Management of Multimedia Content
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsJames Patrick Stapleton, James Anthony Gewecke, Justin Nicholas Marcucci, Lee Culver, David James Krantz
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Abstract
Disclosed are method and apparatus for managing multimedia content. The uniform resource locators of multimedia content accessed via the Internet are saved in collections stored in the database of a multimedia access system, which is shared by multiple users via individual user accounts. Collections may be copied from one user account to another user account, e-mailed, and posted on a website. Collections in the database may be searched by keywords associated with the collections.
Claims21
1-30. (canceled)
A method for managing multimedia content, comprising:
- storing, by a digital data storage, a plurality of uniform resource locators relating to a collection in a multimedia access system;
- receiving, via an application programming interface, a request from a user account assigned to a user to copy the collection to the user account;
- determining, by a processor communicatively coupled to the application programming interface, whether the collection is marked as one of public and private and whether the collection can be copied by the user account;
- in response to determining that the collection is marked as public and a copy of the collection is available, allowing copying of the copy of the collection to the user account;
- and
- in response to determining that the collection is marked as private, determining that the copy of the collection is not available.
A computer readable medium storing computer program instructions, which, when executed on a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- storing a plurality of uniform resource locators relating to a collection in a multimedia access system;
- receiving a request from a user account assigned to a user to copy the collection to the user account;
- determining whether the collection is marked as one of public and private and whether the collection can be copied by the user account;
- in response to determining that the collection is marked as public and a copy of the collection is available, allowing copying of the copy of the collection to the user account;
- and
- in response to determining that the collection is marked as private, determining that the copy of the collection is not available.
An apparatus for managing multimedia content, comprising a processor, a digital data storage, and an application programming interface, wherein the processor, digital data storage, and application programming interface are communicatively coupled, the digital data storage storing computer program instructions, which, when executed on the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- storing a plurality of uniform resource locators relating to a collection in a multimedia access system;
- receiving a request from a user account assigned to a user to copy the collection to the user account;
- determining whether the collection is marked as one of public and private and whether the collection can be copied by the user account;
- in response to determining that the collection is marked as public and a copy of the collection is available, allowing copying of the copy of the collection to the user account;
- and
- in response to determining that the collection is marked as private, determining that the copy of the collection is not available.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.