Patent AU-2022204147-A1 (AU)
Title: System and method for brokering the publication of media content
Inventor: MOORE RON
IPC: H04L12/16
Filed: 2022-06-14
Abstract: A method for publishing media content via a media brokering system, the media brokering 
system including one or more content producer devices, one or more content publisher 
devices, and an online media brokering platform communicating with the one or more 
content producer devices and the one or more content publisher devices over a network, the 
method comprising: 
registering, by the online media brokering platform via a server application, one or 
more content producers via the respective content producer devices and one or more 
content publishers via the respective content publisher devices, the registering including: 
receiving, by the online media brokering platform via the server application, a 
completed electronic contract from the one or more content producer devices and the 
content publisher devices following a registration request from the respective one or 
more content producer devices and the content publisher devices; 
validating, by the online media brokering platform, a registration of the one or 
more of the content producer devices and the content publisher devices, based on a 
predefined criteria, in response to receiving the completed electronic contract from 
the corresponding one or more of the content producer devices and the content 
publisher devices; and 
storing, by the online media brokering platform, the registration of the one or 
more of the content producer devices and the content publisher devices in a client 
database upon a successful validation of the registration of the corresponding one or 
more of the content producer devices and the content publisher devices; 
receiving, by the online media brokering platform via the server application, one or 
more media content to be published from one or more of the registered content producer 
devices, the one or more media content including media content uploaded to the online 
media brokering platform by the one or more registered content producer devices in real
time; 
receiving, by the online media brokering platform via the server application, an 
access request from at least one of the registered content publisher devices for accessing at 
least one media content, the access request including a proposed price being offered by the 
registered content publisher device for the at least one media content, wherein an interface 
corresponding to the server application displayed on each of the one or more registered 
content publisher devices includes at least a feed of media content uploaded in real-time and 
is limited to registered publishers only to prohibit access to at least the media content 
received in real-time to unregistered publishers thereby providing controlled access to the 
media content;
establishing, by the online media brokering platform via the server application, a 
communication session between one of the one or more registered content producer devices 
associated with the at least one media content for which the access request is received and 
the corresponding at least one content publisher device requesting the access to facilitate a 
transaction of the at least one media content, the communication session being established 
in response to an affirmation received, by the online media brokering platform via the server 
application, from the content producer device associated with the at least one media content, 
for the access request received from the corresponding at least one content publisher 
device; 
allocating, by the online media brokering platform, a publication right for the at least 
one media content to the at least one content publisher associated with the at least one 
content publisher device based on one or more criteria defined in the established 
communication session; and 
publishing, by the at least one content publisher device via a publication channel, the 
at least one media content in response.