Patent ID: 9247272
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A web-based system for providing audience centric instant micro forums for sharing media and communications, the system comprising: a multimedia gathering module comprising computer-executable code stored in non-volatile memory; a control module comprising computer-executable code stored in non-volatile memory; a communications means; and a processor, wherein said multimedia gathering module, said control module, said communications means and said processor are operably connected; and wherein said multimedia gathering module, said control module, said communications means and said processor are configured to collectively: receive commands from one or more users to form said audience centric instant micro forum; generate said micro forum comprising a local social cluster of a plurality of local computing devices, wherein a plurality of said micro forums define a network of micro forums; receive multimedia content from one or more participants in said micro forum, wherein said content is associated with a past, present, or future event, product, show, or topic, wherein said content includes photos, audio, video, and text information, wherein said control module is configured to vary content from display screen to display screen in said micro forum based on at least one of: user access privileges, user age, display screen type, and display screen selection; aggregate said content into a first content based on said association, wherein said first content is presented to an audience by said web-based system, and said web-based system is further configured to present multiple events, products, shows, or topics simultaneously, wherein aspects of presentation of said multimedia content received from said micro forum participants are controlled by a designated moderator, wherein control of said multimedia content presentation is accomplished by said moderator issuing one or more commands to said control module for processing, wherein said commands include content selection, display selection, display format, display permission settings, show permission settings, show start settings, show stop settings, user administration, moderator administration, automated display settings, automated content processing settings, and archival journal settings, wherein content posted on a third-party social network can be automatically captured by the system for use in said first content when a unique identifier associated with said event, product, topic, or show is posted on the third-party social network; transmit said first content to one or more screens; and display said first content on said one or more screens, wherein said system includes controls that allow the moderator to start an interactive dialog (multi-way broadcast), or a monolog (one-way broadcast) with the micro forum participants, wherein participants can chat, post messages, photos, or other content in said instant micro forum, wherein an event, product, show, or topic associated with a particular user can be discovered by other users of the system who are acquainted with said user, wherein users can discover other users of the system outside his/her social circle when said other users follow the same event, product, topic or show followed by said user.