US 11,922,468 B2
Crowdfunding using IPTV systems and fundraising methods
Manolo Fabio Rivera, Hicksville, NY (US); and Prem Makeig, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Filed by Manolo Fabio Rivera, Hicksville, NY (US); and Prem Makeig, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/528,416.
Application 17/528,416 is a continuation of application No. 15/394,848, filed on Dec. 30, 2016, granted, now 11,205,204.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/274,141, filed on Dec. 31, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0076300 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/0279 (2023.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); H04N 21/2743 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/478 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0279 (2013.01) [G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04N 21/2743 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/47815 (2013.01); H04N 21/6125 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of online crowdfunding, wherein said method comprises the steps of:
accessing, by a computer system comprising a plurality of computer processors with one or more network interfaces, a virtual 3D space comprising, at least one live streaming video, and a 3D model, wherein a first user computer set is assigned to at least one campaign creator and a second user computer set is assigned to at least one campaign backer, wherein the campaign creator is accessing the computer system using campaign creator's live streaming computing device including a display and a camera, wherein the campaign backer is accessing the computer system using campaign backer's computing device including a display;
displaying a live streaming video in a virtual 3D space, sent from the campaign creator's live streaming computing device, on the campaign backer's computing device's display, wherein the campaign backer's computing device comprises a mixed reality headset capable of displaying a virtual 3D space including a virtual screen;
displaying an online crowdfunding campaign in virtual 3D space on the campaign backer's computing device's display, wherein a combination of a live streaming video shown on a virtual screen and a 3D model is displayed;
inputting a funding command, by the campaign backer while the live streaming video is playing, wherein one or more funding actions and data inputs can be performed by the campaign backer's computing device including a display without fully blocking or pausing the live streaming video;
purchasing, by the campaign backer, a product or service on the campaign backer's computing device including a display using a 3D user interface;
receiving payment information data from the campaign backer, which includes at least one of a bank account number, credit card number, or other payment information data from a third party;
assigning the campaign backer a rewards credit for the purchased product or service as part of a membership rewards program;
allowing the campaign backer to fund the online crowdfunding campaign using the 3D user interface on the campaign backer's mixed reality headset display;
sending, by the computer system, a funding command for the displayed online crowdfunding campaign over a network to initiate funding of the online crowdfunding campaign, using the campaign backer's rewards credit data;
sending, by the computer system, a payment of the rewards credit acknowledgment data to the campaign creator's live streaming computing device, indicating the payment using the campaign backer's rewards credit was successful.