US Patent Issued to DISH Network on Aug. 4 for "Media sharing platform" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,701,013, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to DISH Network LLC (Englewood, Colo.).

"Media sharing platform" was invented by Sheshank Kodam (Aurora, Colo.) and Rima Shah (Broomfield, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a social networking system that allows a user of the social networking system to share media content with other users of the social networking system. A user can buy media content, e.g., a movie, offered in the social networking system by a content originator, who is a producer of the media content, or a content provider, who is a distributor or provider of the media content. The user can then share the media cont...