SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PUBLISHING AND/OR SHARING MEDIA PRESENTATIONS OVER A NETWORK

• US 20100005498A1
• Filed: 12/31/2008
• Published: 01/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Howard, Dane M., Williams, Brian F., Peacock, Luke, Negrillo, Belmer Perrella Garcia, Lanahan, James W.
• Granted Patent: US 11,017,160 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/109
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2428 Query predicate definition using graphical user interfaces, including menus and forms G06F16/2423 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3344 using natural language analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/43 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/438 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/44 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/14 Tree-structured documents parsing G06F40/205; validation G06F40/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 : Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 : involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]

Abstract

In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, systems and methods for publishing and/or sharing media presentations over a network comprise communicating with a user and one or more distribution channels via the network, gathering media resources based on user input, creating a media presentation with the media resources based on user input, and publishing the media presentation by distributing the media presentation to the one or more distribution channels via the network. In one aspect, publishing comprises directly emailing the media presentation to one or more other users via the network. In another aspect, publishing comprises providing a link to one or more other users via the network for direct access to the media presentation. In still another aspect, publishing comprises obtaining and embedding source code for the media presentation in a web page associated with one or more of the distribution channels via the network.

Claims

1. A system for facilitating presentations over a network, the system comprising:

a service component adapted to interface with a user over the network and one or more distribution channels over the network;

a collect module adapted to gather media resources based on user input;

a create module adapted to create a media presentation with the media resources based on user input; and

a publish module adapted to distribute the media presentation to the one or more distribution channels via the network.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the publish module is adapted to directly email the media presentation to one or more other users via the network.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the publish module is adapted to provide a link to one or more other users via the network for direct access to the media presentation.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the publish module is adapted to obtain and embed source code for the media presentation in a web page associated with one or more of the distribution channels via the network.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising a database component adapted to store the media sources and the media presentation.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the media presentation comprises related identity information including at least one of a title, a storage location, and description.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interfaces with a user device having a user component adapted to communicate with at least one of the service component, the collect module, the create module and the publish module via the network.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein a network server is associated with each of the one or more distribution channels, and wherein each network server comprises a database for storing at least the media presentation.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the network server comprises a server adapted to communicate with the user and the service component via the network.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the system comprises a server having the service component adapted to communicate with the user and one or more distribution channels via the network.

11. A method for facilitating information transactions over a network, the method comprising:

communicating with a user and one or more distribution channels via the network;

gathering media resources based on user input;

creating a media presentation with the media resources based on user input; and

publishing the media presentation by distributing the media presentation to the one or more distribution channels via the network.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein publishing comprises directly emailing the media presentation to one or more other users via the network.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein publishing comprises providing a link to one or more other users via the network for direct access to the media presentation.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein publishing compromises obtaining and embedding source code for the media presentation in a web page associated with one or more of the distribution channels via the network.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising storing the media sources and the media presentation in a storage component.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the media presentation comprises related identity information including at least one of a title, a storage location, and description.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein communicating with the user comprises receiving user input from the user via the network.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein a network server is associated with each of the one or more distribution channels, and wherein each network server comprises a database for storing at least the media presentation.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein method is executed by a network server adapted to communicate with the user and one or more distribution channels via the network.

20. Software encoded in one or more computer readable media and when executed operable to:

communicate with a user and one or more distribution channels via the network;

gather media resources based on user input;

create a media presentation with the media resources based on user input; and

publish the media presentation by distributing the media presentation to the one or more distribution channels via the network.

21. The software of claim 20, further operable to directly email the media presentation to one or more other users via the network.

22. The software of claim 20, further operable to provide a link to one or more other users via the network for direct access to the media presentation.

23. The software of claim 20, further operable to obtain and embed source code for the media presentation in a web page associated with one or more of the distribution channels via the network.