DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A MEDIA PACKAGE

• US 20140289368A1
• Filed: 03/22/2013
• Published: 09/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Thomson Licensing (Vantiva SA)
• Original Assignee: Thomson Licensing (Vantiva SA)
• Inventors: Benitez, Ana Belen, Clawson, Kurt, Carey, Christopher
• Application Number:
  US13/849,105
• Publication Number:
  US 20140289368A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8543 using a description language, e.g. Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group [MHEG], eXtensible Markup Language [XML] information retrieval of semistructured data, the underlying structure being taken into account, e.g. mark-up language structure data G06F16/80
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/222 Studio circuitry; Studio devices; Studio equipment cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors, or control thereof H04N23/00

Abstract

A device and method direct towards the packaging, transporting and extracting of essence files, metadata files and service data files are provided. The device and method include receiving content files (e.g., essence and metadata files) and service files, the service files identifying an application to be applied to the content files, combining the content files and the service files into a media package, and transmitting the media package. The device and method also include receiving the media package containing content files and service files and extracting the content files and the service files from the media package. The media package may further include command data that describes how to process the content files and the service files as well as identification data that identifies the content files and service files. The command data, and content and service files may be encrypted.

Claims

1. A method of processing a media package used to exchange media content between movie production facilities, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving said media package, said media package containing content files and service files, said service files identifying an application to be applied to said content files, said application related to at least one of a visual effects compositing service and a color correction service; and

extracting said content files and said service files from said media package to perform said at least one of said visual effects compositing service and said color correction service on said content files.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said media package further contains identification data identifying said content files and said service files, and command data describing how to process said content files and said service files.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of extracting said content files and said service files from said media package further comprises extracting said content files and said service files in accordance with said identification data and said command data.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein said command data, said content files and said service files are encrypted.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of extracting said content files and said service files from said media package further comprises decrypting said command data, said content files and said service files.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said content files include essence files and metadata files.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein said essence files include image files and audio files.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said application is identified by at least one of a purchase order, a processing instruction and a service description.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said media package complies with a tar archive file format.