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`11/901802
`09/19/2007
`PTOISB/05 {07--07)
`Approved for use through 06/30/2010. 0MB 0651--0032
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`UTILITY
`PATENT APPLICATION
`TRANSMITTAL
`(Only for new nonprovisional applications under 37 CFR 1.53(b)}
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`Attorney Docket No.
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`First Inventor
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`Title
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`Ce11Spin_01
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`Gurvinder Singh
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`Onlne Publishing Of Multimedia Cont£l'\ t
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`ADDRESS TO:
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`1.E} Fee Transmittal Form (e.g., PTO/SB/17)
`(Submit an original and a duplicate for fee processing)
`Applicant claims small entity status.
`2.0
`See 37 CFR 1.27.
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`J.(Z] Specification
`[Total Pages
`Both the claims and abstract must start on a new page
`(For lnfmmation on the preterred am,ngement, see MPEP 608.01 (a))
`4.[Z) Drawing(s) (35 U.S.C. 113)
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`5. Oath or Declaration
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`name in the prior application, see 37 CFR
`1.6J{d)(2) and 1.33(b).
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`6.0 Application Data Sheet See 37 CFR 1.76
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`7.0 CD-ROM or CD-R in duplicate, large table or
`caputer Program (Appendix}
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`8. Nucleotide and/or Amino Acid Sequence Submission
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`Name of Assignee
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`10. 0
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`IL)Powerof
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`12. 0 lnfo~on Disclosure Statement (PTO/SB/08 or PT0-1449)
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`13. 0
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`15. D Certified Copy of Priority Document(s)
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`16. O Nonpublication Request under 35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2XB)(i).
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`17. D Other: Form PT0-2038 for payment of filing fee
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`Statements verifying identity of above copies
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`18. If a CONTINUING APPLICATION, check appropriate box, and supply the requisite information below and in the first sentence of the
`specification following the title, or in an Application Data Sheet under 37 CFR 1. 76:
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`Prior application infonnation:
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`19. CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS
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`D The address associated with Customer Number: I
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`Name
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`Address
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`City
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`Country
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`Signature
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`Name
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`Ashok Tankha
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`Of Counsel, Lipton, Weinberger & Husick
`36 Greenleigh Drive
`Sewell
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`I State
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`I Telephone 856-266-5145
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`Zip Code 08080
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`I Date Sep. 19, 2007
`Registration No. I
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`<Attomev/Aaentl 33•802
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`This collection of information is required by 37 CFR 1.53(b). The information is required to obtain or retain a benefit by the public which is to file (and by the
`USPTO to process) an applicatiOn. Confidentiality is governed by 35 U.S.C. 122 and 37 CFR 1.11 and 1.14. This collection is estimated to take 12 minutes to
`complete, including gathering, preparing, and submitting the completed application form to the USPTO. Time will vary depending upon the individual case. Any
`commenls on the amount of time you require to complete this form and/or suggestions for reducing this burden, shoufd be sent to the Chief Information Officer,
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Department of Commerce, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450. DO NOT SEND FEES OR COMPLETED
`FORMS TO THIS ADDRESS. SEND TO: Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-14&0.
`If )IOU need assistance in completing the fonn, ca/11-800-PT0-9199 and select option 2.
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`PTO/SB/17 {07--07)
`Approved for use through 06/3012010. OMS 0651.0032
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`Filing Date
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`First Named Inventor Gurvinder Sinah
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`WARNING: Information on this form may become public. Credit card information should not be included on this form. Provide credit card
`information and authorization on PT0-2038.
`FEE CALCULATION
`1. BASIC FILING, SEARCH, AND EXAMINATION FEES
`FILING FEES
`EXAMINATION FEES
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`3. APPLICATION SIZE FEE
`If the specification and drawings exceed l 00 sheets of paper ( excluding electronically filed sequence or computer
`listings under 37 CFR l.52(e)), the application size fee due is $250 ($ I 25 for small entity) for each additional 50
`sheets or fraction thereof See 35 U.S.C. 41!:)(l)(G) and 37 CFR l.16~).
`Num er of each additional 50 or action thereof mm
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`IAttomev/Aaen!\ 33,802
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`Telephone 856-266-5145
`Date Sep. 19, 2007
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`This collection of information is required by 37 CFR 1.136. The information is required to obtain or retain a benefit by the public which is to file (and by the
`USPTO to process) an application. Confidentiality is governed by 35 U.S.C. 122 and 37 CFR 1.14. This collection is estimated to take 30 minutes to complete,
`including gathering, preparing, and submitting the completed application form to the USPTO. Time Will vary depending upon the individual case. Any comments
`on the amount of time you require to complete this form and/or suggestions for reducing this' burden, should be sent to the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Patent
`and Trademark Office, U.S. Department of Commerce, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450. DO NOT SEND FEES OR COMPLETED FORMS TO THIS
`ADDRESS. SEND TO: Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 1460, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
`If you need assistance in completing the form, ca/11-800-PT0-9199 and select option 2.
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`Patent
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`Express Mail Label No.: ED 300883278 US
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`
`In re. application of:
`Applicant: Gurvinder Singh
`Application No: Not assigned
`Title: Online Publishing Of Multimedia Content
`
`Filing Date: Sep. 19, 2007
`Examiner: Not assigned
`Attorney Docket No.: Cel1Spin_Ol
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`To: Mail Stop Patent Application
`Commissioner for Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
`
`Certificate O(Express Mailing Under 37 CFR §I.JO
`I hereby certify that this correspondence is being deposited with the United States Postal Service, postage prepaid.
`"Express. Mail Post Office To Addressee", Express Mail Label No. ED 300883278 US, in an envelope addressed to:
`Mail Stop Patent Application, Commissioner for Patents, P .0. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450 on sep. 19,
`p. . ~ ....... 1.llg_
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`Ashok Tankha
`Date
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`2007.
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`TRANSMITTAL LETTER FOR UTILITY PATENT APPLICATION
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`Sir:
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`below:
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`Transmitted herewith is a new patent application, including the papers and fees listed
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`l. Utility Patent Application Transmittal, (PTO/SB/05);
`2. Declaration for Utility Patent Application, (PTO/SB/01)(2 pgs.);
`3. Fee Transmittal Form, {PTO/SB/I 7);
`4. Payment of filing, search and examination fee by credit card, {PT0-2038);
`5. Power of Attorney and Correspondence Address Indication Form, (PTO/SB/81);
`6. Specification and Abstract (32 pgs.);
`7. Drawings ( 5 pgs. );
`8. Return postcard for USPTO to acknowledge receipt of the above 7 documents.
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`Date: Sep. 19, 2007
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`Correspondence Address
`Ashok Tankha, Esq.
`Of Counsel, Lipton, Weinberger & Husick
`36 Greenleigh Drive
`
`Ashok Tanlma, Esq.
`Attorney For Applicant
`Reg. No. 33802
`Phone: 856-266-5145
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`Patent
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`Express Mail Label No.: ED 300883278 US
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`Sewell, NJ 08080
`Fax: (856) 374-0246
`E-mail: ash@ipprocurement.com
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`PTOJSB/01 {07-07)
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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`I hereby declare that:
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`Gurvinder Singh
`COMPLETE IF KNOWN
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`Application Number
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`Each inventor's residence, mailing address, and citizenship are as stated below nexl to their name.
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`I believe the inventor(s) named below to be the original and first inventor(s) of the subject matter_which is claimed and for
`which a patent is sought on the invention entitled:
`Online Publishing Of Multimedia Content
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`I hereby state that I have reviewed and understand the contents of the above identified specification, including the claims, as
`amended by any amendment specifically referred to above.
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`I acknowledge the duty to disclose information which is material to patentability as defined in 37 CFR 1.56, including for
`continuation-in-part applications, material information which became available between the filing date of the prior application
`and the national or PCT international filing date of the continuation-in-part application.
`I hereby claim foreign priority benefits under 35 U.S.C. 119(a)-(d) or (f), or 365(b) of any foreign application(s) for patent,
`inventor's or plant breeder's rights certificate(s), or 365(a) of any PCT international application which designated at least one
`country other than the United States of America, listed below and have also identified below, by checking the box, any foreign
`application for patent, inventor's or plant breeder's rights certificate(s), or any PCT international application having a filing date
`before that of the application on which priority is claimed.
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`This collection of information is required by 35 U.S.C. 115 and 37 CFR 1.63. The information is required to obtain or retain a benefit by the put>tic which is to fite
`(and by the USPTO to process) an application. Confidentiality is governed by 35 U.S.C. 122 and 37 CFR 1.11 and 1.14. This collection is estimated to take 21
`minutes to complete, including gathering, preparing, and submitting the completed application form to the USPTO. Time will vary depending upon the individual
`case. Any comments on the amount of time you require to complete this form and/or suggestions for reducing this burden, should be sent to the Chief Information
`Officer, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Department of Commerce, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450. 00 NOT SEND FEES OR COMPLETED
`FORMS TO THIS ADDRESS. SEND TO; Commissioner for Patents, P .0. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
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`PTOISM)1 (07-01}
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`contribule to Identity !heft. Pef80n81 lnfonnatiol, such as 80Clal security rwmbenl, bank acoount numbers, or CNldit c:anl
`numbef& (olhllr 1han a check or cradit cad authorization form PT0-2038 submlltec:I for payment purposes) ia never naqui18d by
`the UBPT'O to suppart a pelillar\ or an appliealian_ If this type of personal inbmatlon is included in documents submitted to
`lhe USPTO, petilio11enifapplicam$ should consider redading such personal inbmation from the doc:umenls before submllting
`lhem to the USPTO. Petitionerlapplicant 15 acMsed ltl8I the record of a palBnt application is available to the public after
`publication of the application (untesa a non-publication request in 4:0mpllance will 37 CFR 1213(a) is made In the apptication)
`or iNUanCe of a palent. FUl'lhemlclre, the RICClnl fn,m an abandoned applic:alion may also be available to the public if the
`appltcalion is nlfarenced In a published appllcalion or an l&sued patent (see 'ST CFR 1.14). Checks and Q'lldit c:afd
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`and belfeJ are believed to be true; and fudher that b98e slatlllnenls were made will the knowladga that willful false
`statementB and the lb so made ar& punillhable by fine or Imprisonment. or boll, under 18 u.s.c_ 1001 and lhat such willful
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`POWER OF A1TORNEY
`and
`CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS
`INDICATION FORM
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`Sep. 18, 2007
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`1 hereby revoke all previou$ powers of attomey given In the &-- ·-
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`• my/Our attorney(•) or agent(&) to prosecute lhe app11ca1ion lden1ifled above, and to nnMd all businea in lhe United Sta1ea Patent end
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`FORM8 TOTHISADORE8S. HND 10: Commissioner for Patants, P.O. lox 1411, AlexMdTla, YA 22313,,1'90.
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`ONLINE PUBLISHING OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT
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`CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
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`This application claims the benefit of provisional patent application no. US
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`60/863090 titled "One Click Mobile Media Casting Without Dialing A Phone
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`Number" filed on October 26, 2006 in the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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`BACKGROUND
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`This invention, in general, relates to distribution of multimedia content. More
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`particularly, this invention relates to publishing user created multimedia content on
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`one or more publication virtual spaces simultaneously with minimal input actions on a
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`mobile device required of a user.
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`A user may need to create multimedia files and publish the multimedia files on
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`the internet in real time. The user typically uses a plurality of devices to create the
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`multimedia contents and an additional device with internet capability to publish the
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`multimedia content. Consider a situation where a user needs to create and publish
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`20 multimedia content comprising a plurality of images and voice content. The user may
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`need to use a camera for capturing the images and a voice recorder for recording the
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`voice content. Furthermore, the user may use a computer with internet capabilities to
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`combine the separate media contents and publish the multimedia content online. It
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`may be inconvenient for the user to operate a plurality of devices in order to create
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`and publish the multimedia content on a website on the wireless internet or intranet.
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`There is an unmet need for a method and system to create and publish multimedia
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`contents online using a single device and with minimal user input actions required of
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`a user.
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`Moreover, a user may need to publish multimedia content on a plurality of
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`websites. The websites may be controlled by different administrative domains and
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`these websites may have different web properties. Therefore, there is a need for a
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`method and system that enables a user to publish a user created multimedia content on
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`multiple internet or intranet websites.
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`SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
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`The method and system disclosed herein addresses the above stated needs for
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`publishing user created multimedia content using a mobile device on one or more
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`publication virtual spaces simultaneously. The method and system disclosed herein
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`targets advertisements on the mobile device and the publication virtual spaces using
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`the published multimedia content.
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`The method and system disclosed herein provides a client application on the
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`IO mobile device of the user. The client application enables the user to create multimedia
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`content on the mobile device. The user may register on a website of a publishing
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`service prior to using the client application. The user creates a user profile on the
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`website of the publishing service. The method disclosed herein further provides a
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`protocol for synchronizing user publishing information between the client application
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`and the publishing service, wherein the user publishing information includes user
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`preferences of the publication virtual spaces. The client application provides a
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`graphical user interface for the user to record and transfer the multimedia content with
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`minimal user input actions on the graphical user interface. Depending on the
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`processing and memory capabilities of the mobile device, the client application may
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`transfer the user created multimedia content to a back end service via a front end
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`service of the publishing service, as a single multimedia file or as multiple data
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`segments. The user created multimedia content may also be transferred to the
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`publishing service as electronic mail attachments. In the case of a mobile device with
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`limited memory and processing capabilities, the client application partitions the user
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`created multimedia content stored on the mobile device into data segments. These
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`data segments are tagged with segment identifiers using the client application. The
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`tagged data segments are transferred from the client application of the mobile device
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`to the publishing service via a network. The network may also be, but not limited to,
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`one of a cellular network, wireless network, and the internet.
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`The publishing service comprises the front end service and the back end
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`service. The tagged data segments are received by the front end service, and
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`transferred to the back end service. The back end service reassembles the data
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`segments in a predetermined sequence using the segment identifiers to create a
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`multimedia object. The multimedia object may, therefore, be obtained from the data
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`segments, a single multimedia file, or from electronic mail attachments of the user
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`created multimedia content. Targeted advertisements may be spliced with the
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`multimedia object using the back end service. Also, targeted advertisements may be
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`displayed to the user on the client application of the mobile device. Furthennore, the
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`targeted advertisements may be selected using at least one of a user profile, time, day,
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`and date metrics, advertisement campaigns, and preferences of viewers of the
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`published multimedia content. The multimedia object is then transferred from the
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`back end service to the front end service. The front end service then publishes this
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`preferences.
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`The disclosed method and system also enables a user to publish user created
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`multimedia content on internet or intranet with minimal user input actions on the
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`user demographic dependent advertising with the user created multimedia content.
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`Furthermore, the disclosed method and system enables a user to publish multimedia
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`content on a plurality of chosen websites. The method and system disclosed herein
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`may not require dialing of a phone number for the publication of multimedia content,
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`thereby providing a publishing service free of charge to the user by using advertising
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`as a business monetization method.
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`Moreover, the method disclosed herein collects viewing information of the
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`published multimedia content. The publishing service receives the viewing
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`information each time the multimedia object spliced with targeted advertisements is
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`viewed on the publication virtual spaces. The publishing service utilizes the viewing
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`information to generate advertising statistics. The advertising statistics gives the
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`advertisers the option to pay for each viewing of the advertisement instead of a fixed
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`rate of payment.
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`Furthermore, the method and system disclosed herein enables users to create
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`multimedia files and then publish the files on the internet in real time. The user
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`created multimedia files may also be shared with others with minimal input actions
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`required by the user handling the mobile device. The method and system disclosed
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`herein also enables video blogging, text blogging, picture blogging, and voice
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`blogging in a publisher independent manner to one or multiple sites on the internet or
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`intranet.
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`5 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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`The foregoing summary, as well as the following detailed description of the
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`embodiments, is better understood when read in conjunction with the appended
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`drawings. For the purpose of il1ustrating the invention, exemplary constructions of the
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`invention are shown in the drawings. However, the invention is not limited to the
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`specific methods and instrumentalities disclosed herein.
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`FIGURE 1 illustrates a method of publishing user created multimedia content on one
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`or more publication virtual spaces.
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`FIGURE 2 illustrates a system for publishing user created multimedia content on one
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`or more publication virtual spaces.
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`FIGURE 3 exemplarily illustrates the publishing of multimedia content on one or
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`20 more publication virtual spaces using the client application on the mobile device.
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`FIGURE 4 illustrates an exemplary flowchart of the process of publishing the user
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`created multimedia content on one or more publication virtual spaces.
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`FIGURE 5 illustrates an exemplary flowchart of the transfer of multimedia content to
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`the publishing service in the form of electronic mail attachments.
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`DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
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`FIGURE 1 illustrates a method of publishing user created multimedia content
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`on one or more publication virtual spaces 205. The method disclosed herein provides
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`101 a client application 202 on a mobile device of a user 201. The user 201 may
`register on a website of a publishing service 204 prior to using the client application
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`202. The user 201 may also register on the publication virtual spaces 205 by creating
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`a user profile at the publication virtual spaces 20S. The user 201 creates 102
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`multimedia content by using the client application 202. The client application 202
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`provides a graphical user interface 202a to the user 201 to record and transfer the user
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`created multimedia content to the publishing service 204. The user created multimedia
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`content may be an audio file, a video file, an image file, a text file, or any
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`combination thereof.
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`The method disclosed herein further provides 103 the publishing service 204
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`comprising a front end service 204b and a back end service 204c. The client
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`application 202 interacts with the publishing service 204 to determine the preferred
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`websites or publication virtual spaces 20S of the user 201 for publishing the user
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`created multimedia content. The user 201 may select one or more publication virtual
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`spaces 20S using the client application 202, as a preferred destination for publishing
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`the user created multimedia content. The client application 202 communicates the
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`user publishing information including the user preferences of the publication virtual
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`spaces 20S to the front end service 204b. In one embodiment, the publication virtual
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`spaces 20S may be selected on the website of the publishing service 204. The method
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`disclosed herein provides a protocol for synchronizing 104 user publishing
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`information between the client application 202 and the publishing service 204. The
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`user publishing information includes user preferences of the publication virtual spaces
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`20S. The user created multimedia content is received by the front end service 204b of
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`the publishing service 204 from the client application 202 and then transferred 105 to
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`the back end service 204c of the publishing service 204.
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`The user created multimedia content is transferred using the internet or
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`intranet capabilities of the mobile device over a network. Exemplarily, the network is
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`a wireless network. Depending on the hardware processing and memory capabilities
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`of the mobile device, the client application 202 may transfer the user created
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`multimedia content to the publishing service 204 as a single multimedia file or as
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`as electronic mail attachments. The user created multimedia content may be reviewed
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`prior to transferring the multimedia content to the publishing service 204. Moreover,
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`in remote locations where there is limited or absence of network connectivity, the
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`multimedia content may be prerecorded and stored on the mobile device, and later
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`transferred to the publishing service 204 when the network connectivity is established.
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`The network 203 may be a wireless network, a cellular network, a telephony
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`network, the internet or intranet. In one implementation of the invention, the client
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`application 202 uses the telephony network to access the internet and transfers the
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`user created multimedia content to the front end service 204b. In another
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`implementation of the invention, the front end service 204b may be accessible via a
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`toll free number. The user 201 calls the toll free number and records voice messages
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`at the front end service 204b. These voice messages serve as the multimedia content
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`that needs to be published.
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`The back end service 204c creates 106 a multimedia object from the
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`transferred multimedia content. The back end service 204c may splice the multimedia
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`object with targeted advertisements based on a user profile stored in the database
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`204a of the publishing service 204. Also, when the user 201 is using the client
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`application 202 targeted advertisements may be displayed to the user 201 on the client
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`application 202. Targeted advertisements are selected from the database 204a
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`provided in the publishing service 204. Targeted advertisements are selected using
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`information from at least one of a user profile, time, day, and date metrics,
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`advertisement campaigns, p