Multimedia content production, publication, and player apparatus, system and method
First Claim
1. A rich-media content production and distribution system comprising:
- a rich-media content production mechanism including a one or more studio production tools for producing content including at least one of dynamic or static images, dynamic video or audio, text, HTML, mixed media presentation, Microsoft PowerPoint slides, and Adobe PDF pages, wherein the produced content resides on one or more proprietary servers remote from a user of the production studio, anda syndicated rich-media content distribution mechanism including one or more distribution tools for publishing such content to consumers,wherein the content production and content distribution mechanisms collectively enable two-way, end-to-end, produce-and-distribute capability.
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Abstract
A rich-media content production and distribution system includes a rich-media content production mechanism including a one or more studio production tools for producing content including at least one of dynamic or static images, dynamic video or audio, text, HTML, mixed media presentation, Microsoft PowerPoint slides, Adobe PDF pages, etc., wherein the produced content resides on one or more proprietary servers remote from a user of the production studio, and a syndicated rich-media content distribution mechanism including one or more distribution tools for publishing such content to consumers, wherein the content production and content distribution mechanisms collectively enable two-way, end-to-end, produce-and-distribute capability. An Internet-based rich-media content production system and syndicated rich-media content production and distribution methods also are described. Finally, a website-embeddable rich-media content player apparatus is described.
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39 Claims
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1. A rich-media content production and distribution system comprising:
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a rich-media content production mechanism including a one or more studio production tools for producing content including at least one of dynamic or static images, dynamic video or audio, text, HTML, mixed media presentation, Microsoft PowerPoint slides, and Adobe PDF pages, wherein the produced content resides on one or more proprietary servers remote from a user of the production studio, and a syndicated rich-media content distribution mechanism including one or more distribution tools for publishing such content to consumers, wherein the content production and content distribution mechanisms collectively enable two-way, end-to-end, produce-and-distribute capability. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A syndicated rich-media content production and distribution method comprising:
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providing a producer'"'"'s web-based studio mechanism for producing a feed containing an item, the item containing a scene, the scene containing a rich-media asset; providing a publisher'"'"'s web-based rich-media player for publishing a feed within an Internet webpage; and providing for a web-based collaboration between a producer and a publisher by which the producer is induced to produce a feed targeted for the provisioned publisher'"'"'s player or by which the publisher is induced to publish a provisioned producer'"'"'s feed not so targeted. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An Internet-based rich-media content production system comprising:
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a rich-media content production mechanism including a one or more studio production tools for producing content including at least one of dynamic or static images, dynamic video or audio, text, HTML, mixed media presentation, Microsoft PowerPoint slides, and Adobe PDF pages, wherein the produced rich-media content resides on one or more proprietary servers remote from a user of the production studio, and a rich-media content feed mechanism operatively coupled with the content production mechanism, the content feed mechanism enabling the delivery of the produced rich-media content into syndicated publication. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A syndicated rich-media content production and distribution method comprising:
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providing a web-based studio mechanism for producing a show containing one or more rich-media assets such as video, music, photos, narration, text and RSS feeds; providing a web-based rich-media player for publishing the show within a webpage; and providing a web-based syndicated distribution channel between the studio mechanism and the player, the channel being configured to allow the show to be viewed on the player. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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33. A website-embeddable rich-media content player apparatus comprising:
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one or more links to rich-media content residing on a proprietary server; a region definable within a website that is substantially coextensive with the rich-media content that is so linked, the region displaying the linked rich-media content within a defined border; and an Internet-based software mechanism responsive to positioning of a mouse by a user for detecting when the mouse is substantially within the frame within the website, the software mechanism in response thereto being configured to produce a visible overlay of a set of user controls enabling the user selectively to operate a current player only when the mouse is so positioned. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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