Apparatus and process for mobile comic serialization using messaging on the moving knowledge engine platform

• US 9,119,050 B1
• Filed: 11/27/2013
• Issued: 08/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: David Metcalf
• Original Assignee: David Metcalf
• Inventors: Metcalf, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Scott, Randy
• Application Number:
  US14/092,391
• Time in Patent Office: 636 Days
• Field of Search: 709/217, 709/219, 709/220, 709/246, 709/225
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70

Abstract

Methods, processes, systems, apparatus and devices for delivering two way multimodal serialized comic content media files that uses a multimedia storage and delivery system. The communications utilize multi-modal inputs and multi-modal outputs to generate and access serialized comic content media files over the World Wide Web and telephone mediums with wireless communication devices and desktop computers.

Claims

1. A multimodal serialized comic distribution method, comprising the steps of:

providing a serialized comic content in a multimodal messaging program;

creating a comic content distribution media file for serial distribution of the serialized comic content;

uploading the serialized comic content media file to a serialized comic content multimedia storage and delivery system through a communication medium, the communication medium selected from at least one of a wireless communication device and an internet connected computer;

communicating existence of the serialized comic content media file to plural users;

serially distributing the serialized comic content media file multimedia storage and delivery system so as to be accessible by users recognized to receive the serialized comic content media file;

accessing the serialized comic content file by one or more of the plural users through a user communication medium;

recording distribution of the serially distributed comic content to the plural users on based a user identification; and

providing two way multimodal interactive communications between a serialized comic content provider and one or more of the plural users concerning the serialized comic content.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the serialized comic content comprises the step of:

creating plural comic contents and assigning a serial identifier to each one of the plural comic content, each next one of the plural comic contents continuing a story from a previous one of the plural comic contents.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the plural comic content creating step comprises the step of:

illustrating the story with pictorial graphics and with text corresponding to the pictorial graphics.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising the step of:

assigning a keyword to one or more pictorial graphics for locating the pictorial graphic within the plural comic content.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication medium comprises:

providing a multimodal input selected from a group consisting of a phone call recorder, a camera phone and a personal computer recorder, and the wireless communication device is one of an iPhone®

, Smartphone or feature cellular phone.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

providing voicemail to input a component of the serialized comic media file from the serialized comic content provider to a website for a pod cast view by the users.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising the step of:

accessing an IVR system for providing the voicemail.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the serialized comic content provider being selected from at least one of an online store, serialized comic content provider.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

converting the serialized comic content media file into a plurality of formats, the plurality of formats selected from the group consisting of RSS, Web playback, Java, Flash player, and IVR playback.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the user communication medium accessing step includes the step of:

selecting from the group consisting of a wireless device and a web connected computer, the wireless device being selected from a mobile phone and a PDA (personal digital assistant).

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

users accessing the serialized comic content media files through at least one of text multi-media messaging, via audio messages, email messaging and interactive voice responses (IVR).

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the serialized comic content multimedia storage and delivery system uploading step includes the step of:

providing storage of and on-demand access to the serialized comic content medial files.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the distribution step further includes the step of:

selecting content options and delivery options.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the comic content delivery method includes the step of:

selecting from the group consisting of text, Web, audio file, IVR, and video delivery modes based on learner preference or context, text messaging by SMS (Short messaging service) and MMS.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the serially distribution step includes the step of:

creating a custom distribution schedule of the serialized comic content based on a custom user identification schedule.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the custom distribution schedule creation step includes the steps of:

developing the custom distribution schedule by each one of the plural users;

distributing each next one of the serialized comic content based on the user created distribution schedule; and

updating a user profile to record distribution of the last distributed one of the serialized comic content.

17. The method of claim 2, wherein the serial distribution step includes the step of:

receiving a keyword from one or more users for distribution of a next one of the serialized comic content;

distributing a next one of the serialized comic content based on the prompt received; and

updating the user a user profile to record distribution of the last distributed one of the serialized comic content.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the comic content multimedia storage and delivery system uploading step can include:

using text messaging, email, Web, audio files or interactive voice response, video over mobile or fixed devices.