Patent ID: 9723334
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A system including three electronic devices for capturing and sharing video images via social media, the system comprising: (a) a processor in a first electronic device that identifies a video image from a second electronic device being displayed on the second electronic device at a live venue event, wherein the first electronic device includes a computing device and a transmitting device operatively linked to the second electronic device and configured to communicate with a third electronic device and the second electronic device is a jumbotron, television camera, or a combination thereof; (b) the processor in the first electronic device captures the video image being displayed on the second electronic device thereby forming a captured video image, the second electronic device further encodes the captured video image with a unique identifier; (c) the third electronic device communicates with the first electronic device by downloading and installing an application, wherein the third electronic device is selected from the group consisting of a smartphone, a laptop, and a personal digital assistance; (d) creating, with the third electronic device, a user account via the application by providing information comprising at least all of a name, email address, password, date of birth, address, and nationality and any six of favorite sports, favorite sports teams, favorite live entertainment events other than sports, desired venues, merchandise types typically purchased, whether the user ever uses coupons and what kind if answered yes, whether the system can forward coupons to the user, whether the system can forward targeted emails to the user, whether the system can forward advertisements to the user, and user billing information; (e) the first electronic device decodes and communicates the captured video image with the unique identifier to the third electronic device; and (f) the third electronic device shares the captured video image of step (e) via social media in real time, at a later date, or a combination thereof, wherein: the live venue event is a sporting event or a concert.