Method and system for providing a widget for displaying multimedia content

摘要

A system and computer implemented method for providing a widget for dynamically displaying multimedia content are described. The method and system include receiving a plurality of parameters for an ancestor widget of the widget. The ancestor widget is embeddable, copyable, and for dynamically displaying at least a portion of the multimedia content. The widget being a copy of the ancestor widget. The plurality of parameters relate to controlling modification of the widget. The method and system also include rendering the widget based on the plurality of parameters. In another aspect, the method and system include providing embeddable code based on a plurality of parameters for the ancestor widget of the widget. In this aspect, the widget is also rendered the widget based on the plurality of parameters.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method for providing a widget comprising:
receiving at a provider a plurality of parameters for an ancestor widget of the widget, the widget for dynamically displaying multimedia content, the ancestor widget being embeddable, copyable, for dynamically displaying at least a portion of the multimedia content, and having an ancestor widget owner, the widget being a copy of the ancestor widget and having a widget owner different from the ancestor widget owner, the plurality of parameters for controlling modification of the widget by an entity different from the ancestor widget owner, the provider being different from the widget owner and the ancestor widget owner; receiving at the provider an additional plurality of parameters for the widget from the widget owner, the additional plurality of parameters corresponding to the modification; and rendering the widget based on the plurality of parameters.