System and method of creating and managing digital content offers

• US 20060074754A1
• Filed: 08/03/2005
• Published: 04/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Anystream Media Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Anystream Media Incorporated
• Inventors: Narrell, Matthew, Toyohara, Takeshi, Farb, Jon, Stanley, Mike, Sherwin, Jeff, Salzinger, Steve, Zack, Russell
• Application Number:
  US11/196,493
• Publication Number:
  US 20060074754A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.120
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/123 Shopping for digital content
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0209 Incentive being awarded or redeemed in connection with the playing of a video game
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0213 Consumer transaction fees
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0226 Incentive systems for frequent usage, e.g. frequent flyer miles programs or point systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0236 Incentive or reward received by requiring registration or ID from user
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0238 at point-of-sale [POS]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0247 Calculate past, present or future revenues
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0264 based upon schedule
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions

Abstract

A method for creating, managing and storing content offers includes accessing an offer catalogue management module by a content provider, where the content provider supplies a consumer with digital content assets. A collection of digital content assets are reviewed by the content provider, to select a digital content asset offering to the consumer. The availability of the selected digital content asset is determined and a rights layer is applied to the offering. A price scheme is attached to the selected digital content asset to the consumer such that the offer catalogue management module creates a digital content offer based on the selected digital content asset, the availability of the digital content asset, the rights layer of the digital content asset and the price scheme for the digital content asset.

Claims

1. A method for creating, managing and storing content offers, said method comprising the steps of:

accessing an offer catalogue management module by a content provider, said content provider supplying a consumer with digital content assets;

reviewing a collection of digital content assets, by said content provider, to select a digital content asset offering to said consumer,

determining the availability of said selected digital content asset,

applying a rights layer to said offering, and

attaching a price scheme to said selected digital content asset to said consumer such that said offer catalogue management module creates a digital content offer based on said selected digital content asset, said availability of said digital content asset, said rights layer of said digital content asset and said price scheme for said digital content asset.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further including the step of said content provider modifying, deleting, tracking or archiving an offer at any time via said offer catalogue management module.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the step of supplying a workflow for the creation, approval and deployment of said offer.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, further comprising the step of tracking a particular digital content asset during said workflow to update status of said digital content asset.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the steps of applying a rights layer and generating a price scheme for the sale of said selected digital content asset in said offer includes a variety of distribution business models including but not limited to a point of purchase and weekly/monthly subscriptions.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the step of saving and storing an offer as a template for future offers.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the collection of digital content assets, includes any one of digital games, digital movies, digital music and digital advertising.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said step of said content provider creates a plurality of digital content offers including offers that differ across any one of price points, customer regions, availability dates, and usage rules.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the availability of said selected digital content assets are set within a schedule window based on available dates for consuming said digital content asset.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said step of determining the availability of said selected digital content asset includes either locking a selected digital content asset according to a predetermined schedule or to a rotating schedule list.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the step of applying a plurality of rights layers that may be attached to a digital content offering.

13. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said step of applying a rights layer correlated to the consumer'"'"'s rights to the selected digital content asset may include the import of a pre-set DRM (Digital Rights Management) package.

14. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said step of attaching a price scheme for the sale of said selected digital content asset entails data necessary for extracting revenue from content and prequalification checks required for sale of said content.

15. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said price scheme to said consumer comprises the step of creating, modifying, deleting and archiving payment rules of said offer by content provider.

16. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said price scheme to said consumer comprises the step of using and modifying prepackaged payment rules for creating said offer.

17. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said price scheme may be based on multiple layers of price points within a given offer including any one of digital content asset type, total cost of a transaction to purchase said offer, customer'"'"'s rights conferred by said rights layer and said date of a request to accept the offer.

18. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the step of said content provider correlating offers directly to a single piece of content.

19. The method as claimed in claim 16, further comprising the step of said content provider using said offer catalogue management module so as to obtain a report on the success rate of offer acceptances by said consumers.

12. The method as claimed in claim 12, further comprising the step of creating, editing, saving, deleting or archiving said rights layers by said content provider.

20. A system for creating, managing and storing content offers, said system comprising:

an offer catalogue management module, said offer catalogue management module configured to interface with content providers so as to allow said content providers to;

review a collection of digital content assets and select a digital content asset to offer to a consumer,

determine the availability of said selected digital content asset,

apply a rights layer to the selected digital content asset, and

attach a price scheme to said selected digital content asset to said consumer such that said offer catalogue management module creates a digital content offer based on said selected digital content asset, said availability of said digital content asset, said rights layer of said digital content asset and said price scheme for said digital content asset.