Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
METHODS FOR AND APPARATUS FOR
INTERACTIVE YEARBOOKER
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application claims the benefit of pending provisional
patent application
S/N 62/012,386, filed June 15, 2014, entitled, "METHODS FOR AND APPARATUS FOR
INTERACTIVE SCHOOL YEARBOOK". The present application also claims priority to
the United
States patent application SN 14/535,270, filed November 6, 2014, entitled,
"METHODS FOR AND
APPARATUS FOR INTERACTIVE SCHOOL YEARBOOK."
FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE
[0002] The present disclosure relates to image processing apparatus for
generating static
image data and corresponding Spatial Coordinates as an infrastructure for
receiving media input from
a user and directed to the owner of a volume of the image data.
BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE
[0003] Traditional class and school yearbooks generally carry images of
students and teachers
in a school and are distributed as mementos towards the end of each school
year.
[0004] Typically, yearbooks are signed during the last days of school with
brief personal
provide a Yearbooker Entries by students or faculty to other students. Each
signer may select a place
to "sign" with their Yearbooker Entries with a pen or marker in a students'
yearbook. Students have
the ability to allow or not allow fellow students to sign their yearbook book,
since the physical book
is in their possession and they need not hand it over to all students for
signing. Once graduation is
complete content is rarely added to yearbooks. The yearbook takes on a time
capsule quality.
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[0005] With the advent of personal computers, mobile phones and tablets,
digital social
media has provided an alternative to yearbooks. However, social media is
generally open to a
large group of people with essentially no time limitation. Social media also
includes many subjects
that go beyond a school experience. What is needed therefore is a digital
medium to capture and
enhance a school experience.
SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE
[0006]Accordingly, the present disclosure provides for image processing
apparatus for
generating static image data and corresponding Spatial Coordinates as an
infrastructure for
receiving media input. The static image data may replicate pages of a physical
yearbook.
Yearbooker Entries including media input will generally correspond to a
digital "signing" of a
Recipient's yearbook and may include multiple forms of media as opposed to
traditional "writing"
placed in traditional yearbooks. As such the media input is generally related
to the image data
corresponding with selected Spatial Coordinates.
[0007] In some embodiments, the present disclosure includes a digital version
of a
yearbook corresponding with a time period during which a student attended
school. Unlike social
media, the Interactive Yearbooker provides methods and apparatus to
memorialize static images
and private communications, essentially recreating a physical volume. In
addition, the Interactive
Yearbooker goes beyond pen and ink as a recording medium and provides for more
modern
recording mediums, such as, for example, one or more of: a multi view digital
image, a selfie with
dimensional qualities, a voice over, an audio clip, a video clip, a digital
time capsule of information
that may only be opened at a later date, and a notification function that
communicates to a signer
when their message is being viewed.
[0008]According to the present disclosure, an image capture device or image
generating
device creates a static image of a page in a digital format, such as AdobeTM
portable document
format ("pdf format"). The static layout is mapped according to a Cartesian
Coordinate such as,
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for example an X, Y coordinate or a vector value in combination with a start
point and an angle.
As a cursor passes over a static image, an opportunity to make an Interactive
Yearbooker Entry
associated with the particular coordinates is presented to a Yearbooker
Signer. As such, a
Yearbooker Signature is a private communication from the Yearbooker Signer to
the Yearbooker
Owner that is associated with a particular place in the Yearbook. The place in
the Interactive
Yearbooker is designated according to a page and Cartesian Coordinate. In this
manner, an
Interactive Yearbooker emulates a physical yearbook. It includes private
communication from a
first person to a second person in the context of a specific pint of a
yearbook, and the Yearbooker
is associated with a specific academic school year.
100091Additional embodiments may include other volumes associated with a
specific event
in time, such as life event for example a wedding album, an anniversary album,
reunion, company
team building event, confirmation, bar mitzvah, bat mitzvah, baptism, or other
event including
renditions of static physical volumes and digital interactive communications.
[0010]According to one aspect, and in some embodiments, a computerized
apparatus for
providing an Interactive Yearbooker. The apparatus includes a computer server
accessible with a
network access device via a digital communications network and executable
software stored on
the server and executable on demand. The software is operative with the server
to cause the
apparatus to transmit over the digital communications network a Yearbooker
interface comprising
a plurality of images, receive via the digital communications network a
designation of Signing
User selected image comprising the plurality of images, receive via the
digital communications
network an Cartesian Coordinate Communication associated with the Signing User
selected image,
receive via the digital communications network a suggested placement position
of the Cartesian
Coordinate Communication in the Yearbooker interface, determine at least one
user associated
with the selected image and generate a Yearbooker interface comprising the
image and the
Cartesian Coordinate Communication associated with the selected image, said
Yearbooker
interface comprising the image and the Cartesian Coordinate Communication
being available upon
request to the at least one user associated with the selected image. In some
examples, the Cartesian
Coordinate Communication may include a private one-to-one provide a Yearbooker
Entry
accessed or displayed between select individuals alone.
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10011]According to another aspect, in some embodiments, a computerized
apparatus for
providing an Interactive Yearbooker. The apparatus comprising a communications
network access
device for accessing a server in logical communication with a communications
network and
executable software stored on the communications network access device and
executable on
demand. The software operative with the communications network access device
to cause the
network access device to receive a Yearbooker interface comprising a plurality
of images, generate
an identifier associated with a user, transmit the identifier to the server
request permission to
provide an Cartesian Coordinate Communication associated with the image
selected from the
plurality of images, receive authorization to provide an Cartesian Coordinate
Communication
associated with the selected from the plurality of images, transmit an
Cartesian Coordinate
Communication associated with the selected image from the plurality of images,
transmit a
selected placement of the Cartesian Coordinate Communication in the Yearbooker
interface and
receive an updated Yearbooker interface comprising a record of the Cartesian
Coordinate
Communication in the Yearbooker interface based on a response from at least
one user associated
with the at least one image, wherein the notification includes information
about the Cartesian
Coordinate Communication.
[0012] In another aspect the apparatus may include a computer server
accessible with a
network access device via a communications network and executable software
stored on the server
and executable on demand. The software operative with the server to cause the
apparatus to
receive image data comprising graphical user interface representations of a
hardcopy yearbook,
receive a request to annotate the image data representative of a hardcopy
yearbook, receive an
identification of a location in the Yearbooker associated with an image of a
person in the yearbook,
receive a private one-to-one or more broadly published Cartesian Coordinate
Communication to
be associated with the image of a person in the Yearbooker and record the
Cartesian Coordinate
Communication in association with the image of a person in the Yearbooker at
the location in the
Yearbooker associated with an image of a person.
[0013]Accordingly, in some embodiments, methods and apparatus for generating
and
presenting an interface, which facilitates a students' selection of a place in
a digital copy to add
their personal Yearbooker Entry to the digital copy. A digital copy owner is
typically another
student. In some examples, images represented in a digital copy of a
Yearbooker may include
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images of students in a class year, images of students as members of teams,
clubs and societies,
images of administrators of an associated organization, or employees and staff
from an associated
organization.
100141In some embodiments, allows the acceptance or rejection of any students'
provide a
Yearbooker Entry and places accepted provide a Yearbooker Entries on a digital
layer on top of
the Yearbooker image. The students may turn-on or turn off a Yearbooker Entry
layer to make it
visible or invisible respectively.
100151In some embodiments, provide a Yearbooker Entries can be made as text
provide a
Yearbooker Entries, in other cases by way of expressive emotion digital
"stickers" or images, in
yet another as a free-style drawing with a digital finger paint or stylus-
based digital paint and draw
tools. Including "rich media" such as audio or video.
10016]In another aspect, in some embodiments, for apparatus and methods to
allow a
person to provide a Yearbooker Entry on a non-student embodiment, which could
be a team, a
club, an interest group or a company Yearbooker with the intent of including
most or all active
members of a team, a club, an interest group or a company.
100171In some embodiments, also allows for multiple dimensional views, that
is, a person,
object, subject or group may appear at different locations in alternate views
at different times.
For example a user may collect most or all the images of another user
throughout many yearly
editions of yearbooks and create a collection. In another aspect, in some
embodiments, for an
administrative or "admin" panel or interface. The admin interface may allow a
properly
authorized individual to control or configure aspects of the Yearbooker
interface.
100181A system of one or more computers can be configured to perform
particular
operations or actions by virtue of having software, firmware, hardware, or a
combination of them
installed on the system that in operation causes or cause the system to
perform the actions. One
or more computer programs can be configured to perform particular operations
or actions by virtue
of including instructions that, when executed by data processing apparatus,
cause the apparatus to
perform the actions.
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1001910ne general aspect includes an image generating apparatus for providing
a
Yearbooker volume, the apparatus including: an image capture device for
generating digital image
data representative of one or more pages of a hardcopy yearbook; one or more
computer servers
for post processing the digital image data representative of one or more pages
of the hardcopy
yearbook, said computer server in logical communication with the image capture
device and
accessible with a network access device via a digital communications network;
and executable
software stored on the one or more computer servers and executable on demand,
the software
operative with the one or more servers to cause the apparatus to perform
actions.
100201The apparatus may receive static image data from the image capture
device, said
static image data correlating with pages of a physical yearbook; correlate
spatial coordinates with
specified areas of the static image data from the image capture device;
transmit over the digital
communications network a first Yearbooker interface including the static image
data and the
spatial coordinates correlated with specified areas of the static image data;
receive via the digital
communications network an identification of a signing user; receive via the
digital
communications network a designation of the spatial coordinate associated with
the specified area
of the static image data; receive via the digital communications network a
Yearbooker entry
associated with the signing user and the spatial coordinate, where said
Yearbooker entry includes
a media entry and a designation of a recipient user; generate a second
Yearbooker interface
including the static image data and the Yearbooker entry located in the
specified area correlated
with the spatial coordinates; and transmit a Yearbooker volume including the
second Yearbooker
interface via the digital communications network to the recipient user where
the Yearbooker
volume includes Yearbooker entries specifically entered for the recipient
user. Other embodiments
of this aspect include corresponding computer systems, apparatus, and computer
programs
recorded on one or more computer storage devices, each configured to perform
the actions of the
methods.
[0021] Implementations may include one or more of the following features. The
apparatus
where the executable software stored on the one or more computer servers and
executable on
demand is additionally operative with the one or more computer servers to
cause the apparatus to
transmit a notification to the recipient user that the Yearbooker entry has
been received. The
apparatus where the executable software stored on the one or more computer
servers and
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executable on demand is additionally operative with the one or more computer
servers to cause
the apparatus to receive a response from the recipient user to accept the
Yearbooker entry into a
storage as part of the recipient user's Yearbooker. The apparatus where the
static image data
includes images of students associated with a same learning institution. The
apparatus where the
static image data includes images of employees of a same legal entity. The
apparatus where the
static image data includes images of team members of a same sports team. The
apparatus where
the static image data includes images of members of a same school activity
group.
100221Implementations may include one or more of the following features. The
apparatus
where the Yearbooker entry includes a text message. The apparatus where the
Yearbooker entry
includes a digital image. The apparatus where the Yearbooker entry includes an
emoticon. The
apparatus where the Yearbooker entry includes a free-style drawing. The
apparatus where the
Yearbooker entry includes an audio clip. The apparatus where the executable
software stored on
the one or more computer servers and executable on demand, is additionally
operative with the
one or more computer servers to cause the apparatus to receive a subsequent
Yearbooker entry
from the signing user, where the subsequent Yearbooker entry is correlated
with the spatial
coordinates. The apparatus where the software is additionally operative to
transmit an
administrator interface to configure the Yearbooker interface. The apparatus
where the network
access device includes a mobile device communicating via a 4G cellular
network. The
computerized apparatus where the communications network access device includes
a mobile
device communicating via a 4g cellular network. Implementations of the
described techniques
may include hardware, a method or process, or computer software on a computer-
accessible
medium.
100231 One general aspect includes an apparatus for receiving a Yearbooker
volume. The
apparatus also includes a communications network access device for accessing a
server in logical
communication with a digital communications network; and executable software
stored on the
communications network access device and executable on demand, the software
operative with
the digital communications network access device to cause the network access
device to perform
actions.
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10024IThe apparatus may also receive a Yearbooker interface including static
image data
generated via an image capture device, said static image data correlating with
pages of a physical
yearbook and a Yearbooker entry correlating with spatial coordinates
designating specified areas
of the static image data from the image capture device. The apparatus may also
transmit over the
digital communications network an instruction to accept the Yearbooker entry.
The apparatus may
also transmit the Yearbooker volume including the Yearbooker interface via the
digital
communications network to a recipient user where the Yearbooker volume
includes Yearbooker
entries specifically entered for the recipient user. Other embodiments of this
aspect include
corresponding computer systems, apparatus, and computer programs recorded on
one or more
computer storage devices, each configured to perform the actions of the
methods.
[0025] Implementations may include one or more of the following features. The
apparatus
where the network access device includes a mobile device communicating via a
4G cellular
network. The computerized apparatus where the communications network access
device includes
a mobile device communicating via a 4g cellular network. Implementations of
the described
techniques may include hardware, a method or process, or computer software on
a computer-
accessible medium.
[0026] One general aspect includes a computerized apparatus for providing a
Yearbooker
entry. The apparatus may include a communications network access device for
accessing a server
in logical communication with a digital communications network; and executable
software stored
on the communications network access device and executable on demand, the
software operative
with the communications network access device to cause the network access
device to: receive a
Yearbooker interface including static image data generated via an image
capture device, said static
image data correlating with pages of a physical yearbook and spatial
coordinates designating
specified areas of the static image data from the image capture device;
generate a modified
Yearbooker interface including the static image data generated via an image
capture device and a
Yearbooker entry correlated to specific entry spatial coordinates; transmit
over the digital
communications network an identifier of a Yearbooker signer; and transmit over
the digital
communications network a modified Yearbooker interface and an identifier of a
recipient user to
receive the modified Yearbooker entry. Other embodiments of this aspect
include corresponding
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computer systems, apparatus, and computer programs recorded on one or more
computer storage
devices, each configured to perform the actions of the methods.
[0027] Implementations may include one or more of the following features. The
computerized apparatus where the communications network access device includes
a mobile
device communicating via a 4g cellular network. Implementations of the
described techniques
may include hardware, a method or process, or computer software on a computer-
accessible
medium.
100281BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
100101The accompanying drawings, that are incorporated in and constitute a
part of this
specification, illustrate several embodiments of the disclosure and, together
with the description,
serve to explain the principles of the disclosure:
[0011]Figs. 1A-1D illustrate block diagrams of exemplary user interfaces
including
functionalities that may be used to implement some embodiments of the present
disclosure.
100121Fig. 2 illustrates a web interface viewed by an administrator, the web
interface
including functionalities that may be used to implement some embodiments of
the present
disclosure.
10013]Fig. 3 an illustration of a web interface viewed by a main contact, the
web interface
includes functionalities that may be used to implement some embodiments of the
present
disclosure.
[0014]Figs. 4A-B an illustration of a web interface viewed by the main
contact, the web
interface includes functionalities that may be used to implement some
embodiments of the present
disclosure.
[0015]Figs. 5A-B an illustration of an application user interface viewed by a
user, the
application user interface includes functionalities that may be used to
implement some
embodiments of the present disclosure.
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100161 Fig. 6 an illustration of an application user interface viewed by a
user, the application
user interface includes functionalities that may be used to implement some
embodiments of the
present disclosure.
100171Figs. 7A-C illustrate an application user interface viewed by a user,
the application
user interface allows the user to annotate images according to some
embodiments of the present
disclosure.
10018[Fig. 8 a block diagram illustrating a controller that may be embodied in
one or more
of mobiles devices and utilized to implement some embodiments of the present
disclosure.
10019[Fig. 9 a network diagram including a processing and interface system for
generated
an annotated, virtual Yearbooker is illustrated.
[0020]Fig. 10 illustrates a block diagram of an image capture apparatus and
associated
server.
[0021[Fig. 11 illustrates apparatus for generating an image for media entry
with enhanced
depth.
100221Fig. 12 illustrates a timeline including an original event and one or
more follow up
events.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0023]The present disclosure provides for apparatus and methods to generate
images of a
static Yearbooker or other event volume and associate Yearbooker Entries with
a spatial
designation coordinate of one or more images.
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100241In general, an image capture device or image generating device creates a
static image
of a page in a digital format, such as AdobeTM portable document format ("pdf
format"). The static
image is associated with a system of spatial coordinates, such as Cartesian
Coordinates or Polar
Coordinates. For example X, Y coordinates or a vector value in combination
with a start point and
an angle. As a cursor passes over a static image, an opportunity to make an
Interactive Yearbooker
Entry associated with particular coordinates associated with a positon of a
cursor is presented to a
Yearbooker Signer. An entered Yearbooker Signature is a private communication
between a
Yearbooker Signers a Yearbooker Owner that is associated with a particular
place in the Yearbook.
The place in the Interactive Yearbooker is designated according to a page and
Spatial Coordinate.
In this manner, an Interactive Yearbooker emulates a physical yearbook. It
includes private
communication from a first person to a second person in the context of a
specific point of a
yearbook, and the Yearbooker is associated with a specific academic school
year.
100251111 some embodiments, a Yearbooker index may associate a page and
Spatial
Coordinate with a subject. A subject matter may be a person's name, such as a
students or faculty
member's name; a group, such as an academic or sports related group or team; a
location or other
subject.
100261 In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a computer server accessible
with a
network access device via a digital communications network and executable
software stored on
the server and executable on demand. The software operative with the server to
cause the
apparatus to transmit over the digital communications network a Yearbooker
interface
comprising a plurality of images, receive via the digital communications
network a designation
of Signing User selected image comprising the plurality of images, receive via
the digital
communications network an Cartesian Coordinate Communication associated with
the Signing
User selected image, receive via the digital communications network a
suggested placement
position of the Cartesian Coordinate Communication in the Yearbooker
interface, determine at
least one user associated with the selected image and generate a Yearbooker
interface comprising
the image and the Cartesian Coordinate Communication associated with the
selected image, said
Yearbooker interface comprising the image and the Cartesian Coordinate
Communication being
available upon request to the at least one user associated with the selected
image.
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100271In some embodiments, Yearbooker automated apparatus includes a processor
and
executable software, executable upon demand to allow a user to provide a
Yearbooker Entry on a
student or other subject matter associated with a Spatial Coordinate.
100281In some embodiments, apparatus receives Yearbooker Entry communications
data
and displays the resulting messages at places indicated in the receivers'
digital yearbook,
provided the permission is granted by the receiver.
[0029] Executable software may be operative in conjunction with a processor to
execute
methodologies that display the resulting provide a Yearbooker Entries or
communication of
personal expression.
100301In some embodiments, an apparatus is disclosed capable of embodying the
innovative concepts described herein. Image presentation can be accomplished
via any
multimedia type interface. Embodiments can therefore include a PC, handheld,
game controller;
PDA, cellular or other mobile or handheld device, HDTV or other multimedia
device with user
interactive controls, including, in some embodiments, voice activated
interactive controls.
Glossary:
[0031]As used herein the following terms will have the following associated
meaning:
[0032]"Yearbooker" , "Digital Yearbook" or "Virtual Yearbook" as used herein
means a web service providing user interfaces displaying static images
associated with one
or more of: students, faculty and activities of a school or university and
details of school
activities during a designated academic year. The user interfaces include user
interactive
areas that allow users to interact with the yearbook; for example, provide a
Yearbooker
Entry on particular images.
[0033] "User" as used herein includes a person who operates a Network Access
Device to access a Yearbooker. Examples of Users may include one or more of:
students,
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parents, teachers, school coordinators and third party service providers such
as printers,
imagers, web service administrators.
[0034]"Main Contact" as used herein includes a school representative, a Parent-
Teacher Association (PTA) representative, a student committee representative
and a year
coordinator. In some embodiments a main contact gets administrator rights to
the
Yearbooker Web Server.
[0035]"Yearbooker Entry" or "Provide a Yearbooker Entry" as used herein is a
recorded Communication that corresponds with a Spatial Coordinate and page of
a static
media volume associated with a media owner. Examples of Yearbooker Entries
include
one or more of: a text, a video, an audio, an animation, an emoticon, a
sticker, and a free-
style drawing such as an autograph made with a digital finger paint or stylus-
based digital
paint and draw tools. In preferred embodiments, a Yearbooker Entry is a one-
user to one
volume private message.
[0036]"Mobile device" as used herein is a wireless mobile communications
network access device for accessing a server in logical communication with a
communications network. The mobile device may include one or more of a
cellular,
mobile or CDMA/GSM device, a wireless tablet phones, personal digital
assistants (PDAs),
[0037] "Mobile network" as used herein includes 2G, 3G, 4G intern& systems and
wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi), Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), Worldwide
Interoperability for Microwave Access (Wi-MAX), Global Mobile System (GSM)
cellular network, spread spectrum and CDMA systems, Time division multiple
access
(TDMA), and Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM). The mobile
device is
capable of communicating over one or more mobile network.
[0038]"Network Access Device: shall mean an electronic device with a human
interactive interface capable of communicating with a Network Server via a
digital
communications network.
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[0039]"One-to-One" shall mean a Yearbooker Entry that is recorded by one user
directly on to a media volume, such as a Yearbooker, of a second user and is
not accessible
by third party users.
[0040] Spatial Coordinate: as used herein shall mean a designation of a
particular
location on a page. Specific examples of Spatial Coordinate include Cartesian
Coordinates
and Polar Coordinates.
[0041]"User interface" or "Web interface" is a set of graphical controls
through
which a user communicates with a Yearbooker. The user interface includes
graphical
controls such as button, toolbars, windows, icons, and pop-up menus, which the
user can
select using a mouse or keyboard to initiate required functions on the
Yearbooker interface.
[0042]"Wireless" includes a communication protocol and hardware capable of
digital communication without hardwire connections. Examples of Wireless
include:
Wireless Application Protocol ("WAP") mobile or fixed devices, Bluctooth,
802.11b, or
other types of wireless mobile devices. 8 below.
[0043]"Yearbooker" as used herein means a collection of digital images, each
respective image emulating a page from a physical yearbook and associated with
multiple
areas identifiable via Spatial Coordinates. Yearbooker Entries may be
associated with the
areas identifiable via Spatial Coordinates.
[0044]Referring now to Fig. 1A, a block diagram illustrates an exemplary user
Network Access Device 103 with a Yearbooker User Interface 100 displayed
thereon. The
user interface 100 includes functionalities that may be used to implement some
embodiments of a Yearbooker. Typically, a Yearbooker user interface displays
image data
104, such as images of students, in a Yearbooker as seen by most or all users
including
students, parents, teachers and administrators. The students may be associated
with a same
learning institution, same sports team or same school activity group.
Alternatively, the
image data 104 may be related to faculty of a school or university, employees
of a same
company, members of a group, members of a family or other definable group of
people.
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[0045]The user interface 100 includes image data 104 associated with Spatial
Coordinate positions 101-102. A user may designate a Spatial Coordinate 101'
102' and
operate a User interactive control to provide a media entry associated with
the Spatial
Coordinate 101' 102'. Typically, the User media entry will be associated with
an image
correlating with the Spatial Designation, such as for example an image of a
photograph of a
student. A user interactive area 106 may receive input from a user and provide
one or both
of human readable content or human recognizable images.
[0046]In some preferred embodiments, a system of Spatial Coordinates 101-102
will not be ascertainable to a user. The user will make a selection of a
Spatial Coordinate
via a cursor control or touch screen input. For example, a user 112 may input
a cursor click
on area of a static image that includes a likeness of a student. The area
associated with the
first user 112 that receives the cursor click will be associated with one or
more Spatial
Designations 101' 102'. As illustrated, the Spatial Designations may be
determined via a
Cartesian Coordinate. Other embodiments may include a Polar Coordinate.
[0047]In various embodiments of the present disclosure, interactive areas may
include, by way of a non-limiting example, one or more of: a) a user
interactive area 106
that allows a user to search an index for Spatial Coordinates that correspond
with subject
matter, such as images or text descriptive of a particular person or subject;
b) a user
interactive area 108 that allows a user to provide a Yearbooker Entry
according to Spatial
Coordinates and page selected; c) a user interactive area 110 that allows a
user to scroll 105
to view content, such as images of students in the yearbook. The user
interface 100 may be
provided by a software application installed on a network access device 103,
such as a
mobile device. Alternatively, the user interface 100 may correspond to a
webpage obtained
from a website. The software application or the website may interact with a
Yearbooker
web service hosted on a computerized network server to provide the user
interface 100 on
the network access device 103.
[0048]A user, such as a first student, viewing the user interface 100 on a
Network
Access Device 103 may select an area associated with the first user 112 of a
User Interface
100 that is associated with a subject a Yearbooker Entry. In some embodiments,
the
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Yearbooker Entry may be for the benefit of a second user, such as a second
student. The
area selected by the first student 112 may, for example, include an image of
themselves, or
another subject.
[0049]An area may be selected according to Spatial Coordinates. The Spatial
Coordinates designate a particular location on a User Interface. According to
the present
disclosure, portions of a static image of a Yearbooker page, such as a pdf
image may be
associated with a particular subject. For example, Spatial Coordinates X' and
Y' may be
associated with an image the first student on a particular page
[0050]Alternatively, a user may tap on Spatial Coordinates that correspond
with a
chosen subject, such as an image of a student, which may represent a second
user 114, or
use the user interactive area 106, which may comprise a search tool, and an
associated
index that matches Spatial Coordinates and page numbers with subject matter.
After a
particular Spatial Coordinate has been indicated, a user may make a Yearbooker
Entry into
a Yearbooker associated with a particular user. In some embodiments, a first
user may
enter a Yearbooker Entry into multiple Yearbooker volumes associated with
multiple
Yearbooker owners in a single entry action by designating multiple destination
Yearbookers.
[0051]In some embodiments, the user interface 100 displays a text box 118 as
shown in Fig. 1B. A first user may select a type of Yearbooker Entry...
Yearbooker entries
may include, for example, one or more of: a text message, an emoticon, free-
style drawing,
a video and an audio message. A user may select a type of Yearbooker Entry an
initiate its
entry via an appropriate option from the user interactive area 108.
Alternatively, when a
user taps Spatial Coordinates associated with an image of a second user 114,
or uses a user
interactive area 106, which may comprise a search tool, the user interface 100
may show a
drop down menu from which the first user 112 may select the type of a
Yearbooker Entry.
[0052]Further, in some embodiments, a speech-to-text converter may be used to
convert an audio Yearbooker Entry into text. Yet further, in some embodiments,
the first
user 112 may designate Spatial Coordinates associated with an image of the
second user
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114 and link a captured image (selfie) or initiate a video recording of the
first user 112
speaking to the second user 114. The captured image or the recorded video is
then
uploaded on the Yearbooker Web Server. The first user 112 may also select a
location for
a Yearbooker Entry on the user interface 100. Further, in some embodiments,
the first user
112 may send the same message to the multiple students by selecting multiple
students the
user interface 100. Yet further, in some embodiments, the first user 112 may
select an
extracurricular club, an interest group or a sports team to send same message
to most or all
students in the respective club, group or sports team.
[0053] In some exemplary embodiments, the first user 112 selects an option
from
the user interactive area 108 to provide a text provide a Yearbooker Entry.
Accordingly,
the user interface 100 displays, referring to Fig. 1B the text box 118. Then,
the first user
112 types a text 120 in the text box 118. The text 120 may read, for example:
"Hey
Bridget...Have a great sunvner!...See you next year!" Finally, the first user
112 clicks on a
send" button 122 to submit the text 120. Further, when the text 120 is
submitted, the
mobile device of the first user 112 may determine the location of the first
user 112 and send
the location information along with the text 120 to the Yearbooker Web Server.
Further, in
some embodiments, the location of the first user 112 may be displayed along
with a
Yearbooker Entry on the user interface 100. In addition, a date and time stamp
may be
displayed along with a Yearbooker Entry.
[0054] In some embodiments, each Yearbooker Entry received by the Yearbooker
Web Server is associated with a universally unique identifier (UUID). The UUID
may be
referenced to track and manage Yearbooker Entries.
[0055] Referring now to Fig. 1C a user interface 100 is illustrated that may
be
displayed on a mobile network access device of the second user 114. The
Yearbooker Web
Server may transmit a notification to the second user 114, wherein the
notification includes
information about a Yearbooker Entry received from the first user 112. As
shown, in some
embodiments, the user interface 100 conveys the displays the Yearbooker Entry,
such as a
text message 120 submitted by the first user 112 for the second user 114. The
user
interface 100 allows the second user 114 to accept or reject the Yearbooker
Entry with text
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120 by using an interactive control, such as one of an "accept" button 124 and
a "reject"
button 126.
[0056]If the second user 114 rejects the Yearbooker Entry with text 120, it
does not
become associated with the Yearbooker, or other media volume associated with
the second
user 114. Some embodiments may also include a "block" function 128, which may
be
used to completely block the first user 112 from sending more Yearbooker
Entries. For
example a second user 114 may use the "block" button 128 if the text 120 is
inappropriate;
when the second user 114 does not know the first user 112; or if the second
user 114
simply does not wish to receive Yearbooker Entries from the first user 112. .
A student
may also be able to "white list" messages and or provide a Yearbooker Entries
by
activating functionality to: "Accept messages from a source", such as, for
example, a user
identified as Student 123.
[0057]Referring now to Fig. 1D an illustration of the user interface 100
viewed by
the second user 114. The user interface 100 showing the accepted Yearbooker
Entry in
places as seen by the second user 114. Next to the second user's 114 large
image, there is a
small icon 130 with the image of the first user 112. The user interface 100
places the
accepted provide a Yearbooker Entries on a digital provide a Yearbooker Entry
layer on
top of the students' images, allowing the second user 114 to turn-on and turn-
off a
Yearbooker Entry layer to make it visible and invisible respectively.
[0058]In some aspects, multiple users may send private one-to-one messages to
other students, and respective users may accept or reject Yearbooker Entries
individually;
therefore, each user may view and own a different digital copy of their
Yearbooker. For
example, the first user 112 may provide a Yearbooker Entry on multiple
students. Some of
the students may accept a Yearbooker Entry and some may reject. Accordingly,
each user
may view a different version of the same yearbook.
Web Interface
[0059]Referring now to Fig. 2 an illustration of a web interface 200 according
to
some aspects of some embodiments of the present disclosure. The web interface
200
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includes functionalities that may be used to implement some embodiments of the
present
disclosure. The web interface 200 may include a representation of a static
image
correlating with a Yearbooker page and Spatial Coordinates corresponding with
areas of
each static image. The third party service provider may be a printing company
(such as
ABC printing 202) that specializes in preparing yearbooks or an Internet
company
providing the Yearbooker Web Server to learning institutions to upload and
view their
yearbooks.
[0060]In some embodiments, the web interface 200 includes a web form that
allows
an administrator to add a new Yearbooker to the Yearbooker Web Server. The
administrator may upload a new Yearbooker book using an "Upload PDF file" form
field
204. Further, the new book may be uploaded in one of PDF, DOC, DOCX, PPT and
PPTX
formats. Next, the administrator may add a main contact for the Yearbooker
using a "Main
Contact" form field 206. The "Main Contact" form field 206 allows the
administrator to
provide an email address 208, a first name 210 and a last name 212 of the main
contact. A
"Pick School" form field 214 allows the administrator to include school
information such
as a country 216, a state 218, a city 220 and a school name 222. Further, the
"Pick School"
form field 214 may allow the administrator to fill in a year, a group and a
title of the
Yearbooker (not shown). In addition, the administrator may use an "Add book"
button 224
to submit the static yearbook images to the Yearbooker Web Server. Once the
static
yearbook entries are uploaded with most or all the required information, the
Yearbooker
Web Server generates a unique master book ID per upload. The book ID may be
generated
in the format: "school name_year_group/title name". The Yearbooker Web Server
provides a confirmation when the book is uploaded successfully.
[0061]The Yearbooker Web Server may provide access to yearbooks to users
including, for example: students, faculty and parents in exchange for a
payment. Further,
advertisements may be added to the web interfaces (including the web interface
200)
provided by the Yearbooker Web Server. Some examples of the advertisements
include
banner advertisements, pop-up advertisements, and the like. The administrator
may
provide hyperlinks to specific advertisements, such as, by way of non-limiting
example, for
framed or poster board versions of Yearbooker images and Yearbooker Entries,
for
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products that may interest the users, for a fundraiser for the school or other
purpose.
Alternatively, the administrator may provide advertisements using a third-
party Internet
advertising network including for instance Google Adwords0, Facebook Ads , or
Bing
Ads. The third-party internet advertising networks may provide contextual
advertisements.
[0062]Further, web interfaces may allow an administrator to manage accounts,
create user accounts, reset passwords, delete books and add books on the
Yearbooker Web
Server. Moreover, the web interfaces may provide one or more features to the
administrators including defining administrator rights, selecting
administrator users, re-
uploading book PDF, updating book information, inviting users, un-inviting
users, sending
incremental invites, displaying user statistics, inserting new pages to the
Yearbooker Web
Server , tracking revenue details and managing advertisements.
[0063]Referring now to Fig. 3 a web interface 300 is illustrated, that may be
viewed
by a main contact (i.e. Mary 302). The web interface 300 includes
functionalities that may
be used to implement some embodiments of the present disclosure. The web
interface 300
may, for example, include a web form that allows Mary 302 to add a new
yearbook to the
Yearbooker Web Server. The web interface 300 is similar to the web interface
200
explained in detail in conjunction with Fig. 2 above.
[0064] Functionality may include, for example, uploading static images of a
media
volume, such as a Yearbooker. An "upload PDF file" form field 304 allows for
uploading
one or more static images associated with a Yearbooker or other volume. A
"Pick School"
form field 306 associates the uploaded static images with a particular school.
Other
embodiments may include static images of a volume associated with a group of
people,
such as a family, a company, a department, or other definable group. The web
interface
300 may further include "yearbook information" form fields 308 year 310, a
title 312 and a
description 314. Once the required information is provided, a user such as
Mary 302 may
use an "Add Book" button 316 to submit the yearbook to the Yearbooker Web
Server.
[0065]Referring now to Fig. 4A an illustration of a web interface 400 viewed
by
Mary 302, the web interface 400 includes functionalities that may be used to
implement
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some embodiments of the present disclosure. In some embodiments, web interface
400
may include a web form that allows Mary 302 to update a yearbook. The web
interface
400 shows that a title 402 of the yearbook is "Hunter 2014". Further, the web
interface
400 may show two or more tabs such as: a "book info" tab 404 and an
"invitations" tab
406. When the "book info" tab 404 is selected, the web interface 400 shows the
fields
"pick school" 408 and '`yearbook information" 410. The "pick school" field
further
includes one or more fields including a country 412, a state 414, a city 416,
and a school
418. In the example shown, the country 412 is "U.S.A ", the state 414 is "New
York", the
city 416 is "New York City", and the school 418 is "Dc/ton School". The
"yearbook
infbrination" field 410 further includes one or more fields including a year
420, a group
422 and a description 424. In the example shown, the year 420 is "2014", the
group 422 is
"Hunter 2014" and the description 424 is "Amazing thirty'. Once the required
information is provided, the main contact uses an "update" button 426 to
update the
yearbook.
[0066]Referring now to Fig. 4B an illustration of a web interface 428 viewed
by
Mary 302, when the "invitations" tab 406 is selected by Mary 302. Mary 302 may
send
invitations to users (including students and parents) using the web interface
428. Mary 302
enters an invitation message in a "personalized invitation message" field 430.
If a
personalized invitation message is not provided, then a default message is
used. Further, a
"grade/class" field 432 is used to indicate the appropriate grade or class.
Yet further, the
web interface 428 shows a list of rows 434, 436, 438, 440 and 442. Each row
434, 436,
438, 440 and 442 allows Mary 302 to provide details for a user including
email, first name
and last name of the user. Mary 302 may manually fill in the rows 434, 436,
438, 440 and
442. Further, more rows may be added using an "add more rows" feature 444.
Alternatively, Mary 302 may upload a Microsoft EXCEL document containing the
details of the students using an "upload excel" feature 446. The Yearbooker
Web Server
automatically parses the uploaded Microsoft EXCEL document to obtain names
and
email addresses of users. Finally, Mary 302 sends out the invitations using a
"send
invitations" button 448. Thereafter, the Yearbooker Web Server generates a
unique book
view ID for each student. The book view ID may be prepared in format such as
"book
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ID Email Student's name Student's class/grade" . This book view ID is included
in the
invitation message sent to most or all users. Further, the invitation message
may include a
hyperlink to the yearbook, which when activated directs the user to the
relevant yearbook
on the Yearbooker Web Server. For each invitation, the Yearbooker Web Server
may
receive an acknowledgement indicating a successful or a failed delivery.
Application User Interface
[0067]Referring now to Fig. 5A an illustration of an application user
interface 500
viewed by a user (a student or a parent) on a mobile device 502, the
application user
interface 500 includes functionalities that may be used to implement some
embodiments of
In some embodiments,. The application user interface 500 may be displayed when
the user
receives the invitation message from Mary 302 and follows the hyperlink
provided in the
invitation message to access the relevant yearbook. The application user
interface 500 may
be provided by a "Yearbooker' application 504 installed on the mobile device
502.
However, if the "Yearbooker" application 504 is not already installed on
user's mobile
device 502, then the user may be prompted to install the "Yearbooker"
application 504.
For example, the mobile device may be an AndroidTM iOSTM or other operating
system
based device. In some embodiments, a user may access an application providing
website
such as Apple, Google Play, Amazon or other App store to install a
"Yearbooker"
application 504.
[0068]The application user interface 500 is a web form including an "add book
ID"
field 506 and an "email invited" field 508. The user enters the book view ID
obtained
from the invitation email into the "add book ID" field 506 and the email ID in
the "email
invited" field 508. If the book view ID and the email ID are correct, the
"Yearbooker"
application 504 displays an application user interface 512 on the mobile
device 502 as
shown in Fig. 5B. The application user interface 512 provides a "download"
button 514
that allows the user to download "Delton School 2014" yearbook 516 shared by
Mary 302
via the invitation message. The "Delton School 2014" yearbook 516 may be
provided at a
price. As shown, the application user interface 512 displays a price 518 of
the "Delton
School 2014" yearbook 516 to be $4.99. Accordingly, the "Yearbooker'
application 504
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also provides a payment workflow that allows the users to pay the required
amount.
Further, the revenue generated by selling the yearbooks may be shared among
one or more
of an Internet company providing the Yearbooker Web Server, a local printer
and a school.
Accordingly, the Yearbooker Web Server tracks revenue sharing details. In an
alternate
embodiment, the user accesses the hyperlink in the invitation message and the
relevant
yearbook is automatically downloaded and added to the "Yearbooker" application
504
installed on the user's mobile device 502. Further, the "Yearbooker"
application 504
provides a feature for batch migrating yearbooks to another mobile device.
[0069]Referring now to Fig. 6, an application user interface 600 that may be
presented to a user (i.e. John 602) is illustrated. In some embodiments, the
application user
interface 600 includes functionalities that may be used to implement various
aspects of the
present disclosure. Some embodiments may include an application user interface
600 that
presents yearbooks that John 602 has access to; for example, a "Delta School
2014"
yearbook 604 and a "NYC Chinese 2014" yearbook 606. Further, John 602 may
access
yearbooks by selecting an appropriate year from a list 608 or by selecting an
appropriate
school from a list 610. Further, John 602 can add more yearbooks using an "add
book"
button 612. When the "add book" button 612 is activated, John 602 is shown the
application user interface 500.
[0070]In another aspect, the mobile device may be shared among multiple users.
Accordingly, a "Switch User" button 614 may be used to switch the "Yearbooker"
application 504 among multiple users. Further, the "Yearbooker" application
504 allows a
user to send messages to another user across yearbooks. For example, a user in
the
"Dc/ton School 2014" yearbook 604 may send a message to another user in the
"NYC
Chinese 2014" yearbook 606. Further, the "Yearbooker" application 504 allows a
user to
send personal notes to another user, wherein the personal notes are not
publicly accessible.
Moreover, a user may invite relevant users from the "Yearbooker" application
504. For
example, a student may invite his parents or friends outside school to access
the yearbook.
[0071]Referring now to Fig. 7A an application user interface 700 is
illustrated with
an exemplary yearbook presented as "Dc/ton school 2014" yearbook 702 to John
602. The
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application user interface 700 includes a user interactive area 704 showing
images 706,
708, 710, 712 and 714. The images 706, 708, 710, 712 and 714 include images of
students
in the "Delton School 2014" yearbook 702, image provide a Yearbooker Entries
shared by
students and icons. John 602 may search students and messages using a "Search"
button
716. Further, John 602 may view messages or hide messages using a "view
images" radio
button 718. The "view images" radio button 718 allows John 602 to turn-on or
turn-off a
Yearbooker Entry layer. John 602 may turn pages to view other students using
arrows 720
and 722. In addition, John 602 may zoom-in or zoom-out of the user interactive
area 704
using the controls 724 and 726 respectively.
[0072] John 602 may input Yearbooker Entries for students shown in user
interactive area 704. Accordingly, John 602 may select Spatial Coordinates
associated
with an image, for example, the image 710 from the application user interface
700.
Referring now to Fig. 7B, in response to selection of the image 710, the
"Yearbooker"
application 504 shows an "add messages" field 728. The "add messages" field
728
further includes a "To" field 730 showing the name of the student ('Amy
Johnson") in the
selected image 710. In some embodiments, the user may add a Yearbooker Entry
in a text
area field 732 and add an emoticon 734. The name of the user (i.e. "John
Smith")
providing a Yearbooker Entry may be displayed in a field 736. John 602 may
submit a
Yearbooker Entry 738 wherein an emoticon is placed next to the image 710 as
shown in
Fig. 7C. The name of a Yearbooker Entry author ("John Smith") 740 may also
displayed
next to a Yearbooker Entry 738.
[0073]In some embodiments, a user, such as John 602 may also provide an image
of a Yearbooker Entry including an image, a sticker or a signature, a video as
a Yearbooker
Entry, an audio provide a Yearbooker Entry, a free-style drawing and a data
package
comprising contact information. Further, the "Yearbooker" application 504
offers in
application merchandize such as stickers, emoticons, icons etc. The users may
purchase
the merchandize and use to provide a Yearbooker Entry in a yearbook. The
second student
("Amy Johnson '') receives notification about a Yearbooker Entry 738. The
"Yearbooker"
application 504 allows a second student to accept or reject a Yearbooker Entry
738.
Further, the second student may report spam or inappropriate message and block
John 602
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from posting provide a Yearbooker Entries in future. The "Yearbooker"
application 504
also provides latest activity summary to the users.
[0074] Further, a Yearbook server may define various types of users including
printer representative, school representative, parent, and student. For each
user type, the
Yearbooker Web Server may define access rights to features of the Yearbooker
Web
Server. In an exemplary embodiment, the Yearbooker Web Server administrator
may auto-
generate emails and send them to users, and create accounts for various users.
[0075]A printer representative may be granted rights to upload static images,
such
as a PDF images. A parent user may be allowed to set read or write permission
settings for
their wards. A student user may be allowed to receive invitation email to
access a
yearbook, self-identify with an image in the yearbook, view the yearbook, add
messages to
the yearbook, receive message read notices, receive new message notices,
receive weekly
reminder of new messages or activities and report spam provide a Yearbooker
Entry. In
some embodiments, a school administrator may be provided with functionality to
designate
a Yearbooker administrator user.
Mobile Device
[0076]Referring now to Fig. 8, an illustration is provided with a controller
800 that
may be embodied in one or more of communications accessible devices and
utilized to
implement some embodiments of In some embodiments,. Communications accessible
devices may include, by way of example, a hand held device such as a cellular
phone, a pad
device, a personal computer, a server, a personal digital assistant, an
electronic reader
device or other programmable device.
[0077]The controller 800 comprises a processor unit 810, which may include one
or
more processors, coupled to a communication device 820 configured to
communicate via a
communication network, such as the Internet, or another cellular based network
such as a
3G or 4G network (not shown in FIG. 8). The communication device 820 may be
used to
communicate with a digital communications network, such as, for example, the
Internet
available via the Internet Protocol, or a cellular network such as 3G or 4G. .
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[0078]The processor 810 is also in communication with a storage device 830.
The
storage device 830 may comprise any appropriate information storage device,
including
combinations of electronic storage devices, such as, for example, one or more
of: hard disk
drives, optical storage devices, and semiconductor memory devices such as
Random
Access Memory (RAM) devices and Read Only Memory (ROM) devices.
[0079]The storage device 830 can store a program 840 for controlling the
processor
810. The processor 810 performs instructions of the program 840, and thereby
operates in
accordance with software instructions included in the program 840. The
processor 810
may also cause the communication device 820 to transmit information,
including, in some
instances, control commands to operate apparatus to implement the processes
described
above. The storage device 830 can additionally store related data in a
database 830A and
database 830B, as needed.
Network Diagram
[0080]Referring now to Fig. 9, a network diagram including a processing and
interface system 900 for generating a Yearbooker with static image data and
Spatial
Coordinates. The system 900 may comprise a Yearbooker server 940; support
servers 925,
930; Yearbooker static image and user data storage devices 951, 952, 953; and
network
access devices 905-915.
[0081]An image capture device 926 may provide static image data emulating
pages
of a yearbook volume to the Yearbooker Server 925. The Yearbooker Server 925
may
associate Spatial Coordinates to areas of respective emulated pages of the
yearbook
volume.
[0082]The network access devices 905-915 may allow a user to interface with
the
system 900. In some embodiments, the system 900 may be linked through a
variety of
networks. For example, a branch of the system, such as the Yearbooker provider
server
940, may have a separate communication system 945, wherein multiple network
access
devices 941-943 may communicate through a local area network (LAN) 944
connection.
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The local network access devices 941-943 may include a tablet, a personal
computer, a
computer, a mobile phone, a laptop, a mainframe, or other digital processing
device
[0083]The Virtual Yearbooker server 940 may connect to a separate
communications network 920, such as the Internet. Similarly, network access
devices 905-
915 may connect to the Virtual Yearbooker server 940 through a communications
network
920. The network access devices 905-915 may be operated by multiple parties.
For
example, a tablet network access device 915 may comprise a cellular tablet. A
laptop
computer network access device 910 may be a personal device owned by an
individual
User.
[0084]Accordingly, the servers 925, 930, 940 and network access devices 905-
915
are separate entities for illustrative purposes only. For example, the Virtual
Yearbooker
server 940 may be operated by the SDSP, and the Yearbooker servers 925, 930
may be
integrated into the Virtual Yearbooker server communication system 945. The
Virtual
Yearbooker may also provide a digital assistant network access device 915 to
Users.
Alternatively, the Virtual Yearbooker may only provide the access device 915
to users. In
some such aspects, the servers 925, 930, 940 may be operated by a third party
or multiple
third parties, such as, for example, the manufacturers of the Products carried
by the vendor.
[0085]Referring now to Fig. 10 a block diagram illustrating apparatus for
generating a Yearbooker is illustrated. A yearbook volume 1001, or other media
book is
converted by a digital image generator 1002. The digital image generator 1002
may
include, for example an image capture device that creates a static image of
respective pages
of the physical yearbook. The digital image generator 1002 may operate, by way
of non-
limiting example based upon charge-coupled device (CCD) input received from
the
respective pages of the yearbook or other physical volume. In some
embodiments, static
image data, such as a PDF image may be generated based upon electronic input.
[0086]A Yearbooker Server 1003 may receive the static image data of respective
pages of a yearbook and correlate areas of the respective pages with Spatial
Coordinates
1004-1005. Spatial Coordinates 1004-1005 may include, by way of non-limiting
example,
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one or more of: Cartesian Coordinates, such as an X-Y designation' and a Polar
Coordinate, such as a point on a plane determined by a distance from a fixed
point and an
angle from a fixed direction.
[0087]The Yearbooker Server may then receive Yearbooker Entries based upon a
page and Spatial coordinate according to the apparatus and methods discussed
herein.
[0088]Referring now to Fig. 11, in some embodiments, a Yearbooker Entry may
include an image of a user making the entry, wherein the image has enhanced
depth.
Enhanced depth may be generated by taking multiple image captures 1101 and
1102 with
each image capture taken at a different distance 1103 and 1104 respectively.
Post image
capture processing may process the captured image data and generate a post-
processed
image with enhanced depth.
[0089]Additional variations may include a Yearbooker Entry with a panorama of
image data. The panorama of image data may be captured via multiple image
capture
events (digital pictures) taken in a general arc type pattern around a
subject. Typically the
subject will include a person making a Yearbooker entry.
[0090]Referring now to Fig. 12, in some embodiments, a Yearbooker Entry
associated with a Spatial Coordinate and page may be periodically appended to
with
additional media input. For example, a picture of a student taken during a
high school
tenure may be accompanied by a picture of the same student at a follow up
event. A follow
up even may include, by way of example, a high school reunion, or other event.
Some
embodiments may also include multiple events 1201-1203 with respective updated
Yearbooker Entries, which may include the original event 1201 and two follow-
up events
1202, 1203.
Conclusion
[0091]A number of embodiments have been described. While this specification
contains many specific implementation details, there should not be construed
as limitations
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on the scope of any disclosures or of what may be claimed, but rather as
descriptions of
features specific to particular embodiments of In some embodiments,.
[0092]Certain features that are described in this specification in the context
of
separate embodiments can also be implemented in combination in a single
embodiment.
Conversely, various features that are described in the context of a single
embodiment can
also be implemented in combination in multiple embodiments separately or in
any suitable
sub-combination. Moreover, although features may be described above as acting
in certain
combinations and even initially claimed as such, one or more features from a
claimed
combination can in some cases be excised from the combination, and the claimed
combination may be directed to a sub-combination or variation of a sub-
combination.
[0093]Similarly, while operations are depicted in the drawings in a particular
order,
this should not be understood as requiring that such operations be performed
in the
particular order shown or in sequential order, or that all illustrated
operations be performed,
to achieve desirable results. In certain circumstances, multitasking and
parallel processing
may be advantageous.
[0094]Moreover, the separation of various system components in the embodiments
described above should not be understood as requiring such separation in all
embodiments,
and it should be understood that the described program components and systems
can
generally be integrated together in a single software product or packaged into
multiple
software products.
[0095]Thus, particular embodiments of the subject matter have been described.
Other embodiments are within the scope of the following claims. In some cases,
the
actions recited in the claims can be performed in a different order and still
achieve
desirable results. In addition, the processes depicted in the accompanying
figures do not
necessarily require the particular order show, or sequential order, to achieve
desirable
results. In certain implementations, multitasking and parallel processing may
be
advantageous. Nevertheless, it will be understood that various modifications
may be made
without departing from the spirit and scope of the claimed disclosure.
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