US 11,995,609 B2
Aggregated media rights platform
Vance Ikezoye, Los Gatos, CA (US); David Price Williams, Alton (GB); Michael Thomas Edwards, London (GB); Stephen John Grillos, Felton, CA (US); John R. Williams, San Jose, CA (US); James E. McNeill, Jr., Scotts Valley, CA (US); Jay Friedman, Monte Sereno, CA (US); Kuniyuki Takahashi, Emerald Hills, CA (US); Sergio Alberto Orozco Ramos, San Francisco, CA (US); Jesus Antonio Barajas Romero, Los Gatos, CA (US); Srinidhi Srinivasa Raghavan, San Jose, CA (US); Nancy Kang, San Jose, CA (US); Garen Levon Azizian, San Francisco, CA (US); and Edgar Escobar Baez, Campbell, CA (US)
Assigned to Audible Magic Corporation, Los Gatos, CA (US)
Filed by Audible Magic Corporation, Los Gatos, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/984,194.
Application 17/984,194 is a division of application No. 16/803,814, filed on Feb. 27, 2020, granted, now 11,544,806.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/811,467, filed on Feb. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0063864 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/00 (2012.01); G06F 21/64 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01); G06Q 20/08 (2012.01); G06Q 20/12 (2012.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06Q 50/18 (2012.01); G06V 10/74 (2022.01); G06V 20/40 (2022.01); G10L 25/51 (2013.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04N 21/8352 (2011.01); H04N 21/8355 (2011.01); H04N 21/8358 (2011.01)
CPC G06Q 10/10 (2013.01) [G06F 21/64 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06Q 20/0855 (2013.01); G06Q 20/1235 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0607 (2013.01); G06Q 50/182 (2013.01); G06Q 50/184 (2013.01); G06V 10/761 (2022.01); G06V 20/46 (2022.01); G06V 20/48 (2022.01); G10L 25/51 (2013.01); H04L 63/0876 (2013.01); H04L 63/101 (2013.01); H04N 21/8352 (2013.01); H04N 21/8355 (2013.01); H04N 21/8358 (2013.01); G06Q 2220/123 (2013.01); G06Q 2220/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, from a first rights holder at a claimed media ingestion module of an aggregated media rights platform, a first message comprising a) at least one of a first copy of a claimed media item or a first digital fingerprint of the first copy of the claimed media item and b) a first rights claim associated with the claimed media item, wherein the first rights claim identifies a first set of rights to the claimed media item;
receiving, from a second rights holder a t the claimed media ingestion module, a second message comprising a) at least one of a second copy of the claimed media item or a second digital fingerprint of the second copy of the claimed media item and b) a second rights claim associated with the second copy of the claimed media item, wherein the second rights claim identifies a second set of rights to the claimed media item;
generating a first digital fingerprint of the first copy of the claimed media item by the claimed media ingestion module based on at least one of audio data in the first copy or video data in the first copy unless the first digital fingerprint was received from the first rights holder;
generating a second digital fingerprint of the second copy of the claimed media item by the claimed media ingestion module based on at least one of audio data in the second copy or video data in the second copy unless the second digital fingerprint was received from the second rights holder;
comparing, by a media rights determiner of the aggregated media rights platform, the first digital fingerprint to the second digital fingerprint;
determining, by the media rights determiner, that the first copy and the second copy are copies of the same claimed media item based upon a match between the first digital fingerprint and the second digital fingerprint;
determining, by the media rights determiner, that the first set of rights includes a particular right that is also included in the second set of rights;
determining, by the media rights determiner, that a rights conflict exists between the first rights holder and the second rights holder with regards to the claimed media item;
initiating, by the media rights determiner, a conflict resolution process between the first rights holder and the second rights holder to determine a proper rights holder for the particular right;
sending, by the media rights determiner, a notice of a conflicting rights claim for the particular right to the first rights holder and the second rights holder;
receiving, at the media rights determiner, a response from the first rights holder relinquishing their claim to the particular right;
determining, by the media rights determiner, that the particular right belongs to the second rights holder; and
resolving, by the media rights determiner, the rights conflict in favor of the second rights holder.