System and method for aggregating and providing audio and visual presentations via a computer network

• US 9,721,273 B2
• Filed: 02/11/2014
• Issued: 08/01/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Uniloc Luxembourg S.à r.l. (f/k/a Uniloc Luxembourg S.A.) (Uniloc Corporation Pty. Limited)
• Original Assignee: Uniloc Luxembourg S.à r.l. (f/k/a Uniloc Luxembourg S.A.) (Uniloc Corporation Pty. Limited)
• Inventors: Turner, Tod C.
• Primary Examiner(s): HUQ, FARZANA B
• Application Number:
  US14/178,064
• Publication Number:
  US 20140164576A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,267 Days
• Field of Search: 709203-205, 709217, 709230, 709231, 715201-202, 715716, 715719-723, 348 1401, 348 1408, 348326, 348328, 348349
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4387 by the use of playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0263 based upon Internet or website rating
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42221 Conversation recording systems at the subscriber's set H04M1/656
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5315 where the non-audio components are still images or video still image mailbox systems H04N1/324, intermediate storage of video signals for videophones H04N7/147
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/567 Multimedia conference systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2743 Video hosting of uploaded data from client
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel

Abstract

A method for providing content via a computer network and computing device, which may include: storing data associated with and indicative of a plurality of presentations; receiving a request to host an audio presentation; receiving and storing data associated with the requested audio presentation; initiating and recording one or more telephone calls; and, presenting at least a portion of the stored data for selection by the computing device; wherein, selection causes the stored data indicative of the selected audio/visual or audio presentation to be provided to the computing device for playback thereby via the computer network. The method may include storing data associated with and indicative of a first plurality of presentations; storing data associated with a plurality of second presentation feeds: automatically and periodically accessing each of the feeds; and aggregating each of the presentations for delivery via the computer network.

Claims

1. A method for providing content via a computer network and computing system, the method comprising:

storing presentation data that represents content of a first collection of one or more presentations using the computer system;

storing data indicative of the first collection of presentations so as to be associated with the presentation data;

storing feed data that represents a collection of one or more feeds using the computer system, wherein each of the feeds identifies a corresponding second collection of one or more presentations being accessible via the computer network and includes no data representing content of the second collection of presentations;

automatically and periodically accessing each of the feeds to identify each of the corresponding second collection of presentations, using the computer system;

storing data associated with a third collection of one or more presentations; and

aggregating each of the first, identified second, and third collections of presentations for delivery via the computer network using a common web page.

2. A non-transitory computer readable medium useful in association with a computer that includes one or more processors and a memory, the computer readable medium including computer instructions that are configured to cause the computer, by execution of the computer instructions in the one or more processors from the memory, to provide content from a computer system via a computer network to a computer device by at least:

storing presentation data that represents content of a first collection of one or more presentations using the computer system;

storing data indicative of the first collection of presentations so as to be associated with the presentation data;

storing feed data that represents a collection of one or more feeds using the computer system, wherein each of the feeds identifies a corresponding second collection of one or more presentations being accessible via the computer network and includes no data representing content of the second collection of presentations;

automatically and periodically accessing each of the feeds to identify each of the corresponding second collection of presentations, using the computer system;

storing data associated with a third collection of one or more presentations; and

aggregating each of the first, identified second, and third collections of presentations for delivery via the computer network using a common web page.

3. The computer readable medium of claim 2, wherein the computer comprises at least one web server, at least one database server and at least one file server.