US 2019/0197477 A1Published application

User generated content publishing system

AssigneeLeaf Group Ltd.

InventorsSean Muller, Richard Rosenblatt, Joey C. Perez, Dennis A. Ameen, Larry Fitzgibbon, Greg Griffin, Laurent Gherardi, Jon R. Jurgens, JR., Brian Havener, Glenn Moran, Dean Busenbark, Mark Jones, Adam Youngers, Ewan Godley

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Abstract

The invention is directed to a User Publishing System (UPS) that enables both content publishing for users that share what they know in articles and enabling these users to get paid for providing the content through use of a User Compensation System (UCS). The invention enables users to create and edit content in multiple formats, from multiple sources, and in multiple languages. The system can be integrated for use with a plurality of different websites and adopt both the look and feel and the content format of each website, and/or other communication medium. Compensation may be provided to the user providing the content based on a variety of metrics.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A system, comprising:

a processor;
and
a tangible storage medium storing thereon program logic for execution by the processor, the program logic comprising:
publishing logic executed by the processor for a publishing platform that performs actions, including:
receiving, from a content provider, content in a first format and layout;
automatically reformatting the content into a second different format and layout;
selecting at least one advertisement from a third-party advertisement provider, where the selection of the at least one advertisement is influenced by the content provider;
selecting a website for publication of the reformatted content, where the selection of the website is influenced by the third-party advertisement provider;
publishing the reformatted content onto at least one webpage of a website, the at least one webpage comprising the reformatted content and the at least one advertisement;
automatically reformatting the received content into a third format and layout associated with a different communication medium other than web pages;
and
publishing the reformatted content using the third format and layout through the different communication medium;
and
compensation logic executed by the processor for a compensation platform that is configured to perform actions, including:
determining compensation to the content provider based on the publication of the content, based on a plurality of factors, comprising at least one of frequency of views, popularity of content among other users or advertisement related clicks;
inhibiting at least some compensation based on a detected fraudulent click activity;
and
providing the compensation to the content provider.

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A tangible non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing thereon computer-readable instructions to cause a system to:

receive, from a content provider, content in a first format and layout;
automatically reformat the content into a second different format and layout;
select, by at least one computing device, at least one advertisement from a third-party advertisement provider, where the selection of the at least one advertisement is influenced by the content provider;
select a website for publication of the reformatted content, where the selection of the website is influenced by the third-party advertisement provider;
publish the reformatted content onto at least one webpage of a website, the at least one webpage comprising the reformatted content and the at least one advertisement;
determine compensation to the content provider based on the publication of the content, based on a plurality of factors, comprising at least one of frequency of views, popularity of content among other users or advertisement related clicks;
inhibit at least some compensation based on a detected fraudulent click activity;
and
provide the compensation to the content provider.

6 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/231,819Filed 24 Dec 2018
Priority: 28 Sep 2006
Published: 27 Jun 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

G06Q 10/10
Administration; Management: office automation; Time management
G06F 17/00
Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific
G06Q 10/00
Administration
G06Q 20/145
Specially adapted for billing systems: payments according to the detected use or quantity

Family

Application60/827,403Us provisional application · filed 28 Sep 2006
Application11/851,243Continuation · filed 6 Sep 2007
Application16/231,819Continuation
US 10,204,316 B2Related patent
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US 2008/0082381 A1Published application
US 2019/0197477 A1This patent

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