Patent ID: 8463845

Claim:
A method for editing multimedia content and creating derivative works from multimedia content comprising the steps of: (a) providing a system including at least one remote media asset node (MAN) including MAN server computer(s) associated with at least one client for editing multimedia content (MMC), the at least one remote MAN constructed and configured in electronic communication over a network to a global media hub (GMH) having GMH server computer(s) having a processor, a memory, and software operable thereon to control the processes that act on the MMC at the MANs, the GMH operable for storing the metadata associated with the MMC, and the MANs operable for storing the MMC; (b) from a user interface (UI) on a display coupled to the at least one remote MAN associated with a client site and positioned in geographic proximity to the client site, editing the MMC via the UI; and (c) the GMH controlling all workflows at the MANs.