Patent ID: 7840650
Filing Date: 2010-11-23
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method to automatically post a file to a website, the method comprising: executing a toolbar for use with a web browser; detecting selection of a file to publish on a preexisting web page of a third-party web site configured to display an image and deployed on a third-party web server, wherein the third party website can be any of a plurality of third-party websites; detecting dragging of the selected file onto a posting field within the preexisting web page rendered on a web browser, the posting field comprising a data-entry area of the preexisting web page; transmitting automatically the dragged file to a media file hosting system, the media file hosting system separate from the website; receiving automatically from the media file hosting system an address pointer corresponding to a location of the file in the media file hosting system; automatically populating the data-entry area of the preexisting web page by the address pointer; and transmitting automatically the address pointer to the preexisting web page.