Method and system for managing digital assets
First Claim
1. A method for managing digital file assets, comprising the steps of:
- monitoring access to said digital assets by a user;
identifying one or more types of use of said accessed digital assets by said user associated with said monitored access, wherein said types of use comprise any of passive playback, passive viewing, activation, sharing, transporting, and editing;
assigning a score based on each identified type of use by said user associated with said monitored access;
ranking said accessed digital file assets based on accumulation of said assigned scores of said digital assets; and
hierarchically storing said ranked digital assets in a memory based on said ranking step, wherein highly ranked digital assets are more easily accessed from said memory by the same said user than lower ranked digital assets.
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Abstract
The digital asset management system is responsive to user interactions with digital assets. Based on user interaction, the system generates a ranking of digital assets to reflect the value of the digital assets to the user. The ranking is based in part on access frequency and recency, and the number and types of uses of the digital assets. An access hierarchy is derived from the ranking that stores the digital assets so that higher ranked digital assets are more easily accessed from storage than lower ranked digital assets. The digital assets can include any of digital images, audio files, and Uniform Resource Locators. The system can also distinguish between different types of uses, such as passive viewing or playback, file sharing, transport, and editing. The system preferably allows subjective values to be assigned to digital assets that can be factored into the ranking independently of usage patterns.
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33 Claims
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1. A method for managing digital file assets, comprising the steps of:
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monitoring access to said digital assets by a user; identifying one or more types of use of said accessed digital assets by said user associated with said monitored access, wherein said types of use comprise any of passive playback, passive viewing, activation, sharing, transporting, and editing; assigning a score based on each identified type of use by said user associated with said monitored access; ranking said accessed digital file assets based on accumulation of said assigned scores of said digital assets; and hierarchically storing said ranked digital assets in a memory based on said ranking step, wherein highly ranked digital assets are more easily accessed from said memory by the same said user than lower ranked digital assets. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for managing a plurality of digital assets, comprising:
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a memory for storing a plurality of digital assets; a processor in communication with said memory for manipulating said plurality of digital assets; means for monitoring access to said digital assets by a user; means for identifying one or more types of manipulation of said accessed digital assets by said user associated with said monitored access, wherein said types of manipulation comprise any of passive playback, passive viewing, activation, sharing, transporting, and editing; means for assigning a score based on each identified type of manipulation by said user associated with said monitored access; a ranking module in communication with said score assignment means to rank said digital assets based on accumulation of said assigned scores; and means for hierarchically storing said ranked digital assets in said memory based on said rank of said digital assets, whereby higher ranked digital assets are more easily accessed from said memory by the same said user than lower ranked digital assets. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for managing a list of URL'"'"'s that is automatically responsive to a user'"'"'s Web navigation history, comprising the steps of:
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creating a Web navigation history that records any of Web sites visited by said user, URL'"'"'s activated by said user, URL'"'"'s shared by said user, and URL'"'"'s transported by said user; identifying types of use by said user associated with said navigation history, wherein said types of use comprise any of visitation, activation, sharing, and transporting; assigning scores corresponding to each identified type of use by said user of said URL'"'"'s in said Web navigation history based on use of said URL'"'"'s; ranking said URLs based on accumulation of said assigned scores; and hierarchically storing said URL'"'"'s in a memory based on said scores, wherein URL'"'"'s having higher scores are more easily accessed from said memory by the same said user than URL'"'"'s having lower scores. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method for managing digital assets, comprising the steps of:
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monitoring the use of said digital assets by a user, comprising the step of monitoring a Web browser'"'"'s navigation history; ranking said digital assets according to the extent of said use of said digital assets; generating an access hierarchy based on said ranking step, wherein highly ranked digital assets are more easily accessed by said user than lower ranked digital assets; and assigning a first score to a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) based on the length of time spent by said user visiting a Web page represented by said URL and a second score if said user downloads digital information from a Web site associated with said URL; said ranking step further comprising the step of processing at least one of said first and said second scores.
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29. A system for managing a plurality of digital assets, comprising:
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a memory for storing a plurality of digital assets, wherein said digital assets are any of digital images and digital audio files; a processor in communication with said memory for manipulating said plurality of digital assets; and a ranking module in communication with said processor and said memory to rank said digital assets based on user manipulation of said digital assets; wherein said memory is responsive to said rank of said digital assets to store said digital assets with higher ranked digital assets more easily accessed than lower ranked digital assets; and wherein said ranking module is in communication with said processor to assign a first score to a first digital image when said processor accesses said first digital image for viewing and to assign a second score to a second digital image if said processor accesses said second digital image for editing.
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30. A system for managing a plurality of digital assets, comprising:
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a memory for storing a plurality of digital assets, wherein said digital assets are any of digital images and digital audio files; a processor in communication with said memory for manipulating said plurality of digital assets; and a ranking module in communication with said processor and said memory to rank said digital assets based on user manipulation of said digital assets; wherein said memory is responsive to said rank of said digital assets to store said digital assets with higher ranked digital assets more easily accessed than lower ranked digital assets; and wherein said ranking module is in communication with said processor to assign a first score to a first digital audio file when said processor accesses said first digital audio file for playback and to assign a second score to a second audio file if said processor accesses said second digital audio file for editing.
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31. A method for managing digital assets, comprising the steps of:
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monitoring access to said digital assets by a user, comprising the step of monitoring a Web browser'"'"'s navigation history; identifying the type of use of said accessed digital assets by said user; ranking said accessed digital assets based on said identified use of said digital assets; hierarchically storing said ranked digital assets in a memory based on said ranking step, wherein highly ranked digital assets are more easily accessed from said memory by said user than lower ranked digital assets; and assigning a first score to a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) based on the length of time spent by said user visiting a Web page represented by said URL and a second score if said user downloads digital information from a Web site associated with said URL; wherein said ranking step further comprises the step of processing at least one of said first and said second scores.
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32. A system for managing a plurality of digital assets, comprising:
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a memory for storing a plurality of digital assets, wherein said digital assets are any of digital images and digital audio files; a processor in communication with said memory for manipulating said plurality of digital assets; a ranking module in communication with said processor and said memory to rank said digital assets based on manipulation of said digital assets by a user; and means for hierarchically storing said ranked digital assets in said memory based on said rank of said digital assets, whereby higher ranked digital assets more easily accessed from said memory by said user than lower ranked digital assets; wherein said ranking module is in communication with said processor to assign a first score to a first digital image when said processor accesses said first digital image for viewing and to assign a second score to a second digital image if said processor accesses said second digital image for editing.
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33. A system for managing a plurality of digital assets, comprising:
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a memory for storing a plurality of digital assets, wherein said digital assets are any of digital images and digital audio files; a processor in communication with said memory for manipulating said plurality of digital assets; a ranking module in communication with said processor and said memory to rank said digital assets based on manipulation of said digital assets by a user; and means for hierarchically storing said ranked digital assets in said memory based on said rank of said digital assets, whereby higher ranked digital assets more easily accessed from said memory by said user than lower ranked digital assets; wherein said ranking module is in communication with said processor to assign a first score to a first digital audio file when said processor accesses said first digital audio file for playback and to assign a second score to a second audio file if said processor accesses said second digital audio file for editing.
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