Satellite and central asset registry systems and methods and rights management systems

A system for managing rights and distribution of digital assets in a distributed repository framework, the system comprising:

• a plurality of federated repositories connected to a computer network,
• wherein each of the plurality of federated repositories maintains enterprise digital assets with metadata tags;
• a satellite repository, separate from the plurality of federated repositories, and connected to the computer network,
• wherein the satellite repository maintains a local digital asset with metadata tags;
• a central registry of digital assets,
• wherein the central registry of digital assets receives digital asset rights attributes, relationship attributes, asset identifiers, and location attributes concerning the enterprise digital assets from at least one of the plurality of federated repositories based on the metadata tags of the enterprise digital assets when an enterprise digital asset is saved to at least one of the plurality of federated repositories;
• a satellite registry of digital assets, separate from the central registry of digital assets;
• wherein the satellite registry of digital assets receives digital asset rights attributes, relationship attributes, asset identifiers, and location attributes concerning a local digital asset from the satellite repository based on the metadata tags of the local digital asset when a local digital asset is saved to the satellite repository;
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• wherein the satellite registry of digital assets registers the local digital asset as a local-only digital asset upon receiving an indication that the local digital asset will not be available throughout the enterprise;
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• the satellite registry of digital assets stores the digital asset rights attributes, the relationship attributes, asset identifiers, and location attributes of the digital asset to provide a local view of the digital asset in the satellite repository;
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• the central registry of digital assets registers the local digital asset as an enterprise digital asset upon receiving an indication that the local digital asset will be available throughout the enterprise;
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• the central registry of digital assets stores the digital asset rights attributes, the relationship attributes, asset identifiers, and location attributes of the digital asset to provide an enterprise-wide view of the digital assets in the plurality of federated repositories and the satellite repository that make up the system.