Cloud-Based Automated Content Curation System

Number: 20180048938
Published: 2018-02-15
Filed: 2016-12-12
Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Inventors: Witkowski; Robert et al.
CPC: H04N21/44; H04N21/2541; H04N21/4408; H04N21/64322; H04N21/6405; H04N21/4627
Verdict: Set aside cloud-based content curation, business tool
Source: Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline

Abstract

A cloud-based automated content curation system includes a content curation platform having a hardware processor and a memory, a master control automation unit stored in the memory, and a web-based affiliate operations portal. The hardware processor is configured to execute the master control automation unit to receive content feeds from and business rules for each of multiple affiliate content providers, and to receive traffic log data and replacement content metadata for each of the affiliate content providers via the web-based affiliate operations portal. The hardware processor is also configured to execute the master control automation unit to curate multiple digital rights cleared content streams from each content feed based on the respective traffic log data, replacement content metadata, and business rules for each of the affiliate content providers, and to generate Internet Protocol (IP) transport streams for distributing the digital rights cleared content streams.

Background

BACKGROUND

Consumers of television (TV) program content now have a level of control over when, where, and how they will consume their programming of choice that was simply unavailable to previous generations of TV viewers. For example, the ever-increasing variety of program content available online has enabled consumers to selectively access TV program content using a personal computer (PC), such as a laptop or tablet computer, rather than through use of a traditional TV set when at home, or through use of a mobile communication device while traveling or otherwise away from home.

The increased viewing options for consumers of TV program content have created significant challenges for content providers attempting to assure viewer loyalty while ensuring digital rights compliance. For example, distribution rights covering delivery of program content over a particular distribution channel, such as a linear TV broadcast, may not cover digital distribution of the same program content over the Internet. However, conventional approaches to converting a linear TV content feed into a digital content stream for which digital distribution rights are in place are typically burdensome, costly, and often require human involvement or direction. Consequently, there is a need in the art for a solution enabling the substantially automated curation of digitally rights cleared content for distribution over the Internet.SUMMARY

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Claims

1. A cloud-based automated content curation system comprising: a content curation platform including a hardware processor and a memory; a master control automation unit stored in the memory; a web-based affiliate operations portal interactively linked to the master control automation unit; the hardware processor configured to execute the master control automation unit to: receive a first plurality of content feeds from a corresponding first plurality of affiliate content providers; receive, via the web-based affiliate operations portal, traffic log data for each of the affiliate content providers; receive, via the web-based affiliate operations portal, replacement content metadata for each of the affiliate content providers; receive business rules for each of the affiliate content providers; curate a second plurality of digital rights cleared content streams from each of the first plurality of content feeds based on the respective traffic log data, replacement content metadata, and business rules for each of the affiliate content providers; and generate an Internet Protocol (IP) transport stream for distributing each of the second plurality of digital rights cleared content streams. 11. A method for use by a cloud-based automated content curation system including a content curation platform having a hardware processor and a memory storing a master control automation unit, and a web-based affiliate operations portal interactively linked to the master control automation unit, the method comprising: receiving, by the master control automation unit executed by the hardware processor, a first plurality of content feeds from a corresponding first plurality of affiliate content providers; receiving, via the web-based affiliate operations portal by the master control automation unit executed by the hardware processor, traffic log data for each of the affiliate content providers; receiving, via the web-based affiliate operations portal by the master control automation unit executed by the hardware processor, replacement content metadata for each of the affiliate content providers; receiving, by the master control automation unit executed by the hardware processor, business rules for each of the affiliate content providers; curating, by the master control automation unit executed by the hardware processor, a second plurality of digital rights cleared content streams from each of the first plurality of content feeds based on the respective traffic log data, replacement content metadata, and business rules for each of the affiliate content providers; and generating, by the master control automation unit executed by the hardware processor, an Internet Protocol (IP) transport stream for distributing each of the second plurality of digital rights cleared content streams.