Visualizing, sharing and monetizing multimedia content
A system provides exchange and display of information among a group of users based on creation, arranging, sharing and exchange of tiles. The system further provides connecting advertisements to tiles, displaying the advertisement when tiles are accessed, monetizing the advertisement and adding visual effects to the display of the advertisement.
1. A computer-implemented method of presenting and sharing multimedia content comprising:
providing a user interface for connecting the multimedia content to a plurality of tiles, the interface enabling:
creating the plurality of tiles;
arranging the plurality of tiles on an interactive wall;
allowing advertisers to add an advertisement to at least one of the plurality of tiles;
connecting the advertisement to the at least one of the plurality of tiles;
allowing a first user to exchange and share at least one of the plurality of tiles with a different second user;
displaying the multimedia content connected to the at least one of the plurality of tiles on the interactive wall;
wherein the display of each of the plurality of tiles includes at least one graphical icon to control functionality related to the at least one of the plurality of tiles;
populating the interactive wall in response to a user supplied search query;
discovering content by examining recent tile activity including the arrangement of the plurality of tiles on the interactive wall;
accepting bids from advertisers for connecting an advertisement to at least one of the plurality of tiles;
connecting the advertisement to the at least one of the plurality of tiles;
exchanging and sharing the at least one of the plurality of tiles and the connected advertisement between the first and second user;
maintaining the connection between the connected advertisement and the at least one of the plurality of tiles while sharing the at least one of the plurality of tiles among a plurality of interfaces and a plurality of users; and
displaying the same tile connected advertisement connected to the at least one of the plurality of tiles to the plurality of users in a window outside the display of the content of the at least one of the plurality of tiles.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the connection between the advertisement and the at least one of the plurality of tiles is one of:
a link; and
an attachment.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising providing a robot to populate the interactive wall in response to a user selection of a domain.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising providing a filter to display search results as a plurality of tiles in response to a user supplied search query.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein arranging the plurality of tiles on an interactive wall includes rearranging the plurality of tiles on the interactive wall in response to user input.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising monetizing the advertisement connected to at least one of the plurality of tiles.
7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , wherein monetizing comprises displaying a donate button as the at least one included graphical icon on the at least one of the plurality of tiles in response to user activation, the button displayed whenever at least one of the plurality of tiles is accessed.
8. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , wherein monetizing the advertisement comprises computing a shared revenue amount collected through revenue sharing option in response to user distribution of the at least one of the plurality of tiles.
9. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , wherein monetizing comprises enabling direct sales of products displayed on at least one of the plurality of tiles in response to the user specifying pricing and delivery options.
10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
extracting features from at least one audio component of the multimedia content connected to at least one of the plurality of tiles; and
applying visual effects to animate an image of the multimedia content connected to at least one of the plurality of tiles using the extracted features.
11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , wherein visual effects include one of:
a particle animation;
a light animation;
a morphing avatar.
12. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , wherein the at least one audio component includes one of:
a beat of a song;
a beat of a mix;
a beat of a remix;
an audio book; and
a sound from a video.
13. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 further comprising converting the image to simulated particles and moving the simulated particles in response to simulated forces.
14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein extracting features from the audio component comprises one of:
processing the audio component as it plays and extract features in real time;
compiling a feature list ahead of time by allowing a user to listen to the audio component and providing a graphical user interface (GUI) for enabling the user to mark features; and
pre-analyzing the audio component.
15. The computer-implemented method of claim 14 , wherein moving the particles in response to forces comprises:
synchronizing the extracted features in a queue with the audio component; and
injecting the extracted features from the queue into the animation.
16. The computer-implemented method of claim 15 further comprising converting synchronized extracted features to simulated particle forces.
17. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , further comprising providing a user interface to allow a user to interact with and customize the visual effects.
18. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising executable instructions encoded thereon operable on a computerized device to perform processing comprising:
providing a user interface for connecting multimedia content to a plurality of tiles, the interface enabling:
creating the plurality of tiles;
arranging the plurality of tiles on an interactive wall;
allowing advertisers to add an advertisement to at least one of the plurality of tiles;
connecting the advertisement to the at least one of the plurality of tiles;
allowing a first user to exchange and share at least one of the plurality of tiles with a different second user;
displaying the multimedia content connected to the at least one of the plurality of tiles on the interactive wall;
populating the interactive wall in response to a user supplied search query;
discovering content by examining recent tile activity including the arrangement of the plurality of tiles on the interactive wall;
accepting bids from advertisers for connecting an advertisement to at least one of the plurality of tiles;
connecting the advertisement to the at least one of the plurality of tiles;
exchanging and sharing the at least one of the plurality of tiles and the connected advertisement between the first and second user;
maintaining the connection between the connected advertisement to and the at least one of the plurality of tiles while sharing the at least one of the plurality of tiles among a plurality of interfaces and a plurality of users; and
displaying the same tile connected advertisement connected to the at least one of the plurality of tiles to the plurality of users in a window outside the display of the content of the at least one of the plurality of tiles.
19. A computer system comprising:
a processor;
a memory unit that stores instructions associated with an application executed by the processor; and
an interconnect coupling the processor and the memory unit, enabling the computer system to execute the application and perform operations of:
providing a user interface for connecting multimedia content to a plurality of tiles, the interface enabling:
creating the plurality of tiles;
arranging the plurality of tiles on an interactive wall;
allowing advertisers to add an advertisement to at least one of the plurality of tiles;
connecting the advertisement to the at least one of the plurality of tiles;
allowing a first user to exchange and share at least one of the plurality of tiles with a different second user;
displaying the multimedia content connected to the at least one of the plurality of tiles on the interactive wall;
populating the interactive wall in response to a user supplied search query;
discovering content by examining recent tile activity including the arrangement of the plurality of tiles on the interactive wall;
accepting bids from advertisers for connecting an advertisement to at least one of the plurality of tiles;
connecting the advertisement to the at least one of the plurality of tiles;
exchanging and sharing the at least one of the plurality of tile and the connected advertisement between the first and second user;
maintaining the connection between the connected advertisement and the at least one of the plurality of tiles while sharing the at least one of the plurality of tiles among a plurality of interfaces and a plurality of users; and
displaying the same tile connected advertisement connected to the at least one of the plurality of tiles to the plurality of users in a window outside the display of the content of the at least one of the plurality of tiles.
20. A computer-implemented method of presenting and sharing multimedia content comprising:
providing a user interface for connecting the multimedia content to a plurality of tiles, the interface enabling:
creating the plurality of tiles;
arranging the plurality of tiles on an interactive wall;
connecting an advertisement to at least one of the plurality of tiles;
allowing a first user to exchange and share at least one of the plurality of tiles among a plurality of interfaces and a plurality of users;
displaying the multimedia content connected to the at least one of the plurality of tiles on the interactive wall;
accepting bids from advertisers for connecting the advertisement to at least one of the plurality of tiles;
connecting the advertisement to at least one of the plurality of tiles;
exchanging and sharing the at least one of the plurality of tiles and the connected advertisement between the first user and the plurality of interfaces and the plurality of users;
maintaining the connection between the connected advertisement and the at least one of the plurality of tiles while sharing the at least one of the plurality of tiles among the plurality of interfaces and the plurality of users; and
displaying the same tile connected advertisement in a window outside the display of the content of the at least one of the plurality of tiles when the at least one of the plurality of tiles is accessed.