Techniques and Systems for Electronic Submission of Media for Network-based Distribution

• US 20110072161A1
• Filed: 11/29/2010
• Published: 03/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: David Heller, Gregory Robbin, Max Muller
• Original Assignee: David Heller, Gregory Robbin, Max Muller
• Inventors: Robbin, Gregory, Muller, Max, Heller, David
• Granted Patent: US 8,359,348 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/247
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/04 Payment circuits
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/123 Shopping for digital content
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/1235 with control of digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/227 characterised in that multiple accounts are available, e.g. to the payer
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/2295 Parent-child type, e.g. where parent has control on child rights
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/24 Credit schemes, i.e. "pay after"
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3674 involving authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/61 taking into account QoS or priority requirements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

Methods and systems for submitting media to a media distribution site are disclosed. The submission of media to the media distribution site is able to be performed by numerous submitters in a uniform and computer-assisted manner. The submitted media can then be encoded in a largely automated manner at the media distribution site into a suitable digital form and then made available for online purchase and distribution.

Claims

1. A method for submitting a media product to a media distribution site, said method comprising:

obtaining information for the media product;

obtaining media content for a plurality of media items to be included in the media product, the media content being obtained from one or more media sources;

converting the media content for the plurality of media items into compressed media files;

obtaining information for each of the plurality of media items;

forming an electronic package of the media product, the electronic package including at least the compressed media files, the information associated with the media product, and the information associated with the plurality of media items; and

electronically transmitting the electronic package to the media distribution site.