Patent ID: 8200580
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: providing a browsable electronic catalog via a server system that comprises one or more computers, said electronic catalog comprising representations of books published in print; providing, via the server system, an author verification user interface; receiving, by the server system, an author verification request submitted by a user via the author verification user interface; determining, by the server system in connection with the author verification request, at least (1) a book selected by the user from the electronic catalog, and (2) a third party verifier for the selected book; in response to the author verification request, sending, from the server system, a request for the third party verifier to verify that the user is an author of the book; receiving, by the server system, a reply from the third party verifier to the request to verify that the user is an author of the book; determining by the server system that the reply verifies that the user is an author of the book; in response to determining that the reply verifies that the user is an author of the book, exposing to the user, via the server system, an authorization interface that provides an option for the user to grant permission for a search engine entity to make at least a portion of the book searchable on a public network; receiving a communication from a user computing device; determining, by the server system, that the communication represents a grant of permission by the user for the search engine entity to make at least a portion of the book searchable on a public network; and based on the determination that the communication represents a grant of permission, making at least a portion of the book searchable on a public network.