Systems and methods for aiding location of video files over a network

• US 20090171914A1
• Filed: 09/02/2008
• Published: 07/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Media Syndication, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Media Syndication, Inc.
• Inventors: Montgomery, Harold S., Litchfield, Thomas S., DeBow, Mathew, Ashby, Seth, MacDonald, Christopher J.
• Application Number:
  US12/231,364
• Publication Number:
  US 20090171914A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/78 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/231 Content storage operation, e.g. caching movies for short term storage, replicating data over plural servers, prioritizing data for deletion
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2393 involving handling client requests scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6581 Reference data, e.g. a movie identifier for ordering a movie or a product identifier in a home shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17336 Handling of requests in head-ends

Abstract

Systems and methods according to the present invention provide improved location of files over a network. More specifically, according to the present invention, a method of indexing digital video files on a content management system running on a web server includes associating a descriptive domain name with a dedicated node on the system, on which a single video is provided. Thus, each video is provided with a dedicated webpage, on which associated items, such as community feedback and attributes, may be displayed.

Claims

1. A method of indexing a specific video file on a computer network, the method comprising:

indexing said specific video file on a dedicated node within a content management system database;

providing a domain name; and

correlating said specific video file with said domain name.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of resolving said domain name to said dedicated node.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising the step of receiving a user request to transmit the video content file over the network.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising the step of transmitting the video over the network in response to the user request.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said domain name comprises a concatenation of a plurality of words.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein each of said plurality of words is at least partially descriptive of images included in said specific video file.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein said domain name comprises a concatenation of three words.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said domain name is at least partially descriptive of images included in said specific video file.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

accessing an administration module of said content management system database;

configuring said domain name as a parked domain; and

mapping said parked domain to said dedicated node on said content management system.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the mapping step comprises the steps of:

providing a settings.php file related to said content management system; and

configuring said settings.php file to map said domain name to said dedicated node.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the configuring said settings.php file step comprises the step of defining a PHP array as follows:

$conf = array( ‘

site_name’

=>

‘

SITE NAME’

, ‘

theme_default’

=>

‘

THEME’

, ‘

site_frontpage’

=>

‘

node/X’

)

wherein SITE NAME is said domain name, THEME is a definitional template, and X is a node reference automatically generated by said content management system.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the configuring said settings.php file step comprises the step of defining a PHP array as follows:

$conf = array( ‘

site_name’

=>

‘

SITE NAME’

, ‘

theme_default’

=>

‘

THEME’

, ‘

site_frontpage’

=>

‘

node/X’

, ‘

anonymous’

=>

‘

Visitor’

)

wherein SITE NAME is said domain name, THEME is a definitional template, and X is a node reference automatically generated by said content management system.