Aggregating Electronic Content Items from Different Sources

• US 20140081974A1
• Filed: 09/18/2012
• Published: 03/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Lorenz, Jon, Velo, Justin
• Granted Patent: US 9,519,723 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/737
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for aggregating relevant electronic content items that are relevant to one another. In one embodiment, a content management application determines that a first electronic content item and a second electronic content item are relevant to one another. The first electronic content item is provided by a first client account and the second electronic content item is provided by a second client account. The content management application also aggregates the first and second electronic content items to form at least part of a collection of electronic content. The first and second electronic content items are aggregated based on determining that the first and second electronic content items are relevant to one another. The content management application also provides access to the collection of electronic content.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining, by a content management application, that a first electronic content item and a second electronic content item are relevant to one another, wherein the first electronic content item is provided by a first client account and the second electronic content item is provided by a second client account;

aggregating, by the content management application, the first electronic content item and the second electronic content item to form at least part of a collection of electronic content based on determining that the first electronic content item and the second electronic content item are relevant to one another; and

providing, by the content management application, access to the collection of electronic content.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the first electronic content item and the second electronic content item are relevant to one another comprises:

identifying that a common geographic location and a common time period are associated with both the first electronic content item and the second electronic content item.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the first electronic content item and the second electronic content item are relevant to one another comprises determining that each of the first electronic content item and the second electronic content item is a relevant to the collection of electronic content by:

determining that the first electronic content item has a first attribute in common with one or more items of the collection; and

determining that the second electronic content item has a second attribute in common with one or more items of the collection.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein determining that each of the first electronic content item and the second electronic content item is a relevant to the collection of electronic content comprises determining that at least one additional electronic content item in the collection of electronic content is associated with the same geographic location as each of the first electronic content item and the second electronic content item.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein determining that the first electronic content item and the second electronic content item are relevant to the collection of electronic content further comprises:

identifying a first period of time associated with the first electronic content item and a second period of time associated with the second electronic content item; and

determining that the first period of time and the second period of time are included in an additional period of time associated with the collection of electronic content.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the first electronic content item and the second electronic content item are relevant to one another comprises receiving input associated with the second client account and representing an interaction with the first electronic content item, wherein the first electronic content item is included in the collection of electronic content.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the interaction comprises associating textual content comprising an identification of a first portion of the first electronic content item and wherein a second portion of the second electronic content item includes the same identification.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the interaction comprises a selection of a portion of the first electronic content item having content identical to at least one additional portion of the second electronic content item.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein aggregating the first electronic content item and the second electronic content item to form at least part of the collection of electronic content comprises providing a virtual community comprising links to the first electronic content item and the second electronic content item, wherein the links are accessible via the collection of electronic content, wherein the virtual community is accessible via the first client account and the second client account.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the first client account is associated with a first client application configured for accessing the collection of electronic content and the second client account is associated with a second client application configured for accessing the collection of electronic content, wherein the first client application provides a first set of functions different from a second set of functions provided by the second client application.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying program code executable by a processing device, the non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:

program code for determining that a first electronic content item and a second electronic content item are relevant to one another, wherein the first electronic content item is provided by a first client account and the second electronic content item is provided by a second client account;

program code for aggregating the first electronic content item and the second electronic content item to form at least part of a collection of electronic content based on determining that the first electronic content item and the second electronic content item are relevant to one another; and

program code for providing access to the collection of electronic content.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein determining that the first electronic content item and the second electronic content item are relevant to the collection of electronic content comprises:

identifying a geographic location associated with the first electronic content item and the second electronic content item; and

determining that at least one additional electronic content item in the collection of electronic content is associated with the geographic location.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein determining that the first electronic content item and the second electronic content item are relevant to the collection of electronic content further comprises:

identifying a first period of time associated with the first electronic content item and a second period of time associated with the second electronic content item; and

determining that the first period of time and the second period of time are included in an additional period of time associated with the collection of electronic content.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein determining that the first electronic content item and the second electronic content item are relevant to the collection of electronic content comprises receiving input associated with the second client account and representing an interaction with the first electronic content item, wherein the first electronic content item is included in the collection of electronic content.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein aggregating the first electronic content item and the second electronic content item with the collection of electronic content comprises providing a virtual community comprising links to the first electronic content item and the second electronic content item, wherein the links are accessible via the collection of electronic content, wherein the virtual community is accessible via the first client account and the second client account.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the first client account is associated with a first client application configured for accessing the collection of electronic content and the second client account is associated with a second client application configured for accessing the collection of electronic content, wherein the first client application provides a first set of functions different from a second set of functions provided by the second client application.

17. A system comprising:

a processor configured to execute instructions stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium;

wherein the instructions are configured to perform operations comprising;

determining that a first electronic content item and a second electronic content item are relevant to one another, wherein the first electronic content item is provided by a first client account and the second electronic content item is provided by a second client account;

aggregating the first electronic content item and the second electronic content item to form at least part of a collection of electronic content based on determining that the first electronic content item and the second electronic content item are relevant to one another; and

providing access to the collection of electronic content.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein determining that the first electronic content item and the second electronic content item are relevant to the collection of electronic content comprises:

identifying a geographic location associated with the first electronic content item and the second electronic content item;

determining that at least one additional electronic content item in the collection of electronic content is associated with the geographic location;

identifying a first period of time associated with the first electronic content item and a second period of time associated with the second electronic content item; and

determining that the first period of time and the second period of time are included in an additional period of time associated with the collection of electronic content.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein determining that the first electronic content item and the second electronic content item are relevant to the collection of electronic content comprises receiving input associated with the second client account and representing an interaction with the first electronic content item, wherein the first electronic content item is included in the collection of electronic content.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein aggregating the first electronic content item and the second electronic content item with the collection of electronic content comprises providing a virtual community comprising links to the first electronic content item and the second electronic content item, wherein the links are accessible via the collection of electronic content, wherein the virtual community is accessible via the first client account and the second client account.