Patent ID: 8090605

Claim:
A computer program product that includes a computer-usable medium having a sequence of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, causes said one or more processors to execute a process for developing media content, said process comprising: electronically receiving submissions of proposed content material suitable for inclusion in a variety of media from a plurality of submitters, the submissions being both solicited and/or unsolicited; storing the received content material in a repository, the repository being automatically searchable for submissions according to their content; searching the repository for content material meeting search criteria that describes content material of interest suitable for development in a particular media; selecting one or more submissions received from one or more searches; developing media content comprising one or more of a message, an instruction, a storyline, a plot, a tone, a theme, a location, a setting, a character or characters, a scene, a clip, a commercial, and an outcome by including in the media content some or all of the content material of the selected submissions; and releasing the completed media content to an audience to entertain and/or to deliver a message.