Localized media content management

• US 20070050834A1
• Filed: 08/31/2005
• Published: 03/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Deluxe Media Inc., Softitler Net, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Deluxe Media Services (Hong Leong Company (Malaysia) Bhd.)
• Inventors: Vezmar, Igor, Royo, Jose, Fickle, Richard, Aron, Timothy
• Granted Patent: US 7,908,244 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/119
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2221 being a cable television head-end CATV in broadcast systems H04H20/78
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234 Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23424 involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for inserting or substituting an advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25841 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; arrangements for identifying locations of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/51; location of the user terminal in data switching networks H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/262 Content or additional data distribution scheduling, e.g. sending additional data at off-peak times, updating software modules, calculating the carousel transmission frequency, delaying a video stream transmission, generating play-lists scheduling strategies for dispatcher in multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/4881; arrangements for scheduling broadcast services or broadcast-related services H04H60/06; flow control in packet networks H04L47/10; establishing a time schedule or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/62
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26616 for merging a unicast channel into a multicast channel, e.g. in a VOD application, when a client served by unicast channel catches up a multicast channel to save bandwidth data multicast over packet-switching network H04L12/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17336 Handling of requests in head-ends
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17354 in an intermediate station common to a plurality of user terminals

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention is a technique to localize content management of media content assets. A local content is received at a regional media center. The local content corresponds to an event localized within a locality. The local content is prepared into an asset using a media content management system. An asset package containing the asset is propagated to a head-end for distribution to a subscriber in the locality. In another embodiment of the invention, an asset package containing an asset and asset attributes is received from a propagation unit. The asset is created from a local content corresponding to an event localized within a locality. The asset is distributed to a subscriber in the locality.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a local content at a regional media center, the local content corresponding to an event localized within a locality;

preparing the local content into an asset using a media content management system; and

propagating an asset package containing the asset to a head-end for distribution to a subscriber in the locality.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving the local content comprises:

receiving the local content embedded in a multimedia medium, the multimedia medium being one of a digital versatile disk (DVD), a digital linear tape (DLT), a tape, and a non-volatile storage.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein preparing the local content comprises:

encoding the local content; and

creating the asset from the local content.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein creating the asset comprises:

staging the local content for quality control (QC) and edit;

performing a preliminary QC on the local content, the preliminary QC including analysis and check of a media quality of the local content, the media quality including at least one of a compression attribute, a video attribute, and an audio attribute;

editing the local content; and

performing a final QC on the edited local content to produce the asset.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein propagating the asset package comprises:

registering the asset with the media content management system;

obtaining a propagation schedule from the media content management system;

packaging the asset with the asset attributes into the asset package;

transmitting the asset package containing the asset to the head-end according to the propagation schedule; and

notifying the media content management system of a transmission status of the asset package.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein registering the asset comprises:

staging the asset; and

registering asset attributes with the media content management system, the asset attributes including at least one of a file size, a file name, an error checking information, and an asset identifier.

7. The method of claim 5 wherein transmitting comprises:

transmitting the asset package via one of a network transmission, a satellite transmission, and a file transfer protocol (FTP) transmission.

8. A method comprising:

receiving an asset package containing an asset and asset attributes from a propagation server, the asset being created from a content corresponding to an event localized within a locality; and

ingesting the asset into a content server for distributing the asset to a subscriber in the locality.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein receiving comprises:

unpacking the asset package;

determining integrity of the asset package;

notifying a media content management system of a receipt status of the asset package; and

staging the asset package for ingestion into the content server.

10. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

receiving a deletion status from the media content management system; and

deleting the asset package according to the deletion status.

11. An article of manufacture comprising:

a machine-accessible medium including data that, when accessed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising;

receiving a local content at a regional media center, the local content corresponding to an event localized within a locality;

preparing the local content into an asset using a media content management system; and

propagating an asset package containing the asset to a head-end for distribution to a subscriber in the locality.

12. The article of manufacture of claim 11 wherein the data causing the machine to perform receiving the local content comprises data that, when accessed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving the local content embedded in a multimedia medium, the multimedia medium being one of a digital versatile disk (DVD), a digital linear tape (DLT), a tape, and a non-volatile storage.

13. The article of manufacture of claim 11 wherein the data causing the machine to perform preparing the local content comprises data that, when accessed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

encoding the local content; and

creating the asset from the local content.

14. The article of manufacture of claim 13 wherein the data causing the machine to perform creating the asset comprises data that, when accessed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

staging the local content for quality control (QC) and edit;

performing a preliminary QC on the local content, the preliminary QC including analysis and check of a media quality of the local content, the media quality including at least one of a compression attribute, a video attribute, and an audio attribute;

editing the local content; and

performing a final QC on the edited local content to produce the asset.

15. The article of manufacture of claim 11 wherein the data causing the machine to perform propagating the asset package comprises data that, when accessed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

registering the asset with the media content management system;

obtaining a propagation schedule from the media content management system;

packaging the asset with the asset attributes into the asset package;

transmitting the asset package containing the asset to the head-end according to the propagation schedule; and

notifying the media content management system of a transmission status of the asset package.

16. The article of manufacture of claim 15 wherein the data causing the machine to perform registering the asset comprises data that, when accessed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

staging the asset; and

registering asset attributes with the media content management system, the asset attributes including at least one of a file size, a file name, an error checking information, and an asset identifier.

17. The article of manufacture of claim 15 wherein the data causing the machine to perform transmitting comprises data that, when accessed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

transmitting the asset package via one of a network transmission, a satellite transmission and a file transfer protocol (FTP) transmission.

18. An article of manufacture comprising:

a machine-accessible medium including data that, when accessed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising;

receiving an asset package containing an asset and asset attributes from a propagation server, the asset being created from a content corresponding to an event localized within a locality; and

ingesting the asset into a content server for distributing the asset to a subscriber in the locality.

19. The article of manufacture of claim 18 wherein the data causing the machine to perform receiving comprises data that, when accessed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

unpacking the asset package;

determining integrity of the asset package;

notifying a media content management system of a receipt status of the asset package; and

staging the asset package for ingestion into the content server.

20. The article of manufacture of claim 18 further comprising data that, when accessed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving a deletion status from the media content management system; and

deleting the asset package according to the deletion status.

21. A server unit comprising:

a preparation unit to receive and prepare a local content using a media content management system into an asset, the local content corresponding to an event localized within a locality; and

a propagation unit coupled to the preparation unit to propagate an asset package containing the asset to a head-end for distribution to a subscriber in the locality.

22. The server unit of claim 21 wherein the preparation unit receives the local content embedded in a multimedia medium, the multimedia medium being one of a digital versatile disk (DVD), a digital linear tape (DLT), a tape, and a non-volatile storage.

23. The server unit of claim 21 wherein the preparation unit comprises:

an encoder to encode the local content; and

an asset creator to create the asset from the local content.

24. The server unit of claim 23 wherein the asset creator comprises:

a stager to stage the local content for quality control (QC) and edit;

a preliminary quality controller to perform a preliminary QC on the local content, the preliminary QC including analysis and check of a media quality of the local content, the media quality including at least one of a compression attribute, a video attribute, and an audio attribute;

an editor to edit the local content; and

a final quality controller to perform a final QC on the edited local content to produce the asset.

25. The server unit of claim 21 wherein the propagation server comprises:

an asset register to register the asset with the media content management system;

a schedule receiver to receive a propagation schedule from the media content management system;

an asset packager to package the asset with the asset attributes into the asset package;

a transmitter to transmit the asset package containing the asset to the head-end according to the propagation schedule; and

a notifier to notify the media content management system of a transmission status of the asset package.

26. The server unit of claim 25 wherein the asset register comprises:

a stager to stage the asset; and

an attribute register to register asset attributes with the media content management system, the asset attributes including at least one of a file size, a file name, an error checking information, and an asset identifier.

27. The system of claim 25 wherein the transmitter transmits the packaged asset via one of a network transmission, a satellite transmission, and a file transfer protocol (FTP) transmission.

28. A server unit comprising:

a receiver to receive an asset package containing an asset and asset attributes from a propagation unit, the asset being created from a local content corresponding to a event localized within a locality, the receiver staging the asset package for ingesting into a content server for distribution to a subscriber in the locality.

29. The server unit of claim 28 wherein the receiver comprises:

an unpacker to unpack the asset package;

a checker to determine integrity of the asset package;

a notifier to notify a media content management system of a receipt status of the asset package; and

a stager to stage the asset package for ingesting into the content server.

30. The server unit of claim 28 wherein the receiver receives a deletion status from the media content management system.

31. A system comprising:

a server unit comprising;

an encoding unit to receive and prepare a local content using a media content management system into an asset, the local content corresponding to an event localized within a locality, and

a propagation unit coupled to the encoding unit to propagate an asset package containing the asset for distribution; and

a head-end coupled to the server unit to receive the asset package and distribute the asset package to a subscriber in the locality.

32. The system of claim 31 wherein the encoding unit receives the local content embedded in a multimedia medium, the multimedia medium being one of a digital versatile disk (DVD), a digital linear tape (DLT), and a tape.

33. The system of claim 31 wherein the propagation unit comprises:

an asset register to register the asset with the media content management system;

a schedule receiver to receive a propagation schedule from the media content management system;

a transmitter to transmit the asset package containing the asset to the head-end according to the propagation schedule; and

a notifier to notify the media content management system of a transmission status of the asset package.

34. The system of claim 33 wherein the transmitter transmits the packaged asset via one of a network transmission, a satellite transmission, and a file transfer protocol (FTP) transmission.