Patent ID: 9161069
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: accessing, by a processing device, a first feed comprising a first plurality of electronic content items and a second feed comprising a second plurality of electronic content items; determining, by the processing device, a visibility of the first feed in a media portal via which at least one of the first plurality of electronic content items are accessible, wherein the visibility comprises at least one of (i) a frequency with which the first feed is accessed via the media portal and (ii) a prominence with which the first feed is featured in the media portal; modifying, by the processing device, a first approval descriptor associated with the first feed based on the visibility of the first feed; determining, by the processing device, based on the first approval descriptor as modified using the visibility, that additional first content provided to the first feed from a publisher account must be approved by a moderator account, wherein additional second content provided to the second feed by the publisher account is automatically approved by the processing device without requiring moderator approval based on a second approval descriptor associated with the second feed; and generating, by the processing device, an electronic notification signal indicating that publication of the additional first content to the first feed requires approval by the moderator account, wherein the processing device generates the electronic notification signal based on determining that the first feed requires approval by the moderator account and further based on determining that the moderator account has permission to moderate electronic content provided to the first feed based on a moderator descriptor associated with the first feed.