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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:
Aug. 20, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 14, 2015
Applicant:

Mobilitie, Llc, Newport Beach, CA (US);

Inventors:

Gary B. Jabara, Irvine, CA (US);

Lloyd Frederick Linder, Agoura Hills, CA (US);

David Angel Rodriguez, Valencia, CA (US);

Jennifer Marie Deleon, Valley Village, CA (US);

Assignee:

Mobilitie, LLC, Newport Beach, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/2187 (2011.01); H04N 21/232 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/23424 (2013.01); H04N 21/25841 (2013.01); H04N 21/2187 (2013.01); H04N 21/232 (2013.01);
Abstract

A video distribution technique permits individual subscribers to pay a nominal fee to follow celebrities and receive videos directly therefrom. An individual may qualify as a broadcaster by having a sufficient fan base as measured by the number of followers in existing social media services. The broadcaster uploads video to a central processing service where it may be transcoded to a convenient communication protocol for distribution. In addition, a warning message is sent to all subscribers of a particular broadcaster to indicate the impending arrival of an incoming video from the broadcaster. In one embodiment, the broadcaster can limit distribution of the video based on a geographic restriction. The broadcaster provides the restriction data and the system filters the subscriber list to include subscribers that meet the geographic requirements, such as residence in a particular area or current presence within a certain area. Messages sent only the targeted subscribers.


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