System for digital yearbook with social networking
First Claim
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.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
An application for a system for providing a customized digital yearbook includes a server, a personal computer connected to the server and a user device for presenting content on a display. Yearbook software creates yearbook user accounts for users of the system and, after the yearbook software creates each yearbook user account, the yearbook software communicates with social network software and the social network software creates a corresponding social network user account. The yearbook software receives yearbook data from the personal computer through the network and stores the yearbook data in the database and the yearbook software extracts approved yearbook data, that data being a subset of the yearbook data that is approved for distribution. The social networking software provides features such as maintaining buddy lists, posting text, messages, images and/or video, messaging between buddies, and displaying of the postings of yourself and others.
-
Citations
14 Claims
-
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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
-
-
6. A method for providing a customized digital yearbook integrated with social networking comprising:
-
creating a plurality of yearbook user accounts, each yearbook account being associated with a user of the customized digital yearbook; capturing content for the customized digital yearbook from the users into a database, the content selected from the group consisting of text, images, video and audio; editing and organizing the content within the database; determining approved content, the approved content being a subset of the content that is approved for distribution in the customized digital yearbook; providing access to the approved content by devices associated with each of the yearbook user accounts; and providing social network services to the yearbook user accounts the social network services accessing the approved content by using the yearbook user accounts; wherein the social network services include messaging between the yearbook user accounts, maintenance of buddy lists, each of the buddy lists including one or more of the yearbook user accounts of a buddy, and posting items to the yearbook user accounts, wherein the items are accessible by the one or more of the yearbook user accounts of the buddy and the items are selected from the group consisting of text, images, video and audio; creating a 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, delivering the customized yearbook to a device associated with the particular user, and presenting the customized yearbook at the device. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
-
-
9. A method for providing a customized digital yearbook integrated with social networking, the method performed by a computer having computer-executable instructions stored on non-transitory computer-readable media, the non-transitory computer-readable media interfaced to a computer, the computer executing the computer-executable instructions to implement the method comprising the steps of:
-
creating a plurality of yearbook user accounts, each of the yearbook user accounts associated with a user of the customized digital yearbook; capturing content for the customized digital yearbook from the users, the content selected from the group consisting of text, images, video and audio; storing the content in a database; editing and organizing the content within the database under control of an administrator, including extracting approved content from the content, the approved content being a subset of the content that is approved for distribution in the customized digital yearbook; providing social network services accessible by the plurality of yearbook user accounts, the social network services including messaging between at least two yearbook accounts of the plurality of 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 of the yearbook user accounts of the buddy, the items being selected from the group consisting of text, images, video and audio; creating a 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, delivering the customized yearbook to a device associated with the particular user, and presenting the customized yearbook at the device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
-
Specification