INTERACTIVE CELEBRITY PORTAL BROADCAST SYSTEMS AND METHODS

• US 20140173648A1
• Filed: 12/14/2012
• Published: 06/19/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: The Talent Channels JV Operating Co Limited
• Original Assignee: The Talent Channels JV Operating Co Limited
• Inventors: Ball, Julian, Johnson, Simon, Woolfe, Adrian
• Application Number:
  US13/715,948
• Publication Number:
  US 20140173648A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/25
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25 Management operations performed by the server for facilitating the content distribution or administrating data related to end-users or client devices, e.g. end-user or client device authentication, learning user preferences for recommending movies maintenance or administration in data networks H04L41/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4882 for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8133 specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video program

Abstract

A celebrity portal system is disclosed. The celebrity portal system may comprise a celebrity content management engine for managing a celebrity portal, the celebrity portal including media content based on real-time multimedia content generated by a particular celebrity and available for consumption by fans; a broadcast information engine for receiving notice of a scheduled presentation of premium content on the celebrity portal; a fan contact engine for notifying a set of the fans of the scheduled presentation of the premium content on the celebrity portal; and a content publication engine for publishing the premium content in the celebrity portal.

Claims

1. A celebrity portal system comprising:

a celebrity content management engine for managing a celebrity portal, the celebrity portal including media content based on real-time multimedia content generated by a particular celebrity and available for consumption by fans;

a broadcast information engine for receiving notice of a scheduled presentation of premium content on the celebrity portal;

a fan contact engine for notifying a set of the fans of the scheduled presentation of the premium content on the celebrity portal; and

a content publication engine for publishing the premium content in the celebrity portal.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the fan contact engine is configured to notify the set of the fans using multiple contact methods.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the premium content includes at least a portion of the real-time multimedia content.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the premium content comprises pay-per-view content.

5. The system of claim 1 further comprising a timer control engine for providing the set of fans with a timer configured count down to the premium content.

6. The system of claim 5 further comprising an expiration warning notification engine for providing an expiration notification of the timer a predetermined time before expiration of the timer.

7. The system of claim 1 further comprising an access rights engine for selecting at least a portion of the set of fans to view the premium content based on access rights of the least a portion of the set of fans.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein the access rights engine is configured to offer the set of fans an option to purchase the premium content.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the celebrity portal is adapted to be displayed on a mobile device.

10. A method comprising:

managing a celebrity portal, the celebrity portal including media content based on real-time multimedia content generated by a particular celebrity and available for consumption by fans;

receiving notice of a scheduled presentation of premium content on the celebrity portal;

notifying a set of the fans of the scheduled presentation of the premium content on the celebrity portal; and

publishing the premium content in the celebrity portal.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein notifying the set of the fans comprises using multiple contact methods.

12. The method of claim 10 wherein the premium content includes at least a portion of the real-time multimedia content.

13. The method of claim 10 wherein the premium content comprises pay-per-view content.

14. The method of claim 10 further comprising providing the set of fans with a timer configured count down to the premium content.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising providing an expiration notification of the timer a predetermined time before expiration of the timer.

16. The method of claim 10 further comprising selecting at least a portion of the set of fans to view the premium content based on access rights of the least a portion of the set of fans.

17. The method of claim 16 further comprising offering the set of fans an option to purchase the premium content.

18. The method of claim 10 wherein the celebrity portal is adapted to be displayed on a mobile device.

19. A celebrity portal system comprising:

means for managing a celebrity portal, the celebrity portal including media content based on real-time multimedia content generated by a particular celebrity and available for consumption by fans;

means for receiving notice of a scheduled presentation of premium content on the celebrity portal;

means for notifying a set of the fans of the scheduled presentation of the premium content on the celebrity portal; and

means for publishing the premium content in the celebrity portal.