# US 2021/0176532 A1 · Video streaming playback system and method

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- Number: US 2021/0176532 A1
- Document ID: US20210176532A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/971,666
- Filed: 2019-12-10
- Published: 2021-06-10
- Earliest claimed: 2019-12-10
- Inventors: Tetsuro KIYOOKA
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210176532A1

## CPC

- G06Q 30/0222: {During e-commerce, i.e. online transactions}
- G06Q 20/085: {involving remote charge determination or related payment systems}
- G06Q 20/123: {Shopping for digital content}
- G06Q 20/1235: {with control of digital rights management [DRM]}
- G06Q 30/0223: {based on inventory}
- G06Q 30/0277: {Online advertisement}
- H04N 21/2743: Video hosting of uploaded data from client
- H04N 21/4316: {for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window}
- H04N 21/4532: {involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences (monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18)}
- H04N 21/47217: {for controlling playback functions for recorded or on-demand content, e.g. using progress bars, mode or play-point indicators or bookmarks (specific graphical features in visual interfaces H04N21/4312)}
- H04N 21/478: Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
- H04N 21/4784: receiving rewards
- H04N 21/812: {involving advertisement data (advertising per se G06Q30/02)}
- G06Q 10/40: Business processes related to social networking or social networking services
- G06Q 30/0185: {Product, service or business identity fraud}
- G06Q 30/0236: {Incentive or reward received by requiring registration or ID from user}
- G06Q 40/02: Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance (credit or loans G06Q40/03)
- G06Q 40/12: Accounting
- G06Q 50/184: {Intellectual property management}
- 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
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

A system provides free streaming video playback which enables video hosting website operators and content providers to obtain revenue. The system includes a tipping module that operates in accordance with this streaming playback operation without obstructing the abovementioned free streaming video playback. When a user who is the content provider has activated a setting in a settings interface whereby a specific number of two or more rewards is offered in response to a tip, the tip processing module verifies whether an amount set by the user who is the content consumer, or a default amount, is equal to or greater than a minimum tip amount set by the user who is the content provider when processing payment of the tip, and otherwise processes payment of the tip according to the amount entered by the user who is the content consumer, or the default amount, without verifying the minimum tip amount.

## Claims

### Claim 1

(canceled)

### Claim 2

A video streaming playback system comprising:
a video playback module configured to display a video, uploaded to a specific video hosting site by a user who is a content provider, on a user interface displayed on a computer of a user who is a content consumer so as to enable streaming playback of the video over the Internet;
a tipping module configured to run in accordance with a streaming playback operation of the video playback module without obstructing said streaming playback operation;
a reward download button/link display module configured to work in tandem with a tipping process performed by the tipping module; and
a settings module configured to provide a settings interface that enables the user who is a content provider to set one or more different rewards in response to the tip, and to set a minimum tip amount only when a specific number of two or more rewards is offered;
wherein the tipping module comprises:
a tipping button/link display module configured to display an active tipping button/link on the user interface; and
a payment processing module configured, in response to an operation of the displayed active tipping button/link by the content consumer, to process payment of a tip of a specific amount according to a default amount or an amount set by the user who is a content provider;
wherein the payment processing module:
only when the user who is a content provider has set in the settings interface whereby a specific number of two or more rewards is offered, verifies whether an amount set by the content consumer, or the default amount, is equal to or greater than the set minimum tip amount when processing payment of the tip, and otherwise processes payment according to the amount entered by the content consumer or the default amount without verifying the minimum tip amount; and
wherein the reward download button/link display module:
displays an active reward download button/link on the user interface in response to a tipping process being executed for the video to enable the one or more different rewards to be downloaded to and displayed on a computer of the content consumer, when the user who is a content provider has set to offer the one or more different rewards for tips; and
does not display the active specific reward download button/link when the user who is the user who is a content provider has set not to offer the one or more different rewards for tips.

### Claim at position 3

3-8. (canceled)

### Claim 9 (depends on 2)

The system according to claim 2, wherein:
the reward download button/link display module displays an indicator corresponding to a downloadable reward as a reward download button/link.

### Claim 10 (depends on 2)

The system according to claim 2, wherein:
the reward download button/link display module displays in the user interface detailed information on the one or more different rewards set by the user who is a content provider when a reward download button/link is moused over.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The system according to claim 10, wherein:
the minimum tip amount set by the user who is a content provider is displayed in the detailed information on the rewards.

### Claim 12 (depends on 2)

The system according to claim 2, further comprising:
in addition to the tipping module, an ad display module configured to display a specific ad on the user interface before and/or during playback of the video in tandem with a video playback operation performed by the video playback module; and
wherein the system determines either to launch the tipping module or to launch the ad display module according to default or a setting selected by the user who is a content provider.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The system according to claim 12, wherein:
the system determines either to launch the tipping module or to launch the ad display module.

### Claim 14 (depends on 2)

The system according to claim 2, wherein:
the rewards include at least downloading the uploaded video file.

### Claim 15 (depends on 2)

The system according to claim 2, wherein:
the rewards include at least downloading an audio file of a video.

### Claim 16 (depends on 2)

The system according to claim 2, further configured so that:
the user who is a content provider can upload content other than the video as a reward.

### Claim 17 (depends on 2)

The system according to claim 2, wherein:
only a single amount can be set for the minimum tip amount, even when the specific number of two or more rewards is set.