Quality-Based Media Management for Network-Based Media Distribution
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for managing media content availability at an online media repository, said method comprising:
- tracking quality issues for a plurality of media items available for acquisition from the online media repository;
determining whether a particular media item has a likely quality problem based on the quality issues being tracked for the particular media item; and
automatically removing the particular media item from being available from the online media repository if said determining determines that the particular media item has a likely quality problem.
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Abstract
Disclosed are techniques and configurations for monitoring quality of digital media assets available from a network-based media distribution system, and taking action to make those digital media assets that have quality deficiencies unavailable from the network-based media distribution system. The network-based media distribution system can provide an online media store from which users can acquire those of the digital media assets that are deemed available. In one embodiment, digital media assets that have quality deficiencies can be rapidly discovered and automatically removed from being available at an online media store.
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23 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for managing media content availability at an online media repository, said method comprising:
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tracking quality issues for a plurality of media items available for acquisition from the online media repository; determining whether a particular media item has a likely quality problem based on the quality issues being tracked for the particular media item; and automatically removing the particular media item from being available from the online media repository if said determining determines that the particular media item has a likely quality problem. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-implemented method for managing media content availability at an online media repository, said method comprising:
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obtaining a number of quality-based refunds associated with a particular media item that is available for acquisition from the online media repository; obtaining a quality threshold associated with the particular media item; determining whether the number of quality-based refunds associated with the particular media item is greater than the quality threshold associated with the particular media item; and removing the particular media item from the online media repository if said determining determines that the number of quality-based refunds is greater than the quality threshold. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer readable storage medium including at least executable computer program code for managing media content availability at an online media repository, said computer readable storage medium comprising:
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computer program code for determining whether at least one digital media asset has a quality concern, the at least one digital media asset being at least one of a plurality of digital media assets available for acquisition from the online media repository; and computer program code for automatically removing the at least one digital media asset from being available from the online media repository if it is determined that the particular digital media asset has a quality concern. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A media management system for an online media store, said media management system comprises:
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a media database interface configured to interact with a media database that stores media content for a plurality of digital media assets available for distribution from the online media store; a media store interface configured to interact with the online media store; a media management module operatively connected to said media database and said media store database, said media management module being configured to manage the digital media assets available for distribution from the online media store; a quality monitoring module operatively connected to said media management module, said quality monitoring module being configured to monitor quality of the plurality of digital media assets; a media unavailability module operatively connected to said media management module, said media unavailability module being configured to facilitate rending of one or more of the digital media assets stored in the media database unavailable for distribution from the online media store based on the quality of the respective digital media assets being monitored; and a media submission module operatively connected to said media management module, said media submission module being configured to facilitate submission of media content for the digital media assets to the media database and to facilitate resubmission of media content for the one or more of the digital media assets that are unavailable for distribution.
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