IP Library Granted Patent US 11,734,730
Granted Patent B2
US 11,734,730 · App. 17/705,331 · Granted Aug 22, 2023

Mobile device streaming media application

Inventor: Mary Anne Fletcher (Jackson, GA)
Assignee: WEPLE IP HOLDINGS LLC
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Patent No.
US 11,734,730
App. No.
17/705,331
Granted
Aug 22, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and process for coordinating streaming content or messages is provided. A network-connected server maintains a database containing media content-related data, such as the text of a message, accompanying media, time of airing, payment and related comments. A user can view these feeds or streams of these consciousness messages by downloading a mobile application or browsing to a website. The application can also be used to create, schedule and pay for a media content message.

Claims (15)

1. A method of coordinating video messages, the method comprising:

providing one or more mobile applications for both viewing and creating video messages;

receiving a plurality of video messages from the one or more mobile applications, wherein the plurality of video messages includes text and audio to be simultaneously presented;

storing the plurality of video messages in a database;

sending to a first one of the mobile applications the plurality of video messagess, wherein the first one of the mobile applications simultaneously presents the text and the audio with each one of the video messages and provides a comment prompt that, when selected, allows a comment to be added by the first one of the mobile applications to a corresponding one of the video messages when presented;

receiving a notification that a second one of the mobile applications has started a live stream video message; and

streaming the live stream video message to the first one of the mobile applications upon receiving a request from the first one of the mobile applications to receive the live stream video message.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising maintaining a database containing related comments for the plurality of video messages.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising causing a textual message associated with the live stream video message to be presented while the second one of the mobile applications streams the live stream video message.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the textual message originates from the first one of the mobile applications and is delivered to the second one of the mobile applications.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first one of the mobile applications includes an interface with a purchase prompt that allows the first one of the mobile applications to submit a purchase request to the second one of the mobile applications.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the purchase request is for a virtual items made available to the first one of the mobile applications.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a request from a third one of the mobile applications to present a particular video message among the plurality of video messages, and causing the particular video message to be presented on the third one of the mobile applications.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first one of the mobile applications includes a share prompt that, when selected, shares a link to a particular video message among the plurality of video messages with a third one of the mobile applications.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising streaming the live stream video message to a third one of the mobile applications and to a fourth one of the mobile applications, and causing a textual message from the first one of the mobile applications associated with the live stream video message to be presented on the third one of the mobile applications and on the fourth one of the mobile applications.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2022
From: FLETCHER, MARY ANNE
To: WEPLE IP HOLDINGS LLC
Reel/Frame 060536/0508 →
Continuity (11)
Continuation 17384911 · Jul 26, 2021
Continuation 16812495 · Mar 9, 2020
Continuation 16790953 · Feb 14, 2020
Continuation 16157269 · Oct 11, 2018
Continuation 15273335 · Sep 22, 2016
Continuation 15041422 · Feb 11, 2016
Continuation 14512353 · Oct 10, 2014
Continuation 13967414 · Aug 15, 2013
Continuation 13027191 · Feb 14, 2011
Provisional Application 61304331 · Feb 12, 2010
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