US 12,346,937 B2
System and method to help enable creation of, distribution of, and/or access to content
Scott Shiao Arey, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by Scott Shiao Arey, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/140,076.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/335,352, filed on Apr. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0086974 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/00 (2023.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06Q 30/0241 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0276 (2013.01) [G06K 7/10297 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0267 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A network content creation and distribution system comprising at least one non-transitory machine readable medium including one or more instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to:
receive, from a content creator user device, content from a content creator user and a creator identifier that identifies the content creator user;
create a content identifier for the content, wherein the content identifier is linked to the creator identifier;
receive, from the content creator user device, one or more rules associated with access to the content;
link the one or more rules to the content identifier;
store the content identifier, the creator identifier that identifies the content creator user, and the one or more rules associated with access to the content in a content distribution database, wherein the content distribution database also includes an access count identifier that represents how many times the content has been accessed and a licensed user count that represents a number of users that have purchased a license to access the content;
communicate a hash of the content identifier to the content creator user device, wherein the content creator user device writes the hash of the content identifier to a tangible content distribution card using near field communication;
communicate, to a content consumer user device from the tangible content distribution card, the hash of the content identifier using near field communication;
receive, from the content consumer user device, the hash of the content identifier;
determine the content associated with the content identifier;
apply the one or more rules associated with access to the content;
determine whether a content related application is installed on the consumer user device;
if the content related application is installed on the content consumer user device, receive a content consumer identifier associated with the content related application, launch the content related application if the content related application is not already opened, communicate the content to the content consumer through the content related application, and increase the access count identifier; and
if the content related application is not installed on the content consumer user device, launch a web browser on the content consumer user device, stream the content to the content consumer though the web browser, and increase the access count identifier.