SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GENERATING A MEDIA PACKAGE FOR INGESTING INTO AN ON-LINE DOWNLOADING APPLICATION

• US 20090297126A1
• Filed: 06/02/2008
• Published: 12/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Fosback, Jason, Muller, Max III, Cortes, Ricardo
• Granted Patent: US 9,043,243 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/241
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 2220/10 Usage protection of distributed data files
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 2220/18 Licensing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/18 Legal services
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234336 by media transcoding, e.g. video is transformed into a slideshow of still pictures or audio is converted into text
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2393 involving handling client requests scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6175 involving transmission via Internet broadcast-related systems characterised by the transmission system being the Internet H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6379 directed to encoder , e.g. for requesting a lower encoding rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/85406 involving a specific file format, e.g. MP4 format
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17336 Handling of requests in head-ends

Abstract

A system and method of delivering a media package to an on-line downloading store are disclosed. The method includes receiving a media file into a compressor application in which at least one compression job is assigned for the media file. The method further includes receiving setting data and destination data for storing a media package associated with processing the media file. The method next includes retrieving pre-defined asset metadata based on user-submitted credential data and vendor identification data, receiving contract acceptance data based on a pre-existing contract associated with the media file and generating a media package configured for ingestion into the on-line media store for each at least one compression job assigned to the media file.

Claims

1. A method of delivering a media package to an on-line downloading store, the method comprising:

receiving a media file into a compressor application in which at least one compression job is assigned for the media file;

receiving setting data and destination data for storing a media package associated with processing the media file;

retrieving pre-defined asset metadata based on user-submitted credential data and vendor identification data;

receiving contract acceptance data based on a pre-existing contract associated with the media file; and

generating a media package configured for ingesting into the on-line media store for each at least one compression job assigned to the media file.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the media package for each at least one compression job at a location defined by the destination data, the media package being generated based on the received setting data, the predefined asset metadata, and the received contract acceptance data and configured for ingesting into the on-line downloading store.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising retrieving the media package from the location and transmitting the media package to a transporter module for ingestion into the on-line downloading store.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the pre-defined asset metadata includes at least one of:

XML information, chapter information, chapter heading information, chapter break information, and pricing information.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising verifying that the media file is in at least one correct format.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising only generating the media package if the at least one correct format of the media file is verified.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein at least one correct format includes one of aspect ratio data and verification that video and audio data are present in the media file.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the verifying further comprises a checksum validation wherein the checksum validation validates the media file if it meets expected dynamically generated checksums from the on-line downloading store.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating dynamic feedback wherein the dynamic feedback indicates any errors sent from the on-line downloading store and prevents generating the media package if there are any errors.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the dynamic feedback indicates an error if the submitted user credential data and vendor identification data are not approved for the media file.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the transporter module ingests the generated media package into the on-line media store automatically upon generating the media package.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the location is local to the user submitting the media file.

13. A system for delivering a media package to an on-line downloading store, the system comprising:

a module configured to receive a media file into a compressor application in which at least one compression job is assigned for the media file;

a module configured to receive setting data and destination data for storing a media package associated with processing the media file;

a module configured to retrieve pre-defined asset metadata based on user-submitted credential data and vendor identification data;

a module configured to receive contract acceptance data based on a pre-existing contract associated with the media file; and

a module configured to generate a media package configured for ingesting into the on-line media store for each at least one compression job assigned to the media file.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising:

a module configured to retrieve the media package from the location and transmitting the media package to a transporter module for ingestion into the on-line downloading store.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the pre-defined asset metadata includes at least one of:

XML information, chapter information, chapter heading information, chapter break information, and pricing information.

16. The system of claim 13, further comprising a module configured to verify that the media file is in at least one correct format.

17. The system of claim 13, further comprising a module configured only to generate the media package if the at least one correct format of the media file is verified.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein at least one correct format includes one of aspect ratio data and verification that video and audio data are present in the media file.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the verifying further comprises a checksum validation wherein the checksum validation validates the media file if it meets expected dynamically generated checksums from the on-line downloading store.

20. A computer-readable medium storing instructions for controlling a computing device to deliver a media package to an on-line downloading store, the instructions comprising:

receiving a media file into a compressor application in which at least one compression job is assigned for the media file;

receiving setting data and destination data for storing a media package associated with processing the media file;

retrieving pre-defined asset metadata based on user-submitted credential data and vendor identification data;

receiving contract acceptance data based on a pre-existing contract associated with the media file; and

generating a media package configured for ingesting into the on-line media store for each at least one compression job assigned to the media file.