| CPC H04N 21/472 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04N 1/00413 (2013.01); H04N 21/26258 (2013.01); H04N 21/26283 (2013.01); H04N 21/278 (2013.01); H04N 21/431 (2013.01); H04N 21/4828 (2013.01); H04N 21/8133 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01); H04N 21/854 (2013.01)] | 42 Claims |
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1. A content creation system, comprising:
one or more client devices;
one or more servers including:
a database for storing show information including item information related to a plurality of items to be displayed and sold during a show, identification information associated with the plurality of items, a quantity of the plurality of items in stock in a warehouse, a plurality of audio segments, and a plurality of video segments, and
a program creation unit including a content generation unit having a processor for processing the show information received from the database and for creating the show for subsequent broadcast from the show information, the show having a plurality of plays, wherein the plurality of plays are formed by a user from a plurality of user interfaces, wherein one or more of the plurality of interfaces includes a plurality of selectable options having one or more types of the show information associated therewith, such that when one or more of the plurality of selectable options are selected by a user, the selected options form each of the plurality of plays forming the show; and
a network coupled to the one or more client devices and the one or more servers for allowing the one or more client devices to communicate with the one or more servers;
wherein one of the audio segments and the video segments are related to one or more of the plurality of items, and wherein the plurality of plays of the show form a predetermined part of the show;
wherein the processor of the content generation unit is programmed to generate a first interface of the plurality of interfaces having a window element with a plurality of tab elements, wherein the plurality of tab elements includes at least:
(i) a Shows tab element for displaying a list of shows associated with a selected user in the window element, wherein when the Shows tab element is actuated by a user, the content generation unit generates a second interface having the window element, wherein the window element displays in a tabular format the show information including at least two or more of a description of the shows, a host associated with each of the shows, a start time and an end time of the show, a program status of the show, and one or more action icons associated with the show,
(ii) an Item Inventory tab element for displaying inventory data of the plurality of items that are available to be sold during the show in the window element, wherein when the Inventory tab element of the plurality of tab elements is actuated by the user, the window element generated by the content generation unit includes a third interface having an inventory pane element that includes a plurality of item specific fields that enable the user to search for and select one or more of the plurality of items in inventory according to one or more predetermined attributes, wherein the one or more predetermined attributes includes an item type, a brand name of the item, a color of the item, a material type of the item, and a price of the item,
(iii) a Show Design tab element for displaying a fourth interface of the plurality of interfaces that allows the user to create and organize the show, wherein in response to the actuation of the Show Design tab element by the user, the content generation unit generates and displays the show information including a plurality of financial metrics associated with the plurality of items in the show selected from the third interface, such that the content generation unit determines a gross revenue and a gross margin of one or more of the plurality of plays and of the show and a gross margin of the show based on the plurality of items selected by the user,
wherein the program creation unit creates the show from the show information selected in two or more of the first interface, the second interface, the third interface, and the fourth interface.
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