Method and system for accessing and printing access-controlled photographs using a public computer network
First Claim
1. A method for controlling access rights to one or more photographs in a social networking environment, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a first user, print access control criteria for one or more photographs posted by the first user in a social networking environment; and
if print information for a second user with respect to the first user corresponds to the print access control criteria, permitting the second user to have at least one of the photographs printed.
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Abstract
A method and system for accessing and having access-controlled photographs printed is disclosed. A user posting one or more photographs may set access control criteria restricting the set of other users who may display the photographs, print the photographs and/or have the photographs printed. A social networking environment may compare a second user'"'"'s information with the access control criteria to determine if the second user has access rights. The access control criteria may include a relationship designator, a group designator, a tier designator, a proximity index, a geographical location, and/or a family name. An accessing user may have one or more photographs printed by a print service. The user may set print and delivery options for the photographs, individually or collectively. The social networking environment may provide the photographs to the print service, which prints and delivers the photographs according to the print and delivery options.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for controlling access rights to one or more photographs in a social networking environment, the method comprising:
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receiving, from a first user, print access control criteria for one or more photographs posted by the first user in a social networking environment; and
if print information for a second user with respect to the first user corresponds to the print access control criteria, permitting the second user to have at least one of the photographs printed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for enabling the printing of access-controlled photographs posted in a social networking environment, the method comprising:
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receiving one or more access control criteria for one or more photographs from a first user;
displaying the one or more photographs posted by the first user in a social networking environment;
receiving a first request to have at least one photograph printed;
receiving a second request to assign one or more print options for each photograph requested by the first request;
receiving a third request to assign one or more delivery options for the at least one photograph requested by the first request; and
providing the at least one photograph requested by the first request to a print service. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for having access-controlled photographs printed in a social networking environment printed, the method comprising:
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determining, by a social networking environment, whether a user has a right to access at least one photograph;
if the user has the right to access the at least one photograph, displaying the at least one photograph to the user;
receiving, by the social networking environment, a request from the user to have one or more access-controlled photographs printed;
receiving, by the social networking environment, one or more print options for printing the one or more photographs and one or more delivery options for delivering at least one print of the one or more photographs;
providing the one or more photographs to a print service;
printing, by the print service, the one or more photographs based on the one or more print options; and
delivering the one or more prints of the one or more photographs based on the one or more delivery options.
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22. A system for controlling access rights to one or more photographs in a social networking environment, the system comprising:
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a processor;
a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the processor;
a communications network operably connected to the processor; and
a plurality of computer systems operably connected to the communications network, wherein the computer-readable storage medium contains one or more programming instructions for performing a method for controlling access rights to one or more photographs in a social networking environment, the method comprising;
receiving, from a first user, print access control criteria for one or more photographs posted by the first user in a social networking environment, and if print information for a second user with respect to the first user corresponds to the print access control criteria, permitting the second user to have at least one of the photographs printed. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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24. A system for enabling the printing of access-controlled photographs posted in a social networking environment, the system comprising:
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a processor;
a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the processor;
a communications network operably connected to the processor; and
a plurality of computer systems operably connected to the communications network, wherein the computer-readable storage medium contains one or more programming instructions for performing a method for enabling the printing of access-controlled photographs posted in a social networking environment, the method comprising;
receiving one or more access control criteria for one or more photographs from a first user;
displaying one or more photographs posted by a first user in a social networking environment;
receiving a first request to have at least one photograph printed;
receiving a second request to assign one or more print options for each photograph requested by the first request;
receiving a third request to assign one or more delivery options for each photograph requested by the first request; and
providing each photograph requested by the first request to a print service.
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25. A system for having access-controlled photographs printed in a social networking environment printed, the system comprising:
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a processor;
a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the processor;
a communications network operably connected to the processor; and
a plurality of computer systems operably connected to the communications network, wherein the computer-readable storage medium contains one or more programming instructions for performing a method for having access-controlled photographs printed in a social networking environment printed, the method comprising;
determining, by a social networking environment, whether a user has a right to access at least one photograph;
if the user has the right to access the at least one photograph, displaying the at least one photograph to the user;
receiving, by the social networking environment, a request from the user to have one or more access-controlled photographs printed;
receiving, by the social networking environment, one or more print options for printing the one or more photographs and one or more delivery options for delivering at least one print of the one or more photographs;
providing the one or more photographs to a print service;
printing, by the print service, the one or more photographs based on the one or more print options; and
delivering the one or more prints of the one or more photographs based on the one or more delivery options.
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