US 9,806,934 B2 · Automated delivery of multimedia content

Abstract

A system adapted to provide multimedia content to a set of users is described. The system includes: a storage adapted to store at least one multimedia content item, each multimedia content item associated with a publisher-user; a set of destination devices, each destination device associated with a subscriber-user, each subscriber-user being associated with the publisher-user; and a server adapted to provide each multimedia content item to the set of destination devices. A method adapted to allow a creator to generate and distribute at least one multimedia content item to a set of subscribers is also described. In addition, a server application adapted to provide at least one multimedia content item to a set of destination devices is described. Furthermore, a server application adapted to allow a creator to compose a multimedia content item is described.

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Dependent claims

A system that provides multimedia content to a set of users, the system comprising:

a storage device that stores a library of multimedia content items, each multimedia content item associated with a publisher-user;
and
a server that:
generates a sequence of multimedia content items for each of a plurality of subscriber-users, wherein the publisher-user is distinct from each of the plurality of subscriber-users, wherein a presentation order of the sequence and a presentation duration of each multimedia content item in the sequence is based at least partly on a set of attributes associated with the publisher-user and a set of attributes associated with each subscriber-user from the plurality of subscriber-users;
and
pushes, based on the set of attributes associated with the publisher-user and the set of attributes associated with each subscriber-user from the plurality of subscriber-users, each multimedia content item in the sequence to a destination device associated with each subscriber-user from the plurality of subscriber-users, wherein each multimedia content item is provided for use as screen background content and a display of each destination device associated with each subscriber-user from the plurality of subscriber-users is updated to provide each multimedia content item in the sequence.

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A method that allows a creator to generate and distribute a sequence of multimedia content items to a set of subscribers, the method comprising:

providing an online composition tool that captures and composes elements of a particular multimedia content item;
providing a plurality of distribution templates, receiving a selection of a particular distribution template, and applying the particular distribution template to the particular multimedia content item;
setting values for metadata associated with the particular multimedia content item and properties for controlling distribution of the particular multimedia content item;
uploading the particular multimedia content item to a distribution server in order to make the particular multimedia content item available to the set of subscribers;
associating the particular multimedia content item with the sequence of multimedia content items, wherein a presentation order of the sequence of multimedia content items and a presentation duration of each multimedia content item in the sequence of multimedia content items is based at least partly on a set of attributes associated with the creator and a set of attributes associated with each subscriber in the set of subscribers;
and
pushing, based on a set of attributes associated with the creator and a set of attributes associated with each subscriber from the set of subscribers, the sequence of multimedia content items to a plurality of devices, each device associated with a particular subscriber from the set of subscribers, wherein the particular multimedia content item is provided for use as screen background content.

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A server that allows a creator to compose a sequence of multimedia content items, the server comprising:

a processor for executing sets of instructions;
and
a non-transitory medium that stores the sets of instructions, wherein the sets of instructions comprise:
providing an online composition tool that allows the creator to capture and compose elements of each multimedia content item in the sequence of multimedia content items;
offering at least one distribution template that may be applied to the sequence of multimedia content items;
setting values for metadata associated with each multimedia content item in the sequence of multimedia content items and properties for controlling distribution of the sequence of multimedia content items;
sending the sequence of multimedia content items to a distribution server such that the sequence of multimedia content items is made available to a plurality of subscribers, each subscriber from the plurality of subscribers being distinct from the creator, wherein the sequence of multimedia content items is provided for use as screen background content;
and
pushing, based on a set of attributes associated with the creator and a set of attributes associated with each subscriber from the plurality of subscribers, each multimedia content item in the sequence of multimedia content items to a user device associated with each subscriber from the plurality of subscribers, wherein the set of attributes associated with the published-user and the set of attributes associated with the subscriber user each include at least one of:
time, location of the destination device, caller information, calendar information, and short message service information.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Automated delivery of multimedia content

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Automated delivery of multimedia content

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