Self-Service Channel Marketplace

摘要

A content hosting system allows content providers to create channels of video content and make them available to users in a marketplace. Users can search or browse for channels of interest, and selectively subscribe to channels. Users can also pay for the right to view premium videos in each channel. The system ranks channels according to the value provided. Generally, users will seek out and subscribe to the highest ranked channels that provide the greatest value. The ranking function allows different providers to compete for the subscriptions of users. Providers can observe their channel's reception in the market by analyzing rankings and usage statistics to adjust channels to maximize channel performance. The system operator can also create bundled channels containing videos from multiple providers, and the resulting subscription revenue can be distributed to the various providers of the videos in the channel.

主权项

1. A computer system providing a self-service marketplace of subscription video channels comprising:
at least one computer processor; and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing executable code, the code when executed by the computer processor causes the computer processor to create user interfaces comprising:
a content provider user interface comprising:
an option to create subscription channels based on videos controlled by content providers, each subscription channel comprising a plurality of videos accessible to subscribers paying a subscription price;an option for each content provider to review performance data for their subscription channels; andan option for each content provider to review performance data for subscription channels created by other content providers;a subscriber user interface comprising:
a list of the subscription channels created by the content providers;an option to submit subscription requests and payments of subscription prices for a subscription channel from the list of the subscription channels; andan option for each subscribed channel to automatically renew or manually renew the subscription to the subscribed channel.