Systems and methods for enabling an automatic license for mashups

• US 8,799,170 B2
• Filed: 09/28/2012
• Issued: 08/05/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: UV Corporation (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: United Video Properties Incorporated (Adeia Inc.)
• Inventors: Mallardo, Amanda, Pakulski, Matthew, Gibson, Jeffrey, Elliott, Mycal, Nicols, Michael R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Williams, Jeffery
• Assistant Examiner(s): Zhu, Zhimei
• Application Number:
  US13/630,782
• Publication Number:
  US 20140096263A1
• Time in Patent Office: 676 Days
• US Class Current: 705/59
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/245 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• 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 21/105 Arrangements for software license management or administration, e.g. for managing licenses at corporate level
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/60 Protecting data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/1235 with control of digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/101 applying security measures for digital rights management data processing systems or methods, specially adapted for commerce, e.g. marketing, shopping, billing, auctions or e-commerce G06Q30/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 705/902 Licensing digital content

Abstract

Systems and methods for managing digital rights settings are provided. In some aspects, the systems and methods described include receiving user input including an order for obtaining access rights to a media asset. Control circuitry determines whether the media asset is associated with a first package of media assets. The control circuitry cross-references a database of user order history to determine whether the user has obtained access rights for each media asset in the first package of media assets. If the user has obtained access rights for each media asset in the first package of media assets, the control circuitry generates digital rights settings for each media asset in the first package of media assets to enable the user to create a mashup. The mashup includes portions of at least one media asset in the first package. The control circuitry generates a display based on the digital rights settings.

Claims

1. A method for managing digital rights settings, comprising:

receiving user input including an order for obtaining access rights to a media asset;

determining, using control circuitry, whether the media asset is associated with a first package of media assets;

cross-referencing a database of user order history to determine whether a user has obtained access rights for each media asset in the first package of media assets;

in response to determining that the user has obtained access rights for each media asset in the first package of media assets, generating digital rights settings for each media asset in the first package of media assets to enable the user to create a mashup;

generating a display based on the digital rights settings; and

receiving user input to create the mashup, wherein the mashup includes portions of at least one media asset in the first package.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising:

modifying existing digital rights settings for each media asset in the first package to enable the user to create the mashup using media assets in the first package.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein each media asset in the first package comprises license metadata.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein generating digital rights settings for each media asset in the first package comprises updating the license metadata for each media asset in the first package.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital rights settings allow the user to transmit the mashup to a second user via at least one of a social network and an email.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the second user is required to view an advertisement before the mashup is accessed.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating, using control circuitry, a display offering digital software for creating the mashup from media assets in the first package.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, using control circuitry, whether the media asset is associated with a second package of media assets;

in response to determining that the user has obtained access rights for each media asset in the second package, generating digital rights settings for each media asset in the second package to enable the user to create the mashup.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

updating the digital rights settings for each media asset in the first and second packages to include digital rights settings to create the mashup that includes portions of at least one media asset in the first and second packages.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital rights settings for each media asset in the first package of media assets are generated based on one or more business rules.

11. A system for managing digital rights settings, comprising:

control circuitry configured to;

receive user input including an order for obtaining access rights to a media asset;

determine whether the media asset is associated with a first package of media assets;

cross-reference a database of user order history to determine whether the user has obtained access rights for each media asset in the first package of media assets;

in response to determining that the user has obtained access rights for each media asset in the first package of media assets, generate digital rights settings for each media asset in the first package of media assets to enable the user to create a mashup;

generate a display based on the digital rights settings; and

receive user input to create the mashup, wherein the mashup includes portions of at least one media asset in the first package.

12. The system of claim 11, comprising control circuitry configured to:

modify existing digital rights settings for each media asset in the first package to enable the user to create the mashup using media assets in the first package.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein each media asset in the first package comprises license metadata.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the control circuitry configured to generate digital rights settings for each media asset in the first package is further configured to update the license metadata for each media asset in the first package.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the digital rights settings allow the user to transmit the mashup to a second user via at least one of a social network and an email.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the second user is required to view an advertisement before the mashup is accessed.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

generate a display offering digital software for creating the mashup from media assets in the first package.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

determine whether the media asset is associated with a second package of media assets;

in response to determining that the user has obtained access rights for each media asset in the second package, generate digital rights settings for each media asset in the second package to enable the user to create the mashup.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

update the digital rights settings for each media asset in the first and second packages to include digital rights settings to create the mashup that includes portions of at least one media asset in the first and second packages.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein the control circuitry is configured to generate the digital rights settings for each media asset in the first package of media assets based on one or more business rules.