Online content management and marketplace platform

Abstract

Systems and methods for managing media, such as digital content, using block chain technology are described. In some embodiments, the systems and methods provide an electronic platform that facilitates the purchase of rights to digital content items. The electronic platform includes a marketplace sub-system that facilitates a brokering of rights to digital content items between owners of the digital content items and recipients of the digital content items, and a transaction sub-system that performs block chain transactions associated with transfers of rights the digital content items from owners of the digital content items and recipients of the digital content items.

We claim: 
     
         1 . A system, comprising:
 a content item sub-system that receives and manages digital content items;   a transaction sub-system that performs block chain transactions associated with transferring rights to use the digital content items managed by the content item sub-system; and   a marketplace sub-system that facilitates the brokering of rights to the digital content items between owners of the digital content items and recipients of the digital content items.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the transaction sub-system transfers one or more rights to use a digital content item from an owner to a recipient by:
 transferring digital currency from a parent address node associated with the owner of the digital content item to a child address node associated with the recipient of the digital content item; and   recording the transfer of the digital currency from the parent address node to the child address node in a block chain.   
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the content item sub-system receives digital content items from owners of digital content items wishing to register the digital content items as available for purchase or licensing via the marketplace sub-system. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the content item sub-system authenticates a newly digital content item as an authentic content item by:
 receiving user input associated with registering the digital content item to the content item sub-system;   performing multiple operation authentication processes for the digital content item; and   determining that a trust value calculated from the performed multiple operation authentication process satisfies a threshold value associated with authenticating the digital content item as authentic.   
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the marketplace sub-system facilitates the selling of an exclusive right to a digital content item from an owner of the digital content item to a recipient of the digital content item. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the marketplace sub-system facilitates the selling of a right to an edition of a digital content item from an owner of the digital content item to a recipient of the digital content item. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the content item sub-system manages digital content items that include images, audio files, or video clips. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the marketplace sub-system facilitates the brokering of rights to the digital content items between members of an online social network service. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the marketplace sub-system facilitates the brokering of rights to the digital content items within an online retail site. 
     
     
         10 . A method performed by a content management system, the method comprising:
 receiving and managing digital content items provided by owners of the digital content items;   performing block chain transactions associated with transferring rights to use the digital content items managed by the content management system; and   brokering transfers of rights to the digital content items between owners of the digital content items and recipients of the digital content items.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein performing block chain transactions associated with transferring rights to use the digital content items managed by the content management system includes:
 transferring digital currency from a parent address node associated with the owner of the digital content item to a child address node associated with the recipient of the digital content item; and   recording the transfer of the digital currency from the parent address node to the child address node in a block chain.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein receiving and managing digital content items provided by owners of the digital content items includes receiving digital content items from owners of digital content items wishing to register the digital content items as available for purchase or licensing by recipients. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein receiving and managing digital content items provided by owners of the digital content items includes:
 receiving user input associated with registering the digital content item to the content management system;   performing multiple operation authentication processes for the digital content item to be registered; and   determining that a trust value calculated from the performed multiple operation authentication process satisfies a threshold value associated with authenticating the digital content item as authentic.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein brokering transfers of rights to the digital content items between owners of the digital content items and recipients of the digital content items includes facilitating a selling of an exclusive right to a digital content item from an owner of the digital content item to a recipient of the digital content item. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 1 , The method of  claim 10 , wherein brokering transfers of rights to the digital content items between owners of the digital content items and recipients of the digital content items includes facilitating a selling of a right to an edition of a digital content item from an owner of the digital content item to a recipient of the digital content item. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the digital content items include images, audio files, and video clips. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein brokering transfers of rights to the digital content items between owners of the digital content items and recipients of the digital content items includes facilitating a brokering of rights to the digital content items between members of an online social network service. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein brokering transfers of rights to the digital content items between owners of the digital content items and recipients of the digital content items includes facilitating a brokering of rights to the digital content items within an online retail site. 
     
     
         19 . An electronic platform that facilitates the purchase of rights to digital content items, the platform comprising:
 a marketplace sub-system that facilitates a brokering of rights to digital content items between owners of the digital content items and recipients of the digital content items; and   a transaction sub-system that performs block chain transactions associated with transfers of rights the digital content items from owners of the digital content items and recipients of the digital content items.   
     
     
         20 . The electronic platform of  claim 19 , wherein the transaction sub-system perform a block chain transaction between an address node associated with an owner of a digital content item and an address node associated with a recipient of the digital content item upon determining the recipient has purchased a right to the digital content item from the owner of the digital content item.