NETWORKED ELECTRONIC MEDIA DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

• US 20140289157A1
• Filed: 05/09/2014
• Published: 09/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Marlin Software, LLC
• Original Assignee: The Marlin Company (Appspace, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kenna, Frank III, Patel, Preeti
• Granted Patent: US 9,665,839 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/344
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0272 Period of advertisement exposure
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/101 applying security measures for digital rights management data processing systems or methods, specially adapted for commerce, e.g. marketing, shopping, billing, auctions or e-commerce G06Q30/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information

Abstract

Generating and presenting electronic media content to employees of a subscriber are provided. An aspect includes a service provider computer having a network connection, a service provider storage accessible by the service provider computer, and software executing on the service provider computer providing a web page allowing a subscriber to log in to the service provider computer. The software provides a plurality of electronic media to the subscriber. The subscriber selects from among the electronic media to generate an electronic media collection that is saved on the service provider storage. The software allows the subscriber to set access to the electronic media collection by a user via the web page, and the software executing on the service provider computer provides a web page allowing a user to log in to the service provider computer. The software identifies the user and presents the electronic media collection to the user.

Claims

1. A system for generating an electronic media collection and presenting the electronic media to a user, the system comprising:

a service provider computer having a network connection;

a service provider storage accessible by said service provider computer;

software executing on said service provider computer providing a web page allowing a subscriber to log in to said service provider computer;

said software providing a plurality of electronic media to the subscriber, wherein the subscriber selects from among the electronic media to generate an electronic media collection that is saved on said service provider storage, wherein said electronic media collection is selected from the group consisting of;

pre-assembled media content generated and provided by the service provider to the subscriber for selection;

modified pre-assembled media content generated by the subscriber; and

/or

custom generated media content generated by the subscriber;

said software allowing the subscriber to set access to said electronic media collection by a user via the web page;

said software executing on said service provider computer providing a web page allowing a user to log in to said service provider computer, wherein said software identifies the user and presents said electronic media collection to said user.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein said electronic media collection includes a first electronic media collection, said system further comprising a second electronic media collection, wherein the first electronic media collection is different than the second electronic media collection, and said system presents either the first or the second electronic media collection to the user based on the identification of the user.

3. The system according to claim 2, further comprising a third electronic media collection, wherein the third electronic media collection is different than either the first or the second electronic media collection, and said system presents either the first or the second or the third electronic media collection to the user based on the identification of the user.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the user logs onto the service provider computer with a mobile device.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein the mobile device comprises a smart phone.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein said electronic media collection is selected from the group consisting of:

audio, video, text, images, animations, web pages, streaming media data and combinations thereof.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein said subscriber sets a sequential order and time limit for each media data to be presented to the user.

8. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a controller having a controller storage, and a display coupled to said controller, wherein the electronic media collection is transmitted from said service provider computer to said controller and presented on said display.

9. A system for generating electronic media collections and presenting the electronic media to users, the system comprising:

a service provider computer having a network connection;

a service provider storage accessible by said service provider computer;

software executing on said service provider computer providing a web page allowing a subscriber to log in to said service provider computer;

said software providing a plurality of electronic media to the subscriber, wherein the subscriber selects from among the electronic media to generate multiple electronic media collections that are saved on said service provider storage, wherein each electronic media collection is selected from the group consisting of;

pre-assembled media content generated and provided by the service provider to the subscriber for selection;

modified pre-assembled media content generated by the subscriber; and

/or

custom generated media content generated by the subscriber;

said software allowing the subscriber to set access to said electronic media collections by users via the web page;

said software executing on said service provider computer providing a web page allowing said users to log in to said service provider computer, wherein said software identifies a first user of said users and presents a first of said electronic media collections to said first user and wherein said software identifies a second user of said users and presents a second of said electronic media collections to said second user.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein said first electronic media collection is different than the second electronic media collection.

11. The system according to claim 9, wherein said software provides for one or more of said electronic media collections to be updated, said updated electronic media collections are automatically presented to said users logged in to said service provider computer.

12. A method for generating an electronic media collection and presenting the electronic media to a user, the method comprising the steps of:

connecting a service provider computer having a service provider computer storage to a network;

presenting a web page to a subscriber when the subscriber navigates to the web page address, the web page allowing the subscriber to log onto the web page;

presenting a plurality of electronic media to the subscriber, wherein the subscriber selects from among the electronic media;

generating an electronic media collection based on the electronic media selected by the subscriber, wherein the electronic media is selected from the group consisting of;

pre-assembled media content generated and provided by the service provider to the subscriber for selection;

modified pre-assembled media content generated by the subscriber; and

/or

custom generated media content generated by the subscriber;

saving the electronic media collection on the service provider computer storage;

setting an authorization for a user to access the electronic media collection via the web page;

identifying a user that logs on to the web page;

presenting the electronic media collection to the user.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the software allows the subscriber to set the authorization for the user.

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein the electronic media collection comprises a first electronic media collection, and the method further comprises the steps of:

generating a second electronic media collection, wherein the first electronic media collection is different than the second electronic media collection; and

presenting either the first or the second electronic media collection to the user based on the identification of the user.

15. The method according to claim 14, further comprising the steps of:

generating a third electronic media collection, wherein the third electronic media collection is different than either the first or the second electronic media collection; and

presenting either the first or the second or the third electronic media collection to the user based on the identification of the user.

16. The method according to claim 12, wherein the electronic media collection is selected from the group consisting of:

audio, video, text, images, animations, web pages, streaming media data and combinations thereof.

17. The method according to claim 16, further comprising the step of setting a sequential order and time limit for each media data to be presented to the user.

18. The method according to claim 12, further comprising the steps of:

providing a controller having a controller storage;

providing a display coupled to the controller;

transmitting the electronic media collection from said service provider computer to the controller; and

presenting the electronic media collection on the display.

19. The method according to claim 12, further comprising the step of storing information relating to the user accessing the electronic media collection.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein the information is selected from the group consisting of:

a time and date for each time the user accesses the electronic media collection, a length of time for each time the user accesses the electronic media collection, and combinations thereof.