US 12,107,984 B2
Multimedia messaging apparatuses and methods for sending multimedia messages
Barry Chandler Williams, Malibu, CA (US); and Robert Suarez, Truckee, CA (US)
Assigned to MUSIC MAKES US FEELS, LLC, Encino (CA)
Filed by MUSIC MAKES US FEELS, LLC, Encino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/478,436.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/427,467, filed on Nov. 23, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/427,466, filed on Nov. 23, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/427,468, filed on Nov. 23, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0171670 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04L 51/04 (2022.01); H04L 51/10 (2022.01); H04L 51/216 (2022.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.01); H04M 1/72436 (2021.01); G06F 16/901 (2019.01); G06F 18/214 (2023.01)
CPC H04M 1/72436 (2021.01) [G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04L 51/04 (2013.01); H04L 51/10 (2013.01); H04L 51/216 (2022.05); H04L 51/52 (2022.05); G06F 16/901 (2019.01); G06F 18/214 (2023.01); H04M 2250/22 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A messaging apparatus for sending a multimedia message via a gesture, the messaging apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor and including instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the messaging apparatus to:
receive sensor data from one or more sensors;
analyze the received sensor data to identify a gesture;
perform a search in a list of predetermined gestures based on the identified gesture;
select a multimedia message based on a searched predetermined gesture;
generate a flattened multimedia message based upon the selected multimedia message, the flattened multimedia message including a music file selected based on the searched predetermined gesture and a text content corresponding to the music file or a lyric corresponding to the music file; and
send the flattened multimedia message including the music file and the text content corresponding to the music file or the lyric corresponding to the music file via a messaging application.