1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving information from a plurality of entities which each has an interest in at least one corresponding digital asset; and
utilizing the information, populating a plurality of interfaces each associated with at least one of the entities, for facilitating transactions involving the at least one corresponding digital asset.
2. The method of claim 1, and further comprising logging in one of the entities.
3. The method of claim 2, and further comprising displaying a plurality of available digital assets in which the logged entity has an interest, utilizing a graphical user interface.
4. The method of claim 3, and further comprising receiving from the logged entity a selection of at least a subset of the available digital assets, utilizing the graphical user interface.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the selected subset of available digital assets is displayed for facilitating transactions involving the selected subset of available digital assets.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the interfaces includes an integrated presentation module for presenting a plurality of digital assets that are capable of being the subject of transactions performed utilizing the associated interface.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the entities are selected from the group consisting of a person, a group of people, and a business.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one corresponding digital asset is selected from the group consisting of video, audio, an image, a publication, lyrics, and a composition.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the information is received utilizing a registration process performed by the entities.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein the information is received utilizing a network.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein the information identifies the at least one corresponding digital asset.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein the information includes a name of a corresponding interface.
13. The method of claim 1, wherein the information includes a price of the at least one corresponding digital asset.
14. The method of claim 1, wherein the information includes a branding associated with the at least one corresponding digital asset.
15. The method of claim 1, wherein the transactions include a purchase of the at least one corresponding digital asset.
16. The method of claim 1, wherein each interface is displayed in conjunction with a website associated with a corresponding one of the entities.
17. The method of claim 1, wherein each interface is embedded in a website associated with a corresponding one of the entities.
18. A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium, comprising:
computer code for receiving information from a plurality of entities which each has an interest in at least one corresponding digital asset; and
computer code for utilizing the information to populate a plurality of interfaces each associated with at least one of the entities, for facilitating transactions involving the at least one corresponding digital asset.
19. A system, comprising:
a processor for populating a plurality of interfaces each associated with at least one of a plurality of entities which each has an interest in at least one corresponding digital asset, using information received from the entities, for facilitating transactions involving the at least one corresponding digital asset.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A computer implemented method, performed by a computer system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors, the method comprising:
presenting information representing a plurality of time-bounded events in (i) a first grid and (ii) a second grid, wherein
(A) the first grid has a first size, and
the first grid represents a first set of time-bounded events in the plurality of time-bounded events, and
(B) the second grid has a second size smaller than the first size,
the second grid represents a second set of time-bounded events in the plurality of time-bounded events, and
the second set of time-bounded events includes a greater number of time-bounded events than the first set of time-bounded events.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the information representing a plurality of time-bound events is responsive to a search query, wherein
the search results of the search query are presented in the second grid and a subset of the search results is presented in the first grid using a predefined scheme for visually identifying the search results and a subset of the search results.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the predefined scheme is a color scheme for displaying different subsets of the search results using different colors.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein the predefined scheme is a highlighting scheme for displaying different subsets of the search results using highlighting methods.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the information representing a plurality of time-bound events is responsive to a search query, wherein
the search results are presented in the second grid using a predefined scheme for visually distinguishing the search results in accordance with relevance to the search query; and
events presented in the first grid that correspond to the search results are visually distinguish in accordance with the predefined scheme.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the predefined scheme includes visual distinctions between search results having different levels of relevance.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of time-bounded events comprises scheduled presentations of multimedia content.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of time-bounded events comprises television shows scheduled for broadcast in a predefined time period.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein an axis of the first grid corresponds to television channels and an axis of the second grid corresponds to time.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of time-bounded events comprises data resulting from a search of a database in accordance with a search query.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the search query is a user specified search query.
12. The method of claim 10, wherein the search query comprises a predefined search query.
13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
responding to a user action of hovering a pointer over time-bounded event displayed in the second grid by displaying additional information corresponding to the time-bounded event.
14. The method of claim 13, further comprising acquiring additional data from a server corresponding to the displayed additional information.
15. A system for presenting information representing a plurality of time-bounded events, comprising:
memory;
one or more processors; and
one or more modules stored in memory and configured for execution by the one or more processors, the one or modules comprising instructions for:
presenting the information representing the plurality of time-bounded events in (i) a first grid and (ii) a second grid, wherein
(A) the first grid has a first size, and
the first grid represents a first set of time-bounded events in the plurality of time-bounded events, and
(B) the second grid has a second size smaller than the first size,
the second grid represents a second set of time-bounded events in the plurality of time-bounded events, and
the second set of time-bounded events includes a greater number of time-bounded events than the first set of time-bounded events.
16. The system of claim 15, wherein the information representing a plurality of time-bound events is responsive to a search query, wherein
the search results of the search query are presented in the second grid and a subset of the search results is presented in the first grid using a predefined scheme for visually identifying the search results and a subset of the search results.
17. The system of claim 16, wherein the predefined scheme includes visual distinctions between search results having different levels of relevance.
18. The system of claim 15, wherein the plurality of time-bounded events comprises scheduled presentations of multimedia content.
19. The system of claim 15, wherein the plurality of time-bounded events comprises television shows scheduled for broadcast in a predefined time period.
20. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs for execution by one or more processors of a computer system for presenting information representing a plurality of time-bounded events, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:
presenting the information representing the plurality of time-bounded events in (i) a first grid and (ii) a second grid, wherein
(A) the first grid has a first size, and
the first grid represents a first set of time-bounded events in the plurality of time-bounded events, and
(B) the second grid has a second size smaller than the first size,
the second grid represents a second set of time-bounded events in the plurality of time-bounded events, and
the second set of time-bounded events includes a greater number of time-bounded events than the first set of time-bounded events.