System and method for geographically associated or geographically disassociated enticing gift or video drop

• US 10,616,629 B2
• Filed: 09/19/2018
• Issued: 04/07/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GiftDrop LLC
• Original Assignee: GiftDrop LLC
• Inventors: Hardy, Brian, Hardy, Norman
• Primary Examiner(s): Parra, Omar S
• Application Number:
  US16/135,361
• Publication Number:
  US 20190090003A1
• Time in Patent Office: 566 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/226 Characteristics of the server or Internal components of the server
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2396 characterized by admission policies admission control, resource allocation in open networks H04L12/5692; arrangements for network security using user profiles for access control H04L63/102; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25841 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; arrangements for identifying locations of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/51; location of the user terminal in data switching networks H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2743 Video hosting of uploaded data from client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612

Abstract

This application pertains to gift-giving and video-dropping methods and systems. A gift drop or a video drop is facilitated using a mobile smart device and an interactive map. The system includes a gift or video drop database stored in a remote gift drop computer server. The system includes a gift or video drop logic section operable on a smart mobile device or a computer. The gift or video drop logic section includes an interactive gift or video drop map. The gift or video drop logic section presents the interactive gift or video drop map to a user, and facilitates the dropping of a symbolic gift item or a video onto the interactive map. The gift or video drop logic section determines whether the user is within certain predefined geographic boundaries, and either makes visible or gives a symbolic gift item to the user based on their location, or plays the video.

Claims

1. A system for facilitating geographic enticing gift drops, the system comprising:

a gift drop database stored in a remote gift drop computer server, wherein the gift drop database includes an authoritative copy of an interactive gift drop map; and

a gift drop logic section operable on a smart mobile device, wherein the gift drop logic section includes the interactive gift drop map, and wherein the gift drop logic section is configured to;

present the interactive gift drop map to a user of the smart mobile device;

detect a gesture from the user on a touch-sensitive display of the smart mobile device;

responsive to the gesture, transmit a request to the remote gift drop computer server via the cloud to drop a symbolic gift item onto the authoritative copy of the interactive gift drop map;

receive a reply from the remote gift drop computer server via the cloud; and

responsive to the reply being a confirmation indicating that the symbolic gift item has been placed onto the authoritative copy of the interactive gift drop map, drop the symbolic gift item onto the interactive gift drop map presented to the user of the smart mobile device;

wherein;

the user is referred to as a first user;

the gift drop logic section operable on the smart mobile device is further configured to;

make the symbolic gift item hidden to a second user when the second user is outside of a first predefined geographic boundary; and

make the symbolic gift item visible to the second user when the second user is inside of the first predefined geographic boundary; and

the gift drop logic section operable on the smart mobile device is further configured to;

receive a request from the first user to place a geographic gift blocker onto the interactive gift drop map;

transmit the request from the first user to the remote gift drop computer server via the cloud to place the geographic gift blocker onto the authoritative copy of the interactive gift drop map;

receive a reply from the remote gift drop computer server via the cloud; and

responsive to the reply being a confirmation indicating that the geographic gift blocker has been placed onto the authoritative copy of the interactive gift drop map, place the geographic gift blocker onto the interactive gift drop map presented on the smart mobile device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein responsive to the reply being a denial of the request to drop the symbolic gift item onto the interactive gift drop map, the gift drop logic section is configured to not drop the symbolic gift item onto the interactive gift drop map presented to the user of the smart mobile device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the gift drop logic section operable on the smart mobile device is further configured to:

receive a request from the second user to claim the symbolic gift item;

determine whether the second user is inside of a second predefined geographic boundary; and

responsive to determining that the second user is inside of the second predefined geographic boundary, gift the symbolic gift item to the second user.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the gift drop logic section operable on the smart mobile device is further configured to cause a video associated with the symbolic gift item to be launched and played for the second user.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein responsive to the reply being a denial of the request to place the geographic gift blocker onto the interactive gift drop map, the gift drop logic section is configured to not place the geographic gift blocker onto the interactive gift drop map presented on the smart mobile device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the symbolic gift item is referred to as a first symbolic gift item;

the request to the remote gift drop computer server to drop the first symbolic gift item is referred to as a first request to the remote gift drop computer server to drop the first symbolic gift item;

the gift drop logic section operable on the smart mobile device is further configured to;

transmit a second request to the remote gift drop computer server via the cloud to drop a second symbolic gift item onto the authoritative copy of the interactive gift drop map;

receive a reply from the remote gift drop computer server via the cloud; and

responsive to the reply being a denial indicating that the symbolic gift item has not been placed onto the authoritative copy of the interactive gift drop map due to an overlap with the geographic gift blocker, not drop the symbolic gift item onto the interactive gift drop map presented on the smart mobile device.

7. A computer-implemented method for facilitating geographic enticing gift drops, the method comprising:

presenting an interactive gift drop map on a smart mobile device

receiving, by a gift drop logic section of the smart mobile device, a request to drop a symbolic gift item onto the interactive gift drop map;

transmitting a request to a remote gift drop computer server to drop the symbolic gift item onto an authoritative copy of the interactive gift drop map;

receiving a reply from the remote gift drop computer server;

responsive to the reply being a confirmation indicating that the symbolic gift item has been placed onto the authoritative copy of the interactive gift drop map, dropping the symbolic gift item onto the interactive gift drop map presented on the smart mobile device;

receiving, by the gift drop logic section of the smart mobile device, a request to place a geographic gift blocker onto the interactive gift drop map;

transmitting a request to the remote gift drop computer server to place the geographic gift blocker onto the authoritative copy of the interactive gift drop map;

responsive to the request, receiving a reply from the remote gift drop computer server; and

responsive to the reply being a confirmation indicating that the geographic gift blocker has been placed onto the authoritative copy of the interactive gift drop map, placing the geographic gift blocker onto the interactive gift drop map presented on the smart mobile device.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

determining whether the smart mobile device is within a first predefined geographic boundary;

responsive to determining that the smart mobile device is not within the first predefined geographic boundary, not showing the symbolic gift item on the interactive gift drop map presented on the smart mobile device; and

responsive to determining that the smart mobile device is within the first predefined geographic boundary, showing the symbolic gift item on the interactive gift drop map presented on the smart mobile device.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining whether the smart mobile device is within a second predefined geographic boundary;

responsive to determining that the smart mobile device is not within the second predefined geographic boundary, not giving the symbolic gift item to a user associated with the smart mobile device; and

responsive to determining that the smart mobile device is within the second predefined geographic boundary, giving the symbolic gift item to the user associated with the smart mobile device.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising notifying the user that the symbolic gift item has been gifted to the user.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the symbolic gift item is referred to as a first symbolic gift item, and the request to the remote gift drop computer server to drop the first symbolic gift item is referred to as a first request to the remote gift drop computer server to drop the first symbolic gift item, the method further comprising:

transmitting a second request to the remote gift drop computer server to drop a second symbolic gift item onto the authoritative copy of the interactive gift drop map;

responsive to the second request, receiving a reply from the remote gift drop computer server; and

responsive to the reply being a denial indicating that the symbolic gift item has not been placed onto the authoritative copy of the interactive gift drop map due to an overlap with the geographic gift blocker, not dropping the symbolic gift item onto the interactive gift drop map presented on the smart mobile device.

12. A system for facilitating geographic video drops, the system comprising:

a video drop database stored in a remote video drop computer server, wherein the video drop database includes an authoritative copy of an interactive video drop map; and

a video drop logic section operable on a smart mobile device, wherein the video drop logic section includes the interactive video drop map, and wherein the video drop logic section is configured to;

present the interactive video drop map to a user of the smart mobile device;

detect a gesture from the user on a touch-sensitive display of the smart mobile device;

responsive to the gesture, transmit a request to the remote video drop computer server via the cloud to drop a video onto the authoritative copy of the interactive video drop map;

receive a reply from the remote video drop computer server via the cloud; and

responsive to the reply being a confirmation indicating that the video has been placed onto the authoritative copy of the interactive video drop map, drop the video onto the interactive video drop map presented to the user of the smart mobile device;

wherein;

the user is referred to as a first user;

the video drop logic section operable on the smart mobile device is further configured to;

make the video hidden to a second user when the second user is outside of a first predefined geographic boundary; and

make the video visible to the second user when the second user is inside of the first predefined geographic boundary; and

the video drop logic section operable on the smart mobile device is further configured to;

receive a request from the first user to place a geographic video blocker onto the interactive video drop map;

transmit the request from the first user to the remote video drop computer server via the cloud to place the geographic video blocker onto the authoritative copy of the interactive video drop map;

receive a reply from the remote video drop computer server via the cloud; and

responsive to the reply being a confirmation indicating that the geographic video blocker has been placed onto the authoritative copy of the interactive video drop map, place the geographic video blocker onto the interactive video drop map presented on the smart mobile device.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein responsive to the reply being a denial of the request to drop the video onto the interactive video drop map, the video drop logic section is configured to not drop the video onto the interactive video drop map presented to the user of the smart mobile device.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the video drop logic section operable on the smart mobile device is further configured to:

receive a request from the second user to view the video;

determine whether the second user is inside of a second predefined geographic boundary; and

responsive to determining that the second user is inside of the second predefined geographic boundary, cause the video to be played for the second user.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein:

the video is referred to as a first video;

the request to the remote video drop computer server to drop the first video is referred to as a first request to the remote video drop computer server to drop the first video;

the video drop logic section operable on the smart mobile device is further configured to;

transmit a second request to the remote video drop computer server via the cloud to drop a second video onto the authoritative copy of the interactive video drop map;

receive a reply from the remote video drop computer server via the cloud; and

responsive to the reply being a denial indicating that the video has not been placed onto the authoritative copy of the interactive video drop map due to an overlap with the geographic video blocker, not drop the video onto the interactive video drop map presented on the smart mobile device.