Patents Assigned to Crackle, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8448227
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to make content items, already available on one resource, also available through another, such as through a new location or resource. The content items may be, e.g., videos uploaded by a user or other content. The systems and methods employ a streamlined interface for convenience to the user. In one example, a user of a computer system views a video segment through a first website and re-posts the video segment to a second website by entering a single command or clicking a single button. The websites coordinate the re-posting using credentials previously or contemporaneously entered by the user. Moreover, a content item may be automatically prepared for re-posting on the target website using previously-entered user selections. Playback software from a source website may be posted to a target website to allow access of the content item at the source website.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Crackle, Inc.
    Inventor: Aviv Eyal
  • Patent number: 8010657
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to track viral marketing. The resulting user interfaces can include a map that tracks propagation via a node tree or a geographic map that shows where media was viewed. The information may also be displayed as a cumulative or absolute tracking graph, which is based on various parameters, such as number of views, number of transmissions, rewards earned, etc. The systems and methods can track viral propagation through, e.g., email, social networking service or site messages or postings, and instant messages. Data used by the invention include URLs as received from a media transmission page form, the URLs pertaining to both the propagator and the recipient, time stamps at which the media was propagated and viewed, and so on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Crackle, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Hall, David Charles Alexander Hodgson
  • Publication number: 20100011425
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to make content items, already available on one resource, also available through another, such as through a new location or resource. The content items may be, e.g., videos uploaded by a user or other content. The systems and methods employ a streamlined interface for convenience to the user. In one example, a user of a computer system views a video segment through a first website and re-posts the video segment to a second website by entering a single command or clicking a single button. The websites coordinate the re-posting using credentials previously or contemporaneously entered by the user. Moreover, a content item may be automatically prepared for re-posting on the target web site using previously-entered user selections. Playback software from a source website may be posted to a target website to allow access of the content item at the source website.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: CRACKLE, INC.
    Inventor: Aviv Eyal
  • Publication number: 20080184119
    Abstract: A method for use in providing content includes hosting a network site on a computer network, displaying on the network site links to one or more videos, and displaying on the network site at least an on-demand preview of a first video in response to a corresponding one of the links being selected. A storage medium stores a computer program for use on a client computer. Several other methods, systems and programs are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: Crackle, Inc.
    Inventors: Aviv Eyal, Piers Haken, David Charles Alexander Hodgson, Steven Hazel
  • Publication number: 20080178230
    Abstract: A method for use in providing content includes hosting a network site on a computer network, displaying on the network site links to one or more videos, and displaying on the network site at least an on-demand preview of a first video in response to a corresponding one of the links being selected. A storage medium stores a computer program for use on a client computer. Several other methods, systems and programs are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: Crackle, Inc.
    Inventors: Aviv EYAL, Piers Haken, David Charles Alexander Hodgson, Steven Hazel
  • Publication number: 20080178242
    Abstract: A method for use in providing content includes hosting a network site on a computer network, displaying on the network site links to one or more videos, and displaying on the network site at least an on-demand preview of a first video in response to a corresponding one of the links being selected. A storage medium stores a computer program for use on a client computer. Several other methods, systems and programs are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: Crackle, Inc.
    Inventors: Aviv EYAL, Piers HAKEN, David Charles Alexander HODGSON, Steven HAZEL
  • Publication number: 20080178234
    Abstract: A method for use in providing content includes hosting a network site on a computer network, displaying on the network site links to one or more videos, and displaying on the network site at least an on-demand preview of a first video in response to a corresponding one of the links being selected. A storage medium stores a computer program for use on a client computer. Several other methods, systems and programs are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: Crackle, Inc.
    Inventors: Aviv Eyal, Piers Haken, David Charles Alexander Hodgson, Steven Hazel