Granted Patent B2

US 8,666,978 · App. 12/883,355 · Granted Mar 4, 2014

Abstract

Claims (50)

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving a registration request comprising registration information associated with a content capture device;

associating the registration information with a user account, wherein the user account is associated with a first user;

managing, based on association of the registration information with the user account, automatic tagging of one or more objects depicted in content captured via the content capture device;

receiving a request by a second user to access object information associated with an object included within tagged content owned by the first user; and

propagating, toward the second user based on a determination that the second user is permitted to access the object information, an information structure associated with the tagged content including the object, wherein the information structure includes the object information associated with the object.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving tagged content; and

associating the tagged content with the user account.

3. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving a registration request comprising registration information associated with a content capture device;

associating the registration information with a user account, wherein the user account is associated with a first user;

managing, based on association of the registration information with the user account, automatic tagging of one or more objects depicted in content captured via the content capture device;

receiving an indication that object information, associated with an object included within tagged content owned by the first user, is accessed by a second user, wherein the object information is associated with a content tag of the tagged content; and

updating at least one of content performance tracking information associated with the content tag and user remuneration information associated with the content tag.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , wherein automatic tagging of one or more objects depicted in content captured via the content capture device comprises at least one of:

controlling, via the user account, a setting of the content capture device; or

controlling, via the user account, an information structure configured for use by the content capture device to automatically tag content captured via the content capture device.

5. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving a request for object information associated with an object included within captured content received at a user device;

propagating at least a portion of the object information toward the user device, for use in automatically tagging the captured content, based on a determination that a user is permitted to access at least a portion of the object information associated with the object;

receiving, from an owner or administrator of the object, a request to modify the object information associated with the object; and

modifying the object information associated with the object in response to the request to modify the object information.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein the user device is a content capture device, wherein the request is received in response to a request to capture content at the content capture device.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein the determination as to whether the user is permitted to access at least a portion of the object information associated with the object comprises:

determining a user identifier of the user; and

checking, using the user identifier, permissions information associated with the object information.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , further comprising:

prior to receiving the request for object information:

receiving an object registration request identifying the object, wherein the object registration request comprises object registration information; and

storing at least a portion object registration information.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein the object registration information comprises the object information and permissions information associated with the object information.

10. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving a request to store a tagged content item and storing the tagged content item;

receiving a request indicative of selection of a content tag of the tagged content item, wherein the content tag is associated with an object depicted in the tagged content item, wherein the selection of the content tag is associated with a user device and a user, wherein the content tag has an information structure associated therewith, wherein the information structure comprises information associated with the object and has associated therewith a plurality of permission levels for controlling access to portions of the information associated with the object;

determining a permission level of the user, wherein the permission level of the user corresponds to one of the permission levels associated with the information structure; and

propagating, toward the user device based on the permission level of the user, a response indicative as to which portion of the information associated with the object to present via the user device.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , wherein the request to store the tagged content item comprises permissions information associated with the tagged content item, wherein the permissions information comprises information indicative of the permissions levels associated with the information associated with the object, the method further comprising:

storing the permissions information associated with the tagged content item.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , further comprising:

identifying a content owner associated with the tagged content item; and

initiating a process for remunerating the content owner based on selection of the content tag indicated by the received request.

13. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

associating a content item with a user account of a first user, wherein the first user is an owner of the content item;

detecting a request to access a version of the content item that is made available by a second user;

identifying the content item from the request to access the version of the content item that is made available by the second user, wherein identifying the content item from the request to access the version of the content item that is made available by the second user comprises identifying a content item identifier associated with the content item, wherein the content item identifier is embedded within the version of the content item that is made available by the second user;

identifying the first user as being the owner of the content item associated with the version of the content item that is made available by the second user; and

initiating a process for remunerating the first user for the request to access the version of the content item that is made available by the second user.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein the request to access the version of the content item that is made available by a second user is associated with at least one of an image hosting website, a video hosting website, and a social networking website.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein the first user is identified as being the owner of the content item using the content item identifier.

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