USER CONTENT SHARING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH LOCATION-BASED EXTERNAL CONTENT INTEGRATION

• US 20160359987A1
• Filed: 08/18/2016
• Published: 12/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Investel Capital Corporation
• Original Assignee: Investel Capital Corporation
• Inventors: Laliberte, Benoit
• Granted Patent: US 9,936,030 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/22 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/16 Arrangements for providing special services to substations
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

Described are various embodiments of a user content sharing system and method with automated external content integration. In one embodiment, a system and method are provided in which a graphical user interface (GUI) is rendered on each system users'"'"' personal communication device. The GUI produces a content selection function selecting, under user operation, user content for sharing, and a sharing platform selection function selecting, under user operation, one or more sharing platforms. The system further comprise a digital content integrator communicatively linked to the user interface to gain access to the selected user content in response to the content selection function, the integrator having access to stored external content distinct from user content. The integrator integrates the external content with the selected user content to output integrated content. The system further comprises a communication interface communicatively linked to the integrator and selectively operable to interface with each of the distinct content sharing platforms, wherein the integrated content is concurrently relayed to the selected sharing platforms via the communication interface on behalf of system users as originating therefrom.

Claims

1-23. -23. (canceled)

24. A system for sharing digital user content via a content sharing platform, the system comprising:

a network-accessible storage having stored thereon a plurality of different specifically selectable external content items;

an input interface to access user-selection of user content to be shared via the content sharing platform and user-selection of a specific external content item distinct from said user content and selectable by a given user from said plurality of different specifically selectable external content items as a function of a location of said given user;

an integration engine operated by a digital data processor to integrate said specific external content item with said user content to output a sharable integrated content item; and

an output interface to share said sharable integrated content item via the content sharing platform on behalf of said given user as originating therefrom.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein at least one of said plurality of different specifically selectable external content items is associated with a prescribed period defined by a start date and end date, and wherein said at least one of said plurality of different specifically selectable external content items is only selectable as said user-selected external content during said prescribed period.

26. The system of claim 24, wherein said specific user-selected external content item comprises a locally sourced content item selectable by said given user for corresponding with said location.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein said locally sourced content item corresponds with a local enterprise.

28. The system of claim 26, wherein said locally sourced content item corresponds with a local brand.

29. The system of claim 26, wherein user selection of said locally sourced content item shows user patronage or support therefor in said integrated content item.

30. The system of claim 24, wherein said location comprises a city.

31. The system of claim 24, further comprising a client application locally operable on each of said user client devices to render a graphical user interface having a user content selection function and an external item selection function;

wherein at least some of said client devices consist of camera-enabled devices and wherein said content selection function automatically activates said camera function to acquire new content therewith as said user-selected user content.

32. The system of claim 24, further comprising a client application locally operable on each of said user client devices to render a graphical user interface having a user content selection function and an external item selection function;

wherein a preview of said sharable integrated content item is displayed to said given user via said client application.

33. The system of claim 24, wherein said output interface relays said integrated content to respective contacts of said given user as defined on the content sharing platform.

34. The system of claim 24, wherein said integration engine overlays said external content item onto said user content item.

35. A computerized method for sharing digital user content from a mobile device via a content sharing platform, the method comprising:

accessing a user location;

automatically defining a plurality of different user-selectable digital external content items selectable via a mobile application executed on the mobile device and comprising at least one external content item associated with said user location;

accessing, via said mobile application, a user selection of the digital user content to be shared via the content sharing platform and a user selection of a specific external digital content item corresponding with said user location and selected from said plurality of different specifically selectable network-accessible digital external content items, wherein said specific external digital content item is integrated with said user content to output a sharable integrated content item; and

sharing said sharable integrated content item via the content sharing platform on behalf of said user as originating therefrom.

36. The method of claim 35, further comprising enabling capture of new user content to be used as said digital user content via a camera of the mobile device.

37. The method of claim 35, wherein at least one of said external digital content items is associated with a prescribed period defined by a start date and end date and is only selectable during said prescribed period.

38. The method of claim 35, wherein said at least one of said plurality of external digital content items associated with said user location comprises at least one locally sourced external content item.

39. The method of claim 38, wherein said locally sourced content item corresponds with a local enterprise.

40. The method of claim 38, wherein said locally sourced content item corresponds with a local brand.

41. The method of claim 38, wherein user selection of said locally sourced content item shows user patronage or support therefor in said integrated content item.

42. The method of claim 35, further comprising, prior to said sharing, enabling a digital preview of said sharable integrated content item for viewing on the mobile device.

43. The method of claim 35, wherein said sharing comprises relaying said integrated content to user contacts defined on the content sharing platform.

44. The method of claim 35, wherein said specific external digital content item is overlaid onto the user content.

45. The method of claim 35, wherein said user location is a city.

46. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising statements and instructions executable by a digital processor of a mobile device to share digital user content from the mobile device via a server-based content sharing platform by:

rendering a graphical user interface on the mobile device comprising;

a user content selection function receiving as input user selection of digital user content to be shared via the sharing platform;

an external content selection function receiving as input user selection of a specific digital external content item from a plurality of different specifically selectable digital external content items to be integrated with said user content for sharing as an integrated content item, wherein said plurality of external content items comprise an external content item associated with a user location; and

a sharing function receiving as input an integrated content sharing instruction from the user; and

relaying said integrated content sharing instruction to the content sharing platform to share said integrated content item on behalf of the user as originating therefrom.

47. The non-transitory computer-readable medium system of claim 46, wherein said external content item associated with said user location is associated with a prescribed period defined by a start date and end date and is only selectable as said specific external content item during said prescribed period.

48. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 46, wherein said external content item associated with said user location comprises a locally sourced external content item.

49. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 48, wherein said locally sourced external content item corresponds with at least one of a local enterprise and a local brand, and wherein user selection of said locally sourced content item shows user patronage or support therefor in said integrated content item.

50. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 46, further comprising statements and instructions to interface with a camera function of the mobile device to acquire new content therewith as said user-selected user content.

51. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 46, further comprising statements and instructions to render a preview of said integrated content item prior to sharing.

52. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 46, wherein said integrated content is shared with respective contacts of the user as defined on the content sharing platform.

53. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 46, wherein said specific external content item is overlaid onto said user content item.