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US 2004/0172405 A1Published application
Publishing system and method
OwnerHoward E. Farraninventor
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Abstract
A publishing system for creating a printed publication with input and content from a substantial portion of the readership via an online forum, and a method of obtaining and selecting content that will be highly likely to interest readers of a subject area.
Claims50
A method of publishing a printed magazine comprising:
- providing the magazine to a substantial portion of a vertical market comprising entities having interest in a common subject area;
- printing in the magazine portions of selected threads from an online forum in the subject area;
- and
- printing advertising in the magazine for at least one advertiser offering at least one product to at least some of the entities having interest in the common subject area.
1 more element
A system for publishing content comprising, in combination:
- publishing means for providing a magazine to a substantial portion of a vertical market comprising entities having interest in a common subject area;
- means for obtaining from an online forum in the subject area portions of selected threads in the subject area;
- content means for printing in the magazine portions of the selected threads from an online forum in the subject area;
- and
- advertising means for making advertising in the magazine available to advertisers desiring to offer products to the entities in the subject area.
2 more elements
A method of publishing content comprising, in combination, the steps of:
- ranking online forum threads by popularity;
- selecting at least one subset of popular topics for publication;
- editing the content of the at least one subset;
- and
- printing the content in at least one printed publication in a format recognizably similar to at least one format of the online forum.
2 more elements
A method of publishing content comprising:
- providing at least one online forum;
- selecting at least one subset of online subject matter from the at least one online forum for publication;
- editing the content of the at least one subset of online subject matter;
- and
- printing the content in a format recognizably similar to at least one format of the at least one subset of online subject matter.
2 more elements
A system for publishing content comprising, in combination:
- means for providing at least one online forum;
- means for selecting at least one subset of online subject matter from the at least one online forum for publication;
- means for editing the content of the at least one subset of online subject matter;
- and
- means for printing the content in a format recognizably similar to at least one format of the at least one subset of online subject matter.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.