Method of creating a media item portion database

1 . A method of creating an entry in a media item portion database comprising:

identifying a media item portion that may be utilized to create a composite media item;

collecting said media item portion and associated metadata;

examining said associated metadata to determine if said metadata meets predetermined minimum requirements for further processing; and

creating, by further processing, an entry in a media item portion database, said entry conforming to a predetermined data container format so as to create an accessible and searchable database of metadata and associated media item portions that may be combined to form composite media items.

2 . The method of claim 1 wherein said metadata associated with said media item portion comprises a set of commerce-enabling information.

3 . The method of claim 2 wherein said set of commerce-enabling information comprises usage rights.

4 . The method of claim 3 wherein said usage rights comprises a right to use said media item portions in a derivate work.

5 . The method of claim 2 wherein said set of commerce-enabling information comprises a commercial designation.

6 . The method of claim 2 wherein said set of commerce-enabling information comprises an attribution of a publisher.

7 . The method of claim 2 wherein said set of commerce-enabling information comprises a price per copy of said media item portion.

8 . The method of claim 2 wherein said set of commerce-enabling information comprises an identity of a rights holder.

9 . The method of claim 2 wherein said set of commerce-enabling information comprises a set of licensing terms.

10 . The method of claim 2 wherein said set of commerce-enabling information comprises a copyright message.

11 . The method of claim 2 wherein said set of commerce-enabling information comprises a digital rights message.

12 . The method of claim 2 wherein said set of commerce-enabling information comprises a pointer to a copyright message.

13 . The method of claim 2 wherein said set of commerce-enabling information comprises a pointer to licensing information.

14 . The method of claim 1 wherein said predetermined data container format comprises a media item portion identifier for acquiring said media item portion.

15 . The method of claim 14 wherein said media item portion identifier is a pointer.

16 . The method of claim 14 wherein said media item portion identifier is a uniform resource locator.

17 . The method of claim 14 wherein said media item portion identifier is an id unique to an online music service.

18 . The method of claim 14 wherein said media item portion identifier is an universal resource identifier.

19 . The method of claim 1 wherein said media item portion is acquired from a server.

20 . The method of claim 1 wherein said media item portion is acquired from a user's local media library accessed from a user's computing device.

21 . The method of claim 1 wherein either said media item portion is acquired from the internet.

22 . The method of claim 1 wherein either said media item portion is acquired from a network.

23 . The method of claim 1 wherein said predetermined data container format comprises said metadata associated with said media item portion.

24 . The method of claim 1 wherein the step of examining and collecting said metadata comprises collecting metadata from a first source and a second source.

25 . The method of claim 24 wherein either one or both of said first source and said second source comprises a webpage.

26 . The method of claim 24 wherein either one or both of said first source and said second source comprises a RSS feed.

27 . The method of claim 24 wherein either one or both of said first source and said second source comprises a local media item portion storage.

28 . The method of claim 24 wherein either one or both of said first source and said second source comprises a remote media item portion database.

29 . The method of claim 1 further comprising cataloguing said entry into said media item portion database.

30 . The method of claim 1 wherein said media item portion database is located on the internet.

31 . The method of claim 1 wherein said media item portion is a media file.

32 . The method of claim 1 wherein said predetermined data container format comprises container related metadata.

33 . The method of claim 1 wherein said predetermined data container format is parseable by software for presentation by a user interface.

34 . The method of claim 1 wherein said predetermined data container format is parseable by software for rendering metadata information in a user interface.

35 . The method of claim 1 wherein the step of identifying said media item portion comprises conducting a web crawl search of the internet.

36 . The method of claim 1 wherein the step of examining said metadata comprises a processor examining web page source code associated with the webpage wherein said media item portion is located.

37 . The method of claim 1 wherein if said media item portion is derived from a first source, said metadata comprises text representing said first source.

38 . The method of claim 1 wherein said predetermined requirements are based on conditional logic.

39 . The method of claim 1 wherein said predetermined requirements are based on whether a specific type of said associated metadata is present.

40 . The method of claim 39 wherein said specific type of said associated metadata comprises commerce enabling information.

41 . The method of claim 1 wherein said predetermined requirements are based on whether said associated metadata is already present in said entry.

42 . A computer-readable storage medium containing a set of instructions for a computing device, the set of instructions comprising:

identifying a media item portion that may be utilized to create a composite media item;

collecting said media item portion and associated metadata;

examining said associated metadata to determine if said metadata meets predetermined minimum requirements for further processing; and

creating, by further processing, an entry in said media item portion database, said entry conforming to a predetermined data container format so as to create an accessible and searchable database of metadata and associated media item portions that may be combined to form composite media items.

43 . A device under software control comprising:

code for identifying a media item portion that may be utilized to create a composite media item;

code for collecting said media item portion and associated metadata;

code for examining said associated metadata to determine if said metadata meets predetermined minimum requirements for further processing; and

code for creating, by further processing, an entry in said media item portion database, said entry conforming to a predetermined data container format so as to create an accessible and searchable database of metadata and associated media item portions that may be combined to form composite media items.

44 . One or more computer-readable media having computer-readable instructions thereon which, when executed by one or more computing devices, implement the method of claim 1 .

45 . A computing device comprising one or more computer-readable media having computer-readable instructions thereon which, when executed implement the method of claim 1 .

46 . A method of providing an Internet service comprising:

providing access to a store of information relating to media item portions that may be combined to form composite media items, said store of information assembled by steps comprising:

identifying a media item portion that may be utilized to create a composite media item;

collecting said media item portion and associated metadata;

examining said associated metadata to determine if said metadata meets predetermined minimum requirements for further processing; and

creating an entry in a media item portion database, said entry conforming to a predetermined data container format so as to create an accessible and searchable store of metadata and associated media item portions that may be combined to form composite media items;

receiving search parameters associated with said entry; and

returning, in accordance with said search parameters, information from said store related to a media item portion that may be utilized to create a composite media item.