System and Method for Yearbook Creation

• US 20120331371A1
• Filed: 01/30/2012
• Published: 12/27/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jostens Incorporated (Newell Brands Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Jostens Incorporated (Newell Brands Inc.)
• Inventors: Larson, Timothy M., Loring, Eric J.
• Application Number:
  US13/361,841
• Publication Number:
  US 20120331371A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/201
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/10 Text processing natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30; processing or translation of natural language G06F40/40

Abstract

A yearbook system may include a server having computer-implemented instructions stored thereon and the instructions may include a user component through which a yearbook staff user may design and create a yearbook and may also include an image share component in communication with the user component and accessible by yearbook staff users and non-yearbook staff users, where the image share component may be configured for receiving and displaying photo data.

Claims

1. A yearbook system comprising a server having computer-implemented instructions stored thereon, the instructions comprising:

a user component through which a yearbook staff user may design and create a yearbook; and

an image share component in communication with the user component and accessible by yearbook staff users and non-yearbook staff users, the image share component configured for receiving and displaying photo data.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein the image share component is further configured for downloading photo data by a user.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein the image share component further comprises a photo gift creation component.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the photo gift creation component includes a link to a photo gift creation website.

22. The system of claim 1, wherein the photo data includes still photos and videos.

23. The system of claim 1, further comprising a yearbook staff notification component.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the yearbook staff notification component includes an inbox that is populated with photo data when the photo data is uploaded to the image share component.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein the user component is configured to selectively populate the image share component with photos uploaded via the user component.

26. The system of claim 1, further comprising an image tagging component tagging uploaded photo data with information.

27. The system of claim 1, further comprising a time capsule component configured to store all of the photo data uploaded based on a selected school year.

28. The system of claim 1, further comprising an autoflow component for autoflowing photo data from the image share component to populate pages of the yearbook.

29. The system of claim 1, further comprising a monitoring component for monitoring the content of the photo data.

30. The system of claim 29, wherein the monitoring component route photo data through a review process prior to publishing the photo data with the image share component.

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