Patent ID: 9311647
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A computer implemented method for providing a widget comprising: receiving at a provider a configuration of the widget, the widget for dynamically displaying multimedia content, the widget being embeddable and copyable by a user other than a widget owner to a desired location for the user, the configuration including an event with which the widget is associated, the multimedia content including at least one updatable tracking mechanism for the event, the configuration receiving including obtaining a plurality of parameters for an ancestor widget, the widget being a copy of the ancestor widget, the plurality of parameters for controlling authorization of the widget by an owner of the widget different from an ancestor widget owner, the provider having a provider owner different from the widget owner and the ancestor widget owner; and rendering the widget on a site using the plurality of parameters of the ancestor widget, wherein the rendering further includes determining whether the widget is an authorized copy of the ancestor widget using the provider; and at least one of rendering the widget only if the widget is an authorized copy, and discontinuing rendering of the widget if the widget is not an authorized copy.