Integration of a digital asset management system with a network sales system

• US 20060179062A1
• Filed: 10/31/2005
• Published: 08/10/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Stanke, Oliver, Weber, Jutta, Hartmann, Joachim
• Granted Patent: US 7,840,534 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

The disclosure relates to integration of a digital asset management system with a network sales system. The digital asset management system may comprise digital asset storage, search and retrieval functionality. Each digital asset may comprise one or more versions of the asset, properties of the asset, and conditions on its use. By way of the integration with the network sales system, a digital asset or digital asset version may be assigned a product identity to facilitate sale of the digital asset or digital asset version.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a processor; and

computer-executable instructions for execution by the processor, the instructions to implement a digital asset management application, the digital asset management application to administer a database of digital assets,

the instructions to further implement a linkage to a network sales system, the network sales system to provide a product identity to a digital asset of the digital asset management system to facilitate sale of the digital asset.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the linkage is between a digital asset on the digital asset management system and a product master on the network sales system.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein sales information is assignable to the product master.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the digital asset is sellable over the network.

5. A method comprising:

classifying a digital asset on a digital asset management system as sellable;

based on the classification, automatically creating a corresponding product master on a network sales system; and

automatically forming a link between the digital asset and the product master.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising automatically propagating information relating to the digital asset to the product master via the link.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising assigning sales information to the product master.

8. The method of claim 5, further comprising selling the digital asset on the network sales system.

9. The method of claim 5, further comprising reclassifying the digital asset as not sellable, and based on the reclassification, causing the corresponding product to no longer be available for sale on the network sales system.

10. A machine-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions to perform a method according to claim 5.

11. A method comprising:

forming a link between a digital asset and a product master on a network sales system;

propagating information relating to digital asset to the product master via the link;

assigning sales information relating to the digital asset to the product master; and

based on the sales information, selling the digital asset on the network sales system.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the digital asset comprises one of a picture, movie, music or text.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein sales conditions are associated with the product master.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the digital asset includes conditions on its use.