DATA TAG DESCRIPTOR METHOD AND SYSTEM

• US 20110016103A1
• Filed: 07/14/2009
• Published: 01/20/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Sivakumar, Gandhi, Subramanian, VijayaGanesh
• Granted Patent: US 8,095,552 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/706
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/41 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures

Abstract

A data tag descriptor method and system. The method includes generating by a device, a request for media data. The device generates a globally unique data tag specifying capabilities of the device and a transmission package comprising the request and the globally unique data tag. The device transmits the transmission package to a service provider. The service provider determines based comparing the globally unique data tag to a media tag associated with metadata describing the media data if the media data is compatible with the capabilities of the device. The device receives executable media data from the service provider. The executable media data comprises a specified form of the media data. The executable media data is generated based on results of determining if the media data is compatible with the capabilities of said device. The device executes the executable media data for a user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

generating, by a device, a request for media data;

generating, by said device, a globally unique data tag specifying capabilities of said device;

generating, by said device, a transmission package comprising said request and said globally unique data tag;

transmitting, by said device to a service provider, said transmission package, wherein said service provider determines if said media data is compatible with said capabilities of said device based on comparing said globally unique data tag to a media tag describing meta data associated with said media data;

receiving, by said device from said service provider, executable media data comprising a specified form of said media data, wherein said executable media data is generated based on results of said comparing said globally unique data tag to said media tag; and

executing, by said device for a user, said executable media data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said service provider determines that said media data is compatible with said capabilities of said device, and wherein said executable media data said media data comprise a same media format.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said service provider determines that said media data is not compatible with said capabilities of said device, wherein said executable media data comprises a first format differing from an original format comprised by said media data, wherein a search is performed to locate an appropriate service for converting the media data to a compatible format, and wherein the media data is converted to said executable media data comprising said compatible format.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said capabilities of said device comprise hardware or software capabilities associated with said device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating and adding, by said device, said globally unique data tag to a directory comprising a plurality of globally unique data tags associated with a plurality of media devices and media.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said globally unique data tag couples said service provider and said user.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said generating said globally unique data tag comprises generating fine grained attributes and combinations associated with said device and said media data.

8. A process for supporting computer infrastructure, said process comprising providing at least one support service for at least one of creating, integrating, hosting, maintaining, and deploying computer-readable code in said computing system, wherein the code in combination with said computing system is capable of performing the method of claim 1.

9. A computer program product, comprising a computer storage medium comprising a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code configured to perform the method of claim 1 upon being executed by a processor of said computing system.

10. A computing system comprising a processor coupled to a computer-readable memory unit, said memory unit comprising a computer readable code configured to be executed by the processor to perform the method of claim 1.

11. A method comprising:

generating, by a service provider controller device, a subscription to a content repository, wherein said subscription is associated with a means for connecting to said content repository, and wherein said subscription is associated with a media device belonging to a user and a topic of interest associated with said user;

automatically receiving, by said service provider controller device, media data associated with said subscription, wherein said media data comprises a globally unique media tag associated with metadata specifying characteristics of said media data;

reading, by said service provider controller device, said globally unique media tag;

comparing, by said service provider controller device in response to said reading, said globally unique media tag to a data tag specifying capabilities of said media device;

determining, by said service provider controller device in response to said comparing, if said characteristics of said media data are compatible with said capabilities of said media device; and

transmitting, by said service provider controller device to said media device, executable media data comprising a specified form of said media data, wherein said executable media data is generated based on results of determining if said characteristics of said media data are compatible with said capabilities of said device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein results of said determining indicate that said characteristics of said media data are compatible with said capabilities of said media device, and wherein said executable media data said media data comprise a same media format.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein results of said determining indicate that that said characteristics of said media data are not compatible with said capabilities of said media device, and wherein said method further comprises:

locating, by said service provider controller device, an appropriate service for converting the media data to a compatible format; and

converting said media data into said executable media data, wherein said executable media data comprises said compatible format differing from an original format comprised by said media data.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein said capabilities of said device comprise hardware or software capabilities associated with said device.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

generating and adding, by said service provider controller device, said globally unique data tag to a directory comprising a plurality of globally unique data tags associated with a plurality of media devices and media.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein said globally unique data tag couples a service provider associated with said service provider controller device to said user.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein said globally unique data tag comprises comprises fine grained attributes and combinations associated with said media device and said media data.

18. A process for supporting computer infrastructure, said process comprising providing at least one support service for at least one of creating, integrating, hosting, maintaining, and deploying computer-readable code in said computing system, wherein the code in combination with said computing system is capable of performing the method of claim 11.

19. A computer program product, comprising a computer storage medium comprising a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code configured to perform the method of claim 11 upon being executed by a processor of said computing system.

20. A computing system comprising a processor coupled to a computer-readable memory unit, said memory unit comprising a computer readable code configured to be executed by the processor to perform the method of claim 11.