Method and system for dynamically organizing audio-visual items stored in a central database
First Claim
1. A method for dynamically organizing audio-visual items stored in a central database managed by a control center including a plurality of databases connected to the central database, each item having at least an identifier, a rights descriptor and at least one visual extract associated with the content of the item, said method comprising:
- obtaining, via a user interface on a user'"'"'s terminal, a plurality of items arranged in a playlist, accessing a user'"'"'s rights database containing user'"'"'s profile and rights, verifying the items of the playlist by comparing the rights descriptors with the user'"'"'s rights from said database, accessing at least one additional database for filtering and managing information related to the content associated to the items of the playlist, said information being provided by third parties conditioning the user'"'"'s rights in the user'"'"'s rights database, receiving the content associated to the items of the playlist in form of a data stream on a request transmitted to the control center, and updating the user'"'"'s rights in the user'"'"'s rights database in respect of the particulars of the received items of the playlist.
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Abstract
Embodiments of a method and a system are disclosed for remotely and dynamically managing, sequencing and retrieving audio-visual items from a central database in order to generate a customized digital audio-visual data stream. The content of this stream is associated to the selected items and can be visualized and/or stored in a storing device for a later use. An embodiment of this method is carried out via a central content database, central rights database and any number of rules databases (“Filters”) which can reflect changing parameters and rules of the system, which can pertain to evolving digital rights and permissions, marketing and other system goals and rules pertaining to information exchange between users. An example of a graphic and user-friendly interface is presented on a user terminal unit which can dynamically reflect both user and system generated changes, and dynamically present customized audio-visual streams (playlists) based on user selection and personalized preferences, system objectives and eventual play-list sharing between users.
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1. A method for dynamically organizing audio-visual items stored in a central database managed by a control center including a plurality of databases connected to the central database, each item having at least an identifier, a rights descriptor and at least one visual extract associated with the content of the item, said method comprising:
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obtaining, via a user interface on a user'"'"'s terminal, a plurality of items arranged in a playlist, accessing a user'"'"'s rights database containing user'"'"'s profile and rights, verifying the items of the playlist by comparing the rights descriptors with the user'"'"'s rights from said database, accessing at least one additional database for filtering and managing information related to the content associated to the items of the playlist, said information being provided by third parties conditioning the user'"'"'s rights in the user'"'"'s rights database, receiving the content associated to the items of the playlist in form of a data stream on a request transmitted to the control center, and updating the user'"'"'s rights in the user'"'"'s rights database in respect of the particulars of the received items of the playlist. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 29)
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15. A system for dynamically organizing audio-visual items, comprising
a central database storing the audio-visual items, a control center managing the central database and a plurality of databases connected to the central database, and at least one user'"'"'s terminal including a user interface configured to perform at least the following: -
arranging a plurality of items in a playlist, each item having at least an identifier, a rights descriptor and at least one visual extract associated with the content of the item, accessing a user'"'"'s rights database containing user'"'"'s profile and rights, verifying the items of the playlist by comparing the rights descriptors with the user'"'"'s rights from said database, accessing at least one additional database for filtering and managing information related to the content associated to the items of the playlist, said information being provided by third parties conditioning the user'"'"'s rights in the user'"'"'s rights database, receiving the content associated to the items of the playlist in form of a data stream on a request transmitted to the control center, and updating the user'"'"'s rights in the user'"'"'s rights database in respect of the particulars of the received items of the playlist. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30)
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