Community based digital content auditing and streaming

• US 7,797,352 B1
• Filed: 06/19/2007
• Issued: 09/14/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Hopwood, Michael, Ullmann, Peter F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Fleurantin; Jean B
• Application Number:
  US11/820,586
• Time in Patent Office: 1,183 Days
• Field of Search: 707 1- 10, 707100-1041, 707200-206, 709/224, 709/225, 709/229, 726/2, 726/17, 705/51
• US Class Current: 707/804
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/20 of structured data, e.g. relational data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/284 Relational databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2135 Metering

Abstract

In one embodiment, a system and method is illustrated and includes receiving auditing data relating to a piece of digital content, associating the auditing data with the piece of digital content to create audited digital content, receiving a content request pertaining to the audited digital content from a requester, checking a permission associated with the audited digital content, the permission to determine an exchange basis upon which the audited digital content is provided to the requester, and where the exchange basis defines the condition upon which the audited digital content may be accessed, and providing the audited digital content to the requester according to the exchange basis.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving auditing data relating to a piece of digital content;

associating, using one or more processors, the auditing data with the piece of digital content to create audited digital content;

receiving a content request pertaining to the audited digital content from a requester;

checking a permission associated with the audited digital content, the permission to determine an exchange basis upon which the audited digital content is provided to the requester, and where the exchange basis defines the condition upon which the audited digital content is accessible;

generating a histogram based upon the auditing data, the histogram used, in part, to determine the exchange basis;

conducting a peak rate analysis; and

providing the audited digital content to the requester according to the exchange basis.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the conducting of a peak rate analysis comprises determining a relationship between the auditing data and a historical auditing data.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising monetizing the audited digital content based upon the relationship between the auditing data and the historical auditing data.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a monetization rule set, the monetization rule set having data used to determine the exchange basis.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating metadata to be associated with the audited digital content, the metadata containing a location of a permissions party.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating metadata to be associated with the audited digital content, the metadata containing a script instructing a computer system as to how to process the metadata file.

7. A computer system comprising:

a first receiver to receive auditing data relating to a piece of digital content;

an association engine to associate the auditing data with the piece of digital content to create audited digital content;

a second receiver to receive a content request pertaining to the audited digital content from a requester;

a checking engine to check, using one or more processors, a permission associated with the audited digital content, the permission to determine an exchange basis upon which the audited digital content is provided to the requester, and where the exchange basis defines the condition upon which the audited digital content is accessible;

a histogram generator to generate a histogram based upon the auditing data;

a peak rate engine to conduct a peak rate analysis determining a relationship between the auditing data and a historical auditing data; and

a transmitter to transmit the audited digital content.

8. The computer system of claim 7, wherein the histogram is used, in part, to determine the exchange basis.

9. The computer system of claim 7, further comprising a monetizing engine to audit digital content based upon the relationship between the auditing data and the historical auditing data.

10. The computer system of claim 7, further comprising a third receiver to receive a monetization rule set, the monetization rule set having data used to determine the exchange basis.

11. The computer system of claim 7, further comprising a metadata engine to generate a metadata file to be associated with the audited digital content, the metadata file containing a location of a permissions party.

12. The computer system of claim 7, further comprising a metadata engine to generate a metadata file to be associated with the audited digital content, the metadata file containing a script instructing a computer system as to how to process the metadata file.

13. An apparatus comprising:

means for receiving auditing data relating to a piece of digital content;

means for associating the auditing data with the piece of digital content to create audited digital content;

means for receiving a content request pertaining to the audited digital content from a requester;

means for checking a permission associated with the audited digital content, the permission to determine an exchange basis upon which the audited digital content is provided to the requester, and where the exchange basis defines the condition upon which the audited digital content is accessible;

means for generating a histogram based upon the auditing data, the histogram used, in part, to determine the exchange basis;

means for conducting a peak rate analysis; and

means for providing the audited digital content to the requester according to the exchange basis.

14. A machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions, which when implemented by one or more machines cause the one or more machines to perform the following operations comprising:

receiving auditing data relating to a piece of digital content;

associating, using one or more processors, the auditing data with the piece of digital content to create audited digital content;

receiving a content request pertaining to the audited digital content from a requester;

checking a permission associated with the audited digital content, the permission to determine an exchange basis upon which the audited digital content is provided to the requester, and where the exchange basis defines the condition upon which the audited digital content is accessible;

generating a histogram based upon the auditing data;

conducting a peak rate analysis determining a relationship between the auditing data and a historical auditing data; and

providing the audited digital content to the requester according to the exchange basis.