Systems and methods for sharing screen-saver content

• US 20060190824A1
• Filed: 02/23/2005
• Published: 08/24/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Shutterfly Incorporated (Shutterfly, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Memory Matrix, Inc. (Shutterfly, LLC)
• Inventors: Harrison, Jason F., Montulli, Louis J., Whitehead, Jeffrey N., Blythe, Garrett A., Totic, Aleksander K., Clark, James H.
• Application Number:
  US11/064,263
• Publication Number:
  US 20060190824A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/731
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for distributing content by automatically selecting one or more images as a multimedia presentation based on one or more criteria; and automatically disseminating the multimedia presentation to one or more subscribers.

Claims

1. A method for distributing content, comprising:

automatically selecting one or more images as a multimedia presentation based on one or more criteria; and

automatically disseminating the multimedia presentation to one or more subscribers.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein one of the criteria comprises a keyword.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising applying the multimedia presentation as a screen saver for the second user.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising updating the media presentation by the first user.

5. The method of claim 1, comprising notifying the second user that the multimedia presentation has been updated.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising modifying the multimedia presentation by the first user.

7. The method of claim 6, comprising synchronizing the modified multimedia presentation with the second user'"'"'s computer.

8. The method of claim 1, comprising storing the multimedia presentation with a searchable parameter.

9. The method of claim 1, comprising searching for the multimedia presentation based on a search parameter.

10. A system for distributing content, comprising:

means for automatically selecting one or more images as a multimedia presentation based on one or more criteria; and

means for automatically disseminating the multimedia presentation to one or more subscribers.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein one of the criteria comprises a keyword.

12. The system of claim 10, comprising means for applying the multimedia presentation as a screen saver for the second user.

13. The system of claim 10, comprising means for updating the media presentation by the first user.

14. The system of claim 10, comprising means for notifying the second user that the multimedia presentation has been updated.

15. The system of claim 10, comprising means for modifying the multimedia presentation by the first user.

16. The system of claim 15, comprising synchronizing the modified multimedia presentation with the second user'"'"'s computer.

17. The system of claim 10, comprising storing the multimedia presentation with a searchable parameter.

18. The system of claim 10, comprising searching for the multimedia presentation based on a search parameter.

19. A method for distributing content, comprising:

generating multimedia by a first user and associating a keyword or search parameter with the presentation or content;

searching for the multimedia content based on the keyword or parameter;

downloading the multimedia presentation to a second user'"'"'s computer;

applying the multimedia presentation as a screen saver for the second user;

subsequently modifying the multimedia presentation by the first user;

notifying the second user'"'"'s computer that an updated presentation is available;

synchronizing with the second user'"'"'s computer; and

displaying the modified multimedia presentation as the screen saver.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the subsequently modifying the multimedia presentation comprises adding one or more new photos and wherein the displaying the modified multimedia presentation comprises showing the new photos with the screen saver.