Patent ID: 9684906
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G06Q

Claim:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a set of instructions executable by a processor, the set of instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the processor to perform operations comprising: receiving a plurality of video packages, each video package including at least two footage items; generating an electronic cutsheet associated with a video package, the electronic cutsheet including information identifying a chronological order of the at least two footage items included in the video package, information identifying a rights holder associated with the at least two footage items, and information identifying details on a recorded event that is associated with the at least two footage items, wherein the event comprises a planned structured activity; generating a plurality of playlists, wherein the playlists are based on the generated electronic cutsheet, and further wherein each playlist is associated with one of the video packages by creating a pointer from each playlist to the electronic cutsheet associated with the one of the video packages; determining an association of each playlist with an aired show, wherein the determining the association of each playlist with the aired show includes checking for footage errors in each cutsheet associated with the aired show, wherein checking for footage errors includes determining whether a sum of runtimes of all footage items associated with a cutsheet equals a total runtime of the cutsheet; determining a number of instances in which a footage item was included in an aired show based on references made by an associated playlist to the electronic cutsheet via the pointer; and generating a data file indicating at least one rights holder of the footage item and the number of reported instances in which a footage item associated with the indicated rights holder was included in the aired show.