Systems and methods for receiving and sponsoring media content

Abstract

A method and system of sponsoring a media item is disclosed herein. A media item is received from a submitter. The media item is published for consumer access. Requests for the media item are received from media consumers. A number of consumer requests for the media item is counted. A determination is made as to whether the number of consumer requests for the media item is higher than a predetermined threshold of popularity. If the number of consumer requests for the media item is determined to be higher than the predetermined threshold of popularity, the media item is sponsored on a webcast station.

1 . A user interface comprising:
 a media submission field visibly displayed on a user device for submitting media content;   a media rendering field visibly displayed on the user device for publishing the media content for consumer access, the media rendering field being configured to count a number of consumer requests for the media content; and   a media sponsoring field visibly displayed on the user device for tracking whether the number of consumer requests for the media content is higher than a predetermined threshold of popularity, wherein if the number of requests is determined to be higher than the predetermined threshold of popularity, sponsoring the media content.   
     
     
         2 . The user interface of  claim 1 , wherein the media sponsoring field being further configured for indicating the media content being transmitted to a computer server for said sponsoring, said sponsoring comprising broadcasting the media content on a webcast television station. 
     
     
         3 . The user interface of  claim 1 , wherein the media sponsoring field being further configured for indicating the media content being transmitted to a computer server for said sponsoring, said sponsoring comprising broadcasting the media content on a webcast radio station. 
     
     
         4 . The user interface of  claim 1 , wherein the media sponsoring field being further configured for indicating the media content being transmitted to a consumer for a subscription fee. 
     
     
         5 . The user interface of  claim 1 , wherein the media sponsoring field being further configured for indicating the media content being transmitted to a consumer for a downloading fee. 
     
     
         6 . The user interface of  claim 1 , wherein the media submission field being further configured for entering a media type of the media content, the media type being a song, a video or an image. 
     
     
         7 . The user interface of  claim 6 , wherein the media submission field comprising a drop down menu for said entering the media type of the media content. 
     
     
         8 . The user interface of  claim 6 , wherein the media submission field being further configured for entering a suitable rendering computer application for the media content. 
     
     
         9 . The user interface of  claim 1 , wherein the media submission field being further configured for entering descriptor information corresponding to the media content, the descriptor information comprising at least one of a title, genre, artist, album name, album art, wherein the descriptor information being metadata of the media content. 
     
     
         10 . The user interface of  claim 1 , wherein the submission field, rendering field and sponsoring field each comprise individual buttons allocated for separate submitter submissions, content display and descriptive data display corresponding to the media content. 
     
     
         11 . The user interface of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a media menu visibly displayed on the user device for selecting a menu item for uploading media content, viewing webcasts and accessing submitted media.   
     
     
         12 . The user interface of  claim 1 , wherein the tracking of whether the number of consumer requests for the media content is higher than the predetermined threshold of popularity further comprises:
 tracking whether the media content has reached a first threshold of popularity, wherein if the media content has reached the first threshold of popularity, sponsoring the media content at a first sponsoring level; and   tracking whether the media content has reached a second threshold of popularity, wherein if the media content has reached the second threshold of popularity, sponsoring the media content at a second sponsoring level.   
     
     
         13 . The user interface of  claim 12 , wherein said sponsoring the media content at the first sponsoring level comprises broadcasting the media content on a webcast station. 
     
     
         14 . The user interface of  claim 12 , wherein said sponsoring the media content at the second sponsoring level comprises transmitting the media content to a consumer for a fee. 
     
     
         15 . The user interface of  claim 12 , wherein said sponsoring the media content at the first sponsoring level comprises transmitting the media content to a consumer for a fee. 
     
     
         16 . The user interface of  claim 12 , wherein said sponsoring the media content at the second sponsoring level comprises broadcasting the media content on a webcast station. 
     
     
         17 . The user interface of  claim 1 , wherein the media sponsoring field further comprises:
 a display field for indicating a popularity rating indicating the number of consumer requests for the media content; and   a display field for indicating a status of the media content, wherein the status corresponds to the media content being sponsored or published, the status is based upon the popularity rating.   
     
     
         18 . The user interface of  claim 17 , wherein the popularity rating being based upon the number of consumer requests for the media content, or consumer voting submissions indicating a level of interest each consumer has for the media content. 
     
     
         19 . The user interface of  claim 17 , wherein the predetermined threshold of popularity being displayed indicates the popularity rating of the media content in comparison to a popularity rating of other media content previously submitted. 
     
     
         20 . The user interface of  claim 19 , wherein the popularity rating comparison being displayed provides a submitter a measure as to how close the media content is from being sponsored in view of the popularity rating. 
     
     
         21 . The user interface of  claim 1 , wherein media content being one of a plurality of media content. 
     
     
         22 . The user interface of  claim 17 , further comprising:
 a display field visibly displayed on the user interface for providing media submitters performance and statistical data pertaining to the media content, the display field being a collection of buttons corresponding to the amount of said performance and statistical data displayed, wherein the buttons are provided as individual text boxes.