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Processes for verifying, and accepting content postings from, creators of works represented in an electronic catalog

  • US 7,778,926 B1
  • Filed: 03/29/2006
  • Issued: 08/17/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method, comprising:

  • providing a browsable electronic catalog via a server system, said electronic catalog comprising representations of works created by creators;

    providing, via the server system, a creator verification user interface;

    receiving, at the server system, a creator verification request from a user with the creator verification user interface, said creator verification request identifying a work selected by the user from the electronic catalog, and identifying a third party verifier for verifying that the user is a creator of the selected work, said third party verifier designated by the user via the creator verification user interface;

    in response to the creator verification request, sending, from the server system, a request for the third party verifier to verify that the user is a creator of the selected work;

    receiving, at the server system, from the third party verifier, a reply indicating that the user is a creator of the selected work;

    in response to the reply indicating that the user is a creator of the selected work, exposing to the user, via the server system, a content submission interface;

    receiving content from the user via the content submission interface; and

    in response to receiving the content, incorporating, by the server system, the content into a page of the electronic catalog together with a designation that the content is from a creator of the work, said page being associated with the work.

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