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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016

Filed:

Oct. 15, 2003
Applicants:

Robert H. Kondrk, Mountain View, CA (US);

Timothy Benjamin Martin, Mountain View, CA (US);

Jeffrey L. Robbin, Los Altos, CA (US);

David Heller, San Jose, CA (US);

Mike Wiese, Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Robert H. Kondrk, Mountain View, CA (US);

Timothy Benjamin Martin, Mountain View, CA (US);

Jeffrey L. Robbin, Los Altos, CA (US);

David Heller, San Jose, CA (US);

Mike Wiese, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06Q 20/42 (2012.01); G06Q 20/04 (2012.01); G06Q 20/12 (2012.01); G06Q 20/22 (2012.01); G06Q 20/24 (2012.01); G06Q 20/34 (2012.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06Q 40/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/42 (2013.01); G06Q 20/04 (2013.01); G06Q 20/12 (2013.01); G06Q 20/123 (2013.01); G06Q 20/1235 (2013.01); G06Q 20/227 (2013.01); G06Q 20/24 (2013.01); G06Q 20/35785 (2013.01); G06Q 30/06 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2013.01); G06Q 40/12 (2013.12); H04L 29/06 (2013.01); H04L 67/322 (2013.01); H04L 69/329 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems for submitting media to a media distribution site are disclosed. The submission of media to the media distribution site is able to be performed by numerous submitters in a uniform and computer-assisted manner. The submitted media can then be encoded in a largely automated manner at the media distribution site into a suitable digital form and then made available for online purchase and distribution.


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