Feedback system for visual content

US7788336B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Peter Ebert · Darmstadt, DE
• Michael Heinrich · Chicago, US
• Ian J. Kimbell · Malschenberg, DE
• Janaki Kumar · Palo Alto, US
• Steven Mann · New York, US
• Frederic Samson · Palo Alto, US
• Bernhard Schweizer · Darmstadt, DE
• Zia Yusuf · Los Altos, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 1, 2004
• Grant date: Aug 31, 2010
• Expiry date: Jun 25, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/02
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A feedback system for visual content is described that allows individual users to obtain feedback regarding selected visual content. A user of the system uploads any desired visual content, and associates the content with a feedback campaign having user-defined characteristics. The user also may associate feedback elements with the visual content, such as comments regarding the visual content or the type of feedback that is desired. The feedback system provides the visual content and feedback elements to selected other users, perhaps by sending a link to the other users via email. In this way, the receiving users may provide feedback regarding the visual content. In particular, the receiving users may generate a virtual note to be placed on a selected portion of the visual content, so as to provide comment specific to the selected portion. As a result, individual users are enabled to create and manage multiple feedback campaigns.