Seamless upload and ingest of release forms from a mobile device to a digital media system

A system for managing a media library, comprising:

• a mobile device, for:
• enabling a contributor of media items to the media library to prepare a release form;
• and
• uploading the release form to a server computer;
• a server computer for:
• receiving media items from a client computer and storing them in a media library, the media library comprising (1) a collection of media items, (2) a collection of release forms, and (3) a media database comprising a record for each media item, the record including metadata about the media item, said metadata including information about release forms associated with the media item;
• and
• receiving from a client computer different than said mobile device, a selection of one or more media items from the media library, and a designation of a release form;
• for each of the selected one or more media items, associating the respective media item with the designated release form by updating the media database record for the respective media item to indicate the association;
• receiving a request from a customer computer on behalf of a customer to license one of the selected media items;
• providing information to the customer computer about the availability for licensing of the selected media item based at leat in part on information in the release form associated with the selected media item;
• a contributor computer for:
• uploading, by the contributor, media items to the sever computer to be stored in the media library;
• and
• enabling the contributor to select one or more media items in the media library and to designate a release form to associate with each of the selected media items;
• and
• a customer computer for issuing a request to the server computer on behalf of a customer to license one of the selected media items.

A network device for associating a release form with a media item in a media library, comprising:

• a transceiver to send and receive data over a network;
• and
• a processor that is operative to perform actions, comprising:
• receiving over the network from a mobile device a release form;
• storing the release form in the media library, the media library comprising (1) a collection of media items, (2) a collection of release forms, and (3) a media database comprising a record for each media item, the record including metadata about the media item, said metadata including information about release forms associated with the media item;
• receiving over the network from a client computer, different than the mobile device, media items from a contributor of media items to the media library;
• storing the media items in the media library;
• and
• receiving from the client computer a selection of one or more media items from the media library and the designation of a release form;
• for each of the selected one or more media items, associating the respective media item with the designated release form by updating the media database record for the respective media item to indicate the association
• receiving a request from a customer computer on behalf of a customer, to license one of the selected media items;
• and
• providing information to the customer computer about the availability for licensing of the selected media item based at least in part on information in the release form associated with the selected media item.