Patent ID: 8769031

Claim:
A method for implementing a subscription-based fan club platform comprising the steps of: a server receiving from at least one of a computer and a mobile device of a content creator, a first REpresentational State Transfer (REST) application programming interface (API) request for initiating a chat, the API request generated by an application running on the at least one of a computer and a mobile device of the content creator; the server retrieving at least one of mobile numbers and mobile device IDs of users of the fan club platform; the server determining a plurality of subscribers from the users of the fan club platform; the server retrieving from a database information about the plurality of subscribers; and the server: (a) sending to an SMS message service provider a second REST API request, information about the plurality of subscribers, and SMS content from the content creator, if the second REST API request is a request to an SMS message service provider; and (b) sending to a PUSH Notification service provider a third REST API request, information about the plurality of subscribers, and PUSH Notification content from the content creator, if the third REST API request is a request for a PUSH Notification.