Digital media personalization
View Patent ↗Systems, methods, and media for digital media personalization are provided herein. Methods may include selecting an upcoming digital media publication to be published over a network, selecting prior to publishing the digital media publication, a portion of the digital media publication that is to be personalized after the digital media publication is published, establishing, prior to publishing the digital media publication, characteristics for personalization of the portion of the digital media publication, and publishing the personalizeable digital media publication over the network.
1. A method for managing a personalized digital media publication, the method comprising:
selecting, by a data processing device, an upcoming digital media publication to be published over a network;
selecting, by the data processing device, prior to publishing the digital media publication, a portion of the digital media publication that is to be personalized after the digital media publication is published;
establishing, by the data processing device, prior to publishing the digital media publication, characteristics for personalization of the portion of the digital media publication;
designating, by the data processing device, the characteristics for personalization of the portion of the digital media publication by defining a predefined time or a predefined location to perform personalization;
wherein the designating is performed prior to publishing of the digital media publication;
publishing, by the data processing device, the digital media publication over the network;
determining, by the data processing device, after the publishing, that the predefined time or the predefined location have been satisfied; and
based on the determining, allowing the portion of the digital media publication to be personalized.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the upcoming digital media publication is any of an e-book, an audio file, an audiovisual file, a visual file, or any combination or permutation thereof.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the portion of the personalized digital media publication is any of a title page, a cover, a plurality of pages, or any combination or permutation thereof.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the characteristics for personalization of the portion of the personalized digital media publication include any of programming for an e-signature, a recordable file, or a photograph to be respectively entered, recorded, or taken at a time the personalized digital media publication is personalized after publication.
5. The method according to claim 1 , the method further comprising: receiving, by the data processing device, a personalization for the personalized digital media publication after publication, the personalization being performed at least in part by an author of the personalized digital media publication.
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the characteristics for personalization of the portion of the personalized digital media publication include designation of an entity to perform at least in part personalization of the personalized digital media publication.
7. The method according to claim 1 , the method further comprising:
sharing an indicia on a social network, the indicia evidencing personalization of a copy of the personalized digital media publication.
8. The method according to claim 1 , the method further comprising:
sending over the network after publishing the personalized digital media publication additional characteristics for personalization of the portion of the personalized digital media publication.
9. The method according to claim 1 , the method further comprising:
transacting a fee over the network after publishing the personalized digital media publication.
10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the fee is for personalization of the personalized digital media publication.
11. The method according to claim 1 , the method further comprising:
determining, by the data processing device, a purchase of the personalized digital media publication, and upon the determining of the purchase:
personalizing the digital media publication after the purchase of the personalized digital media publication; and
transacting a fee over the network for the personalizing of the digital media publication.
12. A method for generating a digital media publication for personalization, the method comprising:
selecting, by a data processing device, a digital media publication to be published;
selecting, by the data processing device, prior to publishing the digital media publication, a portion of the digital media publication that is to be personalized;
establishing, by the data processing device, prior to the publishing, characteristics for personalization of the portion of the digital media publication;
designating, by the data processing device, the characteristics for personalization of the portion of the digital media publication by defining a predefined time or a predefined location to perform personalization;
wherein the designating is performed prior to publishing of the digital media publication;
and
generating, by the data processing device, a digital media publication for the personalization.