SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WEBPAGE CREATION AND UPDATING

• US 20110219087A1
• Filed: 05/19/2011
• Published: 09/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shutterfly, LLC
• Original Assignee: Shutterfly Incorporated (Shutterfly, LLC)
• Inventors: Jorasch, Craig, McGannon, Thomas E.
• Granted Patent: US 8,312,381 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2216/15 Synchronised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A computer network system for posting content at a web site includes computer servers configured to host a web site for a group of users, and a data storage configured to store an email address in association with a destination at the website. The computer servers can receive an email message at the email address by the computer servers from a user. A computer processor can automatically extract content from the email message. The computer servers can automatically post the content extracted from the email message at the destination at the website.

Claims

1. A method for posting content at a web site, comprising:

hosting a web site, by one or more computer servers, for a group of users comprising a first user and a second user;

setting up an email address in association with a destination at the website;

receiving an email message at the email address by the one or more computer servers from the first user;

automatically extracting content from the email message by a computer processor; and

automatically posting the content extracted from the email message at the destination at the website by the one or more computer servers.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the destination at the website is located at a web address comprising a string of characters, and wherein the email address is set up to include the string of characters that are also in the web address.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the web address and the email address share one or more common words.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the web address has a format:

http;

//characterstring1.characterstring2.Characterstring3, and wherein the email address is set up in a format;

“

[e-mail]3”

, wherein each of “

characterstring1”

, “

characterstring2”

, and “

characterstring3”

represents a string of characters.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the web address has a format:

http;

//characterstring1.Characterstring2.Characterstring3/Characterstring 4”

, and wherein the email address is set up in a format;

“

[e-mail]3”

,

wherein each of “

characterstring1”

, “

characterstring2”

, “

characterstring3”

, and “

characterstring4”

represents a string of characters.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the destination at the website comprises a webpage or a section of a webpage.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the destination at the website comprises an image previously posted on a webpage at the website.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the content comprises an image embedded in or attached to the email message.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the content comprises text.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the text is automatically extracted from the email message by the computer processor, and wherein the text is automatically parsed and categorized into one or more groups, and wherein text is posted at the destination at the website according to the one or more groups.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

automatically sending an email notification, the one or more computer servers, to the second user about the content posted by the first user at the destination at the website .

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

before the step of automatically sending an email notification, giving permission to the second user to receive the email notification by a manager or an owner of the website.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

before the step of automatically sending an email notification, receiving definition from the second user about the frequency and type of content in the email notification, wherein the email notification includes the type of content and is sent at the frequency as defined by the second user.

14. A computer network system for posting content at a web site, comprising:

one or more computer servers configured to host a web site for a group of users comprising a first user and a second user;

a data storage configured to store an email address in association with a destination at the website, wherein the one or more computer servers are configured to receive an email message at the email address by the one or more computer servers from the first user; and

a computer processor configured to automatically extract content from the email message, wherein the one or more computer servers are configured to automatically post the content extracted from the email message at the destination at the website.

15. The computer network system of claim 14, wherein the destination at the website is located at a web address comprising a string of characters, and wherein the email address includes the string of characters that are also in the web address.

16. The computer network system of claim 15, wherein the web address and the email address share one or more common words.

17. The computer network system of claim 15, wherein the web address has a format:

http;

//characterstring1.Characterstring2.Characterstring3, and wherein the email address is set up in a format;

“

[e-mail]3”

, wherein each of “

characterstring1”

, “

characterstring2”

, and “

characterstring3”

represents a string of characters.

18. The computer network system of claim 14, wherein the destination at the website defines a webpage, a section of a webpage, or an image previously posted on a webpage at the website.

19. The computer network system of claim 14, wherein the content comprises text or an image embedded in or attached to the email message.

20. The computer network system of claim 19, wherein the computer processor is configured to automatically extract the text from the email message and to parse and categorize the text and into one or more groups, wherein the one or more computer servers are configured to automatically post the text at the destination at the website according to the one or more groups.

21. The computer network system of claim 14, wherein the one or more computer servers are configured to automatically send an email notification to the second user about the content posted by the first user at the destination at the website.