Method and system for managing multiple catalogs of files on a network
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1. A method comprising:
- presenting, via a community server comprising at least one processor, a free right in a first content file for public use over a publicly accessible network;
collecting overall current data usage of the first content file by a plurality of users on the network;
calculating, via the community server, a popularity index for the first content file based on the collected overall current usage data of the first content file, said calculating comprises weighing the usage data according to individual designations of each of the plurality of users, the usage data comprising all data statistically related to metadata of the first content file; and
based on a comparison of the popularity index for the first content file with a threshold, wherein said comparison comprises determining that the popularity index exceeds the threshold, and wherein said comparison comprises categorically comparing a form of the popularity index and a form of the threshold, offering for sale, via the community server, on the publicly accessible network a pre-designated right in a second content file, wherein the pre-designated right in the second content file is a right in the second content file authorized by an owner to be offered for sale, wherein the owner owns a master right in the first content file and the master right in the second content file, the master right including a right to distribute the free right and a right to distribute the pre-designated right.
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Abstract
Systems and methods have been developed for managing multiple catalogs of files on a network. The systems and methods may manage a catalog of files with rights for sale and a catalog of rights presented for free public use. The systems and methods may manage these multiple catalogs via determining when one file should be moved from one catalog into another. The systems and methods may manage rights presented in the files, including rights offered for sale, rights offered for free use, where the managing may include changing the classification of those rights based on data relating to the files. The systems and methods may provide the ability to a user to research whether rights in the file are for sale.
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1. A method comprising:
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presenting, via a community server comprising at least one processor, a free right in a first content file for public use over a publicly accessible network; collecting overall current data usage of the first content file by a plurality of users on the network; calculating, via the community server, a popularity index for the first content file based on the collected overall current usage data of the first content file, said calculating comprises weighing the usage data according to individual designations of each of the plurality of users, the usage data comprising all data statistically related to metadata of the first content file; and based on a comparison of the popularity index for the first content file with a threshold, wherein said comparison comprises determining that the popularity index exceeds the threshold, and wherein said comparison comprises categorically comparing a form of the popularity index and a form of the threshold, offering for sale, via the community server, on the publicly accessible network a pre-designated right in a second content file, wherein the pre-designated right in the second content file is a right in the second content file authorized by an owner to be offered for sale, wherein the owner owns a master right in the first content file and the master right in the second content file, the master right including a right to distribute the free right and a right to distribute the pre-designated right. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising:
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presenting, via a community server comprising at least one processor, a free right in a first content file for public use on a publicly accessible network; receiving, at the community server, a request over the publicly accessible network from a user to purchase a first right in the content file receiving, from an owner, a request to offer the first right in the content file for sale based on receiving the request from the user to purchase the first right in the content file, wherein the receiving the request from the owner is performed before the receiving the request from the user; determining, via the community server, whether the first right in the content file is authorized by the owner to be offered for sale and whether metadata of the content file satisfies a statistical threshold based upon a determination relating to all data statistically related to the content file metadata, said metadata being weighted according to designations of the user, wherein the owner owns the first right in the content file; and if the first right is authorized by the owner to be offered for sale and the statistical threshold is satisfied, wherein said authorization comprises categorically comparing a form of the data statistically related to the content file metadata and a form of the threshold, offering, via the community server, the first right in the content file for sale to the user over the publicly accessible network, wherein the owner owns a master right in the content file, the master right including a right to distribute the free right and a right to distribute the first right. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system comprising:
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a community server comprising at least one processor which presents a free right in a content file for public use on a publicly accessible network; a cataloging engine, implemented by the community server, which collects current overall data usage of the content file by the plurality of users on the network, and calculates a popularity index for the content file based on the overall current usage data of the content file, said calculating comprises weighing the usage data according to individual designations of each of the plurality of users, the usage data comprises all data statistically related to metadata of the first content file; wherein the community server offers for sale on the publicly accessible network a pre-designated right in the content file based on a comparison of the popularity index of the content file with a threshold, wherein said comparison comprises determining that the popularity index exceeds the threshold, and wherein said comparison comprises categorically comparing a form of the popularity index and a form of the threshold, wherein the pre-designated right in the content file is a right in the content file authorized by an owner to be offered for sale, wherein the owner owns a master right in the content file, the master right in the content file including a right to distribute the free right in the content file and a right to distribute the pre-designated right in the content file; and an arbitration engine which selects the pre-designated right from a plurality of different pre-designated rights, wherein each of the plurality of different pre-designated rights is a different right in the content file authorized by the owner to be offered for sale. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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