Method and system to review the display of content

1 . A method to review the display of content by at least one client application, the method comprising:

communicating content to the at least one client application;

automatically simulating at least one user interaction with the at least one client application in response to receiving the content;

capturing an image displayed by the client application in response to the at least one user interaction; and

storing the captured image.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein client application includes at least one email client and the method includes communicating the content in an email.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the image is captured after each simulated user interaction, the captured image corresponding to a screen display viewable by a computer system running the at least one email client.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the email is a test email to review the display of content of the test email prior to bulk mailing the email to a plurality of users via the Internet.

5 . The method of claim 2 , which comprises communicating the email to a plurality of email clients to review how each email client would display the content of the email.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of email clients are selected from the group including Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Notes, Yahoo mail, MSN Hotmail, AOL mail, and Eudora.

7 . The method of claim 5 , which comprises running each email client on a different client machine.

8 . The method of claim 1 , which comprises automatically taking a screen shot to obtain the captured image.

9 . The method of claim 2 , which comprises:

automatically simulating a plurality of user interactions;

capturing an image displayed after each simulated user interaction to provide a plurality of captured images generated from the email;

communicating the plurality of captured images to a central server; and

providing access to the plurality of captured images to a sender of the email.

10 . The method of claim 9 , which includes using FTP to communicate the captured image to the central server.

11 . The method of claim 9 , which comprises grouping images captured from different email clients in response to the email to facilitate review thereof by a sender of the email.

12 . The method of claim 1 , which comprises running a script on a client machine running the client application to simulate the at least one user interaction.

13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the content is an advertisement for bulk communication via the Internet.

14 . A machine-readable medium embodying instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform the method of claim 1 .

15 . A method of reviewing content sent to a plurality of client applications, the method comprising:

accessing a plurality of captured images displayed by the plurality of client applications;

providing a graphical user interface that renders:

a client application display area to list the plurality of client applications from which the plurality of captured images were captured;

a captured image display area to display captured images sourced from each client application; and

navigation buttons to allow a user to navigate through the captured images;

monitoring activation of the navigation buttons;

selectively rendering a metadata entry area to allow a user to enter metadata associated with a captured image displayed in the captured image display area; and

storing the metadata entered by the user, the metadata being associated with the displayed captured image.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the client application is an email client and the content is communicated via an email.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the graphical user interface comprises an accept button to accept a captured image and tag the image as accepted, and a reject button to reject a captured image and tag the image as rejected.

18 . The method of claim 15 , which includes generating report based on the user interaction.

19 . A machine-readable medium embodying instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform the method of claim 15 .

20 . A system to review the display of content by at least one client application, the system comprising:

a communication module to communicate the content to the at least one client application;

a simulation module to automatically simulate at least one user interaction with the at least one client application in response to receiving the content;

an image capture module to capture an image displayed by the client application in response to the at least one user interaction; and

a storage module to store the captured image.

21 . The system of claim 20 , wherein the image is captured after each simulated user interaction, the captured image corresponding to a screen display viewable by a computer system running the at least one client application.

22 . The system of claim 20 , wherein the email is a test email to review the display of content of the test email prior to bulk mailing the email to a plurality of users via the Internet.

23 . The system of claim 20 , which comprises a plurality of email clients to which the email is communicated to review how each email client would display the content.

24 . A system to review images captured from a plurality of client applications, the system comprising:

an access module to access a plurality of captured images displayed by the plurality of client applications;

a graphical user interface module to provide a graphical user interface that renders:

a client display area to list the plurality of client applications from which the plurality of captured images were captured;

a captured image display area to display captured images sourced from each client application; and

navigation buttons to allow a user to navigate through the captured images;

a monitoring module to monitor activation of the navigation buttons,

wherein the graphical user interface selectively renders a metadata entry area to allow a user to enter metadata associated with a captured image displayed in the captured image display area; and

a storage module to store the metadata entered by the user, the metadata being associated with the displayed captured image.

25 . The system of claim 24 , which wherein:

the simulation module automatically simulates a plurality of user interactions;

the capturing module captures an image displayed after each simulated user interaction to provide a plurality of captured images generated from the content;

the communication module communicates the plurality of captured images to a server; and

the access module provides access to the plurality of captured images to a sender of the content.

26 . A system to review the display of content by at least one client application, the system comprising:

means for communicating content to the at least one client application;

means for automatically simulating at least one user interaction with the at least one client application in response to receiving the content;

means for capturing an image displayed by the client application in response to the at least one user interaction; and

means for storing the captured image.