Method for validating the broadcasting conditions of content from a third party

• US 7,627,575 B2
• Filed: 06/24/2003
• Issued: 12/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nagravision SA (Kudelski SA)
• Original Assignee: Nagravision SA (Kudelski SA)
• Inventors: Mellier, Pierre, Rapin, Gilles
• Primary Examiner(s): Pardo, Thuy N
• Application Number:
  US10/518,306
• Publication Number:
  US 20060023124A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,352 Days
• Field of Search: 707/3, 707/9, 707/10, 707/202, 707/101, 707/102, 707/103.Y, 707/104.1, 455/3.05, 709/227, 709/226, 713/201, 348/461, 725/46, 725/91
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/14 for monitoring programmes

Abstract

Example embodiments relate to a method for receiving contractual conditions from a supplier of digital content, in order to verify and validate the contractual conditions at a time of preparation for diffusion of the digital content by a diffuser. The method may include validating broadcasting conditions of the digital content by using a diffuser having a first data set describing a structural configuration, a second data set describing operational conditions of the diffuser, and a third data set describing conditions defined by the supplier.

Claims

1. A method for validating broadcasting conditions of digital content, by using a diffuser having a first set of data describing a structural configuration of a broadcast, a second set of data describing operational conditions of the diffuser, and a third set of data describing conditions defined by a supplier of the digital content including operational conditions and structural conditions, the method comprising:

receiving the third set of data defined by the supplier for at least one digital content and storing the third set of data in a database of the diffuser,

preparing a broadcast of the at least one digital content without any interaction with a terminal executed by the diffuser by establishing;

the structural configurations of the broadcast by introducing characteristics of different equipments intended for broadcasting in order to set the first set of data, and

the operational conditions of the broadcast by introducing at least the time and date of the broadcast in order to set the second set of data,

extracting, from the database, the third set of data related to the digital content,

verifying, for the digital content based on the third set of data, the broadcast conditions as set forth in the first set of data and the second set of data, and

emitting a corresponding report on the verification step.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising a surveillance step of an effective diffusion time and date, and a structural configuration of the diffuser.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising a verification step of a diffusion of a digital content on the basis of effective diffusion parameters.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising inputting an storing the third set of data by the supplier on a secured medium, and transmitting the medium to the diffuser to be electronically transferred into a database of the diffuser.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising storing report electronically, and transmitting the report to the supplier.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the diffuser has an electronic signature, and further comprising signing the report with the electronic signature.