Method and system for managing and distributing digital media

摘要

A system and method that integrates a plurality of media service systems offering different multimedia services such as media storage, syndication, delivery, and billing services. The system and method also provides automated file transcoding. In embodiment, a method of the present invention includes receiving a plurality of physical media files, organizing the plurality of physical media files so that different bit-rates and formats of a single source material are organized into a media database entity, receiving user specified delivery settings for the distribution of the physical media file, generating a release database entity storing the delivery settings of the physical media file, generating an address indicating the storage location of the release, and transmitting the address to a remote computing device.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, through a user interface:
a user selection of a plurality of delivery settings each identifying a manner in which content of a media file is to be delivered,a plurality of service providers; andlogin information for each of the service providers; using the login information and the plurality of service providers to process a plurality of derivative media files, each of the derivative media files being processed based on the media file and a respective one of the delivery settings; and generating, by at least one computing device, a plurality of different release database entries, each of the release database entries identifying a relationship between a different one of the derivative media files and the media file.