# US 12,003,552 B2 · Music/video messaging

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- Number: US 12,003,552 B2
- Document ID: US12003552B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/125,829
- Filed: 2023-03-24
- Published: 2023-07-20
- Granted: 2024-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2008-05-23
- Assignees: Ameritech Solutions, Inc.
- Applicants: Ameritech Solutions, Inc.
- Inventors: Nader Asghari Kamrani; Kamran Asghari Kamrani
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12003552B2

## CPC

- G06Q 10/06: Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
- G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
- G06Q 10/10: Office automation; Time management
- G11B 27/034: on discs (G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence)
- H04L 65/1083: In-session procedures
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R)
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)

## Abstract

Device(s) and computer program products for creating custom music/video messages to facilitate and/or improve social interaction. The created music/video messages include at least portions of: music, video, pictures, slideshows, and/or text. The music/video messages enable feelings or emotions to be communicated by the user of the device to one or more recipient device(s).

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for a content provider to communicate multimedia content via a communication network, the method comprising:
displaying, by the content provider via a device of a user a multimedia content;
receiving, by the content provider from the device of the user, a delivery request for delivering the multimedia content to a social media site at which a recipient has an account;
delivering, by the content provider via the communication network, a representation of the multimedia content to the social media site for delivery of the representation of the multimedia content to the recipient,
wherein:
the content provider stores the multimedia content, and
the representation of the multimedia content comprises a uniform resource locator (URL), a link, a tag, a label, or a pointer to the multimedia content stored at the content provider; and
communicating, by the content provider to the device of the recipient via the communication network, the multimedia content stored at the content provider.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the multimedia content comprises: music content, audio content, video content, image content, audiovisual content, or text content, or any combination of the music content, the audio content, the video content, the image content, the audiovisual content, and the text content.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the multimedia content stored at the content provider is accessible by a device of the recipient using the representation of the multimedia content.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the multimedia content further includes a content item provided via the device of the user.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the multimedia content comprises a combination of at least one multimedia content item with a second content item.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, further comprising mixing, using mixing software or mixing instructions, the at least one multimedia content item with the second content item.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6, wherein the second content item comprises one or more of: text content entered by the user, video content, image content, audiovisual content, music content, and audio content.

### Claim 8 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, wherein the at least one multimedia content item is provided by the multimedia content provider and the second content item is provided from the device of the user.

### Claim 9

A system for a content provider to communicate multimedia content via a communication network, the system comprising:
a processor;
a computer-readable storage device; and
program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage device that, when executed by the processor, control the system to:
display a multimedia content at a device of a user;
receive, from the device of the user, a delivery request for delivering the multimedia content via a social media site at which a recipient has an account;
deliver, via the communication network, a representation of the multimedia content to the social media site for delivery of the representation of the multimedia content to the recipient,
wherein:
the content provider stores the multimedia content,
the representation of the multimedia content comprises a uniform resource locator (URL), a link, a tag, a label, or a pointer to the multimedia content stored at the content provider; and
communicate, to the device of the recipient via the communication network, the multimedia content stored at the multimedia content provider.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The system of claim 9, wherein the multimedia content comprises:
music content, audio content, video content, image content, audiovisual content, or text content, or
any combination of the music content, the audio content, the video content, the image content, the audiovisual content, and the text content.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The system of claim 9, wherein the multimedia content stored at the content provider is accessible by a device of the recipient using the representation of the multimedia content.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

The system of claim 9, wherein the multimedia content further includes a content item provided via the device of the user.

### Claim 13 (depends on 9)

The system of claim 9, wherein the user device downloads instructions used to create and send the multimedia content to the recipient via the social media site.

### Claim 14 (depends on 9)

The system of claim 9, wherein the multimedia content comprises a combination of at least one multimedia content item with a second content item.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The system of claim 14, wherein the second content item comprises one or more of: text content entered by the user, video content, image content, audiovisual content, music content, and audio content.

### Claim 16 (depends on 14)

The system of claim 14, wherein the at least one multimedia content item is provided by the multimedia content provider and the second content item is provided from the device of the user.

### Claim 17 (depends on 9)

The system of claim 9, wherein the system is part of the social media site.

### Claim 18

A system of a multimedia content provider comprising:
a processor;
a computer-readable storage device; and
program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage device that, when executed by the processor, control the system to:
provide a multimedia message from a multimedia content provider to a social media site for delivery of the multimedia message to a recipient at the social media site based on a delivery request, wherein the multimedia message comprises a representation of multimedia content,
wherein:
the delivery request is provided by a user via a user device,
the delivery request indicates delivery of the multimedia message to the social media site for delivery of the representation of the multimedia content to the recipient,
the multimedia content provider stores the multimedia content, and
the representation of the multimedia content comprises a uniform resource locator (URL), a link, a tag, a label or a pointer to the multimedia content stored at the multimedia content provider; and
communicate, to the device of the recipient via a communication network, the multimedia content stored at the multimedia content provider, wherein communicating the multimedia content comprising transmitting the multimedia content to the device of the recipient.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The system of claim 18, wherein the multimedia content comprises a combination of at least one multimedia content item with a second multimedia content item.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The system of claim 19, further comprising mixing, using mixing software or mixing instructions, the at least one multimedia content item with the second multimedia content item.

### Claim 21 (depends on 20)

The system of claim 20, wherein the second multimedia content item comprises one or more of: text content entered by the user, video content, image content, audiovisual content, music content, and audio content.

### Claim 22 (depends on 21)

The system of claim 21, wherein the at least one multimedia content item is provided by the multimedia content provider and the second multimedia content item is provided from the device of the user.

### Claim 23 (depends on 18)

The system of claim 18, wherein the system is part of the social media site.

### Claim 24

A system comprising:
a processor;
a computer-readable storage device; and
program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage device that, when executed by the processor, control the system to:
receive a multimedia message from a multimedia content provider, wherein the multimedia message received from the multimedia content provider comprises a representation of multimedia content;
deliver the multimedia message to a social media site for delivery to a recipient,
wherein:
a delivery request is provided by a user via a user device,
the delivery request indicates delivery of the multimedia message to the social media site, and
the representation of the multimedia content comprises a uniform resource locator (URL), a link, a tag, a label, or a pointer to the multimedia content stored at the multimedia content provider.

### Claim 25 (depends on 24)

The system of claim 24, wherein delivering the multimedia message comprises delivering the representation of the multimedia content to the recipient at the social media site.

### Claim 26 (depends on 24)

The system of claim 24, wherein the system is part of the social media site.