Method and system for checking content before dissemination
First Claim
1. A method of checking content comprising:
- placing content in electronic form thereby creating an electronic content file on a first computer system;
storing the electronic content file in a content medium on the first computer system;
completing a submission form, the submission form describing the content medium and indicating one or more recipients of the content medium, the submission form completed by a submitter;
transmitting the content medium and the submission form to the one or more recipients;
a recipient collecting feedback data on the electronic file content stored on the content medium; and
transmitting the feedback data to the submitter.
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Abstract
A content checking system for evaluating content sponsored by a content sponsor and intended to be checked by a content disseminator or third-party before the content is disseminated is described. The system allows a content sponsor to submit content in an electronic form to a content checking service provider and have the content distributed to various recipients which may also be the content disseminators. Feedback is collected by the recipients and transmitted back to the submitter via the service provider. The content is distributed in an efficient manner, typically over a computer network, such as the Internet, and feedback on the content is collected, formatted in a manner that is appropriate for the submitter, and transmitted to the submitter via the service provider. In a preferred embodiment, the content checking system is used for clearance of commercials or any type of content intended to be exhibited on television. The content sponsor is an advertiser who may produce the commercial itself or have an agency produce the commercial. The commercial is sent to a content disseminator such as a television broadcaster (e.g., ABC, Fox, NBC, etc.). The clearance department at the broadcaster collects comments on the commercials and sends the feedback back to the advertiser via the clearance service provider.
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35 Claims
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1. A method of checking content comprising:
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placing content in electronic form thereby creating an electronic content file on a first computer system;
storing the electronic content file in a content medium on the first computer system;
completing a submission form, the submission form describing the content medium and indicating one or more recipients of the content medium, the submission form completed by a submitter;
transmitting the content medium and the submission form to the one or more recipients;
a recipient collecting feedback data on the electronic file content stored on the content medium; and
transmitting the feedback data to the submitter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of checking content comprising:
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receiving an electronic package from a submitter, the electronic package containing at least one content item;
viewing a content item;
entering a comment on the content item;
collecting further comments from one or more entities; and
transmitting the comment and the further comments to the submitter. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A method of performing clearance comprising:
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encoding a spot thereby creating an electronic spot file on a first computer system;
assigning an identifier to the electronic spot file;
associating the electronic spot file and identifier with a content medium;
entering a spot count in a submission form corresponding to the content medium, the spot count corresponding to the number of electronic spot files associated with the content medium;
entering one or more recipients of the content medium in the submission form;
transmitting the content medium to the one or more recipients;
evaluating the electronic spot file on a second computer system; and
transmitting feedback relating to the electronic spot file. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of performing clearance comprising:
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transmitting an electronic package from a sender to a recipient;
completing a submission form describing the electronic package and containing a list of recipients;
receiving the electronic package;
collecting feedback on the electronic package; and
transmitting the feedback to the sender. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A computer system for checking content comprising:
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one or more processors; and
one or more memory storage areas containing;
a conversion program for converting a content into an electronic content file;
a submitter form;
a distribution program for distributing the electronic content file and the submitter form to one or more entities; and
an access program for accessing the electronic content file and enabling the attachment of a comment to the electronic content file. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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31. A content checking system comprising:
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a submitter form;
an electronic content file;
a content medium for storing the electronic content file and the submitter form;
a distribution program for distributing the content medium;
an access program for accessing the content medium and playing the electronic content file; and
a feedback form.
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32. A method of checking content comprising:
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placing content in a physical form thereby creating a physical content package;
completing a submission form, the submission form describing the content package and indicating one or more recipients of the content package, the submission form completed by a submitter;
sending the content package and the submission form to the one or more recipients;
a recipient collecting feedback data on the content package; and
transmitting the feedback data to the submitter. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35)
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