METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PUBLISHING AN ONLINE POST FROM A DEVICE

• US 20110173559A1
• Filed: 01/13/2010
• Published: 07/14/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Moodhit, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Moodhit, Inc.
• Inventors: Kelly, Jason James, Lasmanis, Michael Philip, Ayhan, Michael, Schaefer, William Benjamin IV, Alan, Leith Leedom, Birchfield, John
• Application Number:
  US12/687,087
• Publication Number:
  US 20110173559A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/780
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

A method and system for publishing an online post from a device that includes obtaining information for a post and receiving user input from a single-interaction interface on the device. The received user input initiates selecting a context descriptor for the post based on the user input; creating the post from the obtained information and selected context descriptor, and sending the post to a post database.

Claims

1. A method for publishing an online post from a device comprising:

receiving a single input that selects a context descriptor; and

upon receiving the single input;

gathering additional information for a post; and

publishing the post with the selected context descriptor and additional information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a plurality of context descriptors are selected from the received single input.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein gathering additional information for a post is performed automatically.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein gathering additional information includes:

gathering location information of the device;

accessing a user account; and

collecting time information at the time of creating the post.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein gathering location information includes identifying a site name for the location information.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein identifying a site name includes receiving a user selected site from a list of sites that are substantially geographically near the physical location of the device.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising recording a user selected site name and corresponding geographic information in a user site map.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein identifying a site name includes accessing a user site map to automatically select a previously identified site name.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the context descriptor is a user selected textual description.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the context descriptor corresponds to a media file.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein selecting a context descriptor includes selecting from a plurality of values within a single-interaction interface.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the plurality of values represent a range of sequentially ordered positive to negative connotations.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein context descriptor has a numerical value and a related textual description, wherein the numerical value is substantially proportional to the positive-to-negative connotation.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising changing the plurality of selectable context descriptors based on the location information.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the post is published upon the completion of receiving input from the single-interaction interface.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the post is published after a designated time has passed since receiving the single.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the single-interaction interface is a slider user interaction element of a touch screen interface.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

obtaining geographic location information from a GPS unit of the device;

identifying a site to use as location information of the post, the site being substantially near the geographic location;

accessing a user account;

collecting time information at the time of creating the post; and

wherein the plurality of context descriptor values represent a range of sequentially ordered positive to negative connotations.

19. A system for publishing an online post from a device comprising:

a post content system of the device that populates post content;

a single-interaction interface that is the input of the device for a context descriptor selector and a post submission button; and

a post database that hosts posts and is in communication contact with the device during post submission.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the post content system includes:

a location unit that gathers location information;

a clock that provides local time to the post;

an account manager that verifies account credentials; and

wherein the single-interaction interface is a scalar value UI element of the device where the value is mapped to a unique context descriptor.