US 10,219,046 B2Granted

Distribution management for media content assets

AssigneePremiere Digital Services, Inc.

InventorErik David Anderson

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Abstract

A method, system, and framework provide the ability to distribute media content. Title information for a media asset is acquired into a computer database. Distribution requirements (e.g., file requirements for files required to distribute the media asset) for retailers and territories are maintained in the database. Desired retailers are selected. Based on the title information and the desired retailers, territories with distribution requirements that match the title information are automatically selected. File requirements for the selected desired retailers and selected territories are displayed. An order is created (the order is based on the title information, the selected desired retailers, the selected territories, and the file requirements). Files identified by the file requirements are received. Based on the order, the received files are automatically submitted (for distribution of the media asset) to the selected retailers.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method for distributing media content comprising:

acquiring, into a computer database, title information for a media asset;
maintaining in the computer database, distribution requirements for one or more retailers and one or more territories, wherein the distribution requirements comprise one or more file requirements for one or more files required to distribute the media asset;
selecting one or more desired retailers from the one or more retailers;
based on the title information and the one or more desired retailers, automatically selecting one or more territories with distribution requirements that match the title information, wherein the title information comprises an original spoken language of the media asset;
displaying the one or more file requirements for the selected one or more desired retailers and the selected one or more territories, wherein the displaying the file requirements comprises interactively indicating whether one or more of the one or more files is available, is not available, or should be automatically created including displaying a cost associated with a creation of the one or more files;
creating an order, wherein the creating is based on the title information, the selected one or more desired retailers, the selected one or more territories, and the one or more file requirements, wherein the title information comprises one or more languages of the one or more files that are to be included in the order, and wherein the automatically selecting the one or more territories comprises selecting the one or more territories with language requirements that match the one or more languages of the one or more files that are to be included in the order;
receiving the one or more files identified by the one or more file requirements;
and
based on the order, automatically submitting the one or more received files for distribution of the media asset via the selected one or more retailers in the one or more territories.

6 more elements

A computer system for distributing media content comprising:

(a) a computer;
(b) a computer database, executing on the computer, comprising distribution requirements for one or more retailers and one or more territories, wherein the distribution requirements comprise one or more file requirements for one or more files required to distribute the media asset;
(c)a server application, executing on the computer and communicatively coupled to the database that:
(1) acquires title information for a media asset;
(2) selects one or more desired retailers from the one or more retailers;
(3) based on the title information and the one or more desired retailers, automatically selects one or more territories with distribution requirements that match the title information, wherein the title information comprises an original spoken language of the media asset;
(4) displays, on a display device, the one or more file requirements for the selected one or more desired retailers and the selected one or more territories, wherein the displaying the file requirements comprises interactively indicating whether one or more of the one or more files is available, is not available, or should be automatically created including displaying a cost associated with a creation of the one or more files;
(5) creates an order, wherein the creating is based on the title information, the selected one or more desired retailers, the selected one or more territories, and the one or more file requirements, wherein the title information comprises one or more languages of the one or more files that are to be included in the order, and wherein the server application automatically selects the one or more territories by selecting the one or more territories with language requirements that match the one or more languages of the one or more files that are to be included in the order;
(6) receives the one or more files identified by the one or more file requirements and stores the received one or more files in the database;
and
(7) based on the order, automatically submits the one or more received files for distribution of the media asset via the selected one or more retailers in the one or more territories.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/406,311Filed 13 Jan 2017 · us provisional application
Priority: 15 Jan 2016
Published: US 2017/0208367 A120 Jul 2017
Granted: 26 Feb 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification18 codes

H04N 21/658
Transmission of management data between client and server: transmission by the client directed to the server
G06F 16/29
Of structured data, e.g. relational data: geographical information databases
G06F 16/735
Querying: filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
G06F 16/738
Querying: presentation of query results