LICENSING PROTECTED WORKS WITHIN ELECTRONIC INFORMATION NETWORKS
First Claim
1. A method of managing a license for a protected audio work, the method comprising:
- receiving a license request from a client device over a communications network, the license request indicating a protected audio work;
responsive to the license request, transmitting a license identifier indicating a valid license for the protected audio work to the client device over the communications network;
associating the license identifier with a user account attributed to the license request;
receiving a license inquiry from a license auditor over a communications network, the license inquiry indicating a user account attributed to publication of the protected work and including discovered license information at a discovered network location of publication of the protected audio work;
referencing the database system based, at least in part, on the user account attributed to publication of the protected work indicated by the license inquiry to determine whether the discovered license information indicates the valid license for the protected audio work; and
outputting a determination of whether the discovered license information indicates the valid license for the protected audio work.
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Abstract
License information, including a license identifier (if present) is associated with a protected work that is published within an electronic information network. The license information indicates a purported license to publish the protected work. The license information may be audited by or on behalf of a licensing entity to determine whether the purported license is a valid license. The protected work may take the form of a protected audio work included within an audio component of a composite media content item that further includes a video component. Publication of a protected work may be granted or denied, access to the protected work may be enabled or blocked, and/or a beneficiary of revenue generated from publication of the protected work may be redirected based on a result of the audit.
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Citations
20 Claims
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1. A method of managing a license for a protected audio work, the method comprising:
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receiving a license request from a client device over a communications network, the license request indicating a protected audio work; responsive to the license request, transmitting a license identifier indicating a valid license for the protected audio work to the client device over the communications network; associating the license identifier with a user account attributed to the license request; receiving a license inquiry from a license auditor over a communications network, the license inquiry indicating a user account attributed to publication of the protected work and including discovered license information at a discovered network location of publication of the protected audio work; referencing the database system based, at least in part, on the user account attributed to publication of the protected work indicated by the license inquiry to determine whether the discovered license information indicates the valid license for the protected audio work; and outputting a determination of whether the discovered license information indicates the valid license for the protected audio work. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A storage system having instructions stored thereon executable by a processor system to:
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receive a media content item over a communications network from a client device, the media content item including a video component and an audio component, the audio component including a protected audio work; associate a license identifier with the media content item at a database system, the license identifier indicating a purported license for the protected audio work; if the purported license is a valid license for the protected audio work as indicated by the license identifier associated with the media content item, publish the media content item to a network location accessible to one or more other client devices and/or granting the one or more other client devices access to the media content item at the network location; and if the purported license is not a valid license for the protected audio work, deny publication of the media content item to the network location accessible to the one or more other client devices and/or deny the one or more other client devices access to the media content item at the network location. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of auditing a license for a protected audio work, the method comprising:
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requesting a media content item from a discovered network location over a communications network, the discovered network location publishing the media content item to one or more client devices; receiving the media content item from the discovered network location over the communications network responsive to the request, the media content item including a video component and an audio component; identifying a protected audio work included in the audio component of the media content item; receiving discovered license information associated with the media content item from the discovered network location over the communications network; referencing a database system to determine whether the discovered license information indicates a valid license for the protected audio work, wherein the discovered license information does not indicate a valid license if the discovered license information does not include a license identifier that indicates the valid license; and outputting a determination of whether the discovered license information indicates the valid license for the protected audio work. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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