POLICY-BASED VIDEO CONTENT SYNDICATION

• US 20100263020A1
• Filed: 01/13/2010
• Published: 10/14/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Harrison, Kyle, King, David
• Granted Patent: US 9,633,014 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/53 using third party service providers

Abstract

An item of hosted content is received from a media host. A match metric representing an aspect of a match between the item of hosted content and an item of reference content, the item of reference content provided by a content owner having rights to the item of reference content. A policy associated with the item of reference content is identified responsive to the value to that represents the correspondence, the policy including terms of use for the hosted content. The policy is provided to the media host.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for providing management of digital content, the method executed by one or more computer systems and comprising:

receiving an item of hosted content from a media host;

generating a match metric that represents an aspect of a match between the item of hosted content and an item of reference content, the item of reference content provided by a content owner having rights to the item of reference content;

identifying a policy associated with the item of reference content responsive to the match metric, the policy including terms of use for the hosted content; and

providing the policy to the media host.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the match metric represents a duration of the match between the item of user-generated content and the item of reference content.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein determining a usage policy associated with the item of reference content comprises:

determining that the match metric that represents the duration of the match between the item of user-generated content and the item of reference content exceeds a defined value.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the match metric represents a confidence of the match between the item of user-generated content and the item of reference content.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein determining a usage policy associated with the item of reference content comprises:

determining that the match metric that represents the confidence of the match between the item of user-generated content and the item of reference content exceeds a defined value.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the match metric represents an offset of the correspondence between the item of user-generated content and the item of reference content.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein determining a usage policy associated with the item of reference content comprises:

determining that the match metric that represents the offset of the correspondence between the item of hosted content and the item of reference content exceeds a defined value.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the match metric that represents the aspect of the match between the item of hosted content and an item of reference content comprises:

identifying the match responsive to comparing a digital fingerprint of the hosted content against a digital fingerprint of the reference content.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving the reference content from a content owner;

generating the fingerprint of the reference content; and

storing the fingerprint of the reference content.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the media host is a publisher.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the media host is a library.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the item of hosted content is received from a hosting site on which the hosted content is hosted for viewing.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the hosted content includes audio content.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the hosted content includes video content.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the hosted content includes audio and video content.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the hosted content includes a still image.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the hosted content is user-generated content.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the hosted content is legacy content.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the hosted content is library content.

20. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving the policy from the content owner.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the policy specifies that the media host is required to provide activity information associated with the item of hosted content.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the activity information includes a number of times the media host provides the hosted content to viewers.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the activity information includes demographic information associated with the viewers.

24. The method of claim 22, wherein the activity information includes information indicating other hosted content the media host provides to the viewers.

25. The method of claim 20, wherein the policy specifies that the media host is required to provide the hosted content to the viewers under a specified set of restrictions.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the specified set of restrictions includes at least a first restriction based on one of:

geographic location of viewers and age of viewers.

27. The method of claim 20, wherein the policy specifies that the media host is prohibited from providing the hosted content to viewers.

28. The method of claim 1, wherein the policy specifies that the media host is required to share funds generated from providing the hosted content to viewers with the content owner.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein the policy specifies a percentage of funds generated from providing the hosted content that the media host is required to provide to the content owner.

30. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a policy agreement from the media host; and

storing the policy agreement.

31. A computer-implemented method for providing management of digital content, the method executed by one or more computer systems and comprising:

receiving an item of hosted content from a media host;

receiving default policy agreement information from a media host;

generating a match metric representing an aspect of a match between the item of hosted content and an item of reference content, the item of reference content provided by a content owner having rights to the item of reference content;

identifying a policy associated with the item of reference content responsive to the match metric;

identifying a policy agreement based on the policy and the default policy agreements; and

providing indication of the policy agreement to the media host.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein the policy specifies that the media host is required to provide the hosted content to the viewers under a specified set of restrictions and identifying a policy agreement comprises:

identifying that the media host agrees to provide the hosted content to the viewers under a specified set of restrictions.

33. The method of claim 31, wherein the policy specifies that the media host is required to provide activity information associated with the item of hosted content and identifying a policy agreement comprises:

identifying that the media host agrees to provide activity information associated with the item of hosted content.

34. The method of claim 31, wherein the policy specifies that media host is prohibited from providing the hosted content to viewers under a specified set of restrictions and identifying a policy agreement comprises:

identifying that the media host agrees to stop providing the hosted content to viewers.

35. A method for providing management of digital content, the method comprising:

receiving an item of user-generated content from a third party website;

receiving an item of reference content from a content owner;

generating a match metric that represents an aspect of a match between the item of user-generated content and an item of reference content; and

providing information indicating the content owner to the third party website responsive to determining that the value exceeds a defined threshold.

36. A computer-readable storage medium encoded with executable program code from displaying a user interface, the user interface comprising:

a first section displaying control objects for selecting a first set of media hosts; and

a second section displaying information associated with the selected set of media hosts, the information including default policy agreement information provided by the selected set of media hosts.

37. The storage medium of claim 36, wherein the second selection further displays control objects for selecting a set of media hosts that are allowed to provide media content.

38. The storage medium of claim 36, wherein the second section displays number of views received by a website administered by the media host receives.

39. The storage medium of claim 36, wherein the second section displays number of views a website administered by the media host receives.

40. The storage medium of claim 36, further comprising a third section for displaying a set of media hosts who are not allowed to provide media content.

41. A method for providing management of digital content, the method comprising:

receiving, at a server, an item of hosted content;

generating, at the server, a value that represents a correspondence between the item of hosted content and an item of reference content, the item of reference content provided by a content owner having rights to the item of reference content;

identifying a policy associated with the item of reference content responsive to the value to that represents the correspondence, the policy including terms of use for the hosted content; and

providing the policy to a media host separate from the server.