Methods and system for distributing information via multiple forms of delivery services

摘要

Systems and methods of managing content and content requests are described. A data store of profiles of potential content contributors is provided. A request from a first source for content comprising content criteria is received, the content criteria comprising content contributor characteristics and content subject matter. Based on the content contributor characteristics and the profiles, at least a first potential content contributor is identified. At least a portion of the content request content criteria is transmitted to the first potential content contributor. If recorded content is received from the first content contributor, the first source is provided with access to the received recorded content. At least partly in response to acceptance by the first source of the received recorded content, the first source is enabled to publish the accepted received recorded content.

主权项

1. A method of managing content and content requests, the method comprising:
maintaining a data store of profiles of potential content contributors, the data store including an identification of professions associated with at least a portion of the potential content contributors, wherein the identified professions for the portion of the potential content contributors include at least one of the following: athlete, actor, agent, athlete scout, medical expert, or celebrity; providing a user interface comprising:
a content contributor characteristics interface, via which the user can specify the potential content contributors are to be at least one of the following: athlete, actor, agent, athlete scout, medical expert, or celebrity;a content subject matter interface configured to receive a request to be provided to a given potential content contributor for video and audio content of the given content contributor discussing a specified subject; receiving, at a content distribution facilitation system, a request for new content from a first requester, the content request comprising content criteria, comprising:
a content contributor characteristics specification provided via the content contributor characteristics interface;a content subject matter specification provided via the content subject matter interface, including a request for video and audio content of a content contributor discussing a first specified subject;based at least on the content contributor characteristics included in the request and the profiles of potential content contributors, identifying, by the content distribution facilitation system, at least a first plurality of potential content contributors; transmitting, by the content distribution facilitation system, at least a portion of the content request content criteria, including the content subject matter specification, to respective applications installed on mobile communication devices of at least a portion of the first plurality of potential content contributors; wherein the respective applications are configured to display the request, and at least partly in response to a given contributor providing a first input, prompt the given contributor to capture the requested video and audio content using a front facing camera of the given contributor's mobile communication device; providing, via the content distribution facilitation system, the first requester with access to content captured by a respective mobile communication device from a front facing camera from one or more of the first plurality of potential content contributors; and enabling the first requester to publish the content captured by a respective mobile communication device from the front facing camera from one or more of the first plurality of potential content contributors.