Systems and methods for providing multimedia
AssigneeTime Flash LLC
InventorsYoav Ilan, Jared A. Kash
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Abstract
Exemplary embodiments of methods and systems for providing multimedia are provided. A method for providing multimedia can include receiving one or more data files containing multimedia from a first user, storing the one or more data files containing the multimedia, and providing at least one of the one or more data files based on access granted by the first user and at a future time set by the first user. A trustee service can be provided to provide the one or more data files to a user at a future time based on predetermined criteria, such as a data, condition or future event.
Claims20
A method for providing multimedia, comprising:
- receiving one or more data files containing multimedia from a first user;
- storing the one or more data files containing the multimedia;
- and
- providing at least one of the one or more data files based on access granted by the first user and at a future time set by the first user.
A computer-accessible medium which contains thereon software for providing multimedia, wherein, when a processing arrangement executes the software, the processing arrangement is configured to perform procedures comprising:
- receiving one or more data files containing multimedia from a first user;
- storing the one or more data files containing the multimedia;
- and
- providing at least one of the one or more data files based on access granted by the first user and at a future time set by the first user.
A system for providing multimedia, comprising:
- a database of accounts for each of a plurality of users;
- a storage system for storing data files containing multimedia associated with the accounts for each of the plurality of users, including:
- i. first instructions from each of the plurality of users specifying a set of user(s) that the data files associated with their respective accounts are to be provided to, and
- ii. second instructions specifying when the set of user(s) are to be provided the data files associated with their respective accounts;
- and
- a processing arrangement configured to provide the data files to the specified set of user(s) based on the first and second instructions.
A method of providing a trustee service for providing multimedia, comprising:
- receiving one or more data files containing multimedia from a first user;
- storing the one or more data files containing the multimedia;
- receiving information from the first user specifying one or more people with whom at least one of the one or more data files should be provided to based on a predetermined criteria;
- monitoring if the predetermined criteria has been met over a period of time;
- and
- providing the at least one of the one or more data files to the one or more people specified by the first user when the predetermined criteria has been met.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.