Systems and methods for sharing customer assets

• US 9,002,986 B2
• Filed: 04/23/2007
• Issued: 04/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Chatenay, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Hussain, Tauqir
• Application Number:
  US11/738,719
• Publication Number:
  US 20080262862A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,906 Days
• Field of Search: 709/229, 726/2, 726/3, 726/8
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

In one embodiment, a system or method for sharing customer assets includes receiving with a first regional service universal login information provided by a customer, the first regional service comprising one of multiple regional services that each comprises a distinct version of a network-based service, wherein each regional service is specific to a particular geographical region in which it is operated, accessing a central database with the first regional service to verify the universal login information, wherein the central database is accessible to each of the multiple regional services, and accessing the central database with the first regional service to access shared customer assets stored in the central database, wherein the shared customer assets stored in the central database are accessible to each of the multiple regional services.

Claims

1. A method for sharing customer assets, the method comprising:

receiving with a first regional service universal login information provided by a customer, the first regional service comprising one of multiple regional services that each comprises a distinct version of a website offering a network-based service that is specific to a particular geographical region for which the website is being offered;

accessing a central database with the first regional service to verify the universal login information, wherein the central database is accessible to each of the multiple regional services; and

accessing the central database with the first regional service to access shared customer assets that are associated with the customer, wherein the shared customer assets stored in the central database are accessible to each of the multiple regional services to enable the customer to access different versions of the website with the universal login information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving universal login information comprises receiving the universal login information with a web site hosted by the first regional service.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving universal login information comprises receiving a universal username and a universal password associated with the universal username.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein each regional service hosts a regional web site that is specific to a particular geographic region.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the particular geographical regions comprise different countries.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising the first regional service presenting the shared customer assets to the customer.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein presenting the shared customer assets comprises presenting the assets to the customer with a web site hosted by the first regional service.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving with a second regional service the universal login information and accessing the central database with the second regional service to verify the universal login information.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising accessing the central database with the second regional service to access shared customer assets stored in the central database.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the shared customer assets comprise one or more of photographic images, photograph albums, and video data.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores a regional service, the regional service comprising one of multiple regional services that each comprises a distinct version of websites that offer a global network-based service, wherein each regional service is specific to a particular geographical region for which the websites are being offered, the regional service comprising:

logic configured to receive universal login information provided by a customer;

logic configured to access a central database to verify the universal login information; and

logic configured to access the central database to access shared customer assets that are specific to the customer and stored in the central database, wherein the shared customer assets stored in the central database are accessible to each of the multiple regional services to enable the customer to access different versions of the websites with the universal login information.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the logic configured to receive comprises logic configured to generate a web page that can be viewed by the customer in a web browser.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the particular geographical regions comprise different countries.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, further comprising logic configured to present the assets to the customer within a web site hosted by the regional service.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the shared customer assets comprise one or more of photographic images, photograph albums, or video data.

16. A system for sharing customer assets, the system comprising:

a central database that stores shared customer assets; and

one or more servers connected to the database and providing;

a first regional service operated as a first version of a website that offers a global network-based service and that is specific to a first geographical region for which the website is being offered, the first regional service being configured to access the shared customer assets stored in the central database and present the shared customer assets to verified customers; and

a second regional service operated as a second version of the website that offers the global network-based service and that is specific to a second geographical region different than the first geographical region, the second regional service being configured to access the shared customer assets stored in the central database and present the shared customer assets to verified customers;

wherein a customer can access both the first and second regional services using the same login information.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the first regional service hosts a first regional web site with which the customer interfaces.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the second regional service hosts a second regional web site with which the customer interfaces.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the first and second geographical regions comprise distinct countries.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the first and second regional services are configured to present the shared customer assets to the customer in separate web sites respectively hosted by the first and second regional services.