U.S. Patent 11182979 was awarded on November 23, 2021 and is entitled “Augmented reality remote authoring and social media platform and system.” The first named inventor is John Daly of Frederick, MD. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

Frontend and backend systems and processes. Technical foundations on which an Augmented Reality (AR) platform, such as an AR Social Media Platform. Systems and methods are used to construct and manage an AR Cloud backend and frontend environment facilitation: persistent 3-Dimensional and 2-Dimensional geo-located content that can be created, viewed, changed, and interacted with by users in the same or different sessions; ephemeral content; local creation and posting of content; remote creation and posting of content; remote visualization, altering, and placing content on a 3D map; filtering and management of content in the camera view based on a visibility layer/similar theme and content priority based on preferences, categorization, and ownership; automated creation and posting; lighting of content and digital environments; linking of point clouds with real-world geo-coordinates for accurate map construction; and the security of property and content rights and ownership via smart contracts on a blockchain. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on December 18, 2020  as U.S. Patent Application 17/126235 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 11182979. The primary examiner was Sae Won Yoon.

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