US 12,136,106 B2
System of funding for advertisements and method of using the same
Keith Ablow, Newburyport, MA (US)
Assigned to Louder.ai, Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed by Keith Ablow, Newburyport, MA (US)
Filed on May 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/324,994.
Prior Publication US 2022/0374940 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/02 (2023.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06Q 30/0241 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0249 (2013.01) [G06K 7/1417 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
20. A method of funding for communications, comprising:
displaying, using a processor connected to a network, a first communication associated with at least one interest or interested party, wherein the displaying of the first communication is on a user feed of a graphical user interface accessible by a receiving party via a web browser or a mobile application on a personal electronic device, and wherein the first communication is a fundable communication;
displaying, using the processor, an icon or icon button positioned within or adjacent to the first communication on the user feed, wherein the icon or icon button includes a matrix barcode or a hyperlink;
identifying, using the personal electronic device, the matrix barcode or hyperlink, and displaying a donation screen associated with the matrix barcode or hyperlink and the fundable communication;
registering, using the processor and in response to a user input on the personal electronic device, a selection by the receiving party to initiate a transfer of the fixed amount of currency as a monetary contribution to fund the further propagation of the fundable communication;
performing, using the processor, a transfer of the fixed amount of currency from a first financial account associated with the receiving party to a second financial account associated with a third party;
holding, using the processor connected to the network, funds in the second financial account associated with the third party;
transferring, using the processor connected to the network, the funds from the second financial account associated with the third party to directly and exclusively fund further propagation of the fundable communication, wherein the second financial account is independent from and inaccessible to the at least one interest or interested party and the receiving party; and
projecting, via at least one advertising medium, the fundable communication funded by the receiving party,
wherein prior to providing the user input on the personal electronic device, the receiving party received the fundable communication via a first advertising medium and the processor registered an action by the receiving party to display the fundable communication on the user feed of the graphical user interface, and
wherein the action of the receiving party comprises at least one of:
selecting, via the personal electronic device, the icon button comprising the hyperlink and displayed within or adjacent to the first communication on the graphical user interface;
dialing a phone number using the personal electronic device;
texting, using the personal electronic device, a code associated with the fundable communication to a number associated with the fundable communication;
taking a picture of or scanning the matrix barcode associated with the fundable communication using the personal electronic device; and
enabling and receiving, via the personal electronic device, an electronic notification or beacon for the fundable communication.