Managed assessment of submitted digital content

• US 10,489,734 B2
• Filed: 03/20/2015
• Issued: 11/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Yen, Andrew C., Erlewine, Daniel D., Malaer, Dita R., Finke, Eric C., Suitts, Jason R., Kamath, Jaya, Muller, III, Max M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Wilson
• Application Number:
  US14/663,818
• Publication Number:
  US 20150262108A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,712 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06395 Quality analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/00 Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism healthcare informatics G16H
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/184 Intellectual property management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

Methods and systems for managing assessment of media content electronically submitted to a network-based media distribution system. A submitter can prepare a media package that is associated with a particular media asset (e.g. media title), and then electronically submit the media package to the media distribution system. The media distribution system can then process the media package to produce various components that are used by the media distribution system to electronically distribute media content of the media asset. According to one aspect, the media distribution system can manage a review process on the various components so that the components can be individually approved or rejected. According to another aspect, embodiments pertain to a reviewer'"'"'s workspace that can assist a user in reviewing the submitted media content. According to still another aspect, embodiments can utilize a plurality of reviewers to review various media assets that have been submitted.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for reviewing digital assets to be made available through a media distribution system, the method comprising:

receiving, at one or more processors, component data for a first digital asset, the component data comprising a plurality of encoded media files for the first digital asset;

validating, prior to submission to a reviewer device, that the component data for the first digital asset satisfies one or more requirements;

causing display of a user interface to present two or more non-approved media files of the plurality of encoded media files for the first digital asset included in the component data, wherein the user interface is configured to present each of the two or more non-approved media files of the first digital asset to be reviewed separately from each other; and

making available the first digital asset for distribution by the media distribution system in response to receiving messages indicating approval of each of a designated subset of files of the plurality of encoded media files for the first digital asset, wherein the designated subset is associated with a particular geographical region, and wherein making available the first digital asset for distribution by the media distribution system includes making available the first digital asset for distribution to the particular geographical region.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the method comprises:

recording an approval or rejection for each of the two or more non-approved media files.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the method comprises:

receiving an approval for at least one but not all of the two or more non-approved media files of the component data; and

recording the approval for the at least one but not all of the two or more non-approved media files of the component data.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the user interface is configured to support individual playback of the two or more non-approved media files of the component data.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the two or more non-approved media files include a first file and a second file, the first file storing a first version of video content of the first digital asset and the second file storing a second version of the video content of the first digital asset.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, wherein the first version of the video content has a first resolution and the second version of the video content has a second resolution.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the two or more non-approved media files include a first file and a second file, the first file storing a first version of audio content of the first digital asset and the second file storing a second version of the audio content of the first digital asset.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 16, wherein the first version of the audio content includes dialogue recorded in a first language and the second version of the audio content has includes the dialogue recorded in a second language.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the two or more non-approved media files include a first file and a second file, the first file storing audio content of the first digital asset and the second file storing video content of the first digital asset.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving one or more messages indicating rejection of a first media file of the two or more non-approved media files and approval of a second media file of the two or more non-approved media files; and

transmitting a request for resubmission of one or more rejected media files associated with the first digital asset, the request identifying the first media file in response to the rejection.

5. A method for reviewing digital media files for a media asset to be made available to or at a media distribution system, the method comprising:

selecting, at one or more processors, a component set associated with a first digital asset for review, the selected component set comprising two or more non-approved media files of the first digital asset;

validating, prior to submission to a reviewer device, that the component set associated with the first digital asset satisfies one or more validation requirements;

assigning the component set to the reviewer device;

presenting, via a user interface associated with the reviewer device, metadata of the first digital asset associated with the selected component set;

receiving an indication of approval, rejection, or modification of the metadata of the first digital asset;

presenting, via the user interface, the two or more non-approved media files of the first digital asset for review, wherein the user interface is configured to present each of the two or more non-approved media files of the first digital asset to be reviewed separately from each other;

receiving an indication of approval or rejection of individual media files from the two or more non-approved media files of the first digital asset; and

making available the first digital asset for distribution by the media distribution system in response to receiving messages indicating approval of each of a designated subset of files of the two or more non-approved media files for the first digital asset, wherein the designated subset is associated with a particular geographical region, and wherein making available the first digital asset for distribution by the media distribution system includes making available the first digital asset for distribution to the particular geographical region.

6. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein receiving the indication of approval or rejection of the individual media files of the two or more non-approved media files comprises:

receiving an approval indication with a problem for at least one of the individual media files.

7. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein receiving the indication of approval or rejection of the individual media files of the two or more non-approved media files comprises:

receiving a selection of one of the individual media files; and

receiving an indication of a problem with the selected media file.

8. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein receiving the indication of approval or rejection of the individual media files of the two or more non-approved media files comprises:

after receiving the indication of the problem, receiving an indication of approval of the selected media file.

9. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein receiving the indication of approval or rejection of the individual media files of the two or more non-approved media files comprises:

after receiving the indication of the problem, receiving an indication of rejection of the selected media file.

10. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein the first digital asset is associated with a content provider, and wherein receiving the indication of approval or rejection of the individual media files of the two or more non-approved media files comprises:

after receiving the indication of the problem, receiving an indication of rejection of the selected media file; and

notifying the content provider of the problem with the selected media file.

11. At least one non-transitory computer readable medium comprising:

instructions stored thereon, which when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

receive component data for a first digital asset, the component data comprising a plurality of media files of the first digital asset;

prior to submission to a reviewer device, validate that the component data for the first digital asset satisfies one or more validation requirements;

generate a user interface to display two or more non-approved media files of the plurality of media files of the first digital asset included in the component data, wherein the user interface is configured to present each of the two or more non-approved media files of the component data to be reviewed separately;

receive one or more messages indicating individual approval of one or more of the two or more non-approved media files of the component data; and

make available the first digital asset for distribution by a media distribution system in response to receiving messages indicating approval of each of a designated subset of files of the plurality of media files for the first digital asset, wherein the designated subset is associated with a particular geographical region, and wherein making available the first digital asset for distribution by the media distribution system includes making available the first digital asset for distribution to the particular geographical region.

12. At least one non-transitory computer readable medium comprising:

instructions stored thereon, which when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

select a component set for review, the component being associated with a first digital asset, the component set comprising two or more non-approved digital media files of the first digital asset;

validate, prior to submission to a reviewer device, that the component set associated with the first digital asset satisfies one or more validation requirements;

assign the component set to a reviewer;

present, via a user interface associated with the reviewer device, metadata of the first digital asset associated with the component set;

receive a first indication of approval, rejection, or modification of the metadata of the first digital asset;

present, via the user interface, the two or more non-approved digital media files of the component set for review, wherein the user interface is configured to present each of the two or more non-approved digital media files of the component set to be reviewed separately from each other;

receive an indication of approval or rejection of individual media files from the two or more non-approved digital media files; and

make available the first digital asset for distribution by a media distribution system in response to receiving messages indicating approval of each of a designated subset of files of the two or more non-approved digital media files for the first digital asset, wherein the designated subset is associated with a particular geographical region, and wherein making available the first digital asset for distribution by the media distribution system includes making available the first digital asset for distribution to the particular geographical region.

13. A computer-implemented method for reviewing digital media assets comprising:

receiving, at one or more processors, a submission of component data comprising two or more electronic files for a first digital asset;

validating that the component data satisfies one or more requirements;

individually encoding each of the two or more electronic files into one or more encoding formats to yield a plurality of encoded electronic files;

upon validation that the component data satisfies the one or more requirements and encoding each of the two or more electronic files, initiating display of a user interface configured to present the two or more encoded electronic files to be reviewed separately from each other; and

making available the first digital asset for distribution by a media distribution system in response to receiving messages indicating approval of each of a designated subset of files of the two or more electronic files for the first digital asset, wherein the designated subset is associated with a particular geographical region, and wherein making available the first digital asset for distribution by the media distribution system includes making available the first digital asset for distribution to the particular geographical region.