System and method for management and distribution of multimedia presentations

• US 8,818,898 B2
• Filed: 03/13/2009
• Issued: 08/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Anytime Fitness Franchisor LLC
• Original Assignee: Pumpone, LLC
• Inventors: Schlossberg, Craig, Condron, Declan
• Primary Examiner(s): Nigh, James D
• Application Number:
  US12/404,138
• Publication Number:
  US 20090282080A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,992 Days
• Field of Search: 705/26.5, 705/51, 705/342, 705/344, 482/148
• US Class Current: 705/51
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 2220/12 Usage or charge determination
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0621 Item configuration or customization

Abstract

A system for delivery of content-based products. The system includes a content library which provides advanced interfaces for adding, manipulating, arranging and storing multimedia presentations, and for interacting with rich multimedia presentations.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

accessing, using one or more computers, an electronic database, the electronic database comprising one or more media elements comprising at least one of an image representing an exercise and a video representing an exercise;

adding, using the one or more computers, one or more media elements comprising at least one of an image representing an exercise and a video representing an exercise to the electronic database;

selecting, using the one or more computers, at least two media elements stored in the electronic database;

combining, using the one or more computers, the selected media elements to form one or more media objects;

storing, using the one or more computers, the one or more media objects in the electronic database;

allowing, using the one or more computers, a first user to arrange the one or more media objects in a designated order, where the arranged one or more media objects form a complete presentation;

providing, by the one or more computers, the complete presentation, wherein the complete presentation represents a workout routine

storing, by the one or more computers, the complete presentation in a content library;

restricting, by the one or more computers, one or more second users from accessing the complete presentation; and

providing, by the one or more computers, the one or more second users with access to the complete presentation in accordance with access rights.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more computers are associated with a user input device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the user input device comprises one or more mobile devices.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of adding, using the one or more computers, one or more media elements comprising at least one of an image representing an exercise and a video representing an exercise to the electronic database comprises:

uploading one or more media elements from the more computers to the electronic database.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of adding, using the one or more computers, one or more media elements comprising at least one of an image representing an exercise and a video representing an exercise to the electronic database comprises:

attaching one or more media elements from a second electronic database stored on one or more other computers.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the one or more other computers are associated with one or more devices.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the one or more devices comprise one or more mobile devices.