Patent Document ID: 8341195
Application ID: 11867617

Base Claim:
1. A computer implemented method for managing content assets for licensing, comprising: storing, by a server computer, a plurality of content assets; assigning, by a server computer, each content asset to a collection, wherein a collection includes a plurality of content assets within a single element of a classification matrix, wherein each column of a classification matrix corresponds to one of a plurality of license models and each row of a classification matrix corresponds to one of a plurality of value tiers, wherein a license model specifies a set of usage restrictions on a license to a content asset and a value tier designates a relative level of quality and corresponds to a plurality of license prices, wherein license prices for higher quality value tiers are generally higher than license prices for relatively lower quality value tiers; receiving by the server computer, from a client computer, a specification of a usage requirement and a price range; identifying, by the server computer, the collections associated with the specified usage requirement and price range; and providing, by the server computer, to the client interface a list of the identified collections.

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Claim 3:
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the content assets have keywords associated therewith, the method further comprising: receiving from the client computer at least one keyword and a selection of at least one collection from the identified collections; determining, by the server computer which of the plurality of content assets are associated with the at least one received keyword and with the selected at least one collection; and providing, to the client computer, a list of the determined content assets.