Patent ID: 11917247
Assignee: TURNER BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. A method, comprising:
receiving, by one or more processors of a first node of a plurality of nodes associated with a first participant, a request for playback of a media content from a content consumer associated with a consumer device,
wherein the first node is configured to interact with a second node of the plurality of nodes based on a defined protocol in a communication network,
wherein the second node provides media content rights associated with media content to at least one of the first participant or the content consumer,
wherein an instance of a plurality of instances of a distributed media rights transaction ledger is associated with a node of the plurality of nodes, and
wherein each instance of the distributed media rights transaction ledger includes a plurality of media content rights transactions corresponding to at least an acquisition of media content rights by the at least one of the first participant or the content consumer; and

providing, by the one or more processors, media content metadata to the consumer device.