System and method for implementing a subscription-based social media platform

摘要

Systems and methods for implementing a subscription-based social media or fan club platform are provided. A content creator generates live content on a mobile device and sends requests to a server for initializing a live stream from the mobile device. The server sends requests to encoding service providers. The encoded live content is send to a content storage server. Subscribers of the social media or fan club platform can access the live content on their mobile devices from the content storage server.

主权项

1. A method for implementing a subscription-based social media 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 social media platform; the server determining a plurality of subscribers from the users of the social media 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.