Gathering and organizing content distributed via social media

US8990701B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8990701-B2
Application numberUS-201213650085-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateOct 11, 2012
Priority dateOct 11, 2012
Publication dateMar 24, 2015
Grant dateMar 24, 2015

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The present disclosure relates to a method for gathering and organizing media content in a social media is provided. The method initiates with providing a stream of postings of media content for a user account and receiving, from the user account, selection of media content provided within the stream. The selected media content is moved from the stream to a playlist interface. The selected media content is organized within the playlist interface into categories based on content type to generate a playlist for the user account. The organized playlist of the selected media content is provided for rendering at a display device that is used for accessing the user account.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method, comprising: providing a stream of postings including media content for user accounts; receiving, from a user account of a particular user, a selection of media content provided in the stream; moving the selected media content from the stream to a playlist interface; organizing the selected media content within the playlist interface into categories based on content type to generate a playlist for the user account of the particular user; pro…

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What does patent US8990701B2 cover?
The present disclosure relates to a method for gathering and organizing media content in a social media is provided. The method initiates with providing a stream of postings of media content for a user account and receiving, from the user account, selection of media content provided within the stream. The selected media content is moved from the stream to a playlist interface. The selected medi…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Google Inc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06Q10/40. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 24 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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