System and Method for Media Distribution on Social Networks

• US 20100324981A1
• Filed: 05/20/2010
• Published: 12/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Uniloc Luxembourg S.à r.l. (f/k/a Uniloc Luxembourg S.A.) (Uniloc Corporation Pty. Limited)
• Original Assignee: Uniloc Luxembourg S.à r.l. (f/k/a Uniloc Luxembourg S.A.) (Uniloc Corporation Pty. Limited)
• Inventors: Etchegoyen, Craig S.
• Application Number:
  US12/784,404
• Publication Number:
  US 20100324981A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.16
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/16 Program or content traceability, e.g. by watermarking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2117 User registration
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2129 Authenticate client device independently of the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0214 Referral reward systems

Abstract

An apparatus and method for distributing media via an exchange club or social networking site effects or includes the process of identifying a member by authenticating a unique device identifier received from the user'"'"'s computing device when accessing the social networking site, enabling the member to select one or more media for sharing or broadcasting to other members of the site using information obtained from the site, enabling members to select or enter contact information of friends with whom the user would like to share the media or information about the media, and rewarding the member for any purchase of the media resulting from the broadcasting.

Claims

1. A method for sharing media on a social network, the method comprising:

accessing a social networking site using login information provided by a member;

broadcasting an advertisement of a media to contacts of the member using information obtained from the social networking site; and

rewarding the member for any purchase of the media resulting from the broadcasting.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the social networking site is a third party social networking site.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein broadcasting the advertisement comprises creating a blog entry about the media.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein broadcasting the advertisement comprises sending an email to contacts of the member about the media.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a member identifier from a device; and

determining a membership status of the member using the member identifier.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the advertisement comprises a link to the media.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a device identifier from the device; and

determining the membership status using the device identifier, wherein the device identifier is generated using one or more parameters of the device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the media comprises one or more items selected from the list consisting of music, software applications, movies, and books.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising enabling the member to select one or more media from a list for the broadcasting of advertisement.

10. The method of claim 2, wherein the third party social networking site comprises a social networking site selected from the list consisting of a free email service, a blogging service, and a social networking service.

11. An apparatus for sharing media on a social network, the apparatus comprising:

means for determining a membership status of the member using a member identifier;

means for accessing a social networking site using login information provided by the member; and

means for broadcasting an advertisement of a media to contacts of the member using the social networking site.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising means for rewarding the member for a purchase of the media because of the broadcasting.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the means for broadcasting the advertisement comprises means for creating a blog entry about the media.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the means for broadcasting the advertisement comprises means for sending an email to contacts of the member about the media.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the advertisement comprises a link to the media.

16. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the media comprises one or more items selected from the list consisting of music, software applications, movies, and books.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein broadcasting the advertisement comprises creating a blog entry about the media.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein broadcasting the advertisement comprises sending an email to contacts of the member about the media.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 16, further include instructions that, if executed by the device, cause the device to perform a method comprising:

receiving a device identifier from the device; and

determining the membership status using the device identifier, wherein the device identifier is generated using one or more parameters of the device.

17. A computer readable medium having stored thereon, computer executable instructions that, if executed by a device, cause the device to perform a method comprising:

determining a membership status of the member using a member identifier;

accessing a social networking site using login information provided by the member;

broadcasting an advertisement of a media to contacts of member using the social networking site; and

rewarding the member for any purchase of the media because of the broadcasting.