Systems and methods for collaborative storytelling in a virtual space

• US 8,566,348 B2
• Filed: 07/05/2012
• Issued: 10/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Corrino Holdings LLC (IPValuation Partners, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Intersect PTP, Inc.
• Inventors: Rinearson, Peter, Strange, James, Strange, Karan
• Primary Examiner(s): Coby, Frantz
• Application Number:
  US13/542,531
• Publication Number:
  US 20130173531A1
• Time in Patent Office: 474 Days
• Field of Search: 707705-708, 707769-770, 709/201, 709/203, 709/217
• US Class Current: 707/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/489 using time information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/735 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/80 of semi-structured data, e.g. markup language structured data such as SGML, XML or HTML content-based retrieval of web data G06F16/95
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

User-submitted content (e.g., stories) may be associated with descriptive metadata (intersection metadata), such as a timeframe, location, tags, and so on. Story content is presented in a virtual space, such as a forum, chatroom, or the like. Users submit collaborative content as the story is presented in the virtual space. The collaborative content is synchronized to presentation of the story. An author may replay the presentation and synchronized collaborative content and/or select portions of the collaborative content for inclusion in the story.

Claims

1. A method for presenting story content relating to a timeframe and location of interest, the method comprising:

receiving a query comprising an intersection criteria, the intersection criteria comprising a location and a timeframe of interest;

generating an intersection space responsive to the query by;

accessing a plurality of stories stored on a computer-readable storage medium, each story comprising one or more content items and having respective intersection metadata, the intersection metadata of each story comprising a location and a timeframe pertaining to the story, and

selecting stories for inclusion in the intersection space that have intersection metadata corresponding to the location and the timeframe of the intersection criteria; and

providing for presenting the intersection space to a user on a display device, the display comprising indicators of one or more of the stories included in the intersection space.