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System and method maximizing video license utilization using billboard services

a technology of video licenses and billboard services, applied in the direction of instruments, buying/selling/leasing transactions, instruments, etc., can solve the problem that the known system does not address the issue of maximizing the utilization of licenses, and achieve the effect of facilitating license exchange, maximizing video license utilization, and maximizing the overall utilization of licenses

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-11-26
SATYAM COMP SERVICES
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"The invention aims to maximize video license utilization by using a billboard service for real-time distribution of licenses to meet the demands from subscribers across different Local License distributors (LLDs). The invention provides a mechanism for the exchange of surplus licenses among LLDs to maximize the overall utilization of licenses. The invention also includes real-time management of licenses, subscriber management, billboard management, and a method for identifying surplus licenses, estimating buying and selling prices, and negotiating during the buying and selling of licenses. The invention also allows for price estimation for licenses that are about to expire and facilitates license pooling. The invention uses an iterative auction to trade licenses among LLDs."

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The known systems do not address the issue of maximizing the utilization of the licenses in general and those licenses that are due for expiry in particular.

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[0042]FIG. 1 depicts the system architecture of Billboard Based Video License Utilization System (BBVLU) consisting of multiple Local License Distributors (LLD) and a Global License Distributor (GLD). The main objectives of BBVLU are to provide billboard based services to the subscribers for real time selection of movies made available by different LLDs, to achieve efficient overall utilization of licenses available with different LLDs by distributing the licenses to subscribers across different LLDs, to get a fair price for the surplus licenses traded by the LLDs, and to retain subscriber loyalty to the billboard services by providing any movie selected by the subscriber from those shown on Billboard on best effort basis. Some of the BB services (102) include Current Booking, Advance Booking, and Plan Booking.

[0043]Billboard guaranties a subscriber to provide with a billboard view whenever the subscriber logs on to the billboard service. Each billboard view consists of a pre-determ...

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Key to overall video license utilization lies in a cooperative sharing of licenses between the different branch operators of the licenses before the expiry of the licenses. A branch operator has a region of operation and stimulating the demand for licenses that are about to expire across multiple regions increases the overall license utilization. Billboard service provides subscribers with information and facility to preview and select movies for viewing online and it provides an opportunity for branch operators and central operator to maximize the utilization of available licenses. Central billboard provides a platform for branch operators to submit and trade their surplus licenses while a local billboard that is part of a branch operator infrastructure helps create demand for such surplus licenses. Central billboard supports both regulated and unregulated pricing and trading thereby enhancing the chances of trading of licenses that are about to expire.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to video license distribution in general, and more particularly, maximizing video license utilization. Still more particularly, the present invention relates to a system and method for maximizing video license utilization by real-time centralized management of available licenses.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]The video distribution systems are ever growing in number and complexity. With this growth, in terms of the content generation and subscriber base, comes the challenge of balancing between satisfying the subscribers' demands and maximizing the utilization of the available video licenses. Consider a scenario where there are multiple branch operators that are part of a single video distribution system. These operators obtain licenses from the central license manager periodically and use the same to service their subscriber base. There are situations wherein a branch operator has licenses for a set of movies but demand fr...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06Q30/00G06Q50/00G06Q30/02G06Q30/06G06Q50/18
CPCG06Q30/02G06Q50/188G06Q30/0601
Inventor VARADARAJAN, SRIDHARGANGADHARPALLI, SRIDHARKAMMANAHALLI, HARISH GURUDUTTRAO, KORRAPATI KALYANA
Owner SATYAM COMP SERVICES
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