Digital cinema distribution method and apparatus

摘要

Disclosed herein is an improved (digital) supply chain (ISC) product. The disclosure covers a simple explanation of the improved supply chain as a service business model, a review of key digital cinema (D-Cinema) topics, a description of the Digital Cinema supply chain, and finally, a description of the improved supply chain product and process.

主权项

1. As software as a service method implemented with a computer processor for distributing a digital representation of a cinematic production comprising the steps of:
producing, by a studio, a digital source master (DSM) of the cinematic production on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium producing a digital cinema distribution master (DCDM) from the DSM; compressing the DCDM to a digital cinema package (DCP); selecting a priority type associated with delivery of the selected DCP; identifying a transfer begin and end time of the selected DCP; booking electronic delivery of the DCP to the cinema based upon the priority type selected, transfer time required, the transfer begin/end time; booking electronic delivery of the DCP based also upon the priority type selected, transfer time required, the transfer begin/end time of a competing transfer to the same cinema; and electronically delivering the DCP to the cinema.