Content Depot
OwnerRyan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg +2inventors
InventorsRyan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg, Russell Ketchum, William Irvin
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Abstract
A system and method for delivery and management of live and pre-produced broadcasts is disclosed. Programming can be distributed in real time over a delivery medium (e.g., satellite). Stations can streamline program management using a depot. The depot may centralize storage and program retrieval. The depot can be of the form of a distributed content storage and management system. Alternatively, the depot may be located at a hub that can be used to capture and manage all broadcast content and associated data and meta-data which are non-radio content.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- centrally storing content for distribution to one or more radio stations;
- receiving a request for a content item from a requesting radio station;
- evaluating the request to determine if the requesting radio station is authorized to receive the content item;
- if so, providing the content item including converting one or more headers associated with the content item based on data associated with the requesting radio station.
A method comprising
- identifying content from plural sources for publication by one or more radio stations;
- aggregating the identified content in a central repository;
- controlling access to the aggregated content;
- receiving requests to access the identified content;
- identifying transfer controls associated with the publication of the accessed content;
- and
- transferring, in accordance with the transfer controls, content associated with requests upon verification of credentials associated with a requesting device.
A method comprising:
- aggregating content;
- marketing the content for distribution to one or more radio stations;
- receiving a selection of a content item;
- pre-processing the selected item in accordance with system parameters associated with a requesting system;
- and
- delivering the pre-processed item to the requesting system.
An apparatus comprising:
- a hub including
- a content depot, the content depot including designators for one or more content items that are available to authorized radio stations for play on the radio station;
- an interface communicatively coupled between the content depot and one or more radio stations;
- a user interface for managing content in the content depot including the inclusion of content in the depot by content providers and the selection of content by a radio station for inclusion in a playlist associated with the radio station;
- and
- a conversion engine operable to convert a content item or metadata associated with a content item in accordance with parameters associated with a requesting radio station wherein at least one parameter is an automation system type of a requesting radio station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.