Workflow process for managing digital broadcast program production

• US 6,747,706 B1
• Filed: 01/11/2000
• Issued: 06/08/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Griffin, Gene R. Jr., Zetts, John M., Wang, Diana S., Geddes, Walt
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Michael H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): NATNAEL, PAULOS M
• Application Number:
  US09/481,986
• Time in Patent Office: 1,610 Days
• Field of Search: 348/722, 348/441, 348/568, 348/575, 348/555, 725/138, 725/144-147, 725/91-93, 725/114-116, 725/135, 725/143, 705/7, 705/8, 705/10
• US Class Current: 348/722
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/04 Studio equipment; Interconnection of studios
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/07 characterised by processes or methods for the generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234309 by transcoding between formats or standards, e.g. from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 or from Quicktime to Realvideo conversion of standards in analog television systems H04N7/01
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/854 Content authoring

Abstract

Aspects are described for addressing workflow processing to manage digital broadcast program development and production. A workflow processing aspect includes managing a plurality of production stages to produce a digital broadcast program, and managing storage of data among ingest, object, and program storage during the plurality of production stages to ensure efficiency of digital broadcast program development. The plurality of production stages include a sequence of an ingest stage, a triage stage, a program creation stage, and a program assembly stage. The data storage management includes managing encoding of data into MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 data files during the plurality of production stages.

Claims

1. A method for workflow processing for digital broadcast program production, the method comprising:

receiving multimedia production data from a plurality of broadcast data sources;

directing a plurality of stages that transform the multimedia production data into program data including directing a sequence of stages comprising an ingest stage, a triage stage, a program creation stage, and a program assembly stage; and

directing translation of production data during the plurality of stages between MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 data formats, including encoding production data received according to both the MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 standards substantially simultaneously by utilizing production data received and encoded according to the MPEG-1 standard during the ingest stage and selecting MPEG-2 encoded data of the production data received based on MPEG-1 ingested data, parsing the selected MPEG-2 encoded data into at least one usable data clip, and creating a browsing file of MPEG-1 encoded data from the at least one usable data clip.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising utilizing the browsing file for creating a program.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising rendering the program created with MPEG-2 encoding and decoding the MPEG-2 encoded program into an MPEG-1 file.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising cataloging the program rendered with the MPEG-1 file.