Customized content delivery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9756093-B2
Application number	US-201314144152-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 30, 2013
Priority date	Sep 29, 2006
Publication date	Sep 5, 2017
Grant date	Sep 5, 2017

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for creating a sample of electronic content for transmission to others. For example, a user may select a portion of an electronic content file to be transmitted as an excerpt file to another user. In some instances, transmission may be prohibited based on various criteria.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
as implemented by one or more computing devices configured with specific executable instructions,
providing electronic content for playback by a first user, wherein the electronic content comprises at least one of audio content or video content;
enabling the first user to select a portion of the electronic content to be shared with a second user, wherein the portion is less than the entire electronic content and is less than an amount of the electronic content accessed by the first user, wherein enabling the first user to select the portion of the electronic content to be shared comprises enabling the first user select a start marker and an end marker within the electronic content;
receiving a sharing request indicating that the first user has selected the portion of the electronic content to be shared with the second user, wherein the sharing request is received subsequent to the playback of the portion by the first user;
determining that sharing of the portion is permitted by a content provider based at least in part on a length of the portion; and
in response to determining that sharing of the portion is permitted, enabling the second user to access the portion of the electronic content for playback, wherein access of the second user to the electronic content is limited to the portion.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein determining that sharing of the portion is permitted comprises determining that a plurality of portions selected for sharing, when combined, cannot be used to substantially recreate at least most of the electronic content.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein enabling the second user to access the portion of the electronic content for playback comprises:
causing the portion of the electronic content to be copied to an excerpt file; and
causing the excerpt file to be sent electronically to at least one computing system accessible by the second user.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , further comprising enabling the first user to edit the excerpt file prior to sending the excerpt file.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein enabling the first user to select the portion of the electronic content to be shared comprises receiving an indication of a sampling interval selected by the first user.

6. A system comprising:
an electronic data store configured to at least store electronic content, wherein the electronic content comprises at least one of audio content or video content; and
a computing system comprising one or more hardware computing devices, said computing system in communication with the electronic data store and configured to at least:
provide access to the electronic content to a first user;
enable the first user to select a portion of the electronic content to be shared, wherein the portion is less than the entire electronic content and is less than an amount of the electronic content accessed by the first user, and wherein enabling the first user to select the portion of the electronic content to be shared comprises enabling the first user to select a start marker and an end marker within the electronic content;
receive a sharing request indicating that the first user has selected the portion of the electronic content to be shared with a second user;
determine that sharing of the portion is permitted based at least in part on a length of the portion; and
in response to determining that sharing of the portion is permitted, enable a second user to access the portion of the electronic content, wherein access of the second user to the electronic content is limited to the portion.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the computing system is further configured to append additional content to the portion of the electronic content prior to enabling the second user to access the portion.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the additional content is advertising or promotional content.

9. The system of claim 6 , wherein determining that sharing of the portion is permitted comprises determining that a plurality of portions selected for sharing, when combined, cannot be used to substantially recreate at least most of the electronic content.

10. A computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium storing computer executable instructions that, when executed by one or more computing devices, configure the one or more computing devices to perform operations comprising:
presenting electronic content to a first user, wherein the electronic content comprises at least one of audio content or video content;
enabling the first user to select a portion of the electronic content to be shared, wherein the portion is less than the entire electronic content and is less than an amount of the electronic content accessed by the first user, and wherein enabling the first user to select the portion of the electronic content to be shared comprises enabling the first user to select a start marker and an end marker within the electronic content;
receiving a sharing request indicating that the first user has selected the portion of the electronic content to be shared with a second user;
determining that sharing of the portion is permitted based at least in part on a length of the portion; and
in response to determining that sharing of the portion is permitted, enabling a second user to access the portion of the electronic content, wherein access of the second user to the electronic content is limited to the portion.

11. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise appending additional content to the portion of the electronic content prior to enabling the second user to access the portion.

12. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the additional content is advertising or promotional content.

13. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of claim 10 , wherein determining that sharing of the portion is permitted comprises determining, that a plurality of portions selected for sharing, when combined, cannot be used to substantially recreate at least most of the electronic content.

14. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of claim 10 , wherein enabling the second user to access the portion of the electronic content comprises copying the portion of the electronic content to an excerpt file.

Assignees

• Audible Inc

Inventors

• Story Guy
• Wolfish Howard
• Field-Elliot Bryan
• Rogers Glenn
• Galkin Alexander
• Grebnev Igor
• Federico John
• Hatch Steven
• Muralikrishnan Deepa
• Meyer Arik

Classifications

• H04L67/04

  specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability · CPC title

• H04L67/306

  User profiles · CPC title

• H04L67/22

  Electricity · mapped topic

• 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

• H04L67/26

  Electricity · mapped topic