Social Sharing of Multilayered Document

• US 20140020115A1
• Filed: 12/20/2012
• Published: 01/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chegg Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Chegg Incorporated
• Inventors: Le Chevalier, Vincent, Eder-Pressman, Ohad, Timrott, Shannyn, Geiger, Charles F.
• Granted Patent: US 9,104,892 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/28
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2228 Indexing structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/94 Hypermedia Hyperlinking G06F40/134
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/70 Protecting specific internal or peripheral components, in which the protection of a component leads to protection of the entire computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/20 Education
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/08 Annexed information, e.g. attachments

Abstract

A method for sharing multilayered electronic content among users of a social network within a digital education platform is provided. In one embodiment, the digital education platform allows a user to create user-generated content associated with a multilayered document and share the content with other users in an education social network. The user can specify which users to share the user-generated content and assign an access right to each of those users that may access the user-generated content. When the digital education platform receives a request to access the user-generated content from a certain user, an access right associated with that user for the user-generated content is determined and access is granted according to the access right.

Claims

1. A method for sharing user generated content in a multilayered document, the method comprising:

receiving user-generated content associated with a multilayered document created by a first user, the multilayered document comprising a core layer and one or more additional layers, wherein the core layer comprises one or more pages of a publication, and wherein the one or more additional layers include user-generated content;

receiving user-defined access rights to the user-generated content from the first user for a plurality of users in a first user'"'"'s social network with whom the first user would like to share the user-generated content, each of the plurality of users associated with an access right for the user-generated content selected by the first user;

publishing the user-generated content as a layer in the multilayered document;

receiving a request to access the user-generated content from a second user in the plurality of users;

determining an access right associated with the second user for the user-generated content; and

granting the second user access to the user-generated content according to the access right associated with the second user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the multilayered document comprises at least one of:

a core document layer, a related content layer, a user-generated-content layer, and an advertising layer.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the multilayered document is a textbook in markup language format.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein user-generated content comprises at least one of:

highlights, underlines, assignments, comments, notes and questions associated with pages of the multilayered document.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the access rights for the user-generated content comprise at least one of:

read, write and re-share.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the user'"'"'s social network is an education social network comprising other user and user groups from at least one of the user'"'"'s classes, majors, teachers, schools, and academic authors.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein sharing the user-generated content with other users and user groups comprises asynchronous, synchronous, and streaming mode of access.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the asynchronous access is time based.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer programs configured to execute on the computer processor, the computer program comprising:

receiving user-generated content associated with a multilayered document created by a first user, the multilayered document comprising a core layer and one or more additional layers, wherein the core layer comprises one or more pages of a publication, and wherein the one or more additional layers include user-generated content;

receiving user-defined access rights to the user-generated content from the first user for a plurality of users in a social network with whom the first user would like to share the user-generated content, each of the plurality of users associated with an access right for the user-generated content selected by the first user;

publishing the user-generated content as a layer in the multilayered document;

receiving a request to access the user-generated content from a second user in the plurality of users;

determining an access right associated with the second user for the user-generated content; and

granting the second user access to the user-generated content according to the access right associated with the second user.

10. The storage medium of claim 9, wherein the multilayered document comprises at least one of:

a core document layer, a related content layer, a user-generated-content layer, and an advertising layer.

11. The storage medium of claim 9, wherein the multilayered document is a textbook in markup language format.

12. The storage medium of claim 9, wherein user-generated content comprises at least one of:

highlights, underlines, assignments, comments, notes and questions associated with pages of the multilayered document.

13. The storage medium of claim 9, wherein the access rights for the user-generated content comprise at least one of:

read, write and re-share.

14. The storage medium of claim 9, wherein the user'"'"'s social network is an education social network comprising other user and user groups from at least one of the user'"'"'s classes, majors, teachers, schools, and academic authors.

15. The storage medium of claim 9, wherein sharing the user-generated content with other users and user groups comprises asynchronous, synchronous, and streaming mode of access.

16. The storage medium of claim 15, wherein the asynchronous access is time based.

17. A computer-implemented system for selecting social endorsement information to provide with an advertisement, the system comprising:

a computer processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer programs configured to execute on the computer processor, the computer program comprising;

receiving user-generated content associated with a multilayered document created by a first user, the multilayered document comprising a core layer and one or more additional layers, wherein the core layer comprises one or more pages of a publication, and wherein the one or more additional layers include user-generated content;

receiving user-defined access rights to the user-generated content from the first user for a plurality of users in a social network with whom the first user would like to share the user-generated content, each of the plurality of users associated with an access right for the user-generated content selected by the first user;

publishing the user-generated content as a layer in the multilayered document;

receiving a request to access the user-generated content from a second user in the plurality of users;

determining an access right associated with the second user for the user-generated content; and

granting the second user access to the user-generated content according to the access right associated with the second user

18. The system of claim 17, wherein user-generated content comprises at least one of:

highlights, underlines, assignments, comments, notes and questions associated with pages of the multilayered document.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the user'"'"'s social network is an education social network comprising other user and user groups from at least one of the user'"'"'s classes, majors, teachers, schools, and academic authors.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the access rights for the document layers comprise at least one of:

read, write and re-share.