SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING USER GENERATED CONTENT

• US 20130185366A1
• Filed: 12/21/2012
• Published: 07/18/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Joby Joy
• Original Assignee: Joby Joy
• Inventors: Joy, Joby
• Application Number:
  US13/724,733
• Publication Number:
  US 20130185366A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• 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: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

A system and method for publishing and managing user generated content is provided. The system includes an authoring module, a subscription management module, and a publishing module. The authoring module may be configured to receive request from content publishers and generate online magazines in response to those requests. The interface for creating the magazine articles may provide real time previews of the input content across various reading platforms, providing the content creator with an efficient mechanism for ensuring that the magazine can be viewed across various platforms without errors and distortions.

Claims

1. A system for publishing and managing user generated content, comprising:

an authoring module having a magazine generation submodule, an edition submodule, an article submodule, and a page generation submodule, the authoring module configured to;

receive a request to create a new magazine;

execute the magazine generation submodule, wherein the magazine generation submodule is configured to generate a new magazine comprising data indicative of the new magazine, the data indicative of the new magazine including a magazine title, a category, a short name, a description, and an accessibility level;

receive a request to create an edition of the new magazine;

execute the edition submodule, wherein the edition submodule is configured to generate an edition related to the new magazine, the edition including an edition title, an edition date, and an accessibility level;

receive a request to create an article for the generated edition of the new magazine;

execute the article submodule, wherein the article submodule is configured to generate an article related to the edition, the article including a title, a description, and a comment status;

receive a request to create a page for the generated article;

execute a page generation submodule, wherein the page generation submodule is configured to

request a page template selection;

receive a page template selection;

based on the page template selection, display a content input interface, wherein the content input interface is configured to receive content specified by the page template selection;

generate, in real time, and based on the content input a preview of the generated page, the preview indicative of how the page will be presented in a mobile device; and

generate a page for the article; and

display the generated page as a tile in a page selection interface,

wherein the authoring module is further configured to store the magazine, the edition, the article, and the page in a memory.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a subscription management module configured to:

store data relating to subscribers;

allow users to selectively grant access to the magazine to one or more of the subscribers.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the subscription management module is further configured to:

receive subscription requests to one or more generated magazines;

in response to the subscription request, determine the accessibility level of the each of the one or more requested magazines; and

grant the subscription request based on the determined accessibility level; and

store a list of subscribers to each of the one or more requested magazines.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the received subscription requests comprise data indicative of one or more addresses associated with the subscriber.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the one or more addresses associated with the subscriber comprise one or more of a phone number, an e-mail address, a microblogging service, and a social media account address.

6. The system of claim 5, further comprising a publishing module configured to:

retrieve the edition generated by the authoring module;

retrieve a list of subscribers associated with the edition;

access the addresses associated with the retrieved subscribers; and

push the retrieved edition of the magazine to the addresses associated with the retrieved subscribers.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the retrieved edition of the magazine includes a plurality of articles.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein a link to the plurality of articles is pushed to the addresses associated with the retrieved subscribers via a broadcast text message to mobile phones associated with the subscribers.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein a link to the plurality of articles is pushed to the address associated with the retrieved subscribers via a broadcast e-mail message to e-mail addresses associated with the subscribers.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the content of the plurality of articles to pushed to the addresses associated with the retrieved subscribers via an application running on the mobile devices associated with the subscribers.

12. The system of claim 1, further comprising a subscription management module configured to:

store data relating to subscribers;

allow users to selectively grant access to the magazine to one or more of the subscribers.

13. The system of claim 2, wherein the subscription management module is further configured to:

receive subscription requests to one or more generated magazines;

in response to the subscription request, determine the accessibility level of the each of the one or more requested magazines; and

grant the subscription request based on the determined accessibility level; and

store a list of subscribers to each of the one or more requested magazines.

14. The system of claim 3, wherein the received subscription requests comprise data indicative of one or more addresses associated with the subscriber.

15. The system of claim 4, wherein the one or more addresses associated with the subscriber comprise one or more of a phone number, an e-mail address, a microblogging service, and a social media account address.

16. The system of claim 5, further comprising a publishing module configured to:

retrieve the edition generated by the authoring module;

retrieve a list of subscribers associated with the edition;

access the addresses associated with the retrieved subscribers; and

push the retrieved edition of the magazine to the addresses associated with the retrieved subscribers.

17. The system of claim 6, wherein the retrieved edition of the magazine includes a plurality of articles.

18. The system of claim 7, wherein a link to the plurality of articles is pushed to the addresses associated with the retrieved subscribers via a broadcast text message to mobile phones associated with the subscribers.

19. The system of claim 7, wherein a link to the plurality of articles is pushed to the address associated with the retrieved subscribers via a broadcast e-mail message to e-mail addresses associated with the subscribers.

20. The system of claim 7, wherein the content of the plurality of articles to pushed to the addresses associated with the retrieved subscribers via an application running on the mobile devices associated with the subscribers.

11. A method of publishing and managing user generated content, the method comprising:

receiving a request to create a new magazine;

generating, in response to the request, a new magazine comprising data indicative of the new magazine, the data indicative of the new magazine including a magazine title, a category, a short name, a category, and a description, and an accessibility level;

receiving a request to create an edition of the new magazine;

generating an edition related to the new magazine, the edition including an edition title, an edition date, and an accessibility level;

receiving a request to create an article for the generated edition of the new magazine;

generating an article related to the edition, the article including a title, a description, and a comment status;

receiving a request to create a page for the generated article;

in response to the request to create the page;

requesting a page template selection;

receiving a page template selection;

displaying, based on the page template selection, a content input interface, wherein the content input interface is configured to receive content specified by the page template selection;

generating, in real time, and based on the content input, a preview of the generated page, the preview indicative of how the page will be presented in a mobile device; and

generating a page for the article; and

displaying the generated page as a tile in a page selection interface,

wherein the magazine, the edition, the article, and the page are stored in a memory.