US 12131357

Here is a concise summary of US patent 12131357, based on the provided authoritative patent text:

Title: Mobile device streaming media application

Assignee:

• Current Assignee: Weple IP Holdings LLC
• Original Assignee: Weple IP Holdings LLC

Inventors: Mary Anne Fletcher

Filing Date: 2024-01-25

Issue Date: 2024-10-29 (This is the publication date for the granted patent, which serves as the issue date).

Abstract: A system and process for coordinating streaming content or messages is provided. A network-connected server maintains a database containing media content-related data, such as the text of a message, accompanying media, time of airing, payment, and related comments. A user can view these feeds or streams of these consciousness messages by downloading a mobile application or browsing to a website. The application can also be used to create, schedule, and pay for a media content message.

Plain-Language Overview of Independent Claims:

• Claim 1 (Method): This claim describes a method where one or more servers receive multiple media messages from mobile applications on mobile devices and store them. The servers then provide two different feeds of these messages to a mobile application. While presenting a media message in the first feed, the mobile application also displays prompts for comments, sharing, and bookmarking. Interacting with these prompts allows users to associate comments, generate a shareable link to the message, or bookmark the message. The mobile application can switch between displaying the first and second feeds based on user interaction.

• Claim 8 (Method): This claim outlines a method similar to Claim 1, but with an additional initial step: generating the media messages at the mobile applications, where each message includes an image or video captured by the mobile device's camera. The subsequent steps of receiving, storing, and providing the first and second feeds, along with the interactive prompts (comment, sharing, bookmark), are consistent with Claim 1.

• Claim 14 (System): This claim describes a system, including one or more servers with memory, machine-readable instructions, and processors. These processors are configured to perform operations similar to the method of Claim 1: receiving and storing media messages from mobile applications, providing a first feed with comment, sharing, and bookmark prompts, and providing a second feed that differs from the first, with the mobile application able to switch between them based on user interaction.

• Claim 21 (System): This claim describes a system that includes both the mobile applications and the servers. The mobile applications are configured to create media messages, including images or videos captured by their cameras. The servers are configured to perform operations similar to Claim 8: receiving and storing these messages, providing two distinct feeds (first and second), and enabling interactive prompts (comment, sharing, bookmark) within the mobile application when presenting a media message from the first feed, with the ability to switch between feeds.

Litigation Information:
The patent status is listed as "Active". The Google Patents page for US12131357B2 indicates that the "Family has litigation", with specific links provided to Darts-ip and Unified Patents. As of the current date, May 26, 2026, a US case was filed in the Washington Western District Court, and a PTAB case IPR2026-00081 was filed (Not Instituted - Procedural).