SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING NOTIFICATIONS RELATED TO NEW MEDIA
First Claim
1. A method of generating a notification related to new media content, a type of the new media content comprising one or more of:
- a media article for being available at an article dispensing machine, a media selection, a theatrical media release, live content, or a miscellaneous media source;
the method comprising;
receiving a customer notification subscription comprising a notification request to monitor for the new media content based on metadata of the new media content, wherein the metadata of the new media content are stored in a metadata database connected to a processor;
detecting the new media content based on a comparison of metadata specified in the customer notification subscription against the metadata of the new media content;
when the new media content is detected;
determining an access right to the new media content based on;
determining whether a subscription package corresponding to a customer includes the new media content, anddetermining the type of the new media content;
transmitting the notification of the new media content based on the determined access right, the notification including a current availability of the new media content.
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Abstract
A method of generating notifications related to availability of new media content is provided. The method includes receiving a notification subscription including a request to monitor for new media content. The method also includes detecting new media content based on the subscription, and if a change is detected, determining an access right and transmitting a notification of the new media content. The metadata of the new media content is used in the subscriptions to determine when to generate notifications. Media content may include media articles, media selections, theatrical media releases, live content, or miscellaneous media sources.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of generating a notification related to new media content, a type of the new media content comprising one or more of:
- a media article for being available at an article dispensing machine, a media selection, a theatrical media release, live content, or a miscellaneous media source;
the method comprising;receiving a customer notification subscription comprising a notification request to monitor for the new media content based on metadata of the new media content, wherein the metadata of the new media content are stored in a metadata database connected to a processor; detecting the new media content based on a comparison of metadata specified in the customer notification subscription against the metadata of the new media content; when the new media content is detected; determining an access right to the new media content based on; determining whether a subscription package corresponding to a customer includes the new media content, and determining the type of the new media content; transmitting the notification of the new media content based on the determined access right, the notification including a current availability of the new media content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
- a media article for being available at an article dispensing machine, a media selection, a theatrical media release, live content, or a miscellaneous media source;
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16. A non-transitory computer readable medium for generating a notification related to new media content, a type of the new media content comprising one or more of a media article for being available at an article dispensing machine, a media selection, a theatrical media release, live content, or a miscellaneous media source, the computer readable medium comprising:
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a first code segment for receiving a customer notification subscription comprising a notification request to monitor for the new media content based on metadata of the new media content, wherein the metadata of the new media content are stored on a metadata database connected to a processor; a second code segment for detecting the new media content based on a comparison of metadata specified in the customer notification subscription against the metadata of the new media content; when the new media content is detected; a third code segment for detecting the type of the new media content; a fourth code segment for determining an access right to the new media content based on; determining whether a subscription package corresponding to a customer includes the new media content; a fifth code segment for transmitting the notification of the new media content based on the access right, the notification comprising a transaction offer related to the new media content and a current availability of the new media content. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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