SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING CONTENT FROM WEB SOURCES AND POSTING CONTENT TO WEB LOGS
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Abstract
A method, system and apparatus for selecting, displaying, managing, tracking tagging and transferring access to specific content of Internet web pages and other sources, permitting the user or recipient to navigate quickly to a source of a content item in the custom selection, and posting content to web logs. A method and system of assisted content selection provides temporary borders around content items on mouseover; of Dynamic Content Display provides updating of selected content items; of Content Marks allows users to tag specific content items in web pages with a keyword or keywords, store a definition of the content item along with the keyword(s), and then search the stored definitions using search keywords; and a method of Multiple Clip Mode allows users to select specific content items from disparate source web pages and then tag, save, search, retrieve and print the selection.
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27 Claims
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8. A system for providing posts including selected content to one or more servers, the system comprising:
one or more processors operable to execute one or more instructions to; receive a selection of one or more items of content of a data source; receive access credentials for one or more services provided by the one or more servers, the access credentials including a user name and a network address; access the one or more services using the access credentials; receive, from the one or more servers, publication information associated with the one or more services, the publication information including an ID and a network address; compare the network address of the publication information with the network address of the access credentials; determine that the network address of the publication information matches the network address of the access credentials; select, in response to determining the match, the ID of the publication information; generate a post including a definition of the one or more selected content items and the selected ID; and send the post the one or more servers. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for providing posts including selected content to one or more servers, the method comprising:
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receiving a selection of one or more items of content of a data source; receiving access credentials for one or more services provided by the one or more servers, the access credentials including a user name and a network address; accessing the one or more services using the access credentials; receiving, from the one or more servers, publication information associated with the one or more services, the publication information including an ID and a network address; comparing the network address of the publication information with the network address of the access credentials; determining that the network address of the publication information matches the network address of the access credentials; selecting, in response to determining the match, the ID of the publication information; generating a post including a definition of the one or more selected content items and the selected ID; and sending the post to the one or more servers. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions adapted to cause a computing system to perform a method for providing posts including selected content to one or more servers, the method comprising:
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receiving a selection of one or more items of content of a data source; receiving access credentials for one or more services provided by the one or more servers, the access credentials including a user name and a network address; accessing the one or more services using the access credentials; receiving, from the one or more servers, publication information associated with the one or more services, the publication information including an ID and a network address; comparing the network address of the publication information with the network address of the access credentials; determining that the network address of the publication information matches the network address of the access credentials; selecting, in response to determining the match, the ID of the publication information; generating a post including a definition of the one or more selected content items and the selected ID; and sending the post to the one or more servers. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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