US 9,015,249 C1 (12,883rd)
System and method for associating audio data with image file data
Ward A. Chandler, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed by Seemail, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Reexamination Request No. 90/019,230, Jul. 22, 2023.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 9,015,249, issued Apr. 21, 2015, Appl. No. 13/839,116, Mar. 15, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/613,192, filed on Mar. 20, 2012.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Mar. 28, 2025.
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 67/02 (2022.01); H04L 67/06 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/02 (2013.01) [G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04L 67/06 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3205 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3246 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3247 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3264 (2013.01)]
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
Claims 1-8, 10-23 and 25 are cancelled.
Claims 9, 24 and 26 are determined to be patentable as amended.
9. A system for allowing a user to create a social object according to claim 1, wherein the social object creation module is [ A system for allowing a user to create a social object with a computing device having a memory device, comprising: a social object creation module coupled to the computing device and configured to enable the computing device to: receive an input from the user to associate a digital image with an audio file; receive an input from the user to identify the digital image and the audio file; create an electronic file association linking the digital image to the audio file to generate a social object; save the social object to the memory device; and transfer the saved social object in response to a command from the user, and wherein the social object creation module is configured to link a geographic location identifier to the social object in response to an input from the user and ] configured to apply an audio filter to the audio file in response to an input from the user.
24. A method according to claim 11, further comprising: [ A method for allowing a user to create a social object with a computing device, comprising: displaying a user interface of a social object creation module on a screen coupled to the computing device; receiving with the computing device a first series of inputs from the user to cause the computing device to identify: a digital image; and an audio file; receiving with the computing device a second series of inputs from the user comprising a command to cause the computing device to link the digital image with an audio file; receiving with the computing device a third series of inputs from the user comprising a command to cause the computing device to receive a geographic location identifier; and creating an electronic file association linking the digital image to the audio file to generate the social object, wherein receiving the geographic location identifier causes the social object to include the geographic location identifier in the electronic file association; ] receiving with the computing device a third [ fourth ] series of inputs from the user comprising a command to cause the computing device to apply an audio filter to the social object; and prompting the user to select the audio filter, wherein the social object creation module causes the computing device to apply the selected audio filter to the audio file in the electronic file association when generating the social object.
26. A method according to claim 11, further comprising: [ A method for allowing a user to create a social object with a computing device, comprising: displaying a user interface of a social object creation module on a screen coupled to the computing device; receiving with the computing device a first series of inputs from the user to cause the computing device to identify: a digital image; and an audio file; receiving with the computing device a second series of inputs from the user comprising a command to cause the computing device to link the digital image with an audio file; receiving with the computing device a third series of inputs from the user comprising a command to cause the computing device to receive a geographic location identifier; and creating an electronic file association linking the digital image to the audio file to generate the social object, wherein receiving the geographic location identifier causes the social object to include the geographic location identifier in the electronic file association;] receiving with the computing device a third [ fourth ] series of inputs from the user comprising a command to cause the computing device to apply a privacy setting to the social object; and causing the social object creation module to apply the privacy setting when generating the social object, wherein the privacy setting causes the social object to be deleted a predetermined time after being accessed by a second computing device.