Online logo tool

• US 8,977,973 B2
• Filed: 11/23/2010
• Issued: 03/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/23/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: O'Leary, Timothy
• Primary Examiner(s): SALOMON, PHENUEL S
• Application Number:
  US12/953,305
• Publication Number:
  US 20120131486A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,568 Days
• Field of Search: 715/770, 709/203, 705/26
• US Class Current: 715/765
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

An online tool allows a user, such as an online merchant, to access a page of a service provider, select a format, customize funding sources and designs, and copy and paste the code to the merchant page to quickly and easily create a customized funding source graphic.

Claims

1. A method for creating an online display for a website, the method comprising:

determining a format for displaying logo images of funding sources on a merchant website;

presenting, by a processor of a service provider, a plurality of selectable logo images of the funding sources;

receiving selected ones of the logo images of the funding sources from a user, wherein, when a logo image of a funding source is selected, presenting the user with information about the funding source comprising countries where the funding source is accepted, a percentage of users having or using the funding source in each country, and usage information of the funding source for purchases made with a merchant;

presenting to the user selectable color options for the selected logo images of the funding sources;

receiving a selected background color option from the user;

receiving a URL address of the merchant website to which the selected logo images of the funding sources are to be added and previewed,

presenting the user with a preview of the merchant website overlaid with the selected logo images of the funding sources, wherein the preview of the merchant website comprises a section of the selected logo images of the funding sources which is movable within the merchant website for the user to designate a position of the section of the selected logo images within the merchant website; and

presenting the user with HyperText Markup Language (HTML) codes for displaying the selected logo images of the funding sources on the merchant website.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a selection of a type of format for displaying the selected logo images of the funding sources from the user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the preview of the merchant website comprises a color palette comprising a plurality of colors selectable by the user to designate a background color for the selected logo images of the funding sources.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the selectable logo images of the funding sources are displayed a first area and the selected logo images of the funding sources are displayed in a second area, and wherein a logo image of a funding source is selected by moving the logo image from the first area to the second area.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the format is determined from a screen scrape of the merchant website.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the format comprises specific size, location, and colors of the logo images of the selected funding sources to be displayed on the merchant website.

7. A system for facilitating information transactions over a network, the system comprising:

a first component comprising a communication device adapted to communicate with a user via a first device over the network; and

a second component comprising a hardware processor adapted to

determine a format for displaying logo images of funding sources on a merchant website,

provide the first device with a plurality of selectable logo images of the funding sources,

receive selected ones of the logo images of the funding sources, wherein, when a logo image of a funding source is selected, the second component is further adapted to provide the first device with information about the funding source comprising countries where the funding source is accepted, a percentage of users having or using the funding source in each country, and usage information of the funding source for purchases made with a merchant,

provide the first device with selectable color options for the selected logo images of the funding sources,

receive a selected color option,

receive a URL address of the merchant website to which the selected logo images of the funding sources are to be added and previewed,

provide a preview of the merchant website overlaid with the selected logo images of the funding sources at the first device, wherein the preview of the merchant website comprises a section of the selected logo images of the funding sources which is movable within the merchant website for the user to designate a position of the section of the selected logo images within the merchant website, and

provide the first device with Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) codes for displaying the selected logo images of the funding sources on the merchant website.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the preview of the merchant website comprises a color palette comprising a plurality of colors selectable by the user to designate a background color for the selected logo images of the funding sources.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the selectable logo images of the funding sources are displayed in a first area and the selected logo images of the funding sources are displayed in a second area, and wherein a logo image of a funding source is selected by moving the logo image from the first area to the second area.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the format is determined from a screen scrape of the merchant website.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the format comprises specific size, location, and colors of the logo images of the selected funding sources to be displayed on the merchant website.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a plurality of machine-readable instructions which when executed by one or more processors of a server are adapted to cause the server to perform a method comprising:

determining a format for displaying logo images of funding sources on a merchant website;

presenting a plurality of selectable logo images of the funding sources;

receiving selected ones of the logo images of the funding sources from a user, wherein, when a logo image of a funding source is selected, presenting the user with information about the funding source comprising countries where the funding source is accepted, a percentage of users having or using the funding source in each country, and usage information of the funding source for purchases made with a merchant;

presenting to the user selectable color options for the selected logo images of the funding sources;

receiving a selected color option from the user;

receiving a URL address of the merchant website to which the selected logo images of the funding sources are to be added and previewed,

presenting the user with a preview of the merchant website overlaid with the selected logo images of the funding sources, wherein the preview of the merchant website comprises a section of the selected logo images of the funding sources which is movable within the merchant website for the user to designate a position of the section of the selected logo images within the merchant website; and

presenting the user with HyperText Markup Language (HTML) codes for displaying the selected logo images of the funding sources on the merchant website.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the format is determined from a screen scrape of the merchant website.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the format comprises specific size, location, and colors of the logo images of the funding sources to be displayed on the merchant website.