Recording and Publishing Content on Social Media Websites

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for recording and publishing content on social networking websites and other websites include providing an imbedded link on a social networking webpage to media recorder software stored on an external server system, invoking the media recorder software within a displayed instance of the social networking webpage through an application programming interface for the social networking webpage, receiving a video stream defining video captured using the media recorder software at the external video management server system, generating and storing a video file using the received video stream at the external server system, selecting the stored video file for distribution via one or more communication networks, and providing the stored video file for display within displayed instances of webpages hosted on external web server systems.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 receiving a request to invoke media recorder software within a displayed instance of a video recorder interface on a mobile device, wherein the video recorder interface is implemented using an application on the mobile device;   establishing a connection to media recorder management software stored on a video management server system;   providing, using the media recorder software executing on the mobile device, a video recorder interface in response to the request, wherein the video recorder interface is adapted to allow a user to record video from within the displayed instance of the video recorder interface to the video management server system as the video is captured using the media recorder software executing on the mobile device;   receiving a video stream at the video management server system, wherein the video stream defines video captured using controls included in the video recorder interface and wherein the video stream is recorded using the media recorder software executing on the mobile device;   generating a video file using the received video stream; and storing the video file on the video management server system.   
     
     
         2 - 38 . (canceled)