US 12,093,350 B2
Digital media distribution system and uses thereof
Brian Hardy, Durham, NC (US); and John Paul Lawrence, Washington, DC (US)
Assigned to Brian Hardy, Durham, NC (US)
Filed by Videomentum, Inc., Washington, DC (US)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/831,708.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/348,403, filed on Jun. 2, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0394445 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 21/10 (2013.01); G06Q 20/06 (2012.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 20/065 (2013.01) [G06F 21/10 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for facilitating a distribution infrastructure for digital media assets, the method comprising:
generating a digital media frame for a digital media asset;
providing, to a digital media curator, the digital media frame generated for the digital media asset, wherein the digital media frame is configured to be integrated into a web gallery associated with the digital media curator and comprises a compilation of programming commands that, when executed, prompt the web gallery to display a graphical user interface (GUI) element through which the digital media asset may be accessed;
detecting a selection, made by a digital media consumer through a GUI of the web gallery, of the digital media frame, wherein the digital media frame is initially presented within the GUI of the web gallery in a locked state, in which the digital media asset cannot be accessed through the digital media frame;
deducting an amount of media credits equal to a media credit value established for the digital media asset from a first media credit account associated with the digital media consumer;
in response to detecting the selection of the digital media frame and successfully deducting the amount of media credits equal to the media credit value established for the digital media asset from the first media credit account associated with the digital media consumer, unlocking the digital media frame, such that the digital media frame is presented within the GUI of the web gallery in an unlocked state, in which the digital media asset can be accessed through the digital media frame;
after the digital media frame is integrated into the web gallery associated with the digital media curator, transmitting the digital media asset to the web gallery from a digital media database in which the digital media asset is stored, such that the digital media consumer may access the digital media asset through the digital media frame presented in the unlocked state; and
adding a first portion of the amount of media credits deducted from the first media credit account associated with the digital media consumer to a second media credit account associated with the digital media curator.