Abstract: A system and method that integrates a plurality of media service systems offering different multimedia services such as media storage, syndication, delivery, and billing services. The system and method also provides automated file transcoding. In embodiment, a method of the present invention includes receiving a plurality of physical media files, organizing the plurality of physical media files so that different bit-rates and formats of a single source material are organized into a media database entity, receiving user specified delivery settings for the distribution of the physical media file, generating a release database entity storing the delivery settings of the physical media file, generating an address indicating the storage location of the release, and transmitting the address to a remote computing device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 7, 2006
Date of Patent:
August 19, 2014
Assignee:
ThePlatform for Media, Inc., a Washington Corporation
Inventors:
Alan Ramaley, Andrew Sodt, Rahul Sonnad, Ian Blaine, Andrew Olson