Method and system for sharing online content

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9521172-B1
Application number	US-201314144992-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Dec 31, 2013
Priority date	Mar 15, 2013
Publication date	Dec 13, 2016
Grant date	Dec 13, 2016

Abstract

A system and a computer-implemented method for sharing online content are provided. The method is implemented using a computer device coupled to a user interface and a memory device. The method includes receiving, from a sharer, a selection of at least one feed of online content to be shared and at least one sharee of the feed of online content, the feed of online content including a plurality of items, each item including a reference identifier linking each item to respective historical interaction data, pairing the sharer with at least one sharee of the feed of online content by securely linking an account of the sharer to an account of the sharee, sharing the selected at least one feed of online content from the sharer to the sharee, and displaying a link to the shared feed as a normal feed object under the sharee's account.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method for sharing online content, the method implemented using a computer device coupled to a user interface and a memory device, the method comprising:
receiving, by a server of an online content management system (OCMS) from a sharer, a selection of a feed of online content to be shared and a sharee of the feed of online content, the feed of online content including a plurality of dynamic content items, each dynamic content item including a reference identifier linking each dynamic content item to respective historical interaction data indicative of respective click-throughs or conversions, each dynamic content item generated according to an online content item template using one or more components;
generating a link to the feed of online content including an identifier of the feed of online content and an indication of a sharing mode identifying a level of access control that governs access to the feed of online content;
pairing, by the server, the sharer with at least one sharer of the feed of online content by securely linking a representation of the sharer in an account of the sharer to a representation of the sharer in an account of the sharer and linking a representation of the sharee in an account of the sharer to a representation of the sharee in an account of the sharee;
transmitting, by the server, the link to the feed of online content to the sharee; and
displaying the link to the feed of online content as a normal feed object under the sharee's account.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising initiating sharing of an account associated with the sharer in a feed sharing tool with the sharee associated with the sharer in a different account in the tool.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the historical interaction data further includes at least one of an identification of other associated items, views of each dynamic content item by users, and categories of demographics associated with each dynamic content item.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of dynamic content items are components of an online content item.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said receiving comprises receiving, from a sharer a selection of at least one dynamic creative to be shared and at least one sharee of the dynamic creative.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein said receiving comprises receiving, from a sharer a selection of a plurality of dynamic creatives associated with a single webpage.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said pairing comprises transmitting a secure ID from the sharer to the sharee.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein said transmitting a secure ID from the sharer to the sharee comprises transmitting a hash ID from the sharer to the sharee.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein said transmitting a secure ID from the sharer to the sharee comprises including the secure ID in an electronic communication between the sharer and the sharee.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein sharing the feed of online content from the sharer to the sharee comprises sharing the feed of online content unilaterally from the sharer to the sharee.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein sharing the feed of online content from the sharer to the sharee comprises sharing a plurality of feeds of online content unilaterally from the sharer to the sharee.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein creation of a shared entity in the sharee's account does not follow normal group authorization.

13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising repeating the steps of claim 1 to share additional feeds.

14. A computer system comprising:
a processor; and
a computer-readable storage device having encoded thereon computer readable instructions that are executable by the processor to perform functions comprising:
receiving, from a sharer, a selection of a feed of online content to be shared and a sharee of the feed of online content, the feed of online content including a plurality of dynamic content items, each dynamic content item including a reference identifier linking each dynamic content item to respective historical interaction data indicative of respective click-throughs or conversions, each dynamic content item generated according to an online content item template using one or more components;
generating a link to the feed of online content including an identifier of the feed of online content and an indication of a sharing mode identifying a level of access control that governs access to the feed of online content;
pairing the sharer with the sharee of the feed of online content by securely linking a representation of the sharer in an account of the sharee to a representation of the sharer in an account of the sharer and linking a representation of the sharee in an account of the sharer to a representation of the sharee in an account of the sharee;
transmitting the link to the feed of online content to the sharee; and
displaying the link to the feed of online content as a normal feed object under the sharee's account.

15. The system of claim 14 , further comprising presenting, in a user interface, a representation of the feed of online content.

16. The system of claim 14 , further comprising:
transmitting a secure ID from the sharer to the sharee in an electronic communication between the sharer and the sharee.

17. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, wherein when executed by at least one processor, the computer-executable instructions cause the processor to:
receive, from a sharer, a selection of a feed of online content associated with a single webpage to be shared and a sharee of the feed of online content, the feed of online content including a plurality of dynamic content items, each dynamic content item including a reference identifier linking each item to respective historical interaction data indicative of respective click-throughs or conversions, each dynamic content item generated according to an online content item template using one or more components;
generate a link to the feed of online content including an identifier of the feed of online content and an indication of a sharing mode identifying a level of access control that governs access to the feed of online content;
pair the sharer with the sharee of the feed of online content by securely linking an account of the sharer to an account of the sharee;
transmit the link to the feed of online content the sharee; and
display the link to the feed of online content as a normal feed object under the sharee's account.

18. The computer-readable storage media of claim 17 , wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the processor to:
transmit a secure ID from the sharer to the sharee in an electronic communication between the sharer and the sharee.

Assignees

• Google Inc

Inventors

• Goenka Vishal
• Tsun Stephen Ngok
• Monsees Dave

Classifications

• G06F16/95 Primary

  Retrieval from the web · CPC title

• H04L65/403 Primary

  Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences (data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15) · CPC title

• G06F40/134

  Hyperlinking · CPC title

• G06F17/2235

  Physics · mapped topic