Patent ID: 9021600
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. As software as a service method implemented with a computer processor for distributing a digital representation of a cinematic production comprising the steps of: producing, by a studio, a digital source master (DSM) of the cinematic production on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium producing a digital cinema distribution master (DCDM) from the DSM; compressing the DCDM to a digital cinema package (DCP); selecting a priority type associated with delivery of the selected DCP; identifying a transfer begin and end time of the selected DCP; booking electronic delivery of the DCP to the cinema based upon the priority type selected, transfer time required, the transfer begin/end time; booking electronic delivery of the DCP based also upon the priority type selected, transfer time required, the transfer begin/end time of a competing transfer to the same cinema; and electronically delivering the DCP to the cinema.