System and method for archiving a media collection
First Claim
1. A method for archiving a user'"'"'s media collection at a central archiving system, the user'"'"'s media collection including a plurality of media files having media content encoded with an encoding algorithm, comprising:
- receiving information regarding the media content and information regarding the encoding algorithm for each of the plurality of media files from a user system storing the plurality of media files;
identifying the media content for each of the plurality of media files by comparing the information regarding the media content for each of the plurality of media files to information regarding media content of at least one of a plurality of reference media files stored at the central archiving system;
identifying the encoding algorithm for each of the plurality of media files based on the information regarding the encoding algorithm for each of the plurality of media files; and
generating an archive record operating as an archive of the user'"'"'s media collection, the archive record comprising information identifying the media content and information identifying the encoding algorithm for each of the plurality of media files.
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Abstract
A system and method for archiving a user'"'"'s media collection are provided. In general, a central archiving system stores high-quality versions of a number of known media files and a number of known encoding algorithms. First, each media file in the user'"'"'s media collection and an encoding algorithm used to encode each media file are classified as either known or unknown to the archiving server. For each known media file encoded with a known encoding algorithm, the archive includes information identifying the media file, information identifying the encoding algorithm for the media file, and optionally the one or more quality parameters such as bit rate, sampling frequency, and the like for the media file. For each unknown media file and/or media file encoded with an unknown CODEC or encoding algorithm, the archive includes the media file, which is uploaded and stored at the archiving system.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for archiving a user'"'"'s media collection at a central archiving system, the user'"'"'s media collection including a plurality of media files having media content encoded with an encoding algorithm, comprising:
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receiving information regarding the media content and information regarding the encoding algorithm for each of the plurality of media files from a user system storing the plurality of media files; identifying the media content for each of the plurality of media files by comparing the information regarding the media content for each of the plurality of media files to information regarding media content of at least one of a plurality of reference media files stored at the central archiving system; identifying the encoding algorithm for each of the plurality of media files based on the information regarding the encoding algorithm for each of the plurality of media files; and generating an archive record operating as an archive of the user'"'"'s media collection, the archive record comprising information identifying the media content and information identifying the encoding algorithm for each of the plurality of media files. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An archiving server for archiving a user'"'"'s media collection including a plurality of media files having media content encoded with an encoding algorithm, comprising:
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a communication interface communicatively coupling the archiving server to a user system via a network, the user system storing the plurality of media files; and a control system associated with the communication interface and adapted to; receive information regarding the media content and information regarding the encoding algorithm for each of the plurality of media files from the user system; identify the media content for each of the plurality of media files by comparing the information regarding the media content for each of the plurality of media files to information regarding media content of at least one of a plurality of reference media files stored at the archiving server; identify the encoding algorithm for each of the plurality of media files based on the information regarding the encoding algorithm for each of the plurality of media files; and generate an archive record operating as an archive of the user'"'"'s media collection, the archive record comprising information identifying the media content and information identifying the encoding algorithm for each of the plurality of media files. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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