Patent SG-11201910178S-A (SG)
Title: Video-tournament platform
Inventor: CVINAR JOHN GRAHAM
IPC: H04N21/2187
Filed: 2018-03-30
Abstract: VotesViews videos Voters Tournament Platform 110 Receives $ (fee for service) V Receives $ ) Defines theme Provides Uploads videos Sponsors 140 FIG IA Content Providers 120 Tournament Winner 125 1-1 00 cc O N 00 1 - 1 O N C (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 15 November 2018 (15.11.2018) WIPO I PCT omit °nolo oi olo Hum oil 111°11E11mm oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/208384 Al (51) International Patent Classification: HO4N 21/2743 (2011.01) H04N 21/4784 (2011.01) H04N 21/2187 (2011.01) H04N 21/478 (2011.01) HO4N 21/475 (2011.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2018/025336 (22) International Filing Date: 30 March 2018 (30.03.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 62/504,666 11 May 2017 (11.05.2017) US 62/529,750 07 July 2017 (07.07.2017) US 62/567,699 03 October 2017 (03.10.2017) US (71) Applicant: CHANNELFIX.COM LLC [US/US]; 2220 Meridian Blvd Suite #ev198, Minden, NV 89423 (US). (72) Inventor: CVINAR, John Graham; 1584 Ulster Terrace, West Chester, PA 19380 (US). (74) Agent: WAKIMURA, Mary Lou et al.; HAMILTON, BROOK, SMITH & REYNOLDS, P.C., 530 Virginia Rd, P.O. Box 9133, Concord, MA 01742-9133 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, (54) Title: VIDEO-TOURNAMENT PLATFORM (57) : A method for conducting a tournament includes activating a competition, receiving video submissions from a plurality of content providers, and transmitting a compensation amount to at least a subset of the content providers, each having provided an acceptable video submission. The acceptable video submissions are assigned a seed-position and published based on the assigned seed positions to a plurality of voters. A winning content provider is determined based at least in part on votes received, and a prize is transmitted to the winning content provider. The compensation amount provided to each of the content providers obviates the prize from being construed as a lottery. The method can further include gaming- avoidance and anti-fraud features. League structures can be created to increase user retention and add relevancy of each competition to a user's continued experience on the platform. [Continued on next page] WO 2018/208384 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIRDERIHNOIRMIIIMOHINVOIS SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Declarations under Rule 4.17: of inventorship (Rule 4.17(iv)) Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))