Systems and methods for generating and displaying an intellectual property rights profile for a media presentation

• US 9,075,963 B2
• Filed: 05/22/2009
• Issued: 07/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: A&E Television Networks LLC
• Original Assignee: A&E Television Networks LLC
• Inventors: Nazar, Richard, Toomey, Richard, Goodwin, Julia, Donskoy, Dmitriy, Doherty, Brian, Wright, Charles, Cohen, Neil, Soriano, Liz, O'Neil, Lisa, Porter, Dawn, Kaniewski, Tom, Brooks, Maggie-Reilly, Ryan, James, Britton, Adrienne, Barclay, Cleveland, Spencer, Gloria, Miryala, Rama Rao
• Primary Examiner(s): MORRISON, JAY A
• Application Number:
  US12/471,105
• Publication Number:
  US 20100070522A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,237 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 2221/2101 Auditing as a secondary aspect
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/184 Intellectual property management

Abstract

A system, computer readable media, GUI, and apparatus are provided that are configured to generate and display an intellectual property rights profile for a media presentation. Information to be included in an intellectual property rights profile may be entered into a provided data entry template by, for example, a user or administrator of the media presentation. Uploaded documents may be added to an intellectual property rights profile and later accessed by a subsequent user. In some cases, a status, for example, complete or incomplete, may be determined for an intellectual property rights profile and an action may be initiated based on the status.

Claims

1. A system for generating, displaying and updating an intellectual property rights profile associated with a media presentation, the system comprising:

a hardware processor and a memory operably coupled thereto, wherein the memory storing a set of instructions to execute via the hardware processor and thereby enable;

a graphical user interface (GUI) module, wherein the GUI module enables a user to interact with and enter intellectual property rights information associated with a creation of the media presentation and displays a generated intellectual property rights profile associated with the media presentation based on such entering;

a database module, readable by the graphical user interface module, wherein the database module stores intellectual property rights information associated with the media presentation;

an intellectual property rights management module coupled to the GUI module and the database module, wherein the intellectual property rights management module processes the intellectual property rights information associated with the presentation for storage in the database module, wherein the processing comprising analyzing the intellectual property rights information for the media presentation and generating the intellectual property rights profile for the media presentation;

a server module, communicatively coupled to the database module, the intellectual property rights management module, and the GUI module, wherein the server module retrieves the intellectual property rights information associated with the media presentation from the database module, processes the intellectual property rights information associated with the media presentation and transmits the intellectual property rights information associated with the media presentation to a presentation module for display as the intellectual property rights profile; and

the presentation module, communicatively coupled to the GUI module and the server module, wherein the presentation module displays the intellectual property rights profile associated with the media presentation as generated by the GUI module, and

wherein the intellectual property rights information associated with the media presentation comprises at least one of the following;

a personal release, a location release, a music cue list, a shot sheet, an errors and omissions certificate, a synopsis, a script, a credits list, and a lower thirds license,

wherein the intellectual property rights profile is associated with information regarding a production quality of master data for the media presentation,

wherein the server module receives the information regarding the production quality of master data for the media presentation from a third party,

wherein the master data for the media presentation is accessible by the third party,

wherein the information regarding the production quality of the master data for the media presentation received from the third party relates to a change to increase the production quality of the master data for the media presentation.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the server module comprises:

a first module, communicatively coupled to the database module, wherein the first module retrieving intellectual property rights information associated with the media presentation from the database module, receiving the generated intellectual property rights profile from the intellectual property rights management module, and sending the generated intellectual property rights profile to the GUI module; and

a second module, wherein the second module manipulates the received intellectual property rights information into a format readable by the intellectual property rights management module and sends the manipulated intellectual property rights information to the intellectual property rights management module to generate the intellectual property rights profile.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the intellectual property rights information associated with the media presentation further comprises at least one of a visual license, and a music license.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein:

at least one of the GUI module and the presentation module controlling a user access to the intellectual property rights profile and granting the user access to the intellectual property rights profile, and

at least one of the intellectual property rights management module and the server module receiving a status determination of the intellectual property rights profile based on the granting the user access to the intellectual property rights profile, the status determination is based on whether the intellectual property rights profile is at least one of complete and accurate, and

at least one of the intellectual property rights management module and the server module initiating an action based on the status determination of the intellectual property rights profile, the action comprising at least one of a release of funds to a producer of the media presentation and a request for more profile information.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the GUI module and the presentation module displaying a list of at least one media presentation, wherein each of the at least one media presentation is referred via a reference, wherein the reference referring to the intellectual property rights profile of the media presentation generated via the intellectual property rights management module.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the intellectual property rights management module linking a portion of the intellectual property rights profile of the media presentation to a portion of an intellectual property rights profile of a second media presentation, wherein the intellectual property rights management module generating the intellectual property rights profile of the second media presentation.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the analyzing comprising:

determining whether at least one of each personal release, each location release, the music cue list, the shot sheet, the errors and omissions certificate, the synopsis, the script, the credits list, and the lower thirds license has been at least one of obtained and completed.

8. A method, implemented on a system that includes a processor, a database, and a communications network, for generating and displaying an intellectual property rights profile associated with a media presentation, the method comprising:

receiving, at the processor, a request to access a template;

transmitting, to a graphical user interface (GUI) module coupled to the processor, a data entry template associated with the media presentation;

displaying via a GUI, the retrieved data entry template;

inputting data wherein the data includes at least one of the following;

a personal release, a location release, a music cue list, a shot sheet, an errors and omissions certificate, a synopsis, a script, a credits list, and a lower thirds license;

updating the data entry template with the input data;

sending, via the communications network the input data to the database coupled to a database module, wherein the database module is coupled to a server module;

storing the input data in the database;

storing an address in the database associated with a location of an electronic version of at least one underlying document identified by the data;

processing, the input data to be compatible with an intellectual property rights management module;

sending, via the processor, the processed data to the intellectual property right management module;

generating, via the intellectual property rights management module, based on the processed data, an intellectual property rights profile associated with the media presentation, wherein the intellectual property rights management module processes the intellectual property rights information associated with a creation of the media presentation for storage in the database, and wherein the processing comprising analyzing the intellectual property rights information for the media presentation and generating the intellectual property rights profile for the media presentation;

transmitting, the intellectual property rights profile to the GUI module;

sending via the GUI module, the intellectual property rights profile to a presentation module, and

displaying, on the GUI, the intellectual property rights profile to a user based on the generating,

wherein the intellectual property rights profile is associated with information regarding a production quality of master data for the media presentation,

wherein the server module receives the information regarding the production quality of master data for the media presentation from a third party,

wherein the master data for the media presentation is accessible by the third party,

wherein the information regarding the production quality of the master data for the media presentation received from the third party relates to a change to increase the production quality of the master data for the media presentation.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the intellectual property rights profile is consolidated when presented to the user, wherein the consolidated intellectual property rights profile is configured to enable the user to access a document therefrom.

10. A method for generating an intellectual property rights profile associated with a media presentation, the method comprising:

displaying, via a hardware processor, a list of at least one media presentation via a GUI module, wherein the list is specific to a user;

receiving, via the hardware processor, a selection of a media presentation;

displaying, via the hardware processor, an intellectual property rights data entry template associated with the selected media presentation;

receiving, via the hardware processor, data entered into the intellectual property rights data entry template by the user;

generating, via the hardware processor, the intellectual property rights profile of the media presentation using the received data via an intellectual property rights management module, wherein the intellectual property rights management module processes the intellectual property rights data associated with the presentation for storage in a database coupled to a database module readable by the GUI module, wherein the processing comprising analyzing the intellectual property rights information for the media presentation and generating the intellectual property rights profile for the media presentation, wherein the intellectual property rights information is associated with a creation of the media presentation; and

displaying the intellectual property rights profile of the media presentation to the user via a presentation module based on the generating, wherein the received data comprises at least one of the following;

a personal release, a location release, a music cue list, a shot sheet, an errors and omissions certificate, a synopsis, a script, a credits list, and a lower thirds license, wherein the presentation module is coupled to the GUI module and a server module, wherein the server module is coupled to the database module,

wherein the intellectual property rights profile is associated with information regarding a production quality of master data for the media presentation,

wherein the server module receives the information regarding the production quality of master data for the media presentation from a third party,

wherein the master data for the media presentation is accessible by the third party,

wherein the information regarding the production quality of the master data for the media presentation received from the third party relates to a change to increase the production quality of the master data for the media presentation.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising displaying a notice associated with one of the media presentation, the intellectual property rights data entry template, and the intellectual property rights profile.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising determining the status of at least one of the intellectual property rights data entry template, the intellectual property rights profile, and the selected media presentation.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising displaying the status of at least one of the intellectual property rights data entry template, the intellectual property rights profile, and the media presentation to a user.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising notifying a user of the status of at least one of the intellectual property rights data entry template, the intellectual property rights profile, and the selected media presentation.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

determining whether to initiate an action based on the status of at least one of the intellectual property rights data entry template, the intellectual property rights profile, and the selected media presentation; and

initiating an action based on the determination.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

displaying at least one option associated with the at least one of the intellectual property rights data entry template, the intellectual property rights profile, and the selected media presentation;

receiving a selection of an option; and

executing a function associated with the selected option.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising linking a portion of the intellectual property rights profile of a first media presentation to a portion of a intellectual property rights profile of a second media presentation.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein a first and a second media presentation are part of a series of media presentations.

19. The method of claim 10, further comprising displaying a report page including a portion of the intellectual property rights profile of the media presentation, wherein the report page includes an icon for opening an electronic version of an underlying document of the intellectual property rights profile of the media presentation.

20. The method of claim 10, further comprising displaying a summary page including a list of portions of an intellectual property rights profile of the media presentation and the status of the listed portions of the intellectual property rights profile of the media presentation.

21. The method of claim 10, further comprising initiating an action upon the completion of the intellectual property rights profile.

22. The method of claim 10, further comprising uploading a document to the intellectual property rights profile of the media presentation.

23. The method of claim 10, further comprising uploading a document from an external software application to the intellectual property rights profile of the media presentation.

24. The method of claim 10, further comprising accessing a library of media presentations related to the media presentation.

25. The method of claim 10, further comprising submitting the intellectual property rights profile of the media presentation to a user.

26. The method of claim 10, further comprising notifying a user of intellectual property rights information submitted for an intellectual property rights profile of the media presentation.

27. The method of claim 10, wherein the analyzing comprising:

determining whether at least one of each personal release, each location release, the music cue list, the shot sheet, the errors and omissions certificate, the synopsis, the script, the credits list, and the lower thirds license has been at least one of obtained and completed.

28. A computer program product used with a processor, the computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein that is used for generating and displaying an intellectual property rights profile associated with a media presentation, the computer readable program code including;

computer readable program code used to receive, via a graphical user interface (GUI) module, a request to access a data entry template associated with the media presentation;

computer readable program code used to retrieve, via the GUI module, the data entry template from a database coupled to a database module readable by the GUI module;

computer readable program code used to receive, via the GUI module, data for the data entry template;

computer readable program code used to send, via the GUI module, the data to the database;

computer readable program code used to retrieve, via a server, the data from the database, wherein the server is coupled to a server module;

computer readable program code used to process, via the server, the data to be compatible with an intellectual property rights management module;

computer readable program code used to send, via the server, the processed data to the intellectual property right management module;

computer readable program code used to process the data, via the intellectual property rights management module to generate the intellectual property rights profile, wherein the intellectual property rights management module processes the intellectual property rights information associated with a creation of the media presentation for storage in the database, wherein the processing comprising analyzing the intellectual property rights information for the media presentation and generating the intellectual property rights profile for the media presentation;

computer readable program code used to send, via the intellectual property rights management module, the intellectual property rights profile to the server;

computer readable program code used to send, via the server, the intellectual property rights profile to the GUI module;

computer readable program code used to send via the GUI module, the intellectual property rights profile to a presentation module, and

computer readable program code used to display, via the presentation module, the intellectual property rights profile to a user, wherein the intellectual property rights profile includes at least one of the following;

a personal release, a location release, a music cue list, a shot sheet, an errors and omissions certificate, a synopsis, a script, a credits list, and a lower thirds license,

wherein the intellectual property rights profile is associated with information regarding a production quality of master data for the media presentation,

wherein the server module receives the information regarding the production quality of master data for the media presentation from a third party,

wherein the master data for the media presentation is accessible by the third party,

wherein the information regarding the production quality of the master data for the media presentation received from the third party relates to a change to increase the production quality of the master data for the media presentation.

29. A computer program product used with a processor, the computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein that is used for generating an intellectual property rights profile associated with a creation of a media presentation, the computer readable program code including;

computer readable program code used to display a list of at least one media presentation, wherein the list is specific to a user;

computer readable program code used to receive a selection of a media presentation;

computer readable program code used to display an intellectual property rights data entry template associated with the selected media presentation;

computer readable program code used to receive, via a GUI module, data entered into the intellectual property rights data entry template by the user;

computer readable program code used to generate the intellectual property rights profile of the media presentation using the received data via an intellectual property rights management module coupled to a server module, wherein the intellectual property rights management module processes the intellectual property rights data associated with the presentation for storage in a database coupled to a database module readable by the GUI module, wherein the server module is coupled to the database module, wherein the processing comprising analyzing the intellectual property rights information for the media presentation and generating the intellectual property rights profile for the media presentation; and

computer readable program code used to display the generated intellectual property rights profile of the media presentation to the user via a presentation module coupled to the GUI module and the server module, wherein the intellectual property rights profile associated with the media presentation includes at least one of the following;

a personal release, a location release, a music cue list, a shot sheet, an errors and omissions certificate, a synopsis, a script, a credits list, and a lower thirds license,

wherein the intellectual property rights profile is associated with information regarding a production quality of master data for the media presentation,

wherein the server module receives the information regarding the production quality of master data for the media presentation from a third party,

wherein the master data for the media presentation is accessible by the third party,

wherein the information regarding the production quality of the master data for the media presentation received from the third party relates to a change to increase the production quality of the master data for the media presentation.

30. A system for generating and displaying an intellectual property rights profile associated with a media presentation, the system comprising:

a hardware processor and a memory operably coupled thereto, wherein the memory storing a set of instructions to execute via the hardware processor and thereby enable;

a graphical user interface (GUI) module, wherein the GUI module enables a user to interact with and enter intellectual property rights information associated with a creation of the media presentation and displays a generated intellectual property rights profile based on such entering, wherein the generated intellectual property profile of the media presentation includes a copy or image of at least one of a personal release, a location release, a music cue list, a shot sheet, an errors and omissions certificate, a synopsis, a script, a credits list, publicity information, and a lower thirds license;

a database module, readable by the GUI module, wherein the database module stores intellectual property rights information about the media presentation;

an intellectual property rights management module coupled to the GUI module and the database module, wherein the intellectual property rights management module processes the intellectual property rights information associated with the media presentation for storage in the database module, wherein the processing comprising analyzing the intellectual property rights information for the media presentation and generating the intellectual property rights profile for the media presentation;

a server module, communicatively coupled to the database module, the intellectual property rights management module, and the GUI module, wherein the server module retrieves intellectual property rights information associated with the media presentation from the database module, processes the intellectual property rights information and transmits the intellectual property rights information to the presentation module for display as the intellectual property rights profile; and

a presentation module, communicatively coupled to the GUI module and the server module, wherein the presentation module displays the intellectual property rights profile as generated by the GUI module,

wherein the intellectual property rights profile is associated with information regarding a production quality of master data for the media presentation,

wherein the server module receives the information regarding the production quality of master data for the media presentation from a third party,

wherein the master data for the media presentation is accessible by the third party,

wherein the information regarding the production quality of the master data for the media presentation received from the third party relates to a change to increase the production quality of the master data for the media presentation.

31. The system of claim 30, wherein the intellectual property rights information includes intellectual property rights data related to the media presentation and an uploaded document related to the intellectual property rights profile of the media presentation, wherein the intellectual property rights profile is consolidated based on

receiving the intellectual property rights data related to the media presentation,

receiving the uploaded document related to the media presentation, and

consolidating the received intellectual property rights data and the uploaded document into the consolidated intellectual property rights profile.