the callback request comprising the retrieved consumer contact and preference data, from the media player on the consumer device;

automatically schedule a callback to the user of the consumer device based at least on the received contact and preference information; and

when scheduled, automatically place a telephone call to the consumer device and to a call center agent appropriately skilled to handle the specific callback request, thereby establishing a two-way voice connection between the user of the consumer device and a selected call center agent.

Assignments (2)
SUPPLEMENT NO. 1 TO GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT RIGHTS Recorded Oct 31, 2022
From: VIRTUAL HOLD TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 061808/0358 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 17, 2022
From: WILLIAMS, MARK J
To: VIRTUAL HOLD TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 060527/0882 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17014889 · Sep 8, 2020
Continuation 14247251 · Apr 8, 2014
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