RICH CONTENT CREATION, DISTRIBUTION, AND BROADCASTING SYSTEM

• US 20110202424A1
• Filed: 11/29/2008
• Published: 08/18/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Motioncloud Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Motioncloud Incorporated
• Inventors: Kim, Jeong Min, Chun, Jaeyoung
• Application Number:
  US12/745,541
• Publication Number:
  US 20110202424A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.8
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/016 After-sales
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2542 for selling goods, e.g. TV shopping payment schemes, payment architectures or payment protocols for electronic shopping systems G06Q20/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/278 Content descriptor database or directory service for end-user access details of content or meta data based information retrieval of video data in video databases G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8543 using a description language, e.g. Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group [MHEG], eXtensible Markup Language [XML] information retrieval of semistructured data, the underlying structure being taken into account, e.g. mark-up language structure data G06F16/80

Abstract

A system for creating rich content displayable on a webpage. The system includes content files stored on a server and an editor displayed by a client in a Rich Internet Application (‘RIA’). The editor has a region into which content objects may be inserted to create a rich content item. At least a portion of the content objects are linked to content files stored on the server. The system generates a code segment operable to generate a display on a webpage based on the rich content item that does not use the RIA. The display is substantially equivalent to the rich content item displayed in the editing region using the RIA. The code segment is configured to be search engine friendly. The system may broadcast a common Rich Content item between a Broadcaster and a viewer both of whom may edit the Rich Content item at the same time.

Claims

1. A system for creating rich content displayable on a webpage by a web server, the system being for use by a user, the system comprising:

a plurality of content files each stored on a server in a storage location;

a rich content editor displayed in a display unit coupled to a client computing device in communication with the server over a network, the rich content editor comprising an editing region and a plurality of content objects each insertable into the editing region by the user and when inserted, displayable inside the editing region, each of the plurality of content objects being linkable to the storage location of a selected one of the plurality of content files stored on the server;

a rich content item displayable and editable by the rich content editor, the rich content item comprising at least a portion of the plurality of content objects, each having a position inside the editing region and being linked to the storage location of a selected one of the plurality of content files stored on the server; and

a code generation function configured to generate a distributable code segment operable to generate a first display displayable on a webpage by a web server based on the rich content item, the first display being substantially equivalent to the rich content item displayed in the editing region when displayed by a web server on a webpage.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the rich content editor is displayed by an Internet browser application executing on the client computing device.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising a preview function configured to generate a second display substantially equivalent to the first display when displayed on a webpage by a web server.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of content objects comprises an embedded code type object configured to receive a segment of code, identify a service associated with the code, request information from the service related to the segment of code, and display the requested information in the editing region.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising a content file processing function configured to upload a content file from the client computing device to the server, store the uploaded content file in a storage location, and add the uploaded content file to the plurality of content files.

6. The system of claim 1 for use with a content file sharing service, the system further comprising a content file sharing function configured to use the content file sharing service to identify a particular content file, upload the particular content file to the server, store the uploaded content file in a storage location, and add the uploaded content file to the plurality of content files.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the rich content item comprises a segment of XML code.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the distributable code segment comprises a segment of HTML code.

9. A system for creating rich content displayable on a webpage by a web server, the system being for use by a first user and a second, the system comprising:

a plurality of content files each stored on a server in a storage location;

a first rich content editor displayable in a display unit coupled to a first client computing device operated by the first user, the first client computer being in communication with the server over a network;

a second rich content editor displayable in a display unit coupled to a second client computing device operated by the second user, the second client computer being in communication with the server over the network, each of the first and second rich content editors comprising an editing region and a plurality of content objects each insertable into the editing region by the first and second user, respectively, when inserted, the content object is displayable inside the editing region, each of the plurality of content objects being linkable to the storage location of a selected one of the plurality of content files stored on the server; and

a broadcast function operable to open a broadcast channel between the first user and the second user, display the first rich content editor in the display unit coupled to the first client computing device, and display the second rich content editor in the display unit coupled to the second client computing device, when one of the first and second users inserts one of the plurality of content objects into the editing region of one of the respective first and second rich content editors, the broadcast function displaying the inserted content object in the editing region of both the first and second rich content editors.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising a save function operable to store a rich content item comprising any content objects inserted into the editing region of the first and second rich content editors, and

for each inserted content object, a location of the inserted content object within the editing region of the first and second rich content editors.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the rich content item is stored as a segment of XML code.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein for at least a portion of the inserted content objects, the rich content item further comprises a link to a storage location of a selected one of the plurality of content files stored on the server.

13. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

a rich content item created by the first and second users by the insertion of content objects into the editing region of the first and second rich content editors, the rich content item being displayed inside the editing region of the first and second rich content editors by the broadcast function; and

a code generation function configured to generate a distributable code segment operable to generate a display displayable on a webpage by a web server based on the rich content item, the display being substantially equivalent to the rich content item displayed in the editing region of the first and second rich content editors when displayed by a web server on a webpage.

14. A purchasing interface displayable to a buyer on a display device, the purchasing interface being for use with an electronic transaction service executing on a server in communication with the purchasing interface over a network, the electronic transaction service being configured to receive a purchase request indentifying a plurality of products from the purchasing interface over the network, and in response to receiving the purchase request, complete a purchase of the plurality of products identified in the purchase request, the purchasing interface comprising a product offerings display screen having:

a plurality of selectable purchasing objects each associated with a different product, when selected, each selectable purchasing object indicating a desire of a buyer to purchase the product associated with the selectable purchasing object, more than one of the plurality of selectable purchasing objects being selectable before a purchase request to purchase the product associated with each selectable purchasing object is transmitted to the electronic transaction service; and

a selectable purchase indicator that when selected creates a purchase request identifying each product associated with each of the selectable purchasing objects selected by the buyer and transmits the purchase request to the electronic transaction service over the network.

15. The purchasing interface of claim 14 for use with a product database storing information related to each of the different products associated with each of the plurality of selectable purchasing objects and a data management function configured to extract the information related to each of the different products associated with the plurality of selectable purchasing objects from the database and provide the extracted information to the plurality of selectable purchasing objects,

wherein each of the plurality of selectable purchasing objects comprises a display portion, and

the display portion of each of the plurality of selectable purchasing objects displays information related to the product associated with the selectable purchasing object extracted from the database by the data management function and provided to the selectable purchasing object by the data management function.

16. A method performed by a first user, the method being for use with an online map service that provides navigable electronic maps each having embedded therein a link to a website operated by a business, the method comprising:

navigating one of the navigable electronic maps provided by the service to the embedded link;

activating the link and being directed thereby to the website operated by the business, the website being configured to initiate a customer service application that broadcasts information between the first user and a user associated with the business;

activating the control to initiate the customer service application, the customer service application displaying a Rich Content editing region to both the first user and the user associated with the business;

inserting content into the Rich Content editing region for broadcast by the customer service application to the user associated with the business; and

viewing content inserted into the Rich Content editing region by the user associated with the business and broadcast to the first user by the customer service application.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the content inserted into the Rich Content editing region by the user associated with the business comprises an add-to-cart type object operable to initiate a purchase of a product, and the method further comprises activating the add-to-cart type object thereby initiating the purchase of the product.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the customer service application displays a text chat display region to both the first user and the user associated with the business, the method further comprising chatting with the user associated with the business by entering text into the text chat display region and viewing text entered into the text chat display region by the user associated with the business.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the customer service application displays a pen tool to both the first user and the user associated with the business, and the method further comprises using the pen tool to create a drawing in the Rich Content editing region, the drawing created being displayed in the Rich Content editing region displayed to both the first user and the user associated with the business.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the customer service application broadcasts the content inserted into the Rich Content editing region to the user associated with the business in XML format.

21. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

saving the content in the Rich Content editing region as a rich content item; and

at a later time, displaying the saved rich content item to at least one of the user and the user associated with the business in the Rich Content editing region.

22. A method comprising:

capturing an image with a camera coupled to a mobile station having an identification number and being associated with a user;

transmitting a message comprising the identification number of the mobile station and the image to a predetermined email address associated with a server;

at the server, receiving the message, obtaining the identification number of the mobile station and the image from the message, and storing the image in a storage location associated with the mobile station and accessible by the user associated with the mobile station;

receiving a request for the image from the user associated with the mobile station; and

reading the image from the storage location and providing the image to the user.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein transmitting the message to the server comprises transmitting the message to a messaging gateway, and receiving the message at the server comprises connecting to the messaging gateway and downloading the message from the messaging gateway.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the messaging gateway comprises a Short Message Service (“

SMS”

) gateway.

25. The method of claim 23, further comprising:

periodically contacting the messaging gateway to determine whether any messages have been received by the messaging gateway.

26. The method of claim 22, wherein the message comprises a Multimedia Message Service (“

MMS”

) message.

27. A method performed by a server having a database associating telephone numbers of mobile stations to users, the method comprising:

periodically contacting a messaging gateway to determine whether any messages have been received by the messaging gateway, each message having an image file and a telephone number associated with a sending mobile station;

downloading a plurality of messages received by the messaging gateway;

extracting the telephone number of the sending mobile station from each message downloaded;

for each message downloaded, using the database associating telephone numbers of mobile stations to users to identifying the user associated with the telephone number of the sending mobile station extracted from the message;

extracting the image file from each message downloaded;

storing each image file extracted in a storage location associated with the user identified for the message from which the image file was extracted;

receiving a request from a particular user for any image files stored in the storage location associated with the user; and

in response to receiving the request, providing any image files stored in the storage location associated with the particular user to that user.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the request from the particular user for any image files stored in the storage location associated with the user is received from a web browser application operated by the user, and

providing any image files stored in the storage location associated with the user to the user comprises displaying at least one of the image files in the web browser application operated by the user.

29. The method of claim 27, wherein the messages received by the messaging gateway comprise Multimedia Message Service (“

MMS”

) messages.

30. The method of claim 27, wherein the messaging gateway comprises a Short Message Service (“

SMS”

) gateway.

31. A method comprising:

capturing an image with a camera coupled to a mobile station having an identification number and being associated with a user;

dialing a predetermined identification number associated with a server;

transmitting a message comprising the identification number of the mobile station and the image to the server;

at the server, receiving the message, obtaining the identification number of the mobile station and the image from the message, and storing the image in a storage location associated with the mobile station and accessible by the user associated with the mobile station;

receiving a request for the image from the user associated with the mobile station; and

reading the image from the storage location and providing the image to the user.