US 12,204,737 B2
Virtual buttons, methods, and program products for dynamically displaying giveaway information
Anthony Constantino, Amsterdam, NY (US); David Traver, Amsterdam, NY (US); and Mitchell Millsaps, Aurora, CO (US)
Assigned to Sticker Mule, LLC, Amsterdam, NY (US)
Filed by Sticker Mule, LLC, Amsterdam, NY (US)
Filed on Jun. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/207,369.
Application 18/207,369 is a continuation of application No. 18/083,013, filed on Dec. 16, 2022, granted, now 11,714,521.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/336,302, filed on Apr. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0350540 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/04815 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/04817 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04815 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing device comprising:
a processor; and
memory coupled with the processor, the memory storing a computer program product including program code, which when executed by the processor causes the processor to:
display a dynamic virtual button as in interactive body with a visible border, the dynamic virtual button is displayed in a social media feed in a graphical user interface (GUI), comprising:
dynamic information displayed within the visible border of the interactive body, the dynamic information associated with a giveaway, wherein the dynamic information includes:
a first set of information relating to the giveaway and displayed prior to a user's interaction with the interactive body;
a second set of information relating to the giveaway and displayed after the user's interaction with the interactive body; and
a third set of information relating to the giveaway and displayed after the giveaway has ended,
wherein the dynamic virtual button is displayed as a portion of the social media feed in the GUI, the social media feed including a plurality of posts, wherein the social media feed is provided by a social media platform and wherein at least one of the plurality of posts is included in distinct social media feed of multiple distinct users, wherein the dynamic virtual button is presented in the distinct social media feed of each of the multiple distinct users;
updating the dynamic virtual button in the distinct social media feed for each of the multiple distinct users in response to user interaction with the dynamic virtual button by each of the multiple distinct users; and
for a winning user of the multiple distinct users: the third set of information relating to the giveaway further includes: a personal winning notification notifying the winning user they have won the giveaway, wherein the personal winning notification is contained within the visible border of the interactive body in the distinct social media feed of the winning user.