Delivery of encoded media content

• US 10,264,305 B2
• Filed: 03/02/2010
• Issued: 04/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (The Walt Disney Company)
• Original Assignee: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (The Walt Disney Company)
• Inventors: Ramamurthy, Arjun, Huang, Kai Tao
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim, Sang H
• Application Number:
  US12/715,970
• Publication Number:
  US 20110219322A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,332 Days
• Field of Search: 715719, 715764, 709219
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/252 Processing of multiple end-users' preferences to derive collaborative data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26258 for generating a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlist, or scheduling item distribution according to such list retrieval of multimedia data based on playlists G06F16/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2668 Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles information retrieval from the Internet by querying with filtering and personalisation G06F16/9535; arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast H04H20/10; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/063
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/658 Transmission by the client directed to the server

Abstract

A, method, apparatus, system, computer readable medium, and article of manufacture provide the ability to deliver a media content deliverable. Media content is selected. One or more clients that will receive the selected media content are selected. Independently from additional user input, one or more files are automatically and dynamically selected based on the selected media content and one or more selected clients. The selected files are scheduled for delivery to the clients. Delivery of the one or more files to the selected one or more clients is then confirmed.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for delivering a media content deliverable, comprising:

(a) selecting, via a graphical user interface, the media content;

(b) selecting and simultaneously displaying, via the graphical user interface, multiple entities that will receive the selected media content, wherein the multiple entities have different format requirements for the media content, and wherein the multiple entities comprise customer recipients;

(c) independently from additional user input, automatically and dynamically selecting one or more files based on the selected media content, the multiple selected entities, and the different format requirements;

(d) displaying, in the graphical user interface, a list of the one or more files to be delivered to the multiple selected entities;

(e) scheduling the one or more files for delivery to the multiple selected entities; and

(f) automatically confirming to the multiple selected entities, without additional user input in response to delivery of the one or more files, delivery of the one or more files to the multiple selected entities.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting the media content comprises accepting user input in the graphical user interface, wherein the user input selects a show name, a worldwide project registry (WPR) number, and a season.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting the one or more files comprises utilizing a client delivery template file, for each of the multiple selected entities, to identify the one or more files, wherein:

the client delivery template file comprises one or more path patterns of the one or more files;

the one or more path patterns comprise one or more keywords, for each pattern, that are substituted with information identifying the selected media content to select the one or more files.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the information identifying the selected media content comprises media content identifiers received via user input.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the client delivery template file further specifies a sequence for delivering the one or more files.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the client delivery template file further specifies:

a protocol to utilize for delivering the one or more files; and

information necessary for delivering the one or more files utilizing the protocol.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein a delivery of the one or more files comprises automatically transferring the files from a closed internal network'"'"'s storage to an externally accessible network'"'"'s temporary storage.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the scheduling the one or more files comprises automatically placing the one or more files in a delivery queue for delivery of the one or more files to the multiple selected entities.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the confirming delivery comprises utilizing a confirmation email template file, for each of the multiple selected entities, that defines a format for an email to be transmitted to the multiple selected entities confirming successful delivery, wherein the confirmation email template file comprises:

one or more invariables; and

one or more variables comprised of keywords that are substituted with corresponding successful delivery values.

10. A system for delivering a media content deliverable in a computer system comprising:

(a) a computer having a memory; and

(b) an application executing on the computer, wherein the application is configured to;

(i) select, in a graphical user interface, the media content;

(ii) select and simultaneously display, in the graphical user interface, multiple entities that will receive the selected media content, wherein the multiple entities have different format requirements for the media content, and wherein the multiple entities comprise customer recipients;

(iii) independently from additional user input, automatically and dynamically select one or more files based on the selected media content, the multiple selected entities, and the different format requirements;

(iv) display, in the graphical user interface, a list of the one or more files to be delivered to the multiple selected entities;

(v) schedule the one or more files for delivery to the multiple selected entities; and

(vi) automatically confirm to the multiple selected entities, without additional user input in response to delivery of the one or more files, delivery of the one or more files to the multiple selected entities.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the application is configured to select the media content by accepting user input in the graphical user interface, wherein the user input selects a show name, a worldwide project registry (WPR) number, and a season.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the application is configured to select the one or more files by utilizing a client delivery template file, for each of the multiple selected entities, to identify the one or more files, wherein:

the client delivery template file comprises one or more path patterns of the one or more files;

the one or more path patterns comprise one or more keywords, for each pattern, that are substituted with information identifying the selected media content to select the one or more files.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the information identifying the selected media content comprises media content identifiers received via user input.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the client delivery template file further specifies a sequence for delivering the one or more files.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the client delivery template file further specifies:

a protocol to utilize for delivering the one or more files;

information necessary for delivering the one or more files utilizing the protocol.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the computer is configured to deliver the one or more files by automatically transferring the files from a closed internal network'"'"'s storage to an externally accessible network'"'"'s temporary storage.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the application is configured to schedule the one or more files by automatically placing the one or more files in a delivery queue for delivery of the one or more files to the multiple selected entities.

18. The system of claim 10, wherein the application is configured to confirm delivery by utilizing a confirmation email template file, for each of the multiple selected entities, that defines a format for an email to be transmitted to the multiple selected entities confirming successful delivery, wherein the confirmation email template file comprises:

one or more invariables; and

one or more variables comprised of keywords that are substituted with corresponding successful delivery values.

19. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoded with computer program instructions which when accessed by a computer cause the computer to load the program instructions to a memory therein creating a special purpose data structure causing the computer to operate as a specially programmed computer, executing a method of delivering a media content deliverable, comprising:

(a) selecting, in the specially programmed computer, via a graphical user interface, the media content;

(b) selecting and simultaneously displaying, in the specially programmed computer, via the graphical user interface, multiple entities that will receive the selected media content, wherein the multiple entities have different format requirements for the media content, and wherein the multiple entities comprise customer recipients;

(c) independently from additional user input, automatically and dynamically selecting, in the specially programmed computer, one or more files based on the selected media content and the multiple selected entities;

(d) displaying, in the graphical user interface, a list of the one or more files to be delivered to the multiple selected entities;

(e) scheduling, in the specially programmed computer, the one or more files for delivery to the multiple selected entities; and

(f) automatically confirming to the multiple selected entities, in the specially programmed computer, without additional user input in response to delivery of the one or more files, delivery of the one or more files to the multiple selected entities.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the selecting the media content comprises accepting, in the specially programmed computer, user input in the graphical user interface, wherein the user input selects a show name, a worldwide project registry (WPR) number, and a season.

21. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the selecting the one or more files comprises utilizing, in the specially programmed computer, a client delivery template file, for each of the multiple selected entities, to identify the one or more files, wherein:

the client delivery template file comprises one or more path patterns of the one or more files; and

the one or more path patterns comprise one or more keywords, for each pattern, that are substituted with information identifying the selected media content to select the one or more files.

22. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the information identifying the selected media content comprises media content identifiers received via user input.

23. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the client delivery template file further specifies a sequence for delivering the one or more files.

24. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the client delivery template file further specifies:

a protocol to utilize for delivering the one or more files; and

information necessary for delivering the one or more files utilizing the protocol.

25. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein a delivery of the one or more files comprises automatically transferring the files from a closed internal network'"'"'s storage to an externally accessible network'"'"'s temporary storage.

26. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the scheduling the one or more files comprises automatically placing, in the specially programmed computer, the one or more files in a delivery queue for delivery of the one or more files to the multiple selected entities.

27. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the confirming delivery comprises utilizing, in the specially programmed computer, a confirmation email template file, for each of the one or more selected entities, that defines a format for an email to be transmitted to the multiple selected entities confirming successful delivery, wherein the confirmation email template file comprises:

one or more invariables; and

one or more variables comprised of keywords that are substituted with corresponding successful delivery values.