Digital asset management for enterprises

• US 10,089,398 B2
• Filed: 07/12/2017
• Issued: 10/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: David Kelsey
• Original Assignee: David Kelsey
• Inventors: Kelsey, David, Behr, John Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): Peng, Huawen A
• Application Number:
  US15/647,683
• Publication Number:
  US 20170308616A1
• Time in Patent Office: 447 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/105 Multiple levels of security
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1085 involving dynamic management of active down- or uploading connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/30 Profiles

Abstract

Systems and method for managing digital assets for a plurality of enterprises. The system may include enterprise profiles for each of the enterprises. Each enterprise profile can include one or more cost centers representative of divisions of the enterprise. Assets can be organized within cost centers within containers and folders. The arrangement of containers and folders can be representative of an organization structure of a division of the enterprise. Access to assets within the cost center can be determined by an access control module and be based on user-level and container-level permissions.

Claims

1. A system for managing digital assets of an enterprise, the system comprising:

at least one database to store digital assets;

at least one processor; and

at least one computer storage medium storing computer program modules to execute on the at least one processor, the computer program modules comprising;

an enterprise customization module including an application programming interface (API), the enterprise customization module configured to;

generate an enterprise profile corresponding to an enterprise;

generate user profiles for the enterprise profile by communicating, using an authorization and authentication language, with a directory service application of the enterprise, each respective user profile corresponding to an employee of the enterprise, each respective user profile including respective user-level permissions according to information received from the directory service application of the enterprise;

generate at least one cost center profile for the enterprise profile, each respective cost center profile corresponding to a respective division of the enterprise, each respective cost center profile including respective containers and respective folders, each respective container including respective container-level permissions; and

generate an API key for the enterprise profile based on an API password;

an upload module to ingest digital assets into the system;

a search module to query the digital assets from the at least one database; and

an access control module to control a user'"'"'s access to a container according to the user-level permissions of the user'"'"'s user profile and the container-level permissions of the container.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein a container within a cost center profile corresponds to an organizational structure of the division of the enterprise corresponding to the cost center profile.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the containers include at least one of:

containers, folders, and digital assets; and

wherein the folders include at least one of;

folders and digital assets.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the user-level permissions define a set of permissible actions corresponding to the user profile and the container-level permissions define a set of permissible actions corresponding to the container.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the container-level permissions supersede the user-level permissions such that where the container-level permissions of a container conflict with the user-level permissions of a user profile, access to the container is controlled according to the container-level permissions.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the container includes an override option which, when selected, causes the access control module to prioritize the container-level permissions over the user-level permissions such that where the container-level permissions of a container conflict with the user-level permissions of a user profile, access to the container is controlled according to the container-level permissions.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the user profile includes an override option which, when selected, causes the access control module to prioritize the user-level permissions over the container-level permissions such that where the container-level permissions of a container conflict with the user-level permissions of a user profile, access to the container is controlled according to the user-level permissions.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the enterprise customization module is further to receive at least one API uniform resource locators (URLs);

and

wherein a request to access the system via the API must be authenticated by the API key and must originate from one of the at least one API URLs.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the upload module is to:

receive at least one digital asset to upload into the enterprise profile;

receive descriptive information corresponding to the at least one digital asset;

extract asset metadata from the at least one digital asset;

generate system metadata for the at least one digital asset based on at least one of;

the descriptive information, and the asset metadata for each of the at least one digital asset; and

store the at least one digital asset and the system metadata in the at least one database and associate the at least one digital asset with a cost structure profile corresponding to the enterprise profile.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the search module is to:

present a search user interface for searching the at least one database;

receive, via the search user interface, a search description;

generate a search query based on the search description; and

generate search results based on the search query, the search results comprising at least one digital asset.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the search module is further to:

generate search metadata based on system metadata associated with the search results;

present, via the search user interface, at least one filter according to the search metadata;

receive, via the search user interface, a selection of a filter from the at least one filter; and

present filtered search results based on the selected filter, the filtered search results comprising a subset of the search results.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer program modules further comprise a workspace module to:

receive a selection of a digital asset;

export a copy of the digital asset from the at least one database to a workspace wherein a modified copy of the digital asset is developed; and

import the modified copy of the digital asset into the at least one database.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the workspace is hosted on a database distinct from the at least one database.

14. A method for managing digital assets of an enterprise, the method comprising:

generating an enterprise profile corresponding to an enterprise;

generating user profiles for the enterprise profile by communicating, using an authorization and authentication language, with a directory service application of the enterprise, each respective user profile corresponding to an employee of the enterprise, each respective user profile including respective user-level permissions according to information received from the directory service application of the enterprise;

generating at least one cost center profile for the enterprise profile, each respective cost center profile corresponding to a respective division of the enterprise, each respective cost center profile including respective containers and respective folders, each respective container including respective container-level permissions;

uploading at least one digital asset into at least one database, the at least one digital asset corresponding to the enterprise profile and organized within a corresponding cost center profile of the enterprise profile;

querying digital assets from the at least one database;

controlling a user'"'"'s access to a container according to the user-level permissions of the user'"'"'s user profile and the container-level permissions of the container;

receiving an application programming interface (API) password; and

generating an API key for the enterprise profile based on the API password, the API key associated with an API of the enterprise.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising arranging the containers of each cost center profile to correspond to an organizational structure of the division of the enterprise corresponding to the cost center profile.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the containers include at least one of:

containers, folders, and digital assets; and

wherein the folders include at least one of;

folders and digital assets.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising defining a set of permissible actions associated with the user profile and defining a set of permissible actions associated with the container.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the container-level permissions supersede the user-level permissions such that where the container-level permissions of a container conflict with the user-level permissions of a user profile, access to the container is controlled according to the container-level permissions.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the container includes an override option which, when selected, causes the container-level permissions to supersede the user-level permissions such that where the container-level permissions of a container conflict with the user-level permissions of a user profile, access to the container is controlled according to the container-level permissions.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein the user profile includes an override option which, when selected, causes the user-level permissions to supersede the container-level permissions such that where the container-level permissions of a container conflict with the user-level permissions of a user profile, access to the container is controlled according to the user-level permissions.

21. The method of claim 14, further comprising receiving at least one API uniform resource locator (URL) and controlling access to the enterprise profile based on the API key and the at least one API URL.

22. The method of claim 14, wherein uploading the at least one digital asset into the at least one database comprises:

receiving at least one digital asset to upload into the enterprise profile;

receiving descriptive information corresponding to the at least one digital asset;

extracting asset metadata from each of the at least one digital asset;

generating system metadata for each of the at least one digital assets based on at least one of;

the descriptive information; and

the asset metadata for each of the at least one digital asset; and

storing the at least one digital asset and the system metadata in the at least one database and associate the at least one digital assets with an enterprise file storage structure corresponding to the enterprise profile.

23. The method of claim 14, wherein querying assets from the at least one database comprises:

presenting a search user interface for searching the at least one database;

receiving, via the search user interface, a search criteria;

generating a search query based on the search criteria; and

generating search results based on the search query, the search results comprising at least one digital asset.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein querying assets from the at least one database further comprises:

generating search metadata based on system metadata corresponding to the search results;

presenting, via the search user interface, at least one filter according to the search metadata;

receiving, via the search user interface, a selection of a filter; and

presenting filtered search results based on the selected filter, the filtered search results comprising a subset of the search results.

25. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

receiving a selection of a digital asset;

exporting a copy of the digital asset from the at least one database to a workspace wherein a modified copy of the digital asset is developed; and

importing the modified copy of the digital asset into the at least one database.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the workspace is hosted on a database distinct from the at least one database.

27. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:

generate an enterprise profile corresponding to an enterprise;

generate user profiles for the enterprise profile by communicating, using an authorization and authentication language, with a directory service application of the enterprise, each respective user profile corresponding to an employee of the enterprise, each respective user profile including respective user-level permissions according to information received from the directory service application of the enterprise;

generate at least one cost center profile for the enterprise profile, each respective cost center profile corresponding to a respective division of the enterprise, each respective cost center profile including respective containers and respective folders, each respective container including respective container-level permissions;

upload at least one digital asset into at least one database, the at least one digital asset corresponding to the enterprise profile and organized within a corresponding cost center profile of the enterprise profile;

query digital assets from the at least one database;

control a user'"'"'s access to a container according to the user-level permissions of the user'"'"'s user profile and the container-level permissions of the container;

receive an application programming interface (API) password; and

generate an API key for the enterprise profile based on the API password, the API key associated with an API of the enterprise.