Patent ID: 8806346

Claim:
A method for providing configurable workflow for editing multimedia content and messaging events therein, the method comprising: providing a global media hub (GMH) including at least one GMH server computer; providing at least one remote media asset node (MAN) in electronic communication over a network with the GMH, the at least one MAN server computer associated with at least one client, the at least one MAN for editing multimedia content (MMC) and storing the MMC; providing a configurable workflow editor module; and providing a client user interface (UI); receiving at the at least one MAN and the GMH a request for a workflow that acts on the MMC, the request received from the client user interface (UI); receiving at least one user-predetermined trigger workflow event from the client UI at the configurable workflow editor module, the at least one user-predetermined trigger workflow event selected from event start, event completion, event success, event failure, and combinations thereof; directing with the client UI the workflow acting on the MMC at the at least one MAN; controlling, with the GMH, all activities and processes associated with the workflow acting on the MMC at the at least one MAN; storing all metadata associated with the MMC at the GMH; detecting the at least one user-predetermined trigger event with the configurable workflow editor module; generating a notification of the detected at least one user-predetermined trigger event with the configurable workflow editor module; and transmitting the notification to the at least one client over the network.