PUBLISHED CONTENT PROTECTION PATHWAY
Disclosed herein is a method and system for providing copyright protection for media content prior to publication from within a running media-publishing software application by automatically assembling and electronically submitting a copyright application for the media content to the United States Copyright Office through the use of a portable application programming interface, which may be utilized by third-party media-publishing applications, and then automatically publishing the media content through the media-publishing application once submission of the electronic copyright application for the media content is confirmed. Additionally disclosed is a method and system of registering media content in order to memorialize the creation of the media content from within a running media-publishing application through the use of a application programming interface, which may be utilized by third-party media-publishing applications, and then automatically publishing the media content through the media-publishing application once registration of the media content is confirmed.
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The present U.S. Utility Patent Application claims priority pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §120 as a continuation of U.S. Utility application Ser. No. 14/049,749 entitled “BLOG POST PROTECTION PATHWAY”, filed Oct. 9, 2013, issuing as U.S. Pat. No. 9,323,904 on Apr. 26, 2016; and U.S. Utility application Ser. No. 13/755,872 entitled “COPYRIGHTNOW APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE”, filed Jan. 31, 2013, both of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference in their entirety and made part of the present U.S. Utility Patent Application for all purposes.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is in the technical field of application programming interfaces. More particularly, the preferred embodiments of the present invention relate generally to a method and system for protecting intellectual property. More particularly, the preferred embodiments of the present invention relate generally to an improved method and system for providing copyright protection for media from within a media-publishing application before publication of the blog post and for automatically publishing the blog post once copyright protection is confirmed. Additionally, the present invention relates generally to an improved method and system of registering a blog post before publication from within a media-publishing application in order to memorialize facts of its creation and in order to allow the blog post to be shared and then automatically publishing the blog post once registration is confirmed.
2. Description of the Related Art
The broad concept of using electronic systems to assist in the copyright protection of digital creative works is known. These inventions usually involve using digital means to mark a creative work or encrypt the protected work so that it is accessible only through proper authorization. However, these inventions do not allow for copyright protection to be obtained before publishing a blog post and for a blog post to be automatically published once copyright protection is confirmed.
It is also known to use methods of digital watermarking to identify copyrighted works. Digital watermarking can include inserting watermarks that may be easily viewed by any party accessing a digital creative work or using watermarks that are embedded in the creative work and only identifiable by the party who added the watermark.
It is also known to use electronic systems to encrypt protected works to impede copying. Various methods exist for digitally encrypting the content of a creative work such that decryption is required to access the creative work.
It is also known to use electronic systems to manage creative works by recording them in an online database. Usually these inventions use electronic methods for licensing, sharing and enforcing the proper use of copyrighted material.
It is also known to electronically generate copyright applications for a creative work; however, these inventions do not allow for the generation of copyright applications from within a running third party software application; the electronic submission of the generated copyright application to the United States Copyright Office, along with the requisite fees, before publishing the creative work; or automatic publication of the protected creative work once submission of the generated copyright application is confirmed.
It is also known to use electronic methods to locate an intellectual property attorney and to provide virtual legal services over a computer network.
It is known to electronically protect virtual intellectual property in the context of a video game environment. However, these inventions only allow for submission of the creative work to a virtual video game patent office or a virtual video game copyright office and limits intellectual property protection to the context of a video game environment.
General definitions for terms utilized in the pertinent art are set forth below.
Web browser is a complex software program, resident in a host device, that is capable of loading and displaying text and images and exhibiting behaviors as encoded in HTML (HyperText Markup Language) from the Internet, and also from the client computer's memory. Major browsers include MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER, CHROME, NETSCAPE, APPLE SAFARI, MOZILLA FIREFOX, and OPERA.
Web Server is a computer able to simultaneously manage many Internet information-exchange processes at the same time. Normally, server computers are more powerful than client computers, and are administratively and/or geographically centralized. An interactive-form information-collection process generally is controlled from a server computer, to which the sponsor of the process has access.
Application is a software program for a host device, usually for performing a specific function or a range of specific functions.
Blog, short for weblog, is a personal website or web page on which an individual or a group of individuals record opinions, experiences, observations, links to other sites, etc. on a regular basis and often having images or other media.
Blog post is an article posted on a blog.
Media-publishing Application is an application software program running on a host device, which is used to create media and publish them. Examples of media-publishing applications include WORDPRESS, BLOGGER, WEEBLY, and TUMBLR. However, other examples exist as disclosed in the parent applications hereof.
Application Programming Interface (API) is a collection of computer software code, usually a set of class definitions, that can perform a set of related complex tasks, but has a limited set of controls that may be manipulated by other software-code entities. The set of controls is deliberately limited for the sake of clarity and ease of use, so that programmers do not have to work with the detail contained within the given API itself.
Illustrative and preferred embodiments of the present invention are shown in the accompanying drawings in which:
For the purpose of illustration, the present invention is shown in the preferred embodiment of an improved system and method for providing copyright protection for a blog post from within a media-publishing application before the blog post is published and then automatically publishing the blog post once copyright protection is confirmed. Copyright protection is provided by electronically preparing and submitting an electronic copyright application to the United Stated Copyright Office, along with the appropriate fees, and/or by registering the blog post with an online-accessible database which memorializes the creation of the blog post before the blog post is published. These embodiments are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. As disclosed in one or more parent applications hereof, the scope of the present invention is not limited to blog-posting applications and includes all media-publishing applications.
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The advantages of the present invention include, without limitation, that it provides an improved method and system for providing copyright protection before publishing a blog post from within a running media-publishing application and without requiring the media-publishing application to be closed, which may result in the loss of the blog post. Additionally, the present invention promotes the registration of copyrights by providing a quick and easy means of registering a copyright on a blog post before publishing the blog post. Furthermore, the present invention has the advantage of collecting information relevant to the successful enforcement of copyright protection. Moreover, the present invention allows blog post creators to protect their original works from the blog publishing application in which the blog post was created, allowing media to be readily protected before publication.
In broad embodiment, the present invention relates generally to an improved method and system for providing copyright protection for media prior to publication from within a running media-publishing application by automatically assembling and submitting an electronic copyright application for the blog post to the United States Copyright Office and then automatically publishing the blog post through the media-publishing application once submission of the electronic copyright application for the blog post is confirmed. More particularly, the present invention relates generally to a method and system for providing copyright protection for media prior to publication from within a running media-publishing application by automatically assembling and electronically submitting a copyright application for the blog post to the United States Copyright Office through the use of a portable application programming interface, which may be utilized by third-party media-publishing applications, and then automatically publishing the blog post through the media-publishing application once submission of the electronic copyright application for the blog post is confirmed. Additionally, the present invention relates generally to a method and system of registering a blog post prior to publication in order to memorialize the creation of the blog post from within a running media-publishing application through the use of a portable application programming interface, which may be utilized by third-party media-publishing applications, and then automatically publishing the blog post through the media-publishing application once registration of the blog post is confirmed.
While the foregoing written description of the invention enables one of ordinary skill to make and use what is considered presently to be the best mode thereof, those of ordinary skill will understand and appreciate the existence of variations, combinations, and equivalents of the specific embodiment, method, and examples herein. The invention should therefore not be limited by the above described embodiments, methods, and examples, but by all embodiments and methods that are within the scope and spirit of the invention as claimed.
Claims
1. A method for operating a host computing device to obtain copyright protection for media content within a media-publishing application, the method comprising:
- capturing media content by a media-publishing application running on the host computing device;
- based upon user input received via the media-publishing application running on the host computing device and from within the media-publishing application, launching a copyright registration application running on the host computing device via an Application Program Interface (API) of the media-publishing application running on the host computing device and an API of the copyright registration application running on the host computing device, wherein the API of the copyright registration application supports presentation of an icon within a user interface of the media-publishing application, and wherein selection of the icon supports launching the copyright registration application; and
- the copyright registration application running on the host computing device: receiving the media content from the media-publishing application via the API of the media-publishing application and the API of the copyright registration application; obtaining copyright registration information for the media content based upon at least one of user input and stored data; accessing a remote copyright registration data web server via the Internet; retrieving recorded user information for a user from the remote copyright registration data web server; uploading the media content to the remote copyright registration data web server; receiving payment information via user input; interfacing with the remote copyright registration data web server to generate an electronic copyright application using the copyright registration information, the recorded user information, the payment information, and the media content; interfacing with the remote copyright registration data web server to electronically submit the electronic copyright application to a copyright registration server; and receiving a confirmation of submission of the copyright registration application;
- automatically publishing the media content by the media-publishing application after the confirmation of submission is received; and
- the copyright registration application running on the host computing device presenting an option to upload the media content to the remote copyright registration data web server without applying for copyright registration.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the media-publishing application captures one or more of video recordings, photographs, audio recordings, text data, or graphics data.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein launching the copyright registration application running on the host computing device is performed without exiting the media-publishing application.
4. The method of claim 1, the user input received via the media-publishing application to cause launching of the copyright registration application comprises user selection of an icon representing the copyright registration application that is presented via a user interface of the media-publishing application.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the copyright registration application uploading the media content to the remote copyright registration data web server for subsequent access by the copyright registration application running on the host computing device.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising the media-publishing application presenting a selectable icon to access the copyright registration application and at least one selectable icon to access at least one corresponding content sharing application.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the host computing device is a mobile computing device.
8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the media-publishing application is a third party media-publishing application.
9. A system comprising:
- memory;
- at least one processor;
- an instruction storage module storing instructions that when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
- capture media content by a media-publishing application;
- based upon user input received via the media-publishing application and from within the media-publishing application, launch a copyright registration application via an Application Program Interface (API) of the media-publishing application and an API of the copyright registration application, wherein the API of the copyright registration application supports presentation of an icon within a user interface of the media-publishing application, and wherein selection of the icon supports launching the copyright registration application; and
- via the copyright registration application: receive the media content from the media-publishing application via the API of the media-publishing application and the API of the copyright registration application; obtain copyright registration information for the media content based upon at least one of user input and stored data; access a remote copyright registration data web server via the Internet; retrieve recorded user information for a user from the remote copyright registration data web server; upload the media content to the remote copyright registration data web server; receive payment information via user input; interface with the remote copyright registration data web server to generate an electronic copyright application using the copyright registration information, the recorded user information, the payment information, and the media content; interface with the remote copyright registration data web server to electronically submit the electronic copyright application to a copyright registration server; and receive a confirmation of submission of the copyright registration application;
- automatically publish the media content by the media-publishing application after the confirmation of submission is received; and
- the copyright registration application presents an option to upload the media content to the remote copyright registration data web server without applying for copyright registration.
10. The system of claim 9, wherein the media-publishing application captures one or more of video recordings, photographs, audio recordings, text data, or graphics data.
11. The system of claim 9, wherein launching the copyright registration application is performed without exiting the media-publishing application.
12. The system of claim 9, the user input received via the media-publishing application to cause launching of the copyright registration application comprises user selection of an icon representing the copyright registration application that is presented via a user interface of the media-publishing application.
13. The system of claim 9, wherein the copyright registration application uploads the media content to the remote copyright registration data web server for subsequent access by the copyright registration application.
14. The system of claim 9, wherein the media-publishing application presents a selectable icon to access the copyright registration application and at least one selectable icon to access at least one corresponding content sharing application.
15. The system of claim 9, wherein the system is a mobile computing device.
16. The system according to claim 9, wherein the media-publishing application is a third party media-publishing application.
17. The system of claim 9, wherein the memory and the instruction storage module comprise a single memory structure.
Type: Application
Filed: Apr 25, 2016
Publication Date: Oct 27, 2016
Applicant: CopyRightNow, LLC (Austin, TX)
Inventor: James Jackson Leach (Austin, TX)
Application Number: 15/137,516