Music/video messaging system and method

• US 20110066940A1
• Filed: 05/26/2009
• Published: 03/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kamran Asghari Kamrani, Nader Asghari Kamrani
• Original Assignee: Kamran Asghari Kamrani, Nader Asghari Kamrani
• Inventors: Asghari Kamrani, Kamran, Asghari Kamrani, Nader
• Application Number:
  US12/453,847
• Publication Number:
  US 20110066940A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/716
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages

Abstract

A system and method for creating custom music/video messages to facilitate and/or improve social interaction. The music/video messages may include at least portions of music, video, pictures, slideshows, and/or text. Custom music/video messages may be created by a user in communication with a music/video provider and a music/video messaging system. The music/video messaging system and/or a distribution network send the music/video messages to one or more intended recipient(s). The custom music/video messages are representative of feelings or emotions to be communicated by the user to the one or more recipient(s).

Claims

1. A Method for creating a custom music/video message representative of feelings or emotions to be communicated to one or more recipient device(s) over a communications network, the method comprising:

presenting user-customizable content selections to a user device display;

receiving user-customized content selection(s) from the user device;

receiving user-provided customized content, if any, from the user device;

receiving recipient device information from the user device;

notifying the recipient device(s) of the user-customized content; and

in response to a request from a recipient device, providing the user-customized content to the recipient device in a single music/video message.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the music/video message comprises a combination of two or more of:

music, video, pictures, slideshows, and text.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein user provided content corresponds to at least one of:

video, pictures, slideshows, and text.

4. The method of claim 1, including receiving and logging changes to the music/video message from the recipient device(s).

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the user-customizable content is obtained from a single music/video provider.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein at least some of the user-customizable content is obtained from two or more different music/video providers.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the method steps are executed by a single server.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the method steps are executed by multiple servers in communication with one another.

9. A system for creating a custom music/video message representative of feelings or emotions to be communicated to one or more recipient device(s) over a communications network, the system comprising:

at least one server configured to;

present user-customizable content selections to a user device display;

receive user-customized content selection(s) from the user device;

receive user-provided content, if any, from the user device;

receive recipient device information from the user device;

notify the recipient device(s) of the user-customized content; and

in response to a request from a recipient device, provide the user-customized content to the recipient device in a single music/video message.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the music/video message comprises a combination of two or more of:

music, video, pictures, slideshows, and text.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one server corresponds to a music/video provider.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one server includes multiple servers corresponding to multiple different music/video providers.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the multiple different music/video providers are in communication with at least one common server.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one server corresponds to a music/video messaging system.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one server corresponds to a music/video provider and a music/video messaging system residing on a single server.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the user device corresponds to a:

personal computer, laptop, pocket PC, or personal digital assistant.

17. The system of claim 9, wherein at least one recipient device corresponds to a:

personal computer, laptop, pocket PC, or personal digital assistant.

18. The system of claim 9, wherein the user device corresponds to a mobile phone.

19. The system of claim 9, wherein at least one recipient device corresponds to a mobile phone.

20. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one server is configured to receive changes to the music/video message from the recipient device(s).