Media asset management system
First Claim
1. A method for tracking transactions involving media assets on a data network, said data network being serviced by one or more service providers, the method comprising:
- tracking information, at a media gateway, characterizing a particular media asset of interest that is uploaded to the media gateway associated with the data network, wherein the media gateway captures a plurality of media assets uploaded from a plurality of devices;
receiving a request to engage one or more of said service providers to perform one or more services for the particular media asset; and
tracking transaction information allowing billing of the requested services, wherein the transaction information includes information indicating which of the service providers performed a service for the particular media asset.
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Abstract
An asset management system is described that tracks in real-time any metric that a carrier requires pertaining to media assets within a network. In addition to tracking per-asset information relating to usage and air time, the system tracks information pertaining to individual object types (e.g., document, digital image, audio file, streaming media, or the like) as well as specific objects themselves (e.g., individual documents, photos, and the like, on a per-file or named basis). This information can be tracked against the various users and their individual devices (used to access a network). In this manner, the system can provide metrics relating to not only data size and air time, but also metrics about object types (e.g., digital image type) and specific objects (e.g., specific file transferred) that have passed through the network. Based on these various metrics that the asset management system can track, the system generates reports that are transmitted back in real-time to carriers and their e-commerce partners for implementing the various pricing schemes required for supporting their business or revenue models.
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1. A method for tracking transactions involving media assets on a data network, said data network being serviced by one or more service providers, the method comprising:
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tracking information, at a media gateway, characterizing a particular media asset of interest that is uploaded to the media gateway associated with the data network, wherein the media gateway captures a plurality of media assets uploaded from a plurality of devices; receiving a request to engage one or more of said service providers to perform one or more services for the particular media asset; and tracking transaction information allowing billing of the requested services, wherein the transaction information includes information indicating which of the service providers performed a service for the particular media asset. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system for tracking and managing media assets on a data network, said data network being serviced by one or more service providers, the system comprising:
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a media gateway module for capturing uploading of a particular media asset of interest that is uploaded to the data network, wherein the media gateway module captures a plurality of media assets uploaded from a plurality of devices; a module for processing a request to engage one or more of said service providers to perform one or more services for the particular media asset; and a module for tracking transaction information pertaining to billing of the requested services, wherein said transaction information includes information indicating which service providers performed a service for the particular media asset. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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