System for user-friendly creation of a searchable database of creative products

Abstract

A system including one or more servers, each server communicably coupled to a first user device and a second user device, the one or more servers being configured to receive, from the first user device, information regarding a project of an artist, create project data based on the received information regarding the project, the project data comprising a name and at least one of a type, a language, a description, a start date, an estimated completion date, a prospective release date and/or a revenue goal, store the project data in a database of the one or more servers, and transmitting or providing, via a network or website, information associated with the stored project data to the second user device.

1 . A system, comprising:
 one or more servers, at least one of the one or more servers being capable of communicating with a first user device, a second user device, and a third user device, and configured to:   receive, from the first user device, first project information regarding a first project of one or more artists and first container information associated with the first project, wherein the first container information comprises a description, of a first associated entitlement;   create one or more first at least partially-user-editable database records relating to the first project based on the first project information and the first container information, wherein the one or more first at least partially-user-editable database records comprise: a name, a start date, a goal, a description of the first project, and a description of the first associated entitlement;   store at least one of the one or more first at least partially-user-editable database records in a database of the one or more servers;   receive, from the second user device, second project information regarding a second project of one or more different artists, and second container information associated with the second project, wherein the second container information comprises a description of a second associated entitlement;   create one or more second at least partially-user-editable database records relating to the second project based on the second project information, and the second container information, wherein the one or more second at least partially-user-editable database records comprise: a name, a start date, a goal, a description of the second project, and a description of the second associated entitlement;   store at least one of the one or more second at least partially-user-editable database records in the database of the one or more servers;   transmit or provide, via a network or a website: (i) at least a portion of the first project information and at least a portion of the first container information, and/or (ii) at least a portion of the second project information and at least a portion of the second container information, to the third user device;   generate, based on the one or more first at least partially-user-editable database records and/or the one or more second at least partially-user-editable database records stored in the database, one or more reports related to the first project or the second project, respectively; and   transmit or provide the one or more reports related to the first project to the first user device or transmit or provide the one or more reports related to the second project to the second user.   
     
     
         2 . A system, comprising:
 one or more servers, at least one of the one or more servers being capable of communicating with a first user device and a second user device, and configured to:   receive, from the first user device, project information regarding a project of one or more artists and container information associated with the project, wherein the container information comprises a description of an associated entitlement;   create one or more at least partially-user-editable database records relating to the project based on the project information and the container information, wherein the one or more at least partially-user-editable database records comprise: a name, a start date, a goal, a description of the project, and a description of the associated entitlement;   store at least one of the one or more at least partially-user-editable database records in a database of the one or more servers; and   transmit or provide, via a network or a website, at least a portion of the project information and at least a portion of the container information, to the second user device.   
     
     
         3 . The system according to  claim 2 , wherein the one or more at least partially-user-editable database records further comprise: a type of project and an estimated completion date. 
     
     
         4 . The system according to  claim 2 , wherein the at least one of the one or more servers is further configured to transmit or provide, via the network or the website, offer data associated with the entitlement to the second user device. 
     
     
         5 . The system according to  claim 4 , wherein the offer data comprises at least one of: auction data, point of sale data, subscription data, license data, pre-sale data, and/or sponsorship data. 
     
     
         6 . The system according to  claim 4 , wherein the at least one of the one or more servers is further configured to:
 after transmitting or providing the offer data to the second user device, receive acceptance data from the second user device; and   when the acceptance data is received:
 store an indication that a user of the second user device is a patron of the project; and 
 transmit or provide an indication that a container has been associated with the user. 
   
     
     
         7 . The system according to  claim 5 , wherein the at least one of the one or more servers is further configured to:
 after transmitting or providing the offer data to the second user device, receive acceptance data from the second user device; and   when the acceptance data is received:
 store an indication that a user of the second user device is a patron of the project; and 
 transmit or provide the indication to the second user device. 
   
     
     
         8 . The system according to  claim 2 , wherein the one or more at least partially-user-editable database records further comprises a type of project, the type of project being at least one of: music, audio, song, album, film, movie, print, written, book, services, visual art, photo, painting, multimedia, video, product, software and/or syndicated content. 
     
     
         9 . The system according to  claim 2 , wherein the at least one of the one or more servers is further configured to, after a project start date has occurred:
 calculate a progress of the project based on the stored one or more at least partially-user-editable database records.   
     
     
         10 . The system according to  claim 2 , wherein the at least one of the one or more servers is further configured to, after a project start date has occurred:
 calculate a progress of the project based on the stored goal.   
     
     
         11 . The system according to  claim 2 , wherein the at least one of the one or more servers are further configured to manage the one or more at least partially-user-editable database records based on additional information received from the first user device. 
     
     
         12 . The system according to  claim 2 , wherein the one or more at least partially-user-editable database records further comprise an indication. that indicates whether a project is an incomplete project, a partially complete project or a completed project. 
     
     
         13 . The system according to  claim 2 , wherein the description of the associated entitlement comprises a description of physical content to be delivered. 
     
     
         14 . The system according to  claim 2 , wherein the acceptance data comprises an acceptance to an offer. 
     
     
         15 . The system according to  claim 2 , wherein the associated entitlement, upon completion of the project, is forwarded to a user of the second user device via at least one of: streaming media, at least one downloadable file, mail order, personal delivery, email and/or by telephone. 
     
     
         16 . The system according to  claim 2 , wherein the at least one of the one or more servers is further configured to:
 receive interest information regarding one or more projects from the first or second user device; and   store the interest information associated with the one or more projects.   
     
     
         17 . The system according to  claim 16 , wherein the interest information specifies container data. 
     
     
         18 . The system according to  claim 2 , wherein the associated entitlement comprises at least one of: access to rough mixes, photos or videos from recording sessions or outtakes, invitations to recording sessions, and/or access to sheet music accompanying the work. 
     
     
         19 . The system according to  claim 2 , wherein the at least one of the one or more servers is further configured to:
 receive, from the second user device, user input;   determine whether the received user input matches at least one keyword associated with at least one of: the one or more at least partially-user-editable database records and/or artists, genres or offer data associated with the one or more at least partially-user-editable database records;   when the received user input matches the at least one keyword, transmitting or providing, via the network or the website, information associated with the matching keyword.   
     
     
         20 . The system according to  claim 2 , wherein the associated entitlement comprises at least one of: a downloadable song, sheet music, scores, music lesson information, custom song writing information, personal interaction with artist information, and/or information regarding digital or physical access to the creative work process of a work not yet created, partially created, or fully created. 
     
     
         21 . The system according to  claim 2 , wherein the description of the associated entitlement indicates that the user will receive physical and/or digital content relating to the project. 
     
     
         22 . The system according to  claim 2 , wherein the database is a searchable database. 
     
     
         23 . The system according to  claim 2 , wherein the at least one of the one or more servers are further configured to convert the associated entitlement to a digital format. 
     
     
         24 . The system according to  claim 2 , wherein the second user device is capable of displaying the received information. 
     
     
         25 . The system according to  claim 2 , wherein the at least one of the one or more servers is further configured to:
 generate, based on the stored one or more at least partially-user-editable database records, one or more reports related to the project; and   transmit and/or provide, via the network or the website, to the first user device, the one or more reports related to the project.   
     
     
         26 . The system according to  claim 2 , wherein the first user device comprises one or more first user devices and the second user device comprises one or more second user devices. 
     
     
         27 . The system according to  claim 26 , wherein the one or more first user devices and the one or more second user devices comprise a wired or wireless device, including: a telephone, a personal digital assistants (PDA), an email device, a personal computer, a kiosk, and a television. 
     
     
         28 . The system according to  claim 2 , wherein the container information further comprises a description of a service or a product. 
     
     
         29 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the first user device, the second user device, and the third user device are the same device. 
     
     
         30 . The system according to  claim 2 , wherein the receiving, from the first user device, the project information regarding the project of the one or more artists and the receiving, from the first user device, the container information associated with the project are two separate steps.