Patent ID: 9730020
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for providing on-demand media content services using geolocation information, the method comprising: at a computer system in a network, the computer system comprising at least one processor and a memory system in communication with the processor for storing computer code comprising instructions executable by the processor: receiving, at a first network interface, a request for one or more entities of media content from a user computing device in communication with the computer system via one or more networks using a first protocol, the request comprising one or more data packets of a first data packet type corresponding to the first protocol, the data packets of the first protocol including address information of the location of subject matter of the media content, wherein the request comprises a geofence selected for the subject matter of the media content, a timeframe in which to complete the request, and one or more filtering criteria for media content providers; receiving, at a second network interface, separate from the first network interface, location information of the user computing device via one or more networks using a second protocol, the location information comprising one or more data packets of a second type corresponding to the second protocol; generating an assignment for the request and communicating the assignment to one or more computing devices of media content providers that satisfy two conditions: (1) the computing device is physically located within the geofence; and (2) the media content provider satisfies the filtering criteria, wherein the assignment is placed in an assignment feed on the computing devices of the media content providers satisfying the two conditions; receiving the requested media content entities uploaded from a media content provider who accepted the assignment; and communicating the requested media content entities to the user computing device for display in graphical user interface.