Patent ID: 8874521
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for managing multimedia content comprising: storing, by a digital data storage, a plurality of uniform resource locators relating to a collection in a multimedia access system; receiving, via an application programming interface, a request from a user account assigned to a user to copy the collection to the user account; determining, by a processor communicatively coupled to the application programming interface, whether the collection is marked as one of public and private and whether the collection can be copied by the user account; in response to determining that the collection is marked as public and a copy of the collection is available, allowing copying of the copy of the collection to the user account; in response to determining one of the collection is marked as private and the collection cannot be copied by the user account, determining that the copy of the collection is not available; assigning a second user account to a second user; receiving a search request for multimedia content from the second user; determining the plurality of uniform resource locators, in response to the search request; and assigning the collection to the second user account in response to receiving a request from the second user to create a collection.