METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MASS UPDATES OF DIGITAL MEDIA
First Claim
1. A method for providing a storage device with content files, comprising the steps of:
- identifying, from a work order, a needed set of content files;
selecting, from a storage device inventory, a storage device whose previously written content files most closely match the needed set of content files identified from the work order; and
adjusting the set of content files on the selected storage device so that the storage device stores at least the needed set of content files.
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Abstract
A method for providing a storage device with content files for exhibition commences by identifying, from a work order, a needed set of content files. Thereafter, a storage device, whose previously written content files most closely match the needed set of content files identified from the work order, is selected from an inventory of storage devices. The set of content files on the selected storage device undergo adjustment so that the storage device stores at least the needed set of content files. For example, if one or more of the needed set of content files are missing from the selected storage device, these files are replicated onto the selected storage device as part of the content file adjustment process.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing a storage device with content files, comprising the steps of:
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identifying, from a work order, a needed set of content files; selecting, from a storage device inventory, a storage device whose previously written content files most closely match the needed set of content files identified from the work order; and adjusting the set of content files on the selected storage device so that the storage device stores at least the needed set of content files. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for providing a storage device with content files, comprising the steps of:
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identifying, from a work order, a needed set of content files; selecting, from a storage device inventory comprising at least first and second storage devices having previously written content files, the first storage device when the previously written content files on the first storage device more closely match the needed set of content files identified from the work order than the second storage device; and adjusting the set of content files on the first storage device so that the first storage device stores at least the needed set of content files.
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- 11. The method according to claim lo wherein the step of adjusting comprises the step of replicating onto the first storage device those of the needed set of content files onto not previously written on the first storage device.
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13. A system for providing a storage device with content files, comprising,
a booking system for entering and storing at least work order specifying a needed set of content files for a storage device: -
a replication system responsive to the work order for selecting, from a storage device inventory, a storage device whose previously written content files most closely match the needed set of content files identified from the at least one work order; and
for adjusting the set of content files on the selected storage device so that the storage device stores at least the needed set of content files; anda distribution system for distributing the selected storage device to a destination specified in the at least one work order. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 20)
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17. Apparatus for providing a storage device with content files, comprising:
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means for identifying, from a work order, a needed set of content files; means for selecting, from a storage device inventory, a storage device whose previously written content files most closely match the needed set of content files identified from the work order; and means for adjusting the set of content files on the selected storage device so that the storage device stores at least the needed set of content files. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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