Patent ID: 7209917
Filing Date: 2007-04-24
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of retrieving digital assets from a digital asset library, said digital assets comprising at least three different types of digital assets selected from the group consisting of still images, video recordings, movies, audio recordings, graphics, promos, voiceovers, and text, said method comprising: receiving a request for a digital asset, said request comprising criteria to which said requested digital asset is to conform; accessing a document type definition (DTD) of said digital asset library, said DTD comprising declared elements and attributes for at least three different types of digital assets, at least a first type selected from the group consisting of video recordings and audio recordings and at least one other type selected from the group consisting of still images, movie, graphics, promos, voiceovers, and text, said DTD further comprising declared elements and attributes for rights management of at least two different types of digital assets selected from the group consisting of still image, promos, and voiceovers; searching a database of said digital asset library for said requested digital asset, said database comprising a plurality of records identifying digital assets of at least three different types selected from the group consisting of still images, video recordings, movies, audio recordings, graphics, promos, voiceovers, and text; and returning a list of at least three digital assets in response to each of said three digital assets conforming to said criteria, each of said three digital assets being of a different asset type selected from the group consisting of still image, video recordings, movies, audio recordings, graphics, promos, voiceovers, and text.