Enterprise digital asset management system and method

• US 20060161604A1
• Filed: 01/19/2005
• Published: 07/20/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ent Services Development Corporation LP (DXC Technology Company)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Lobo, Sanjay P.
• Granted Patent: US 7,613,704 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/10 File systems; File servers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99931 Database or file accessing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99939 Privileged access

Abstract

According to one embodiment of the invention, a method of providing digital content includes receiving a request from a user for digital content at a remote site. A first digital library at the remote site is searched for the digital content. If the digital content is unavailable at the remote site, a second digital library located at another site is searched for the digital content. If the content is available at the other site, a request for transfer of the digital content from the other site to the remote site is made. The digital content is received at the remote site from the other site and transferred to the user from the remote site. The digital content is temporarily stored at the remote site such that the content may be accessed by other users.

Claims

1. A method for providing digital content, the method comprising:

receiving a request from a user for digital content at a remote site;

searching a first digital content library at the remote site for the digital content;

if the digital content is unavailable at the remote site, searching at least a second digital content library located at another site for the digital content;

if the content is available at the other site, requesting transfer of the digital content from the other site to the remote site;

receiving the digital content from the other site;

transferring the digital content to the user from the remote site; and

temporarily storing the digital content at the remote site such that the content may be accessed by other users.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein

the other site is a central site system,

the central site system contains a set of digital content, and

the remote site contains a subset of the set of digital content.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transferring information to a central site system after initiation of temporarily storing the digital content, wherein

the information indicates that the remote site is temporarily storing the digital content.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the other site is a second remote site, and the searching the other site for the digital content comprises:

searching a central site system, the central site system, having information as to the digital content available at the second remote site.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the other site comprises a plurality of sites, further comprising:

if the content is available at more than one of the plurality of sites, selecting one of the plurality of sites to transfer the digital content.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein selecting one of the plurality of sites to transfer the digital content is based upon a parameter selected from the group consisting of available bandwidth between the remote site and each of the more than one of the plurality of sites, a geographic location of each of the more than one of the plurality of sites, a geographic location of the remote site, a size of the digital content, a type of digital content, and combinations thereof.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the other site comprises a plurality of sites, further comprising:

if the content is available at more than one of the plurality of sites, requesting transfer from more than one of the plurality of sites;

receiving segments of the digital content from each of the more than one of the plurality of sites; and

reassembling the segments to form the digital content at the remote site.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein a duration of temporary storage of the digital content is based upon a parameter selected from the group consisting of usage of the digital content, version of the digital content, information received from another site, a length of time the digital content has been stored at the remote site, geographic location of the remote site, geographic location of another site, a size of the digital content, a type of digital content, and combinations thereof.

9. Logic encoded in media such that when executed is operable to:

receive a request from a user for digital content at a remote site;

search a first digital content library at the remote site for the digital content;

if the digital content is unavailable at the remote site, search at least a second digital content library located at another site for the digital content;

if the content is available at the other site, request transfer of the digital content from the other site to the remote site;

receive the digital content from the other site;

transfer the digital content to the user from the remote site; and

temporarily store the digital content at the remote site such that the content may be accessed by other users.

10. The logic of claim 9, wherein

the other site is a central site system,

the central site system contains a set of digital content, and

the remote site contains a subset of the set of digital content.

11. The logic of claim 9, wherein the logic is further operable to:

transfer information to a central site system after initiation of temporarily storing the digital content, wherein

the information indicates that the remote site is temporarily storing the digital content.

12. The logic of claim 9, wherein the other site is a second remote site, and the logic in the search of the other site for the digital content searches a central site system, the central site system having information as to the digital content available at the second remote site.

13. The logic of claim 9, wherein the other site comprises a plurality of sites and logic is further operable to:

if the content is available at more than one of the plurality of sites, select one of the plurality of sites to transfer the digital content.

14. The logic of claim 13, wherein the logic in the selection of one of the plurality of sites to transfer the digital content utilizes a parameter selected from the group consisting of available bandwidth between the remote site and each of the more than one of the plurality of sites, a geographic location of each of the more than one of the plurality of sites, a geographic location of the remote site, a size of the digital content, a type of digital content, and combinations thereof.

15. The logic of claim 9, wherein the other site comprises a plurality of sites, logic further operable to:

if the content is available at more than one of the plurality of sites, request transfer from more than one of the plurality of sites;

receive segments of the digital content from each of the more than one of the plurality of sites; and

reassemble the segments to form the digital content at the remote site.

16. The logic of claim 9, wherein the logic in the temporary storage of the digital content determines a duration utilizing a parameter selected from the group consisting of usage of the digital content, version of the digital content, information received from another site, a length of time the digital content has been stored at the remote site, geographic location of the remote site, geographic location of another site, a size of the digital content, a type of digital content, and combinations thereof.

17. Logic encoded in media such that when executed is operable to manage digital content, the logic comprising:

a web services component, operable to provide an abstraction layer of information to a user and receive a request from the user pertaining to the digital content;

a content broker component, operable to apply a set of business rules to the request, wherein

the set of business rules define whether the request will be accepted, and

the set of business rules prescribe further processing steps, based upon the request;

other components, operable to engage in the further processing steps, prescribed by the set of business rules; and

a workflow management component, operable to manage the workflow between the web services component, content broker component, and other components; and

an integration platform component, operable to facilitate communication between the web services component, content broker component, and other components.

18. The logic of claim 17, the logic in the other components further comprises:

a content management services component, comprising a content manager component and a ingest process component.

19. The logic of claim 17, the logic further comprising:

a back office module, operable to log a transaction resulting from a processed request.

20. A method of managing digital content, the method comprising:

providing an abstraction layer of information to a user;

receiving a request from the user pertaining to digital content;

applying a set of business rules to the request, wherein

the set of business rules define whether the request will be accepted,

the set of business rules define further processing steps, and

the further processing steps are accomplished by other components;

managing a workflow in providing an abstraction layer, receiving a request, applying a set of business rules, and the further processing steps by other components; and

facilitating communication in providing an abstraction layer, receiving a request, applying a set of business rules, and the further processing steps by the other components.