Methods and apparatus for submitting and reviewing auditions

• US 9,129,260 B2
• Filed: 10/04/2010
• Issued: 09/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Akash Kava, Donald Kent Neary
• Original Assignee: Akash Kava, Donald Kent Neary
• Inventors: Neary, Donald Kent, Kava, Akash
• Primary Examiner(s): Zele, Krista
• Assistant Examiner(s): FABBRI, ANTHONY E
• Application Number:
  US12/896,959
• Publication Number:
  US 20120084398A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,800 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1053 Employment or hiring
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0605 Supply or demand aggregation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0611 Request for offers or quotes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions

Abstract

Auditions need no longer be held locally within the casting director'"'"'s office. Talent registration forms, size cards, talent worksheets and the duplication of numerous DV tapes or DVDs are no longer necessary, thus resulting in the saving of time, money and energy. Auditions may be conducted collectively by talent agents or individually by talent who use their computer or mobile devices to film their individual audition and submit it via the internet using proprietary software from anywhere in the world. Auditions are saved digitally on a storage server and transmitted over the internet, saving on both duplicating and courier transfer costs. Audition corrections, if required, can be communicated to talent that have already submitted their auditions, and they can resubmit their corrections using the internet from wherever they are. Clients will have the ability to review and download individual video tracks, headshots, enlarged profile images, resumes, size cards and talent logs, as well as open and view the talent'"'"'s multi-media profile.

Claims

1. A computer assisted auditioning system for enabling a plurality of casting directors to audition roles to talent, the auditioning system comprising:

a log in credential verifying access point operably connected to a computer network to;

receive a plurality of talent requirements communicated by a director;

transmit the plurality of talent requirements to a third party talent agent;

receive talent submissions from the third party talent agent in response to the plurality of talent requirements communicated by the director;

transmit the submissions to the director; and

store the plurality of talent requirements and submissions in a computer readable storage medium,

wherein said log in credential verifying access point further comprises;

a director module that enables a casting director to create an editable breakdown of an audition,

wherein the breakdown comprises of a plurality of role requirements;

a talent agent module to edit said talent submissions received by the third party talent agent from talent in response to the plurality of talent requirements communicated by the director prior to submitting said submissions to the director,

wherein the talent agent module is operable to allocate audition breakdown or roles to specific talent; and

a talent module to allow individual talent to access the system and view available auditions;

wherein said talent module allows individual talent to create and upload said talent submissions to the system in response to the plurality of talent requirements communicated by the director.

2. The computer assisted auditioning system of claim 1, wherein the log in credential verifying access point to a system operably connected to a computer network is configured to operate on a mobile device.

3. A computer assisted auditioning system for enabling a plurality of casting directors to audition roles to talent, the auditioning system comprising:

a log in credential verifying access point operably connected to a computer network to;

receive a plurality of talent requirements communicated by a director;

transmit the plurality of talent requirements to a third party talent agent;

receive submissions from the third party talent agent in response to the plurality of talent requirements communicated by the director;

receive talent submissions directly from talent in response to the plurality of talent requirements communicated by the director;

transmit the talent submissions to the director; and

store the plurality of talent requirements and talent submissions in a computer readable storage medium;

wherein said log in credential verifying access point further comprises;

a director module that enables a casting director to create an editable breakdown of an audition,

wherein the breakdown comprises a plurality of role requirements;

a talent agent module that allows a talent agent to edit talent submissions received by a third party talent agent directly from the talent in response to the plurality of talent requirements communicated by the director prior to submitting said submissions to the director,

wherein the talent agent module is operable to allocate audition breakdown or roles to specific talent; and

a talent module to allow individual talent to access the system and view available auditions, and to create and directly upload said talent submissions for review or editing by the talent agent or by the director via said talent agent module or said director module, respectively.

4. The computer assisted auditioning system of claim 3, wherein the log in credential verifying access point to a system operably connected to a computer network is configured to operate on a mobile device.

5. A method for auditioning talent using a computer assisted auditioning system for enabling a plurality of casting directors to audition roles to talent, the method comprising:

providing a log in credential verifying access point to a system operably connected to at least a director and a talent agent;

receiving a plurality of talent requirements communicated by the director;

transmitting the plurality of talent requirements to a third party talent agent;

receiving submissions from the third party talent agent in response to the plurality of talent requirements communicated by the director;

transmitting the submissions to the director; and

storing the plurality of talent requirements and submissions in a computer readable storage medium,

wherein the method further comprises using said log in credential verifying access point which further comprises;

a director module that enables a casting director to create an editable breakdown of an audition,

wherein the breakdown comprises a plurality of role requirements;

a talent agent module that allows a talent agent to edit talent submissions received by the third party talent agent from talent in response to the plurality of talent requirements communicated by the director prior to submitting said talent submissions to the director,

wherein the talent agent module is operable to allocate audition breakdown or roles to specific talent; and

a talent module to allow individual talent to access the system and view available auditions, and to create and directly upload said talent submissions to the system in response to the plurality of talent requirements communicated by the director.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the log in credential verifying access point to a system operably connected to a computer network is configured to operate on a mobile device.