System and method for citizen reporter app and web platform

• US 20170046789A1
• Filed: 08/14/2015
• Published: 02/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jerry Scott Godwin
• Original Assignee: Jerry Scott Godwin
• Inventors: Godwin, Jerry Scott
• Application Number:
  US14/756,189
• Publication Number:
  US 20170046789A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

In one example, we describe a system and method for citizen reporter app and web platform. The features help popularize the news gathering by regular people, as crowd sourcing, for free or almost free, which makes the news less biased and more immediate, from many points of views, and from many sources, which gives more credibility with the news, with tools or methods of verifications or confirmations by other members of public nearby and/or about the same time. The vast access to people around the world as amateur reporters (systematically and continuously) has never been done before. We will show examples and variations of the system and method.

Claims

1. A method of splitting ad revenue with a reporter or an owner of a video content, said method comprising:

receiving a request to register from a reporter with a central computer;

issuing a unique identification code for said reporter for registration confirmation;

said reporter capturing a video from an event;

said reporter sending said video to a repository;

said central computer controlling said repository;

a third party viewing said video from said repository;

said third party setting a monetary value on said video;

said reporter receiving said monetary value through an email or text message from said central computer;

if said reporter approves said monetary value, then said central computer notifying said third party to pay said monetary value;

said third party paying said monetary value to an account of said central computer; and

said central computer transferring a percentage of said monetary value to an account belonging to said reporter.

2. The method of splitting ad revenue with a reporter or an owner of a video content, as recited in claim 1, wherein said percentage is predetermined.

3. The method of splitting ad revenue with a reporter or an owner of a video content, as recited in claim 1, wherein said percentage is based on a table.

4. The method of splitting ad revenue with a reporter or an owner of a video content, as recited in claim 1, wherein said percentage is based on a curve.

5. The method of splitting ad revenue with a reporter or an owner of a video content, as recited in claim 1, wherein said percentage was negotiated before.

6. The method of splitting ad revenue with a reporter or an owner of a video content, as recited in claim 1, wherein said percentage is based on a contract.

7. The method of splitting ad revenue with a reporter or an owner of a video content, as recited in claim 1, wherein said percentage is based on a performance.

8. The method of splitting ad revenue with a reporter or an owner of a video content, as recited in claim 1, wherein said percentage is based on a number of views.

9. The method of splitting ad revenue with a reporter or an owner of a video content, as recited in claim 1, wherein said percentage is based on a website traffic.

10. The method of splitting ad revenue with a reporter or an owner of a video content, as recited in claim 1, wherein said percentage is adjusted dynamically.

11. The method of splitting ad revenue with a reporter or an owner of a video content, as recited in claim 1, wherein said percentage is adjusted conditionally.

12. The method of splitting ad revenue with a reporter or an owner of a video content, as recited in claim 1, wherein said unique identification code is based on public-private key infrastructure.

13. The method of splitting ad revenue with a reporter or an owner of a video content, as recited in claim 1, wherein said unique identification code is based on an encryption method.

14. The method of splitting ad revenue with a reporter or an owner of a video content, as recited in claim 1, said method comprises:

rating said video.

15. The method of splitting ad revenue with a reporter or an owner of a video content, as recited in claim 1, said method comprises:

reporting said video as offensive.

16. The method of splitting ad revenue with a reporter or an owner of a video content, as recited in claim 1, said method comprises:

evaluating said video as being offensive.

17. The method of splitting ad revenue with a reporter or an owner of a video content, as recited in claim 1, said method comprises:

deleting said video as offensive.

18. The method of splitting ad revenue with a reporter or an owner of a video content, as recited in claim 1, said method comprises:

generating total accounting report for said reporter.

19. The method of splitting ad revenue with a reporter or an owner of a video content, as recited in claim 1, said method comprises:

crowdsourcing said event to public, for video capturing.

20. The method of splitting ad revenue with a reporter or an owner of a video content, as recited in claim 1, said method comprises:

metering said video for accounting purposes and rating purposes.