Jennifer I Deleon

US Patent:

20170064399, Mar 2, 2017

Filed:

Nov 16, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/942843

Inventors:

- Newport Beach CA, US
Lloyd Frederick Linder - Agoura Hills CA, US
David Angel Rodriguez - Valencia CA, US
Jennifer Marie Deleon - Valley Village CA, US

International Classification:

H04N 21/4788
H04L 29/08
H04L 12/58

Abstract:

A message distribution technique permits individual subscribers to receive text messages from a broadcaster. The broadcaster uploads a text message to a central processing service where it may be redirected to a chat room associated with the broadcaster, In addition, a push notification is sent to ail subscribers of a particular broadcaster to indicate the delivery of a text message from the broadcaster. The push notification may also contain a link that, when activated by the subscriber, initiates an associated software application program that navigates the subscriber directly to the chat room to view the text message. The text message may be generated and uploaded by the broadcaster without having to activate the software application. The push notification may also be received by subscribers without having to activate the software program. In one embodiment, the broadcaster can limit distribution of the video based on a geographic restriction.