Patent ID: 7774412
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method in which a client computer operates in a web network environment, the client computer initiating execution of software instructions stored in memory to facilitate distribution of content, the computer-implemented method comprising: receiving selected content; converting the selected content into message formatted content to enable communication of the selected content in a respective message through a message servicing network environment to a mobile device, the message servicing network capable of operating independently of the web network environment to deliver messages to the mobile device; receiving identification of a server in the web network environment; transmitting the message formatted content to the server; converting the selected content into web formatted content to enable communication of the selected content to a browser operating in the web network environment; transmitting the web formatted content to the server; creating a web page to include a) the web formatted content and b) an address identifying a location of the message formatted content as stored in the server; transmitting the web page to the server; wherein the web page, when retrieved from the server and displayed in the browser, enables: i) selection of the web formatted content, and ii) selection of a destination device in which to forward the web formatted content from the server in the web network environment, the destination device being located in the message servicing network environment; wherein converting the selected content into message formatted content includes converting an image file in a first format to a format according to an MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) standard; wherein converting the selected content into the web formatted content includes converting the image file to a format suitable for displaying a rendering of the selected content in a web page; wherein uploading the web formatted content and the message formatted content to the server enables the server to selectively: i) serve the selected content formatted according to the first format to the web browser, and ii) enable a gateway provider communicating with the server to retrieve the message formatted content from the server, the gateway provider, in turn, capable of forwarding the message formatted content to the mobile device in the message servicing network environment; wherein the client computer is operated by a first party that initiates creation of the web page for distributing the selected content, the first party transmitting the web page to the server to make the web page accessible to a second party that is able to access the web page and view the web formatted content in the web page; wherein the browser is operated by the second party, the browser enabling: retrieval of the web page by the second party; viewing of the web page and the web formatted content by the second party; input to the web page by the second party to select the destination device, the destination device being operated by a third party; and based on selection of the destination device by the second party, forwarding of the message formatted content to the destination device operated by the third party.