US 12,141,847 B1
Systems and methods for manipulation of digital video content in a networked community of users
Jammal Brown, Ashburn, VA (US)
Filed by Jammal Brown, Ashburn, VA (US)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/536,757.
Application 17/536,757 is a continuation of application No. 16/258,164, filed on Jan. 25, 2019, granted, now 11,188,958.
Application 16/258,164 is a continuation of application No. 15/493,998, filed on Apr. 21, 2017, granted, now 10,225,616, issued on Mar. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/325,473, filed on Apr. 21, 2016.
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); H04L 65/1069 (2022.01); H04N 21/254 (2011.01); H04N 21/274 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0601 (2013.01) [H04L 65/1069 (2013.01); H04N 21/2542 (2013.01); H04N 21/274 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus to distribute a video item over a network through interface with a community of users, the apparatus in the form of a tangibly embodied computer processor, the computer processor including instructions on a non-transitory computer medium disposed in a database, the apparatus comprising:
a communication portion that interfaces between the computer processor and a plurality of electronic user devices;
the database; and
the computer processor, the computer processor performing processing including:
interfacing with a first user device of a first user over the network to input the video item, such interfacing including (a) inputting a user created video in the form of video media data, over a recording time, with a recorded item description of an item by the first user in the video, and (b) inputting video attribute data of the video item including a first video attribute, and
the video media data and the video attribute data collectively constituting the video item; and
storing the video item in the database;
outputting, by the computer processor over the network, the first video attribute over the network so as to be available by a community of users associated with the first user, and the community of users including a second user;
presenting, by the computer processor over the network, the second user with the first video attribute for selection, the presenting including the first video attribute being presented, in a web session along with other video items;
inputting, by the computer processor in the web session with the second user over the network, selection data representing that the second user selected the first video attribute;
outputting in response to the selection data, by the computer processor in the web session with the second user over the network, the video media data, and such outputting including playing, by the second user, the video media data over the recording time so as to view the item description by the first user;
inputting, by the computer processor in the web session with the second user over the network, second selection data representing that the second user has selected to be in line for the video item;
placing the second user in the line for the video item; and
performing a determination of (a) a number of other users currently in the line for the video item and (b) a further number of further other users currently in line for a further video item of the first user; and
enhancing a status attribute of the first user based on such determination.