IP Library Granted Patent US 11,989,250
Granted Patent B2
US 11,989,250 · App. 17/841,261 · Granted May 21, 2024

System and method for sharing media between client devices

Inventors: Justin Armstrong (Naples, FL); Logan Fields (Featerville Trevose, PA)
Assignee: Thank You LLC
G06F16/9566G06F16/438G06F16/9558G06F21/31
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,989,250
App. No.
17/841,261
Filed
Jun 15, 2022
Granted
May 21, 2024
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2451
USPC
709/217
Abstract

A method for sharing media between a first device and a second device may include: scanning a quick-response (QR) code with the first device; extracting, by the first device, a uniform resource locator (URL) encoded in the QR code; recording, by the first device, media; associating, by the first device, the URL with the media; communicating, from the first device to a server, the media and the URL; scanning, with a second device, the QR code; extracting, by the second device, the URL encoded in the QR code; communicating, from the second device to the server, the URL; receiving, by the second device, in response to communicating the URL to the server, the media from the server; and playing, by the second device, the media on at least one of a display and a speaker.

Claims (40)

1. A method for sharing media between a first device and a second device, the method comprising:

receiving, by the first device, credentials corresponding to a user;

communicating from the first device to a server, the credentials;

scanning, with a camera of the first device on which the user's credentials have been received, a quick-response (QR) code;

extracting, by the first device, a uniform resource locator (URL) encoded in the QR code;

associating the URL with the user to claim the URL, such that no other user can be subsequently associated with the URL;

recording, by the first device, media, wherein the media includes at least one of audio through a microphone or video through a camera;

associating, by the first device, information in the URL with the media, such that no other media can be subsequently associated with the URL;

associating the credentials with the information included in the URL and the media; and

communicating, from the first device to a server, the media and the information in the URL;

scanning, with a camera of a second device, the QR code;

extracting, by the second device, the information in the URL encoded in the QR code;

communicating, from the second device to the server, the information in the URL;

receiving, by the second device, in response to communicating the information in the URL to the server, the media from the server; and

playing, by the second device, the media on at least one of a display and a speaker.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein only one credentials is associated with the information in the URL.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said receiving the credentials comprises receiving the credentials through an app executing on the first device.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the app comprises a browser presenting a web application from the server.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the app does not comprise a browser.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, storing, by the server, a record in a database, wherein the record includes the credentials and information corresponding to the QR code.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the credentials comprises a user name and a password.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising associating the credentials with a plurality of information in a corresponding plurality of URLs corresponding to a plurality of QR codes.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, by the second device, at least a portion of the credentials when receiving the media.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the at least a portion of the credentials comprises a user name.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein said communicating, from the first device to the server, the media comprises communicating a media file including the media.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein said receiving, by the second device, the media from the server comprises receiving a media file including the media.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein said receiving, by the second device, the media from the server comprises receiving a stream including at least a portion of the media.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the QR code encodes a unique URL.

15. A system configured to communicate on a network with a first device and a second device, wherein the system comprises:

a communications interface configured to transmit and receive communications with the first device and the second device; and

a webserver,

a records management component including a database, wherein the system is configured to receive credentials from the first device, and store a record of the information corresponding to the QR code together with the credentials in the database;

wherein the system is configured to:

receive information corresponding to a QR code and media from the first device; store the media in association with the information corresponding to the QR code, such that other media cannot be subsequently associated with the information corresponding to the QR code;

associating the information corresponding to the QR code with a user, such that another user cannot be subsequently associated with the information corresponding to the QR code;

receive the information corresponding to the QR code from the second device;

responsively transmit, by the webserver, the media to the second device.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the system is configured to store only one credentials together with the information corresponding to the QR code.

17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the webserver is configured to transmit the media to the second device by streaming the media.

18. The system of claim 15 , wherein the system is configured to execute a web application on the first device to receive the media and the information corresponding to the QR code.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 15, 2022
From: ARMSTRONG, JUSTIN; FIELDS, LOGAN
To: THANK YOU LLC
Reel/Frame 060214/0033 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63210732 · Jun 15, 2021
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