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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 31, 2017
Applicant:

Tvu Networks Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Paul Shen, Woodside, CA (US);

Matthew Richard McEwen, San Jose, CA (US);

Shiwen Yao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

TVU Networks Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 27/34 (2006.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01); H04N 21/2743 (2011.01); G11B 27/32 (2006.01); G06F 16/78 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/47211 (2013.01); G06F 16/7867 (2019.01); G11B 27/322 (2013.01); G11B 27/34 (2013.01); H04N 21/2353 (2013.01); H04N 21/2743 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); H04N 21/47205 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, apparatus, and systems for exchange of video content are provided. A media outlet device is provided with a media outlet application, and a user device of a user is provided with an interactive media application, the interactive media application enabling communications with the media outlet device via the media outlet application. Video content is recorded and encoded on the user device. An interactive map is displayed on a user interface of the media outlet device. The interactive map shows a current location of the user device. The purchase of the video content from the user is enabled via the user interface. The purchased video content is communicated from the user device to at least one of a central server and the media outlet device.


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