COLLABORATIVE CLOUD-BASED CONTENT CURATION IN REAL-TIME

Number: 20180253470
Published: 2018-09-06
Filed: 2017-05-19
Assignee: DISNEY ENTERPRISES INC.
Inventors: Witkowski; Robert et al.
CPC: G06Q10/101; G06F3/048; G06F16/244; G06F16/435; H04L67/10; H04N21/234; H04N21/23424; H04N21/236; H04N21/2541; H04N21/2665; H04N21/8455
Verdict: Set aside cloud content curation/business tool
Source: Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline

Abstract

A collaborative cloud-based content curation system includes a content curation platform having a hardware processor, a memory, a master control automation unit stored in the memory, and a web-based affiliate operations portal. The hardware processor executes the master control automation unit to receive a content feed and trigger insertion instructions from an affiliate content provider, and to receive traffic log data for the affiliate content provider via the web-based affiliate operations portal. The master control automation unit curates a digital rights cleared content stream from the content feed, produces a corresponding electronic programming guide (EPG), and generates an IP transport stream for distributing the digital rights cleared content stream and the EPG. The master control automation unit also receives, after distribution of the digital rights cleared content and the EPG, a traffic log update data, and updates the EPG in real-time.

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 computer, a tablet, a smartphone, a smart TV, Internet-enabled televisions, or other devices connected to televisions, 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 capable of substantially automating the collaborative curation of digitally rights cleared content for distribution over the

Claims

1. A collaborative cloud-based 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 content feed from an affiliate content provider; receive, via the web-based affiliate operations portal, traffic log data for the affiliate content provider; receive trigger insertion instructions from the affiliate content provider; curate a digital rights cleared content stream from the content feed using the traffic log data and the trigger insertion instructions; produce an electronic programming guide (EPG) corresponding to the digital rights cleared content stream; generate an Internet Protocol (IP) transport stream for distributing the digital rights cleared content stream and the EPG; receive, after distribution of the digital rights cleared content and the EPG, a traffic log update data; and update the EPG in real-time with respect to receiving the traffic log update data. 11. A method for use by a collaborative cloud-based 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 content feed from an affiliate content provider; receiving, via the web-based affiliate operations portal by the master control automation unit executed by the hardware processor, traffic log data for the affiliate content provider; receiving, by the master control automation unit executed by the hardware processor, trigger insertion instructions from the affiliate content provider; curating, by the master control automation unit executed by the hardware processor, a digital rights cleared content stream from the content feed using the traffic log data and the trigger insertion instructions; producing, by the master control automation unit executed by the hardware processor, an electronic programming guide (EPG) corresponding to the digital rights cleared content stream; generating, by the master control automation unit executed by the hardware processor, an Internet Protocol (IP) transport stream for distributing the digital rights cleared content stream and the EPG; receiving, by the master control automation unit executed by the hardware processor, after distribution of the digital rights cleared content and the EPG, a traffic log update data; and updating, by the master control automation unit executed by the hardware processor, the EPG in real-time with respect to receiving the traffic log update data.