SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WEBPAGE CREATION AND UPDATING

• US 20140304622A1
• Filed: 06/13/2014
• Published: 10/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shutterfly, LLC
• Original Assignee: Shutterfly Incorporated (Shutterfly, LLC)
• Inventors: Jorasch, Craig, McGannon, Thomas E., Brahmanapalli, Syed Saleem Javid, Guthrie, Benjamin C., Chan, Irene, Aguirre, Kristina Maria Raquel
• Granted Patent: US 9,722,807 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/753
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2216/15 Synchronised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1813 for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms instant messaging H04L51/04; protocols for multimedia communication H04L65/1101; arrangements for multi-party communication H04L65/403; telephonic conference arrangements H04M3/56; television conference systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services

Abstract

A computer network system for posting content at a web site includes computer servers configured to host a web site for a group of users, and a data storage configured to store an email address in association with a destination at the website. The computer servers can receive an electronic message at the email address by the computer servers from a user. A computer processor can automatically extract content from the electronic message. The computer servers can automatically post the content extracted from the electronic message at the destination at the website.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for posting content at a web site, comprising:

hosting a web site, by one or more computer servers, for a group of users, wherein a destination at the website is located at a web address comprising a string of characters;

receiving content tagged by a hashtag in a message or microblog, wherein the hashtag includes the string of characters that are also in the web address; and

automatically posting the content at the destination at the website by the one or more computer servers to allow the content to be visible to the group of users.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the hashtag is embedded with a command related to creating a design of a photo product based on the content, the method further comprising:

automatically creating a design of a photo product using the content by the one or more computer servers.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

automatically creating a design of a photo product using the content by the one or more computer servers.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, further comprising:

automatically posting the design of the photo product at the destination at the website by the one or more computer servers.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the photo product comprises photobooks, photo calendars, greeting cards, photo stationeries, photo phone cases, photo collages, photo prints, photo posters, photo banners, photo playing cards, photo T-shirts, photo home decor, photo coffee mugs, photo pads, photo key-chains, photo collectors, or photo coasters.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

automatically identifying different types of content,

wherein the step of automatically posting the content further comprises;

automatically posting the content at the destination at the website based on the different types of content.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, further comprising:

automatically creating a design of a photo product by the one or more computer servers using the content based on the different types of content.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the content comprise text, an image, a table, a file, a voice file, or a video file.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the destination at the website comprises a webpage or a section of a webpage.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the hashtag includes a “

#”

symbol before the string of characters.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the content is posted by a third party server in a message or a microblog tagged the hashtag.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, further comprising:

setting up a predefined protocol to allow automatic transfer of the content from the third party server to the one or more computer servers.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the hashtag is detected in a message or a microblog.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein the content is extracted from the respective message or microblog tagged by the hashtag before the content is received by the one or more computer servers.

15. A computer network system for posting content at a web site, comprising:

one or more computer servers configured to host a web site for a group of users, wherein a destination at the website is located at a web address comprising a string of characters, wherein the one or more computer servers are configured to receive content tagged by a hashtag in a message or microblog, wherein the hashtag includes the string of characters that are also in the web address, wherein the one or more computer servers are configured to automatically posting the content at the destination at the website by the one or more computer servers to allow the content to be visible to the group of users.

16. The computer network system of claim 15, wherein the hashtags is embedded with a command related to creating a design of a photo product based on the content.

17. The computer network system of claim 15, wherein the one or more computer servers configured to automatically create a design of a photo product using the content.

18. The computer network system of claim 15, wherein the one or more computer servers are configured to automatically post the design of the photo product at the destination at the website.

19. The computer network system of claim 15, wherein the one or more computer servers are configured to automatically identify different types of content, and to automatically post the content at the destination at the website based on the different types of content.

20. The computer network system of claim 15, wherein the content is posted by a third party server in a message or a microblog tagged the hashtag, wherein a predefined protocol is set up to allow automatic transfer of the content from the third party server to the one or more computer servers.