Prior art

To identify the most relevant prior art for US patent 12131357, I will examine the "Citations" section provided in the patent text, focusing on references with a priority date before February 12, 2010 (the priority date of US12131357). I will look for patents that describe core elements of US12131357's independent claims, such as receiving/generating media messages from mobile devices, storing them on servers, providing multiple distinct feeds, presenting interactive prompts (comment, sharing, bookmark) with media messages in a feed, and switching between feeds.

Here are four highly relevant prior art references identified from the US12131357 patent's citation list:

1. US20100161635A1 (Method and apparatus for providing a mobile video blog service)

• Full Citation: US20100161635A1 to Dey, Spondon. Title: Method and apparatus for providing a mobile video blog service.
• Publication/Filing Date:
  • Priority Date: 2008-12-22
  • Publication Date: 2010-06-24
• Brief Description: This patent application describes a system and method for providing a mobile video blog service. It involves receiving video information from a mobile terminal, generating a video blog from this information, and then providing the generated video blog to one or more mobile terminals.
• Potential Anticipation (35 U.S.C. § 102):
  • Claims 1, 8, 14, 21 (Receiving/Generating Media Messages from Mobile, Storing, Providing Feeds): This reference strongly anticipates the core aspects of receiving user-generated media (specifically video) from mobile devices, storing it (implicitly, as it forms a "video blog"), and then providing it as a service/feed to other mobile terminals. The concept of a "video blog" naturally implies a feed of media messages.
  • Claims 8, 21 (Image or Video Captured by Camera): The explicit mention of "video information from a mobile terminal" directly anticipates the generation of media messages including video captured by mobile device cameras.
  • Claims 1, 8, 14, 21 (Interactive Prompts): While the abstract doesn't explicitly list "comment prompt, sharing prompt, and bookmark prompt," a "video blog service" would inherently involve functionalities like commenting and sharing as standard features of blogging platforms. The presence of such features in a video blog service could anticipate the interactive prompts.

2. US8037093B2 (Feeding updates to landing pages of users of an online social network from external sources)

• Full Citation: US8037093B2 to Facebook, Inc. Title: Feeding updates to landing pages of users of an online social network from external sources.
• Publication/Filing Date:
  • Priority Date: 2006-09-12
  • Publication Date: 2011-10-11
• Brief Description: This patent describes a system for generating feeds for users of an online social network. It involves an update management module to receive updates from external sources and a content management module to receive content directly from a user. A feed generation module then creates a feed combining these updates and content, which is presented on a user's landing page.
• Potential Anticipation (35 U.S.C. § 102):
  • Claims 1, 8, 14, 21 (Providing First/Second Feeds, Subsets of Media Messages): This patent directly anticipates the concept of generating and providing "feeds" to users, including subsets of content. The idea of combining content from different sources into a feed supports the notion of distinct feeds or customizable feeds, which is central to US12131357.
  • Claims 1, 8, 14, 21 (Receiving/Storing Media Messages): The system's ability to receive "updates" and "content" from users and external sources implies storing these media messages.
  • Claims 1, 8, 14, 21 (Interactive Prompts): As a social networking patent, the expectation of features like commenting, sharing, and potentially saving/bookmarking content within a user's feed is very high, even if not explicitly detailed in the abstract.

3. US8862762B1 (Real-time consumption of a live video stream transmitted from a mobile device)

• Full Citation: US8862762B1 to Skype. Title: Real-time consumption of a live video stream transmitted from a mobile device.
• Publication/Filing Date:
  • Priority Date: 2009-10-01
  • Publication Date: 2014-10-14
• Brief Description: This patent describes a method for a first client device to receive and display a live video stream transmitted in real-time from a second client device, which is a mobile device. The video stream is captured and transmitted from the mobile device over a communication network.
• Potential Anticipation (35 U.S.C. § 102):
  • Claims 1, 8, 14, 21 (Streaming Media Delivery): This reference strongly anticipates the technical mechanism for delivering live streaming media, specifically video, from a mobile device to another device. This is a fundamental component for implementing the "live streaming media file" delivery described in US12131357.
  • Claims 8, 21 (Image or Video Captured by Camera): The explicit mention of a live video stream being "captured and transmitted from the second client device [mobile device] in real-time" directly anticipates the generation of media messages including video captured by mobile device cameras.
  • This patent primarily focuses on the real-time transmission and consumption of a live stream and does not explicitly detail the multiple feed management or the specific interactive prompts (comment, sharing, bookmark) as a core part of its claims.

4. US20100241968A1 (Tool for embedding comments for objects in an article)

• Full Citation: US20100241968A1 to Yahoo! Inc. Title: Tool for embedding comments for objects in an article.
• Publication/Filing Date:
  • Priority Date: 2009-03-23
  • Publication Date: 2010-09-23
• Brief Description: This patent application provides a tool, method, and system for embedding comments for objects within an article. It includes an interface for receiving comments from users regarding an object, storing these comments in a database, and providing a display for presenting the comments in association with the object.
• Potential Anticipation (35 U.S.C. § 102):
  • Claims 1, 8, 14, 21 (Comment Prompt): This reference directly anticipates the functionality of presenting a "comment prompt" and enabling a comment to be associated with a displayed content item ("object"). It also covers the receiving, storing, and displaying of these comments, which are key aspects of US12131357's interactive features.
  • While this reference discusses "objects in an article" rather than streaming media in a feed, the underlying method for user commenting on presented content is directly analogous. It does not explicitly address sharing or bookmarking prompts, nor the concept of multiple distinct feeds.