Method of ranking and displaying certified content

• US 9,424,292 B2
• Filed: 05/17/2013
• Issued: 08/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Trophy Stack, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Trophy Stack, Inc.
• Inventors: Bradsher, Michael J.
• Primary Examiner(s): HO, BINH VAN
• Application Number:
  US13/896,960
• Publication Number:
  US 20130325876A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,194 Days
• Field of Search: 707/748
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/22 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A method of displaying and ranking certified and user-generated content from an individual user against content from other users. The user is prompted to input user-generated information and various related information and at least one visual recording is received and associated to create a user single trophy entry in a remote database. The user single trophy entry is ranked relative to other trophy entries in the remote database, and is displayed with a determined rank. Overlay data may be automatically received and associated based on the user-generated information and the related information. To create certified user single trophy entries a list of certification partners may be displayed and used.

Claims

1. A method of displaying and ranking content from an individual user against content from other users comprising:

prompting the individual user to input at least one of a size or quality measurement for an animal, wherein the individual user is a person harvesting a game animal;

receiving the at least one of the size or quality measurement for an animal;

acquiring at least one of a time data and a location data;

receiving at least one visual recording from at least one of the individual user or a certified partner related to the at least one of the size or quality measurement for an animal;

associating the at least one of the size or quality measurement for an animal, at least one of a time data or a location data, and the captured visual recording to create a user single trophy entry in a remote database;

ranking the user single trophy entry relative to a plurality of single trophy entries in the remote database to determine the individual user'"'"'s relative rank; and

displaying the user single trophy entry with the determined rank.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the ranking of the plurality of single trophy entries and the user single trophy entry is by at least one of the size or the quality information.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the ranking of the user single trophy entry is relative to the plurality of single trophy entries stored on the remote database.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein each user single trophy entry is displayed with the determined rank.

5. The method of claim 1 further including a mobile application for uploading content to a database, and wherein the mobile application includes at least one of a picture module or a graphical user interface.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the at least one of a picture module or a graphical user interface is the picture module and wherein the picture module assists in capturing the visual recording.

7. The method of claim 5 wherein the at least one of a picture module or a graphical user interface is the graphical user interface and wherein the graphical user interface assists in categorizing the content.

8. The method of claim 1 further including a network containing a plurality of certification partners, and wherein the method further includes a step of displaying business information concerning each of the plurality of certification partners in the network.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein said step of displaying business information concerning each of the plurality of certification partners further includes a step of providing targeted advertising for each of the certification partners.

10. The method of claim 8 wherein said step of receiving the at least one of a size or quality measurement for an animal further includes a step of receiving certified at least one of a size or quality measurement for an animal and wherein said step of associating the at least one of a size or quality measurement for an animal further includes the step of creating certified single trophy entries.

11. The method of claim 10 further including the steps of offering a profit sharing incentive to the plurality of certification partners corresponding to the number of single certified trophy entries by each of the certification partners.

12. The method of claim 11 further including the step of calculating the profit sharing incentive for each of the plurality of certification partners based on a percentage of annual profits generated from the remote database.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one of a size or quality measurement for an animal further includes acquiring at least one of a physical data, a user identity data, or an equipment data.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the physical data includes at least one of a species identification, a size measurement, or a quality characteristic.

15. The method of claim 13 wherein the user identity data includes at least one of a name of the user, an email address, or a phone number.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the equipment data includes at least one of the name of a guide service, a name of a lodge, a name of a camp, or a name of a facility used.

17. The method of claim 13 wherein the equipment data includes equipment used in at least one of observing the trophy entry or capturing the trophy entry.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein the equipment data includes at least one of a weapon used, a bait used, or an attractant used.

19. The method of claim 17 wherein the equipment data includes at least one of a tackle type, a lure type, a type of line, a type of rod, a type of reel, a type of bait, or an attractant used.

20. The method claim 1 wherein the location data includes at least one of a country, a state, a county, or an elevation.

21. The method of claim 20 wherein the elevation data includes the user'"'"'s height relative to the ground when the trophy entry is at least one of observed or captured.

22. The method of claim 1 further including a step of automatically acquiring overlay data based on the at least one of a time data or a location data.

23. The method of claim 22 wherein the overlay data includes at least one of a pressure, a precipitation, a moon phase, a temperature, a wind chill, a heat index, a sunset time, or a sunrise time.

24. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of acquiring at least one of a time data or a location data further includes a step of automatically uploading the at least one of a time data or a location data to the remote database.

25. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of displaying the user single trophy entry with the determined rank further includes the step of displaying additional single trophy entries associated with the individual user.

26. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of displaying the user single trophy entry with the determined rank further includes displaying trophy entries from the plurality of single trophy entries of other users with ranks against the user single trophy entry.

27. The method of claim 1 further including a step of communicating the at least one of the size or quality measurement for an animal, the at least one of a time data or a location data, or the captured visual recording to the remote database having a plurality of single trophy entries.

28. The method of claim 1 further including a step of memorializing the user single trophy entry with a special icon including indicating if the harvest was at least one of a first deer, a first fish, or a first harvest of a particular species harvested.

29. A method of certifying trophy animal information through a network containing a plurality of certification partners comprising:

prompting the individual user to input at least one of a size or a quality measurement for an animal;

receiving the at least one of a size or a quality measurement for an animal;

acquiring at least one of a time data or a location data;

accessing a network containing a plurality of certification partners to determine the closest certification partner from the plurality of certification partners, wherein a certification partner is an independent third party;

displaying business information concerning the closest certification partners;

receiving at least one visual recording from at least one of an individual user or the certification partner related to the at least one of a size or a quality measurement for an animal;

associating the at least one of a size or a quality measurement for an animal, the at least one of a time data or a location data, and the captured visual recording to create a user single trophy entry in a remote database;

ranking the user individual single trophy entry relative to a plurality of single trophy entries in the remote database to determine a relative rank; and

displaying the user single trophy entry with the determined rank.

30. The method of claim 29 further including the step of offering a profit sharing incentive to the plurality of certification partners.

31. The method of claim 30 wherein the profit sharing incentive corresponds to a number of single certified trophy entries by each of the certification partners.

32. The method of claim 30 wherein the profit sharing incentive for each of the plurality of certification partners is calculated based on a percentage of annual profits generated from the remote database.

33. The method of claim 29 further including a mobile application for uploading content to the remote database, and wherein the mobile application includes at least one of a picture module or a graphical user interface.

34. The method of claim 33 wherein the mobile application includes a graphical user interface to assist in categorizing the trophy animal information.

35. The method of claim 34 further including the step of uploading the certified trophy game animal entry automatically and in real time to the remote database in response to collecting and receiving the at least one of the at least one of a size or a quality measurement for an animal, the at least one of a time data or a location data or the visual recording of the trophy game animal from one of the certification partners.

36. The method of claim 33 further including a step of communicating to the remote database at least one of the trophy game animal information from the certification partner, the visual recording of the trophy animal, or the at least one of a time data or a location data.

37. The method of claim 29 further including a step of collecting and receiving the at least one of the at least one of a size or a quality measurement for an animal, the at least one of a time data or a location data, or a visual recording of the trophy animal from one of the certification partners in the form of a certified trophy animal entry.

38. The method of claim 29 wherein the step of acquiring at least one of a time or a location data further includes a step of automatically uploading the at least one of a time and a location data to the remote database.

39. The method of claim 29 wherein the ranking of the plurality of single trophy entries and the user single trophy entry is by at least one of the size or the quality information associated with the single trophy entry, and wherein the ranking of the user single trophy entry is relative to the plurality of single trophy entries stored on the remote database.

40. The method of claim 29 wherein the at least one of a size or quality measure further includes at least one of a physical data, a user identity data, or an equipment data.

41. The method of claim 40 wherein the physical data includes at least one of a species identification, a size measurement, or a quality characteristic.

42. The method of claim 29 further including a step of automatically acquiring overlay data based on the at least one of a time data or a location data.

43. The method of claim 42 wherein the overlay data includes at least one of a pressure, a precipitation, a moon phase, a temperature, a wind chill, a heat index, a sunset time, or a sunrise time.

44. The method of claim 29 wherein the step of displaying the user single trophy entry with the determined rank further includes the step of displaying additional single trophy entries associated with the individual user.

45. The method of claim 29 wherein said step of displaying the user single trophy entry with the determined rank further includes displaying trophy entries from the plurality of single trophy entries of other users with ranks against the user single trophy entry.

46. The method of claim 29 wherein said step of displaying business information concerning the closest certification partner includes targeted advertising for such certification partners.

47. A social media platform for displaying and ranking trophies taken by a plurality of users, comprising:

a database containing a plurality of trophy entries uploaded by the plurality of users, each including user input information and a visual recording of the trophy entry received from at least one of an individual user or a certification partner;

a ranking module having executable instructions for ranking said plurality of trophy entries stored in a database into a list of ranked trophy entries; and

an output module having executable instructions for outputting said ranked trophy entries and said list of ranked trophy entries to a social media user interface and wherein said social media user interface includes an individual user page presenting said list of ranked trophy entries.

48. The social media platform of claim 47 wherein said social media user interface includes a user trophy room for each of the plurality of users.

49. The social media platform of claim 48 wherein said user trophy room is populated with and presents said trophy entries uploaded by the user.

50. The social media platform of claim 49 wherein said user trophy room populated with and presenting said trophy entries displays all said trophy entries uploaded by the user according to a predetermined criteria.

51. The social media platform of claim 49 wherein each of the trophy entries presented in the trophy room display said visual recording and at least a portion of said input information associated with said each of the trophy entries presented.

52. The social media platform of claim 47 wherein said user page is at least one of a web page or a mobile application.

53. The social media platform of claim 47 wherein the input information includes at least one of a location data, a physical data, an equipment data, a user identity data, or a time data.

54. The social media platform of claim 53 wherein said location data includes at least one of a country, a state, a county, or an elevation.

55. The social media platform of claim 54 wherein the elevation data includes the user'"'"'s height relative to the ground when the trophy entry is at least one of observed and captured.

56. The social media platform of claim 53 wherein the physical data includes at least one of a species identification, a size measurement, or a quality characteristic.

57. The social media platform of claim 53 wherein the equipment data includes equipment used in at least one of observing or capturing the trophy entry.

58. The social media platform of claim 57 wherein the equipment data includes at least one of a weapon used, a bait used, or an attractant used.

59. The social media platform of claim 58 wherein the weapon used includes a classification of the type of weapon used, including at least one of a rifle, a shotgun, a pistol, a trap, or a bow.

60. The social media platform of claim 57 wherein the equipment data includes at least one at least one of a tackle type, a lure type, a type of line, a type of rod, a type of reel, a type of bait, or an attractant used.

61. The social media platform of claim 57 wherein the equipment data includes at least one of the name of a guide service, the name of a lodge, the name of a camp, or the name of a facility used.

62. The social media platform of claim 53 further including the step of automatically acquiring overlay data based at least one of the time data or the location data.

63. The social media platform of claim 62 wherein the overlay data includes at least one of a pressure, a precipitation, a moon phase, a temperature, a wind chill, a heat index, a sunset time, or a sunrise time.

64. The social media platform of claim 47 wherein said ranking module having executable instructions for ranking said trophy animal entries stored in said database further includes ranking by comparing at least a portion of said physical data of each trophy entry to generate a list of ranked trophy entries.

65. The social media platform of claim 47 wherein said social media user interface including a user page presenting said list of ranked trophy entries further including said list displaying said visual recording and at least a portion of said input information for each of said trophy entries presented on said list of ranked trophy entries.