Patent ID: 8166383
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of allowing a first user to share digital content published on a digital platform, the method comprising: (a) providing the first user with an interface to: (b) creating a database entry of a database including: (c) creating a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that is keyed to the database entry of step (b); (d) submitting the URL of step (c) to be published on the second digital platform selected in step (a)(2), wherein the URL is used to direct a second user to the first digital platform; (e) identifying when the second user has accessed the first digital platform via the URL of step (c); (f) using the URL of step (c) to pull the database entry of step (b); and (g) using the location data of step (b)(1) to identify the tagged digital content, on the first digital platform, for the second user, wherein step (g) further includes using the location data of step (b)(1) to publish the comment of step (a)(3) proximate to the tagged digital content on the first digital platform, and wherein the second user is provided with a user-cookie that allows first digital platform to identify when the second user has accessed the first digital platform via the URL, and wherein the user-cookie and the URL are used to pull share-data in the database entry of the database.