Content distribution system
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1. A system for distributing digital video content, the system comprising:
- a sending processor operable to distribute video content over a network to at least one storage location, the video content including a plurality of media assets and associated metadata combined into groupings, the groupings determined by at least one criteria common to the media assets and not determined by content preference supplied by an individual consumer in at least one group of consumers, the sending processor operable to aggregate the groupings into at least one rollout based on at least one common criteria of the individual consumers in the at least one group other than content preference supplied by an individual consumer, the media assets in the rollout being presented to each of the individual consumers in the at least one group; and
a receiving processor at each storage location operable to receive the video content from said sending processor and refresh a content database based on the video content received, said content database adapted to provide the at least one group of consumers access to the video content stored therein for a predetermined interval of time having a programmed begin date and a programmed end date.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to systems and methods for distributing and managing media assets arranged as a collection of media content. In one preferred embodiment, the collection of media content is distributed to a storage location where it is accessible for viewing over a communications network by consumers for a selected interval of time. In another preferred embodiment, media content is downloaded to a client content database and made accessible for a selected interval of time by client software at the consumer'"'"'s location.
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1. A system for distributing digital video content, the system comprising:
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a sending processor operable to distribute video content over a network to at least one storage location, the video content including a plurality of media assets and associated metadata combined into groupings, the groupings determined by at least one criteria common to the media assets and not determined by content preference supplied by an individual consumer in at least one group of consumers, the sending processor operable to aggregate the groupings into at least one rollout based on at least one common criteria of the individual consumers in the at least one group other than content preference supplied by an individual consumer, the media assets in the rollout being presented to each of the individual consumers in the at least one group; and a receiving processor at each storage location operable to receive the video content from said sending processor and refresh a content database based on the video content received, said content database adapted to provide the at least one group of consumers access to the video content stored therein for a predetermined interval of time having a programmed begin date and a programmed end date. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for refreshing video content stored on at least one content database, the method comprising the steps of:
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selecting at least one content database; identifying video content to be offered to at least one consumer during a predetermined interval of time having a programmed begin date and a programmed end date, the video content including a plurality of media assets and associated metadata combined into groupings, the groupings determined by at least one criteria common to the media assets and not determined by content preference supplied by an individual consumer in at least one group of consumers, the groupings aggregated into at least one rollout based on at least one common criteria of the individual consumers in the at least one group other than content preference supplied by an individual consumer, the media assets in the rollout being presented to each of the individual consumers in the at least one group; and refreshing each content database with the identified video content. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for distributing digital media content to one of a plurality of storage locations, the method comprising the steps of:
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selecting media content, the media content including a plurality of media assets and associated metadata combined into groupings, the groupings determined by at least one criteria common to the media assets and not determined by content preference supplied by an individual consumer in at least one group of consumers, the groupings aggregated into at least one rollout based on at least one common criteria of the individual consumers in the at least one group other than content preference supplied by an individual consumer, the media assets in the rollout being presented to each of the individual consumers in the at least one group; identifying at least one of the storage locations for receiving the selected media content; distributing the selected media content to each identified storage location; and offering the selected media to at least one of the consumers for a predetermined interval of time having a programmed begin date and a programmed end date. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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