US 10,951,952 B2Granted

Video streaming playback system and method

OwnerTetsuro Kiyookainventor

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Abstract

A video streaming playback system is provided with a video playback module, a tipping module, a reward download button/link display module, and a setup interface for selecting to offer a reward or not offer a reward for a video which a user who is a content creator has uploaded; wherein the reward download button/link display module is configured to, in response to a tip payment process being executed for the video, display an activated reward download button/link on the user interface when the user who is a content creator has selected using the setup interface to offer a reward upon payment of a tip, or has not selected using the setup interface to not offer a reward upon payment of a tip, and not display an activated reward download button/link on the user interface when the user who is a content creator has not selected using the setup interface to offer a reward upon payment of a tip, or has selected using the setup interface to not offer a reward upon payment of a tip.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A computer program product for implementing a video streaming playback system, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium embodying computer-executable program instructions thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause one or more computers to execute:

a video playback module, configured to provide a video that was previously uploaded to a specific video hosting site by a user who is a content creator on a user interface displayed on a computer of a content consumer so as to enable streaming playback of the video over an electronic network, the video playback module having a video playback operation to allow the video to be played on the user interface;
a tipping module configured to operate in tandem with the video playback operation performed by the video playback module, the tipping module configured to perform a tipping process;
a reward download button/link display module configured to operate in tandem with the tipping process performed by the tipping module;
a setup interface configured for the user who is a content creator to select to offer a reward or not offer a reward for the video which the user who is a content creator has uploaded upon payment of a tip;
wherein the tipping module comprises:
a tipping button/link display module configured to display an activated tipping button/link on the user interface;
and
a tip processing module configured to, in response to the content consumer operating the activated tipping button/link, process payment of a tip of a specific amount according to a default setting or a setting made by the user who is a content creator;
wherein the reward download button/link display module is configured to, in response to a tip payment process being executed for the video,
display an activated reward download button/link on the user interface when the user who is a content creator has selected using the setup interface to offer a reward upon payment of a tip, or has not selected using the setup interface to not offer a reward upon payment of a tip, and
not display an activated reward download button/link on the user interface when the user who is a content creator has not selected using the setup interface to offer a reward upon payment of a tip, or has selected using the setup interface to not offer a reward upon payment of a tip.

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A video streaming playback method that uses a video streaming playback system including (i) a video playback module for providing a video that was previously uploaded to a specific video hosting site by a user who is a content creator on a user interface displayed on a computer of a content consumer so as to enable streaming playback of the video over an electronic network, the video playback module having a video playback operation to allow the video to be played on the user interface;

(ii) a tipping module that operates in tandem with the video playback operation performed by the video playback module, the tipping module configured to perform a tipping process;
and (iii) a reward download button/link display module configured to operate in tandem with the tipping process performed by the tipping module;
the video streaming playback method comprising:
a step, executed by the video streaming playback system, of
providing a setup interface configured for the user who is a content creator to select to offer a reward or not offer a reward for the video which the user who is a content creator has uploaded upon payment of a tip;
steps, executed by the tipping module, of
displaying an activated tipping button/link on the user interface;
and
in response to the content consumer operating the activated tipping button/link, processing payment of a tip of a specific amount according to a default setting or a setting made by the user who is a content creator;
and
a step, executed by the reward download button/link display module, of:
in response to a tip payment process being executed for the video, displaying an activated reward download button/link on the user interface when the user who is a content creator has selected using the setup interface to offer a reward upon payment of a tip, or has not selected using the setup interface to not offer a reward upon payment of a tip;
wherein an activated reward download button/link is not displayed on the user interface when the user who is a content creator has not selected using the setup interface to offer a reward upon payment of a tip, or has selected using the setup interface to not offer a reward upon payment of a tip.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/894,391Filed 5 Jun 2020 · continuation in part
Priority: WO PCT/JP2018/01161923 Mar 2018
Published: US 2020/0322685 A15 Nov 2020
Granted: 16 Mar 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

H04N 21/4784
Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application: receiving rewards
H04N 21/2743
Storing end-user multimedia data in response to end-user request , e.g. network recorder: video hosting of uploaded data from client
H04N 21/4756
End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data: for rating content, e.g. scoring a…
H04N 21/812
Monomedia components thereof: involving advertisement data

Family

Application62/577,924Us provisional application · filed 27 Oct 2017
PCT/JP2018/039899Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 26 Oct 2018
US 2020/0351560 A1Pre-grant publication · published 5 Nov 2020
Application16/643,310Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 10,863,243 B2Related patent
US 2020/0322685 A1Published application
US 10,951,952 B2This patent

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