Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US20070050382A1/en
Timestamp: 2019-04-23 05:22:27+00:00

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Embodiments of systems, program products, and methods to enhance and more effectively manage media content are provided. An embodiment of a program product stored in a tangible computer medium, for example, can include instructions to perform the operation of providing an industry generic framework to thereby provide a content management program product adapted to define metadata related to media content and to manage content relationships. The instructions can also include those to perform the operations of providing a code generator adapted to generate program code for the industry generic framework, and providing a plurality of media industry specific core reusable modules adapted to provide a plurality of media industry specific functions to enhance digital file management and allow a plurality of media content management services to be performed.
This invention claims the benefit of and priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/715,664, by Bugir et al., titled “System, Program Product, and Methods to Enhance Media Content Management,” filed on Sep. 8, 2005, and is related to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/711,699, by Bugir et al., titled “System, Program Product, and Methods to Enhance Media Content Management,” filed on Aug. 26, 2005; U.S. Non-Provisional Patent Application No. ______, by Bugir et al., titled “System, Program Product, and Methods to Enhance Media Content Management,” filed on Dec. 16, 2005; U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/711,700, by Bugir et al., titled “System, Methods, and Program Product to Trace Content Genealogy,” filed on Aug. 26, 2005; U.S. Non-Provisional Patent Application No. ______, by Bugir et al., titled “System, Methods, and Program Product to Trace Content Genealogy,” filed on Dec. 16, 2005; U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/712,052, by Bugir et al., titled “System, Program Product, and Methods to Enhance Media Content Management,” filed on Aug. 29, 2005; U.S. Non-Provisional Patent Application No. ______, by Bugir et al., titled “System, Program Product, and Methods to Enhance Media Content Management,” filed on Dec. 16, 2005; U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/712,051, by Bugir et al., titled “System, Methods, and Program Product to Trace Content Genealogy,” filed on Aug. 29, 2005; and U.S. Non-Provisional Patent Application No. ______, by Bugir et al., titled “System, Methods, and Program Product to Trace Content Genealogy,” filed on Dec. 16, 2005, all incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.
Embodiments of the present invention include program product stored in a tangible computer medium. For example, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the program product can include instructions that when executed by a computer perform the operations of interfacing a preselected network framework with an established network framework so that the preselected network framework defines a network stage, and generating program code responsive to the network stage. The instructions can also include this to perform the operations of establishing a content management framework responsive to the program code so that the content management framework defines a content search engine, and providing a media content services core responsive to the content search engine to enhance digital file management and allow a plurality of media content management services to be performed.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, the program product can include instructions to perform the steps of interfacing a preselected network framework with an established network framework, establishing a content management framework so that the content management framework defines a content search engine, and performing one or more media content services utilizing the content search engine to thereby enhance digital file management. Advantageously, such program product can enhance managing media content through an enterprise level content management platform.
Embodiments of the present invention also include a computer readable medium that is readable by a computer to manage media content. For example, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a computer readable medium can include a set of instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform operations of providing an industry generic framework to thereby provide a content management program product adapted to define metadata related to media content and to manage content relationships, providing a code generator adapted to generate program code for the industry generic framework, and providing a plurality of media industry specific core reusable modules adapted to provide a plurality of media industry specific functions.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, the computer readable medium can, for example, include a set of instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform the operations of establishing a content management framework responsive to a network stage, generating program code responsive to the network stage, and accessing the program code to perform a plurality of content management services.
The logical content module 46 or engine can be built to capture and store metadata from a multitude of sources (handling various formats) that can be accessed by different types of users for any number of reasons. These, for example, can include: programming, promotions, identifiers, and advertising. Logical content can be searchable and can include provisions for filters and multiple sorts. The logical content module 46 can build content grouping mechanisms, store and assign images, integrate seamlessly with physical content, and can link to contacts, actor's bios, and such. Logical content can include content relationships (genetic or natural association) between two or more pieces of logical content that is traceable, showing metadata lineage—the genealogy. See for example, co-pending U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/712,051, by Bugir et al., titled “System, Methods, and Program Product to Trace Content Genealogy,” filed on Aug. 29, 2005 and U.S. Non-Provisional Patent Application No. ______ titled “System, Methods, and Program Product to Trace Content Genealogy” filed on Dec. 16, 2005, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. Content relationships can include, for example: content predecessor, content successor, inherited rights/rules and metadata. Deriving content from one or more parents automatically generates a genealogical relationship. Content relationships can be displayed and content lineage can be tracked in all directions. Content's genetic relationship can be used to create: version and repurpose. Logical content can include content grouping (artificial association). Such grouping can include the mechanism used to group non-familial pieces of logical content together in order to establish financial or contractual rights, and facilitate ease of entry, and scheduling and tracking. Multiple grouping types can be created and related to each other in a hierarchal structure. Content groupings offer a marriage mechanism between artificial and natural (genetic) groupings. Content grouping relationship group content can include, e.g., scheduling, sales, financial, and research. Content grouping hierarchy can include, e.g., program-season/year-episode and deal-contract-package.
The sales module 136 allows for the trading between an agency/advertiser and media seller. This embodiment, for example, focuses on the touch points necessary to create and manage the contract or deal. It can use previously released components that support CRM for user aid buyer details. The deals and campaign infrastructure can be set up to cover any media and any delivery mechanism. Inventory infrastructure needed to manage this inventory can be defined, including breaks, pages, sell patterns, etc. along with items like reporting category and clash code. Pricing control tools can also be delivered.
alert system for proactively alerting out-bound activity.
general sales manager may see all orders.
also an external user community.
screens can be documented in a Human Interface Guide.
video only, orders, advertisers, etc.
engine that is capable of base routing and workflow management.
able to map the workflow and configuration of an organization.
engine which can allow use of Microsoft Reporting Services, etc.
deliverables can be incorporated as appropriate.
and adding the infrastructure for complex agents and assistants.
templates and screen flow models.
rules. The content relationships can be completed.
producer to track any airing of an identified content sequence.
projected. Direct content expenses such as dubbing costs etc.
be tied to the scheduling engines.
may need additional time to achieve all objectives.
airings to content rights contracts.
upon sales, ratings, and sellout assumptions for the operations.
to provide accurate tracking of the negotiations process.
captured and stored within the content library.
tracking and costing information and alerts.
probably insufficient to achieve objectives.
duction with respect to other modules and subsystems of system.
Workflow 02 able may be insufficient to achieve objectives.
with respect to other modules and subsystems of system.
Presentation EDL to control video server/digital device playouts.
automation systems for analog playout control.
Network routing record and playout can be delivered.
may be insufficient to achieve objectives.
those businesses. These entities establish the Contact system.
integration of scheduled contact management.
political reporting for US domestic regulations can be supported.
can be handled as the system is rolled out to those countries.
royalties which can then be posted to an accounts payable module.
the reconciliation process and provide rolled up.
Various communication methods can be available to manage issues.
part of this lego set.
percentage of revenue generated in a month versus sales target.
into account as part of a commission calculation.
functions allow for program purchase planning and ROI assessments.
pricing as well as simple booked versus.
duction costs could then be compared against budget.
with respect to other modules and subsystems of the system.
capable of addition and then recalculation against a new universe.
of algorithms to aid use of this data for prediction purposes.
requirements for both commercial and non-commercial content.
framework and technology, if any.
data from Apollo (VNU/Arbitron project), etc.
that can be used to analyze and compare disparate data.
Research 03 alone data and the ability to “weight” quantitative data.
Research 04 and pattern recognition resulting in suggested rule modifications.
respect to other modules and subsystems of the system.
set up to cover any media and any delivery mechanism.
to manage inventory, including breaks, pages, sell patterns, etc.
commercial content can be provided.
across trading partners can be included in this deliverable.
zation of research to present the best value to the buyer.
of scheduling as well as any background system processes.
scheduling and match it up with the delivery streams.
resources 02 deliverable may be insufficient to achieve all objectives.
It is important to note that while embodiments of the present invention have been described in the context of a fully functional system those skilled in the art will appreciate that the mechanism of the present invention and/or aspects thereof are capable of being distributed in the form of a computer readable medium of instructions in a variety of forms for execution on a processor, processors, or the like, and that the present invention applies equally regardless of the particular type of signal bearing media used to actually carry out the distribution. Examples of computer readable media include but are not limited to: nonvolatile, hard-coded type media such as read only memories (ROMs), CD-ROMs, and DVD-ROMs, or erasable, electrically programmable read only memories (EEPROMs), recordable type media such as floppy disks, hard disk drives, CD-R/RWs, DVD-RAMs, DVD-R/RWs, DVD-R/RWs, flash drives, and other newer types of memories, and transmission type media such as digital and analog communication links. For example, such media can include both operating instructions and instructions related to the content management program product 30 and much of the method steps described above.
Specifically embodiments of the present invention can include program products, e.g., program product 30, and computer readable media readable by a computer. An embodiment of a program product 30 can be stored in a tangible computer medium (or media). According to this embodiment, the program product 30 is adapted to operate to perform various steps including, for example, interfacing a preselected network framework with an established network framework, establishing a content management framework so that the content management framework defines a content search engine, and performing one or more media content services responsive to the content search engine to enhance digital file management.
This application is related to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/711,699, by Bugir et al., titled “System, Program Product, and Methods to Enhance Media Content Management,” filed on Aug. 26, 2005; U.S. Non-Provisional Patent Application No. ______, by Bugir et al., titled “System, Program Product, and Methods to Enhance Media Content Management,” filed on Dec. 16, 2005; U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/711,700, by Bugir et al., titled “System, Methods, and Program Product to Trace Content Genealogy,” filed on Aug. 26, 2005; U.S. Non-Provisional Patent Application No. ______, by Bugir et al., titled “System, Methods, and Program Product to Trace Content Genealogy,” filed on Dec. 16, 2005; U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/712,052, by Bugir et al., titled “System, Program Product, and Methods to Enhance Media Content Management,” filed on Aug. 29, 2005; U.S. Non-Provisional Patent Application No. ______, by Bugir et al., titled “System, Program Product, and Methods to Enhance Media Content Management,” filed on Dec. 16, 2005; U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/712,051, by Bugir et al., titled “System, Methods, and Program Product to Trace Content Genealogy,” filed on Aug. 29, 2005; and U.S. Non-Provisional Patent Application No. ______, by Bugir et al., titled “System, Methods, and Program Product to Trace Content Genealogy,” filed on Dec. 16, 2005, all incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.
2. Program product as defined in claim 1, further comprising instructions to perform the operation of providing a set of media content service modules each in communication with the media content services core to perform content management services to media, the set being tailored to individual user requirements.
managing remote connectivity to application servers utilizing the preselected network framework and the generated program code.
5. Program product as defined in claim 1, wherein the set of media content service modules comprises an auditing module, a system configuration module, a contacts module, a security module, a physical content module, a logical content module, and a scheduling module.
6. Program product as defined in claim 1, wherein the media content services core includes an application coordinator, a windows user interface, a user interface controller, a user interface configurator, a core services common provider, a core services content provider, and a core services scheduler.
7. Program product as defined in claim 1, wherein the framework stage includes a user interface (UI) program, a messaging program, an agent program, and a searching program.
performing one or more media content services utilizing the content search engine to thereby enhance digital file management.
9. Program product as defined in claim 8, wherein the step of performing media content services includes the step of providing media core services responsive to the content search engine to enhance digital file management and allow the one or more media content services to be performed.
10. Program product as defined in claim 9, wherein the step of performing one or more media content services includes the step of providing one or more media content service modules containing context specific implementations of the media core services.
providing a search engine adapted to locate each of a plurality of domain objects associated with the content management program product.
contextually applying metadata from one or more pieces of media content and relating the content to a plurality of processes including scheduling and library management.
accessing the program code to perform a plurality of content management services.
providing a set of media content service modules each in communication with the media content services core to perform content management services to media.
20. A computer readable medium as defined in claim 16, wherein the contact management framework includes a user interface (UI) program, a messaging program, an agent program, and a searching program.

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