US 11,675,481 B1
Multi-platform omni-channel content creator
George M. Huff, Portland, OR (US); Benjamin Krogh, Portland, OR (US); Chris Campbell, Portland, OR (US); David Gorman, Portland, OR (US); Tim Wood, Sugar Grove, IL (US); Dan Barrett, Portland, OR (US); and Brandon Showers, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to Opal Labs Inc., Portland, OR (US)
Filed by OPAL LABS INC., Portland, OR (US)
Filed on Feb. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/591,232.
Application 17/591,232 is a continuation of application No. 15/212,225, filed on Jul. 16, 2016, granted, now 11,256,387.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/193,785, filed on Jul. 17, 2015.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 40/186 (2020.01); G06F 16/907 (2019.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 65/401 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/0482 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 40/186 (2020.01); H04L 12/1813 (2013.01); H04L 65/4015 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multi-platform content creation and distribution system, comprising:
a non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions executable by one or more processors, the instructions including:
a user interface logic section configured to receive and process a user selection from a user of a particular media platform from among a plurality of media platforms;
a storage device configured to store the user selection of the particular media platform;
wherein the user interface logic section is configured to upload content from the user;
a display device configured to display a multi-sectional view including a metadata section in a first section thereof and a simulated true-to-life preview section in a second section thereof, wherein the simulated true-to-life preview section includes the uploaded content;
wherein the user interface logic section is configured to receive metadata information from the user;
wherein the display device is configured to display the metadata information in the metadata section;
a multi-platform media content data and logic structure configured to cause the simulated true-to-life preview section to show media content with exact proportional dimensions and appearance as it would appear under actual non-simulated real-world circumstances for the particular media platform and an associated physical device;
wherein the display device is configured to simultaneously display the metadata section in the first section of the multi-sectional view, and the simulated true-to-life preview section including all of the media content in the second section of the multi-sectional view in their entirety on the display device;
wherein in direct response to the metadata information being entered into the metadata section by the user, the multi-platform media content data and logic structure is configured to automatically cause the simulated true-to-life preview section to be updated in real-time;
wherein the display device is configured to display an approvals section to request approval by a person having approving authority, and to display an approval status indicator that indicates whether or not the media content has been approved by the person having approving authority; and
wherein the display device is configured to display a successful publishing indicator that is dependent on a confirmation from a publisher via an interface with the publisher that the media content has been published.