System and method maximizing video license utilization using billboard services

Abstract

Key to overall video license utilization lies in a cooperative sharing of licenses between the different branch operators of the licenses before the expiry of the licenses. A branch operator has a region of operation and stimulating the demand for licenses that are about to expire across multiple regions increases the overall license utilization. Billboard service provides subscribers with information and facility to preview and select movies for viewing online and it provides an opportunity for branch operators and central operator to maximize the utilization of available licenses. Central billboard provides a platform for branch operators to submit and trade their surplus licenses while a local billboard that is part of a branch operator infrastructure helps create demand for such surplus licenses. Central billboard supports both regulated and unregulated pricing and trading thereby enhancing the chances of trading of licenses that are about to expire.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to video license distribution in general, and more particularly, maximizing video license utilization. Still more particularly, the present invention relates to a system and method for maximizing video license utilization by real-time centralized management of available licenses.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]The video distribution systems are ever growing in number and complexity. With this growth, in terms of the content generation and subscriber base, comes the challenge of balancing between satisfying the subscribers' demands and maximizing the utilization of the available video licenses. Consider a scenario where there are multiple branch operators that are part of a single video distribution system. These operators obtain licenses from the central license manager periodically and use the same to service their subscriber base. There are situations wherein a branch operator has licenses for a set of movies but demand fr...

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Benefits of technology

[0011]The primary objective of the invention is to achieve maximization of video license utilization by using a billboard service for real time distribution of licenses to meet the demands from the subscribers across different Local License distributors (LLD). This is achieved by providing a mechanism for the exchange of surplus licenses among LLDs to maximize the overall utilization of licenses. This exchange of licenses is facilitated by encouraging profitable and cooperative trade between the LLDs that own the surplus licenses and the LLDs that have demand for these licenses.

Problems solved by technology

The known systems do not address the issue of maximizing the utilization of the licenses in general and those licenses that are due for expiry in particular.

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