Licensed rights clearance and tracking for digital assets

US8543605B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CORBIS CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Curtis W. M. Bowden · Los Angeles, US
• David M. Crandall · Burke, US
• David Edward Reeder · Malibu, US
• Jonathan Frederick Schupp · Smithsburg, US
• Sung Hoi Shin · Germantown, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 31, 2011
• Grant date: Sep 24, 2013
• Expiry date: Oct 31, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S705/901
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Rights clearances management for assets, such as media assets. A rights brokerage service enables potential licensees to clears rights to use assets within designated projects, such as advertising campaign projects. The potential licensee uses an interface to select or identify an asset without necessarily accessing the asset itself. The rights holders and the rights held by each rights holder are identified based on the asset identity. A request is automatically issued to the rights holders to approve use of the asset for the project. The potential licensee may use an interface to track progress of approvals from the rights holders. Unenforceable rights are detected and approval is automatically obtained. If all enforceable rights are cleared, the asset may be committed for approval by a project manager or other authority. When approved, a license to use the asset is automatically created between the potential licensee and each of the rights holders.