System for managing content delivered over a network
First Claim
1. A system for managing the delivery of content over a network comprising:
- a station and playlist module for managing the content delivered by one or more stations over the network, the type of content that may be delivered by each of the stations being specified by a playlist for that station, wherein at least one of said stations includes two or more playlists and only one of said two or more playlists specifies the content that may be delivered by that station at any one time.
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Abstract
A system is provided for managing the delivery of content over a network, particularly songs or music over the Internet. A station and playlist module manages the content delivered by a number of stations over the network, the type of content that may be delivered by each of the stations being specified by a playlist for that station. Preferably, at least one station includes two or more playlists and only one of those playlists specifies the content that may be delivered by that station at any one time. A database that stores information describing the content or songs that stations can deliver may be searched by users who may also request new content when a particular song is not found. Also, preferably there are at least two categories of system users including a first user category having full access privileges and a second user category having less than full access privileges but having access privileges to create and edit at least one station playlist.
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25 Claims
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1. A system for managing the delivery of content over a network comprising:
- a station and playlist module for managing the content delivered by one or more stations over the network, the type of content that may be delivered by each of the stations being specified by a playlist for that station, wherein at least one of said stations includes two or more playlists and only one of said two or more playlists specifies the content that may be delivered by that station at any one time.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for managing the delivery of content over a network comprising:
- a database for storing information describing the content able to be delivered by one or more stations over the network, and a request module for allowing a user of the system to request new content, not described by information stored in the database.
- View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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15. A system for managing the delivery of content over a network comprising:
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a station module for managing the content delivered by one or more stations over the network, the type of content that may be delivered by each of the stations being specified by a playlist for that station; and
a user module for managing the operational access granted to users of the system, the user module classifying users into at least two categories including a first user category having full access privileges to the system and a second user category having less than full access privileges to the system, wherein a user in the second user category is provided with access privileges to create and edit at least one playlist for a station.
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20. A system for managing the delivery of song content over a network comprising:
- a content categorization module allowing a user to assign song content, based on an artist of each song, into supergenre and genre categories, each genre category being assigned to only one supergenre category and each artist being assignable to any number of genres; and
a station module for managing the content delivery by one or more stations over the network;
wherein each station is also assignable to any number of genres. - View Dependent Claims (21)
- a content categorization module allowing a user to assign song content, based on an artist of each song, into supergenre and genre categories, each genre category being assigned to only one supergenre category and each artist being assignable to any number of genres; and
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22. A system for managing the delivery of song content over a network comprising:
- a station and playlist module for managing the content delivered by one or more stations over the network, and a reporting module for compiling data based on the content broadcast by each of the one or more stations including data relating to the popularity of specific content with listeners of the stations.
- View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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