CONTENT MANAGEMENT AND ACCESS SYSTEMS AND METHODS

• US 20090327305A1
• Filed: 06/30/2008
• Published: 12/31/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Data Services LLC (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Zafar, Shadman, Relyea, Don, Roberts, Brian
• Granted Patent: US 9,372,935 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1458 Management of the backup or restore process
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/355 Class or cluster creation or modification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/437 Administration of user profiles, e.g. generation, initialisation, adaptation, distribution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0649 Lifecycle management

Abstract

An exemplary method includes receiving data representative of a content instance over a network from an access device associated with a user, storing the data representative of the content instance, providing the user with an interface configured to allow the user to define at least one access rule corresponding to the content instance, the at least one access rule based on at least one user profile and at least one access device profile, receiving a communication from another access device over the network, and performing a predefined action related to the content instance in response to the communication and in accordance with the at least one access rule.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving data representative of a content instance over a network from an access device associated with a user;

storing said content instance;

providing an interface configured to allow said user to define at least one access rule corresponding to said content instance, said at least one access rule based on at least one user profile and at least one access device profile;

receiving a communication from another access device over said network; and

performing a predefined action related to said content instance in response to said communication and in accordance with said at least one access rule.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

using a first network platform to receive said data representative of said content instance; and

using a second network platform to receive said communication.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said predefined action comprises at least one of providing said another access device with a level of access to said content instance, formatting said content instance for said another access device, and denying access to said content instance.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said another access device is associated with said user.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising associating said content instance with at least one of said at least one user profile and said at least one access device profile.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said interface comprises at least one graphical user interface displayed by said access device associated with said user.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one user profile comprises at least one persona associated with said user.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing one or more content recommendations related to said content instance.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said interface is further configured to facilitate sharing of said content instance with one or more other users.

10. The method of claim 1, tangibly embodied as computer-executable instructions on at least one computer-readable medium.

11. A system comprising:

a content management subsystem configured to maintain data representative of a plurality of content instances; and

an access subsystem associated with a user and selectively and communicatively coupled to said content management subsystem over a network;

wherein said access subsystem is configured to

transmit data representative of a content instance to said content management subsystem, and

provide an interface configured to allow said user to define at least one access rule corresponding to said content instance, said at least one access rule based on at least one user profile and at least one access device profile; and

wherein said content management subsystem is configured to

receive a communication over said network, and

perform a predefined action related to said content instance in response to said communication and in accordance with said at least one access rule.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein said communication comprises a request from another access device to access said content instance.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein said content management subsystem is configured to perform said predefined action by providing said another access device with a level of access to said content instance, formatting said content instance for said another access device, or denying access to said content instance.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein said another access device is associated with said user.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein said another access device is associated with another user.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein said interface comprises at least one graphical user interface displayed by said access subsystem.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein said at least one user profile comprises at least one persona associated with said user.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein said content management subsystem further comprises a recommendation facility configured to provide one or more content recommendations related to said content instance to said access subsystem.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein said content management subsystem further comprises a sharing facility configured to facilitate sharing of said content instance with one or more other users.

20. A system comprising:

a communication facility configured to receive data representative of a content instance over a network from an access device associated with a user;

a data store configured to store said data representative of said content instance; and

a processing facility configured to perform a predefined action related to said content instance in response to a communication from another access device and in accordance with at least one access rule;

wherein said at least one access rule is based on a user profile associated with a user of said another access device and an access device profile associated with said another access device.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein said communication comprises a request from said another access device to access said content instance.

22. The system of claim 20, wherein said processing facility is configured to perform said predefined action by performing at least one of providing said another access device with a level of access to said content instance, formatting said content instance for said another access device, and denying access to said content instance.

23. The system of claim 20, further comprising a recommendation facility configured to provide one or more content recommendations related to said content instance to said access device.

24. The system of claim 20, further comprising a sharing facility configured to facilitate sharing of said content instance with one or more other users.