Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110191246 | Systems and Methods Enabling Marketing and Distribution of Media Content by Content Creators and Content Providers - Systems and methods enabling marketing and distribution of motion pictures and other media content by content creators and other content providers are described herein. A platform is provided by which a plurality of content providers can market and distribute media content to users. Information about activity of the users on the platform is obtained in relation to the item of media content or in relation to media content related to the item of media content. A request is received for an activity report comprising information related to a user demographic or a media content characteristic. Responsive to the activity report request, the activity report is provided to the content provider. | 08-04-2011 |
20110313815 | Systems and Methods Enabling Marketing and Distribution of Products and Services by Product and Service Providers - Systems and methods are provided for distributing a product or service for a provider using a platform for distributing products or services by a plurality of providers. A platform is provided by which a plurality of providers market and provide products or services to users. Information about first activity is obtained in relation to the particular product or service or other products or services of the first provider. Information about second activity is obtained in relation to other products or services of other providers that share at least one attribute with the product or service. Data is provided to the first provider where the data includes the information about the first activity in relation to products or services of the first provider and the information about the second activity in relation to other products or services of other providers based on the at least one shared attribute. | 12-22-2011 |
20120245887 | Method and System for Measuring Individual Prescience Within User Associations - Systems and methods are provided for identifying an influencer from a pool of people based on past interactions with one or more items. A popularity metric is determined for a particular item, and an earliness of interaction metric is determined for a person in the pool based on an interaction with the particular item by the person. A prescience metric is calculated for the person based on the popularity metric and the earliness of interaction metric for the person, and the influencer is identified based on the prescience metric for the person and prescience metrics calculated for other people in the pool. | 09-27-2012 |
20120246174 | Method and System for Predicting Association Item Affinities Using Second Order User Item Associations - Systems and methods are provided for determining an affinity score of a source entity and a target entity without consideration of data that directly links the source entity and the target entity. An intermediate entity that is relatable to a source entity is identified. A target entity is identified that is relatable to an intermediate entity. A similarity score is calculated identifying a degree of similarity between the source entity and the intermediate entity, or the target entity and the intermediate entity. An affinity score is calculated of the source entity and the intermediate entity, or the target entity and the intermediate entity. An affinity score of the source entity and the target entity is determined based on the similarity score and the affinity score. | 09-27-2012 |
20120246718 | Method and System for Implementing Collaboration and Crowd-Sourced Distribution on a Content Management System - Systems and methods are provided for delegating permissions of a content provider for a content item to a delegate. In a graphical interface, a content selection input is configured to receive a selection of a content item from a plurality of content items to be delegated. A delegate selection input is configured to receive an identification of a delegate to which the permissions are to be assigned. The interface includes a plurality of permissions assignment inputs, where a permissions assignment input identifies a particular action and is configured to receive a selection of a permission type for the particular action. The identified delegate is permitted to perform the particular action according to the selected permission type for the selected content item. | 09-27-2012 |
20130191810 | Computer-Implemented Systems and Methods for Providing Consistent Application Generation - Systems and methods are provided for generating a plurality of applications of disparate types. A graphical user interface is provided for designing an interactive user experience, where a designed user experience includes an arrangement of experience elements, where the experience elements include a plurality interactive elements and decorative elements, and where each of the experience elements are configured for display according to one or more attributes. An identification of the experience elements and the attributes of the experience elements is received via the graphical user interface. An identification of a plurality of disparate types of applications to be generated based on the designed experience is received. The experience is translated for each of the disparate types of applications to generate the plurality of applications of disparate types. | 07-25-2013 |
20140280094 | Systems and Methods for Providing Expert Thread Search Results - Systems and methods are provided for providing search results. An expert search thread associated with a search term is received. A first query from a first user based on the search term is received, and a set of results to the first query is provided, where the set of results includes the expert search thread. A credibility score is determined for the expert search thread. A second query is received from a second user based on the search term. A placement of the expert search thread in a set of results for the second query is determined based on the credibility score for the expert search thread, and the set of results for the second query is provided to the second user. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282680 | Systems and Methods for Providing Access to Rights Holder Defined Video Clips - Computer-implemented systems and methods are provided for providing access to a portion of a video to a requesting user. For example, a computer can receive an identification of a video, a starting point of a clip within the video, and an ending point of the clip within the video from a rights holder. The computer can define a video clip based on the identified video, the starting point, and the ending point. The computer can also provide a link by which a requesting user is provided access to the video clip. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282725 | Systems and Methods for Defining Ad Spaces In Video - Computer-implemented systems and methods are provided for defining ad space in a video. For example, a computer can receive an identification of a video and an advertisement space definition that includes a time stamp for the advertisement space in the video and an advertisement length. The computer can receive a request to view the video. The computer can determine an advertisement to play in the advertisement space such that the advertisement is not longer than the advertisement length included in the video's advertisement space definition. The computer can provide access to the video, and when the video reaches the time stamp, the advertisement is played in the advertisement space. | 09-18-2014 |