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Capturing and automatically uploading media content

  • US 8,385,950 B1
  • Filed: 11/09/2007
  • Issued: 02/26/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for automatically uploading media content from a mobile device to an online service provider, the method comprising:

  • receiving, with a mobile device that has a media input component to capture media content and a wireless communication component to wirelessly send data to and wirelessly receive data from a plurality of online service providers that are external to the mobile device, a selection by a user of the mobile device of a user-selected service provider from among the plurality of online service providers that are available to the user;

    identifying information that corresponds to a user account associated with the user-selected service provider;

    receiving, with the mobile device, a selection by the user of a configuration setting that indicates availability, at the user-selected service provider, of media content that is to be uploaded after the selection of the configuration setting;

    capturing media content with the media input component; and

    after the media content is captured, automatically selecting with the mobile device the user-selected service provider as a recipient of the captured media content and automatically uploading to the user-selected service provider the captured media content, the identifying information, and an indication of the configuration setting to cause the uploaded media content to be made available in accordance with the configuration setting, wherein automatically uploading the captured media content comprises automatically uploading media content that has not been deleted within a predetermined time of being captured, wherein media content that has been deleted within the predetermined time of being captured is not uploaded, and wherein the user-selected service provider comprises an online audio-sharing service provider.

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