Digital Content Management System with Methodologies for Lifecycle Management of Digital Content

• US 20100030607A1
• Filed: 03/24/2009
• Published: 02/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: RoyaltyShare, Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: RoyaltyShare, Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: French, William, Knott, John, Wright, Kyle, Holcombe, Scott A., Daniels, Ryan
• Application Number:
  US12/410,420
• Publication Number:
  US 20100030607A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/8
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4387 by the use of playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/105 Arrangements for software license management or administration, e.g. for managing licenses at corporate level
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2135 Metering
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2151 Time stamp
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions

Abstract

A digital content management system with methodologies for lifecycle management of digital content is shown and described. In one embodiment, for example, a digital content management system is described that comprises: an ingestion module for receiving from clients various components used to create digital content releases; a polishing module for matching received components to a particular release being created; a packaging module for encoding the received components that were matched for the particular release into a digital package suitable for delivery to one or more digital content providers; and a delivery module for delivering the digital package of the particular release to one or more digital content providers.

Claims

1. A digital content management system comprising:

an ingestion module for receiving from clients various components used to create digital content releases;

a polishing module for matching received components to a particular release being created;

a packaging module for encoding the received components that were matched for the particular release into a digital package suitable for delivery to one or more digital content providers; and

a delivery module for delivering the digital package of the particular release to one or more digital content providers.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a feedback module that reports delivery of releases by the system back to the clients.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said various components include components that comprise a digital music release.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the various components comprise components for creating a selected one of a motion picture release, a television show, an e-book, and an audio book.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said various components include metadata.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein said metadata comprises information describing a particular release.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein said metadata comprises title and artist information for a particular release.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein said metadata is provided in spreadsheet format.

9. The system of claim 5, wherein said metadata is provided in XML format.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the ingestion module catalogs and imports received components into the system.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the ingestion module rejects any components that cannot be validated.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the ingestion module reports any rejected component to the client that provided the component.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein any components that cannot be matched are identified as orphaned components.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising:

a user interface allowing orphaned components to be manually associated with a particular release.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein said delivery module delivers the digital package of the particular release based on previously specified delivery preferences for the particular release.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein said packaging module encodes the digital package based on a specification for delivery at least one digital content provider.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein said one or more digital content providers includes a retailer.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein said ingestion module receives various components from clients via electronic transmission.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein said delivery module delivers the digital package via electronic transmission.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein said clients includes a digital content creator.

21. A computer-implemented method for creating and delivering digital content releases, the method comprising:

receiving from clients various components used to create digital content releases;

receiving instructions to create a particular release for delivery;

in response to said instructions, automatically creating a particular release by matching components received for the particular release and encoding the matched components into a digital package suitable for delivery to one or more digital content providers; and

delivering the digital package of the particular release to one or more digital content providers.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

accounting to the clients for the delivery of any releases.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the various components include components that comprise a digital music release.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein the various components comprise components for creating a selected one of a motion picture release, a television show, an e-book, and an audio book.

25. The method of claim 21, wherein said various components include metadata.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein said metadata comprises information describing a particular release.

27. The method of claim 25, wherein said metadata comprises title and artist information for a particular release.

28. The method of claim 25, wherein said metadata is provided in spreadsheet format.

29. The method of claim 25, wherein said metadata is provided in XML format.

30. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

cataloging received components.

31. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

rejecting any components that cannot be validated.

32. The method of claim 31, further comprising:

reporting any rejected component to the client that provided the component.

33. The method of claim 21, wherein any components that cannot be matched are identified as orphaned components.

34. The method of claim 33, further comprising:

displaying a user interface that allows orphaned components to be manually associated with a particular release.

35. The method of claim 21, wherein said delivering step further comprises:

delivering the digital package of the particular release based on previously specified delivery preferences for the particular release.

36. The method of claim 21, wherein said creating step further comprises:

encoding the digital package based on a specification for delivery to at least one particular digital content provider.

37. The method of claim 21, wherein said one or more digital content providers includes a retailer.

38. The method of claim 21, wherein the various components are received from clients via electronic transmission.

39. The method of claim 21, wherein said digital package is delivered via electronic transmission.

40. The method of claim 21, wherein said clients includes a digital content creator.

41. A Web-based system for automated distribution of digital content, the system comprising:

a repository for storing components that can be used to create digital releases;

a Web-based interface for clients to upload a plurality of components to said repository, including uploading metadata associating particular components to a given digital release;

a Web-based interface for clients to request automated creation and distribution of a particular release; and

a distribution engine, responsive to said request and said metadata, for automatically creating and distributing the particular release by retrieving the components associated with the particular release from the repository and packaging them in a format suitable for distribution to digital content providers.

42. The system of claim 41, further comprising:

a delivery mechanism for delivering the particular release to digital content providers.

43. The system of claim 41, further comprising:

a notification module for reporting delivery of the particular release to digital content providers.

44. The system of claim 41, further comprising:

a validation module for ensuring that uploaded components do not contain errors.

45. The system of claim 41, further comprising:

a user interface for allowing certain components to be manually associated with a given release.

46. The system of claim 41, wherein the plurality of components includes components that comprise a digital music release.

47. The system of claim 41, wherein the plurality of components comprise components for creating a selected one of a motion picture release, a television show, an e-book, and an audio book.

48. The system of claim 41, wherein said plurality of components include metadata.

49. The system of claim 48, wherein said metadata comprises information describing a particular release.

50. The system of claim 48, wherein said metadata is provided as a selected one of a spreadsheet file, an XML file, and text data.