SOCIAL NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20170090735A1
• Filed: 09/08/2014
• Published: 03/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sqeeqee, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Sqeeqee, Inc.
• Inventors: Ta, Jenny Q.
• Application Number:
  US14/479,751
• Publication Number:
  US 20170090735A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02

Abstract

A social network system includes one or more participant terminals operable to act as a client on a social network and a computer operable to act as a server on the social network and to communicate with each of the participant terminals over the social network. The computer includes: a memory configured to store a set of instructions; and a processor configured to execute the set of instructions. The set of instructions cause the processor to store and display video and audio content in digital form, and to display the video content as background, with posted content and control icons visible over the background. Control icons provide on-off control and options for changing the background video. Video content can be selected from video source data stored in the social networking system or alternatively from an external source. Formats for displaying video content include jpg, png, bmp, mp4, m4v, avi, f4v, Webm, and FLV.

Claims

1. A social network system comprising:

one or more participant terminals operable to act as a client on a social network;

a computer operable to act as a server on the social network and to communicate with each of the participant terminals over the social network, the computer comprising;

a memory configured to store a set of instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the set of instructions, wherein the set of instructions cause the processor to store and display video and audio content in digital form, and to display the video content as background, with posted content and control icons visible over the background.

2. The social networking system of claim 1, further comprising a control icon simulating and functioning as an on-off button, displayed on an initial or opening screen of the user'"'"'s page, and a control icon which provides options for changing characteristics of the background video.

3. The social networking system of claim 1, wherein video content can be selected from video source data stored in the social networking system or alternatively from an external source.

4. The social networking system of claim 1, wherein formats for displaying video content, which formats are compatible with the social networking system, include jpg, png, bmp, mp4, m4v, avi, f4v, Webm, and FLV.