US 11,936,720 B2
Sharing digital media assets for presentation within an online social network
Andrew Charles Gallagher, Rochester, NY (US); and Aaron Thomas Deever, Rochester, NY (US)
Assigned to Kodak Alaris Inc., Rochester, NY (US)
Filed by Kodak Alaris Inc., Rochester, NY (US)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/967,796.
Application 17/967,796 is a continuation of application No. 17/325,834, filed on May 20, 2021, granted, now 11,477,268.
Application 17/325,834 is a continuation of application No. 14/884,674, filed on Oct. 15, 2015, granted, now 11,044,301, issued on Feb. 22, 2021.
Application 14/884,674 is a continuation of application No. 12/894,200, filed on Sep. 30, 2010, granted, now 9,185,469, issued on Nov. 20, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0045762 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 67/10 (2022.01); G06F 16/435 (2019.01); G06F 16/44 (2019.01); G06V 20/40 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G11B 27/034 (2006.01); G11B 27/28 (2006.01); H04L 65/403 (2022.01); H04L 65/75 (2022.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 21/8549 (2011.01)
CPC H04L 67/10 (2013.01) [G06F 16/437 (2019.01); G06F 16/44 (2019.01); G06V 20/41 (2022.01); G06V 40/173 (2022.01); G11B 27/034 (2013.01); G11B 27/28 (2013.01); H04L 65/403 (2013.01); H04L 65/764 (2022.05); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/466 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); H04N 21/8549 (2013.01); G06V 20/44 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method of assisting a user in selecting and/or creating customized media-centric products, the method comprising:
providing a networked computational device comprising a processor, and a storage device;
analyzing a user's multimedia assets and metadata to prepare one or more customized media-centric products incorporating one or more of the user's multimedia assets to be offered to the user or one or more significant individuals precipitated by a trigger set;
using the processor and trigger set information to access a look-up table of products based on one or more profile categories, wherein each entry under the profile category is associated with a characteristic of the media-centric product to be created;
predicting a content, relevant events and a potential recipient or recipients for the media-centric products and creating and presenting a virtual version of the customized media-centric product via the processor to the user;
providing one or more suggested recipients, events, or occasions on which to present the customized media-centric product to the user; and
using the processor to provide the user with an opportunity to examine, visualize, edit, modify, provide consent to share, and/or buy the media-centric product.