Data container and set of metadata for association with a media item and composite media items

Abstract

Various types of metadata and data containers associated with a media item and media item portions. In one aspect, a data container associated a media item, a rights-preserving metadata subset associated with a media item portion, and a set of metadata associated with a composite media item. In another aspect, the data container may contain commerce-enabling information.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60 / 657,222, filed Feb. 28, 2005, entitled A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING MEDIA OVER A NETWORK, and U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60 / 678,718, filed May 5, 2005, entitled A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING MEDIA OVER A NETWORK, both of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present disclosure relates generally to a various types of metadata and data containers associated with a media item and media item portions. In one aspect, the disclosure relates to a data container associated a media item, a rights-preserving metadata subset associated with a media item portion, and a set of metadata associated with a composite media item. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] The practice of mixing and remixing media is no longer restricted to media professionals. Emerging technology of remixing digital media enables end-...

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Benefits of technology

[0005] The present disclosure addresses this deficiency in the current art. In one embodiment, the present disclosure relates generally to a type of data container or metadata subset or set that easily identifies the rights, rules, terms, and various types of useful information regarding the media item or media item portion.

Problems solved by technology

However, existing systems and software tools enable one to mix the sequences of digital data that represent the audiovisual information, but do not contemplate or make any attempt to systematically or reliably integrate the respective metadata of individual media portions that together comprise a new remixed or composite media item.

Furthermore, although the new media products may be mixed together, such mixing lacks sufficient reliability to be associated with the rights, business rules, authorship, or accounting functionality needed to enable a marketplace in both composite media or its constituent portions.

Thus, there is a lack of methods and tools for combining such metadata associated with the media item when combining the media itself.

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