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System for digital yearbook with social networking

  • US 8,364,755 B2
  • Filed: 06/29/2012
  • Issued: 01/29/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for providing a customized digital yearbook integrated with social networking, the system comprising:

  • a server;

    a personal computer connected to the server through a network;

    a user device for presenting media content on a display interfaced to the user device;

    a database operationally coupled to the server;

    yearbook software running on the server, wherein the yearbook software creates yearbook user accounts for users of the system;

    the yearbook software receives yearbook data from the personal computer through the network from the users of the system, the yearbook data selected from the group consisting of text, images, video and audio, stores, edits and organizes the yearbook data in the database;

    the yearbook software extracts approved yearbook data, the approved yearbook data being a subset of the yearbook data that is approved for distribution in the customized digital yearbook;

    social network software, which runs on the server or on a social network server which is physically distinct from the server and communicates bi-directionally with the yearbook software at application protocol level;

    wherein the social network software accesses the approved content by using the yearbook user accounts;

    the social network software provides social network services which are accessed through the yearbook user accounts, the social network services including messaging between the yearbook user accounts, maintenance of buddy lists, each of the buddy lists including one or more yearbook user accounts of a buddy, and posting items to the yearbook user accounts, wherein the items are accessible by the one or more yearbook user accounts of the buddy and the items are selected from the group consisting of text, images, video and audio;

    the yearbook software and/or the social network software creates the customized digital yearbook comprising customized yearbook data, the customized yearbook data comprising at least a portion of the approved yearbook data selected by a particular user of the system, delivers the customized yearbook to a device associated with the particular user, and the customized yearbook is presented at the device.

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