Patent ID: 7188088
Filing Date: 2007-03-06
Classification: G06Q,G11B

Abstract:
1. A video editing apparatus that edits a plurality of video material data pieces to generate a video program, the video editing apparatus comprising: a video material data storing unit operable to store the plurality of video material data pieces; a copyright royalty storing unit operable to store a copyright royalty for each of one or more copyright sections set with or without overlap in each of the plurality of video material data pieces, each copyright royalty of a respective copyright section being either (i) a fixed basis royalty which is a fixed fee charged for use of the copyright section or (ii) an as-used basis royalty charged for used of the copyright section per unit length; a control unit operable to select one or more video material data pieces from among the plurality of video material data pieces stored in the video material data storing unit; a usage section obtaining unit operable to obtain a usage section to be extracted from each of the selected video material data pieces, the usage sections being used to generate the video program; a material royalty calculation unit operable to (i) read a copyright royalty for each copyright section set in each of the selected video material data pieces, (ii) calculate, for each read copyright royalty, if the read copyright royalty is an as-used basis royalty, a section royalty by multiplying the as-used basis royalty by a length of a portion of the corresponding copyright section overlapping the usage section, and (iii) calculate a material royalty by totaling the fixed basis royalties and the section royalties of all the copyright sections set in each of the selected video material data pieces; a total royalty calculation unit operable to calculate a total royalty by totaling the material royalties of all the selected video material data pieces; a display unit operable to display the total royalty; and a video program generating unit operable to generate the video program by extracting data corresponding to each usage section from each selected video material data piece and by concatenating all of the extracted data corresponding to the usage sections.