Method for validating the broadcasting conditions of content from a third party

• US 20060023124A1
• Filed: 06/24/2003
• Published: 02/02/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nagravision SA (Kudelski SA)
• Original Assignee: Nagravision SA (Kudelski SA)
• Inventors: Mellier, Pierre, Rapin, Gilles
• Granted Patent: US 7,627,575 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/725
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/14 for monitoring programmes

Abstract

The aim of the present invention is to propose a method and the means to receive contractual conditions from the supplier of the content, in order to verify and validate them at the time of the preparation of the diffusion of these content by a diffuser.

This aim is reached by a method for validating the broadcasting conditions of digital content, by means of a diffuser (D) having a first data unit (T3) describing the structural configuration, a second data unit (T2) describing the operational conditions of the diffuser (D) and a third data unit (T1) describing the conditions defined by the supplier (F), this method including the following steps:

• • reception of the conditions (T1) defined by the supplier for at least one digital content and storage of these conditions in a database of the diffuser (D), during the planning preparation of the digital content, introduction of the foreseen diffusion parameters of said digital content, said parameters comprising characteristics of the different material modules provided for diffusion, request to the database to extract the first, second and third data units, validation of the foreseen diffusion by verifying the second and third conditions with the foreseen diffusion parameters and the first data unit, and emitting a corresponding report (RP).

Claims

1. Method for validating the broadcasting conditions of digital content, by means of a diffuser having a first data unit describing the structural configuration, a second data unit describing the operational conditions of the diffuser and a third data unit describing the conditions defined by the supplier, this method including the following steps:

reception of the conditions defined by the supplier for at least one digital content and storage of these conditions in a database of the diffuser,

during the planning preparation of the digital content, introduction of the foreseen diffusion parameters of said digital content, said parameters comprising characteristics of the different material modules provided for diffusion,

request to the database to extract the first, second and third data units,

validation of the foreseen diffusion by verifying the second and third conditions with the foreseen diffusion parameters and the first data unit, and emitting a corresponding report.

2. Method according to claim 1, wherein it includes a surveillance step of the effective diffusion and of the storage of the effective diffusion parameters.

3. Method according to claim 2, wherein it includes a verification step of the diffusion of a digital content on the basis of the effective diffusion parameters.

4. Method according to claim 1, wherein the third conditions are seized and safeguarded by the supplier on a secured medium, this medium being then transmitted to the diffuser to be electronically transferred into its database.

5. Method according to claim 4, wherein the report is safeguarded electronically and transmitted to the supplier.

6. Method according to claim 5, wherein the diffuser has an electronic signature and wherein the electronic report is signed by this signature.