Online storage aggregation and publishing
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method for managing publishable content, the method comprising the steps of:
- maintaining a storage farm comprising stored publishable content associated with at least one user, the publishable content being associated with a plurality of publication sites, wherein the at least one user can access the storage farm;
maintaining login information for the at least one user for the plurality of publication sites;
utilizing maintained login information to login to at least one of the plurality of publication sites;
automatically comparing publishable content stored in the storage farm to content already published on at least one associated target publication site, by a computer;
responsive to screen scraping to find a first content already published on a first target publication site not present on the storage farm, automatically copying, by a computer, said first content from the first target publication site to the storage farm; and
responsive to finding publishable first content on the storage farm not published on a second target publication site, automatically copying, by a computer, said publishable content from the storage farm to the second target publication site.
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Abstract
A storage farm is maintained, on which user generated publishable content is stored. Users can copy generated content to the storage farm for automatic publishing to associated target sites. User login information for the plurality of publication sites is maintained, such that the system can use the login information to login to the various publication sites as a given user. The publishable content stored in the storage farm is compared to publishable content published on the associated publication sites. Responsive to finding publishable content on at least one publication site that is not present on the storage farm, that publishable content can be aggregated to the storage farm for future access by the associated user. Responsive to finding publishable content on the storage farm not published on an associated publication site, that publishable content can be automatically published.
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21 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method for managing publishable content, the method comprising the steps of:
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maintaining a storage farm comprising stored publishable content associated with at least one user, the publishable content being associated with a plurality of publication sites, wherein the at least one user can access the storage farm; maintaining login information for the at least one user for the plurality of publication sites; utilizing maintained login information to login to at least one of the plurality of publication sites; automatically comparing publishable content stored in the storage farm to content already published on at least one associated target publication site, by a computer; responsive to screen scraping to find a first content already published on a first target publication site not present on the storage farm, automatically copying, by a computer, said first content from the first target publication site to the storage farm; and responsive to finding publishable first content on the storage farm not published on a second target publication site, automatically copying, by a computer, said publishable content from the storage farm to the second target publication site. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. At least one non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program product for managing publishable content, the computer program product comprising:
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program code for maintaining a storage farm comprising stored publishable content associated with at least one user, the publishable content being associated with a plurality of publication sites, wherein the at least one user can access the storage farm; program code for maintaining login information for the at least one user for the plurality of publication sites; program code for utilizing maintained login information to login to at least one of the plurality of publication sites; program code for automatically comparing publishable content stored in the storage farm to content already published on at least one associated target publication site; program code for, responsive to screen scraping to find a first content already published on a first target publication site not present on the storage farm, automatically copying, by a computer, said first content from the first target publication site to the storage farm; and program code for, responsive to finding publishable first content on the storage farm not published on a second target publication site, automatically copying, by a computer, said publishable content from the storage farm to the second target publication site. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer system for managing publishable content, the computer system comprising:
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a computer memory; a storage farm comprising stored publishable content associated with at least one user, the publishable content being associated with a plurality of publication sites, wherein the at least one user can access the storage farm; a login storage facility for maintaining login information for the at least one user for the plurality of publication sites; a content publication manager residing in the computer memory, the content publication manager being configured for utilizing maintained login information to login to at least one of the plurality of publication sites, and for automatically comparing publishable content stored in the storage farm to content already published on at least one associated target publication site; a content retrieval engine residing in the computer memory, the content retrieval engine being configured for, responsive to screen scrapping to find a first content already published on the a first target publication site not present on the storage farm, automatically copying said first content from the first target publication site to the storage farm; and a content posting engine residing in the computer memory, the content posting engine being configured for, responsive to finding the first publishable content on the storage farm not published on the second target publication site, automatically copying said publishable content from the storage farm to the second target publication site. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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