Content management using personal content portfolios

At present most of the personal entertainment content (audio and video) is consumed primarily via three modes – broadcast (broadcast, cable, satellite networks), packaged on CDs and DVDs, or stored on personal storage on PCs or media players (hard disks, flash memories, etc). These modes of content consumption have drawbacks such as inflexibility of having access to any desired content at any time, from anywhere, and consuming on any device. This paper proposes a content management system model which uses entities called personal content portfolios (PCPs) based on concepts from financial systems. Using aggregates of PCPs, the content management system manages large pools of content in an optimal manner and offers content and a variety of services in a cost-effective manner to consumers. Some major benefits and issues to be addressed in the design and use of PCPs are also discussed.