Digital Content Delivery Systems And Methods

• US 20090012935A1
• Filed: 07/05/2007
• Published: 01/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Beged-Dov, Gabriel B., Shteyn, Yevgenly Eugene
• Application Number:
  US11/773,690
• Publication Number:
  US 20090012935A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4387 by the use of playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce

Abstract

Digital content delivery systems and methods are disclosed in an exemplary embodiment, a method for delivering digital content may include generating an authoring list based on an order for digital content and a target playback environment for the digital content. The method may also include generating a layout based on the authoring list and at least one template. The method may also include creating an output image for the digital content.

Claims

1. A digital content delivery system comprising:

a policy engine applying at least one policy to generate an authoring list based on an order for digital content in a target playback environment;

an authoring engine using the authoring list from the policy engine and at least one template to generate a layout; and

a formatting engine operatively associated with the authoring engine to create an output image for the digital content.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the order specifies the target playback environment.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the order specifies the digital content.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the policy engine populates the at least one policy based at least in part on user input parameters.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the user input parameters include at least one of the following:

geographical data, market, data, and user data.

6. The system of claim 1 further comprising a conversion engine for converting high-quality source assets to at least one delivery format for the digital media.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the formatting engine creates a first session template and a second session template for writing the output image of the digital content.

8. The system of claim 1 further comprising a layout module for creating a disc image.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the layout module is part of the formatting engine.

10. A method for delivering digital content comprising:

generations an authoring list based on an order for digital content and a target playback environment for the digital content;

generating a layout based on the authoring list and at least one template; and

creating an output image for the digital content based on the layout.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising receiving an order specifying the digital content.

12. The method of claim 10 further comprising identifying the target playback environment.

13. The method of claim 10 further comprising applying at least one policy to create the output image for the digital content.

14. The method of claim 10 further comprising receiving high-quality source assets for the digital content for tilling the order.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising converting the high-quality source assets to at least one delivery format for the output image.

16. The method of claim 10 further comprising creating a first session template and a second session template for creating the output image for the digital content.

17. The method of claim 10 further comprising creating a disc image.

18. A system for delivering digital content comprising:

means for generating an authoring list based on digital content and a target playback environment for the digital content;

means for using the authoring list and at least one template to generate a layout; and

means for using the layout to create an output image for the digital content.

19. The system of claim 18 further comprising means for identifying digital content and a target playback environment for the digital content.

20. The system of claim 18 further comprising means for applying at least one policy to create the output image.