System and Method for Media-Centric and Monetizable Social Networking

Abstract

A method and system connects brands, users and communities via socially shared content elements that take the form of, for example, words, pictures/images, videos and/or audio objects. The method creates a social media engagement and distribution capability of dynamic, interactive impressions linking users to users and users to brands around shared “day in the life” moments. The spectrum of reach and range of content types combined with user daily lives creates a ubiquitous new web medium of social content. The user experience created by this method and system creates a sustainable stickiness for members, capturing, creating, sharing and responding to each other interactively in any communication format, at any time, in any place and for any reason.

1 . A computer-implemented method, comprising:
 obtaining, by a computer processor and via a network, a first media content object attributed to a first user;   outputting, by the processor and via a graphical user interface display arrangement for a second user, the obtained first media content object;   receiving, by the processor, user input by interaction with the graphical user interface display arrangement; and   based on the user input, recording and transmitting over the network, a second media content object in association with the first media content object;   wherein:
 the recording of the second media content object includes at least one of appending and inserting a tag selected by the user input from an inventory of tags, each of the tags linking to a respective media content object; and 
 the tag is associated with a posting rule that restricts media content objects to which the tag is able to be appended or into which the tag is insertable. 
   
     
     
         2 . A computer-implemented method, comprising:
 obtaining, by a computer processor and via a network, a first media content object attributed to a first user;   outputting, by the processor and via a graphical user interface display arrangement for a second user, the obtained first media content object;   receiving, by the processor, user input by interaction with the graphical user interface display arrangement; and   based on the user input, recording and transmitting over the network, a second media content object in association with the first media content object;   wherein:
 the recording of the second media content object includes at least one of appending and inserting a tag selected by the user input from an inventory of tags, each of the tags linking to a respective media content object; 
 at least one of the first media content object and a post in which the first media content object is presented is associated with a posting rule that restricts which of a plurality of tags is able to be associated with the at least one of the first media content object and the post; and 
 the at least one of appended and inserted tag is associated with the first media content object in response to a determination that the tag satisfies the posting rule. 
   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the rule restricts tags associable with the at least one of the first media object and the post to only tags in a tag store associated with an author of the at least one of the first media object and the post. 
     
     
         4 . A computer-implemented method, comprising:
 obtaining, by a computer processor, a tag from a store that includes a plurality of tags, the store being associated with a first user, the tag linking to a media content object; and   appending the tag, by the processor, to a post that is accessible via a network for consumption, wherein the appending is based on the association of the tag with the first user.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the post originates from an authoring the first user, and only tags by the first user are appendible to the post. 
     
     
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