Review and approval system
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1. A review and approval system for media content comprising a plurality of frames of digital data, comprising:
- a player for playing the media content, the media content comprising multiple media clips placed together by an editor using an editing system;
a review and approval administration interface for receiving a list of a plurality of reviewers to provide the comments, the review and approval administration interface being further operable to provide notification to the reviewers on the received list that a project is ready for review;
a comment receiver for receiving an indication from a reviewer of a start frame and an end frame of a selected one or more of the plurality of frames, and for receiving comments from the reviewer pertaining to the selected one or more of the plurality of frames of the media content; and
a storage manager for storing the received comments from the plurality of reviewers in frame accurate correspondence with the selected one or more of the plurality of frames of digital data to which the received comments pertain, along with an indication of the reviewer providing the comment.
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Abstract
The review and Approval system of the present invention advantageously provides computer implemented access for a reviewer to digital content for the purpose of reviewing and approving the digital content. The system is capable of communication with an editing system, and automatically informing an editor of the reviewer'"'"'s comments.
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1. A review and approval system for media content comprising a plurality of frames of digital data, comprising:
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a player for playing the media content, the media content comprising multiple media clips placed together by an editor using an editing system; a review and approval administration interface for receiving a list of a plurality of reviewers to provide the comments, the review and approval administration interface being further operable to provide notification to the reviewers on the received list that a project is ready for review; a comment receiver for receiving an indication from a reviewer of a start frame and an end frame of a selected one or more of the plurality of frames, and for receiving comments from the reviewer pertaining to the selected one or more of the plurality of frames of the media content; and a storage manager for storing the received comments from the plurality of reviewers in frame accurate correspondence with the selected one or more of the plurality of frames of digital data to which the received comments pertain, along with an indication of the reviewer providing the comment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A review and approval system for reviewing media content by a reviewer and capable of communicating with a media editing system, comprising:
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a player for playing the media content wherein the media content comprises a plurality of frames of digital data, the frames corresponding to multiple media clips placed together by an editor using an editing system; a review and approval administration interface for receiving a list of a plurality of reviewers to provide the comments, the review and approval administration interface being further operable to provide notification to the reviewers on the received list that a project is ready for review; a comment receiver for receiving an indication from a reviewer of a start frame and an end frame of a selected one or more of the plurality of frames, and for receiving comments by the reviewer, corresponding to the selected one or more of the plurality of frames of the media content; and a storage manager for storing the received comments from the plurality of reviewers in frame accurate correspondence with the selected one or more of the plurality of frames of digital data to which the received comments correspond, along with an indication of the reviewer providing the comment, and a file generator for producing a data file of the received comments for informing the media editing system of the comments by the reviewer. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product, comprising:
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a computer readable memory; and computer readable instructions stored in the computer readable memory, wherein the instructions, when executed by a computer, instruct the computer to perform a process for reviewing a media content and providing comments by a user with respect to the media content, comprising; playing the media content, wherein the media content comprises a plurality of frames of digital data, the frames corresponding to multiple media clips placed together by an editor using an editing system; receiving a list of a plurality of reviewers to provide the comments; providing notification to the reviewers on the received list that a project is ready for review; receiving an indication from a reviewer of a start frame and an end frame of a selected one or more of the plurality of frames; receiving comments from the plurality of reviewers pertaining to the selected one or more of the plurality of frames of the media content, along with an indication of the reviewer providing the comment; and storing the received comments in frame accurate correspondence with the selected one or more of the plurality of frames of digital data to which the received comments pertain, along with the indication of the reviewer providing the comment.
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20. A computer program product, comprising:
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a computer readable memory; and computer readable instructions stored in the computer readable memory, wherein the instructions, when executed by a computer, instruct the computer to perform a process for reviewing a media content and providing comments by a reviewer with respect to the media content and communicating the comments to a editing system, comprising; playing the media content wherein the media content comprises a plurality of frames of digital data, the frames corresponding to multiple media clips placed together by an editor using an editing system; receiving a list of a plurality of reviewers to provide the comments providing notification to the reviewers on the received list that a project is ready for review; receiving an indication from a reviewer of a start frame and an end frame of a selected one or more of the plurality of frames; receiving comments by the reviewer, corresponding to the selected one or more of the plurality of frames of the media content, along with an indication of the reviewer providing the comment; and communicating the comments of the reviewer, and a frame accurate indication of the selected one or more of the plurality of frames to which the comments correspond, along with an indication of the reviewer providing the comment, to the editing system. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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