Method, system, and graphic user interface for enabling a customer to access a media file and associated artist

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9990671-B2
Application number	US-201514856808-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 17, 2015
Priority date	Apr 2, 2009
Publication date	Jun 5, 2018
Grant date	Jun 5, 2018

Abstract

A method, system, GUI, apparatus, and computer readable media for enabling a customer to access both an artist media file as well as the associated artist are provided. An artist profile may be hosted on, for example, a web site, SMS/MMS gateway, and a WAP site. A media file may be received from the artist along with artist contact links and may be uploaded to the artist's profile. A request to access the media file and/or the artist may be received from a customer. The customer may then be enabled to access the media file and/or artist. The artist's account may be updated to indicate the transaction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a file server, the file server indexing and storing media content of an artist received from an associated database storage;
a content delivery platform and management system configured to provide information to a customer regarding downloadable media files based on the indexing and further configured to include:
a graphical user interface (GUI) with a plurality of display areas configured to obtain and provide information related to promoting the media content of the artist on a host website, wherein the plurality of display areas include one or more links in one or more of the displayed areas;
a transcoding service to prepare communications suitable for transmission over any of: the Internet, a wireless application protocol (WAP) network, or a short message service (SMS)/multimedia messaging service (MMS) network; and
a subscription and purchase management system coupled to the transcoding service and configured to, in response to selection of at least one of the one or more communication links from an artist profile, provide a customer access to the artist, the customer access including at least establishing a communication connection between the customer and a hosting entity and thereafter updating a customer account to reflect the customer access, wherein the customer access is provided via at least one of: the host website, a short message service (SMS)/multimedia messaging service (MMS) gateway, or a wireless application protocol (WAP) site.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the subscription and purchase management system is further configured to provide the customer access to the artist by messaging over at least one of the communication links.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the subscription and purchase management system is further configured to provide the customer access to the artist by forwarding artist access to another customer over at least one of the one or more communication links.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the subscription and purchase management system is further configured to provide the customer access to the artist by telephonic communications with the artist.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the subscription and purchase management system is further configured to provide the customer access to the artist by adding the artist to social media.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the subscription and purchase management system is further configured to block the artist.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the subscription and purchase management system is further configured to provide the customer access to the artist by ranking the artist.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the subscription and purchase management system is further configured to provide the customer access to the artist by access to a webpage of the artist.

9. A method comprising:
providing a graphical user interface (GUI) including:
a first display area selectable to obtain information to be included in an artist profile capable of being displayed on a mobile device through any of a transcoded service communications over a wireless application protocol (WAP) network or a short message service (SMS)/multimedia messaging service (MMS) network;
a second display area configured to display a first link to the artist profile;
hosting, on a server computer system, the artist profile associated with an artist, the artist profile including one or more second links;
receiving and storing in a file database, a list of media files associated with the artist;
uploading the media files and the one or more second links to the artist profile; and

providing a customer access to the one or more second links in response to customer selection of the first link from the artist profile, the customer access including at least establishing a communication connection between the customer and a hosting entity and thereafter updating a customer account to reflect the customer access, wherein the access is provided via at least one of a website, a short message service (SMS)/multimedia messaging service (MMS) gateway, or a wireless application protocol (WAP) site.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the providing customer access includes a customer requesting access to the artist.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the providing customer access includes messaging over the one or more second links.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the providing customer access includes forwarding the customer access to the artist to another customer over the one or more second links.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the providing customer access includes telephonic communications with the artist.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the providing customer access includes adding the artist to social media.

15. The method of claim 9 further includes blocking the artist.

16. The method of claim 9 , wherein the providing customer access includes ranking the artist.

17. The method of claim 9 , wherein the providing customer access includes access to a webpage of the artist.

Assignees

• Iheartmedia Man Services Inc

Inventors

• Phenner Chris
• Hamre Lasse
• Park Mike

Classifications

• G06Q10/10

  Office automation; Time management · CPC title

• G06Q20/3676

  Balancing accounts · CPC title

• G06Q30/06

  Buying, selling or leasing transactions · CPC title

• G06Q30/02

  Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising · CPC title

• G06Q30/0267

  Wireless devices · CPC title