Method for verification of file-based media content

• US 8,001,486 B2
• Filed: 05/29/2007
• Issued: 08/16/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Interra Systems, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Interra Systems, Inc.
• Inventors: Gupta, Manik, Kumar, Shailesh, Koul, Vivek
• Primary Examiner(s): Bashore; William L
• Assistant Examiner(s): Distefano; Gregory A
• Application Number:
  US11/807,546
• Publication Number:
  US 20080301588A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,540 Days
• Field of Search: 715/841, 715/809, 715/810, 702/108
• US Class Current: 715/809
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23418 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics television picture signal circuitry for scene change detection H04N5/147; filtering for image enhancement G06T5/00; methods or arrangements for recognising scenes G06V20/00; arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/24 Systems for the transmission of television signals using pulse code modulation H04N21/00 takes precedence

Abstract

A method for automatically verifying one or more features of file-based media content (108) is disclosed. This file-based media content includes one or more media content files. The method includes customizing (204) a test plan on the basis of the one or more features. Customizing the test plan includes creating, modifying or utilizing at least one media content check of one or more media content checks. A media content check verifies at least one feature of the one or more features of the file-based media content. Further, the method includes verifying (206) the one or more features, based on the customized test plan. The method also includes documenting (208) the results obtained from the verification of the one or more features.

Claims

1. A method for performing a quality check of file-based media content, the quality check being performed by automatically verifying one or more features of the file-based media content, the file-based media content comprising one or more media content files, the method comprising:

customizing a test plan for verifying the one or more features for the quality check, wherein customizing comprises at least one of creating, modifying and utilizing at least one media content check of one or more media content checks, wherein a media content check is applied to check at least one feature of the one or more features of the file-based media content associated with a corresponding media content file, the media content check being a defined set of restrictions, the corresponding media content files being at least one of an audio file, a video file, and an image file, the media content file comprising one or more existing values of the one or more features;

verifying the one or more features based on the customized test plan, wherein the verification of the at least one feature comprises checking an existing value corresponding to the at least one feature of the corresponding media content file against the defined set of restrictions; and

documenting results obtained from the verification of the one or more features.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein creating the at least one media content check comprises adding directives to a markup language-based registration framework corresponding to the at least one media content check.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein adding directives to the markup language-based registration framework comprises:

listing the at least one media content check in the markup language-based registration framework; and

adding a methodology for implementation of the at least one media content check in the markup language-based registration framework.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the markup language-based registration framework is based on an Extensible Markup Language (XML).

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein modifying the at least one media content check comprises editing a markup language-based registration framework corresponding to the at least one media content check.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of customizing the test plan further comprises grouping the one or more media content checks into one or more schemas, wherein each schema includes a set of media content checks.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of customizing the test plan further comprises assigning severity levels to the at least one media content check of the one or more media content checks.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of customizing the test plan further comprises assigning a priority level to at least one media content file of the one or more media content files.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of verifying the one or more features comprises using the customized test plan in background mode with remote configuration and scheduling.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the defined set of restrictions include at least one of type of data, format of data, restricted data range and permitted data range of the value corresponding to the one or more features.

11. The method according to claim 1 further comprising rejecting a media content file of the one or more media content files based on the results obtained from the verification of the one or more features.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of documenting the results comprises notifying a user of results obtained from the verification of the one or more features, wherein notifying comprises at least one of e-mailing the results to the user;

generating visual alarm, generating audio alarm and sending a mobile alert to the user.

13. The method according to claim 1, further comprising detecting and documenting interoperability errors in the file-based media content.

14. The method according to claim 1, wherein documenting the results comprises displaying one or more errors associated with the corresponding media content file.

15. A computer program product for use with a computer, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein for performing a quality check of file-based media content, the quality check being performed by automatically verifying one or more features of the file-based media content, the file-based media content comprising one or more media content files, the computer program code performing:

customizing a test plan based on the one or more features for the quality check, wherein customizing comprises at least one of creating, modifying and utilizing at least one media content check of one or more media content checks, wherein a media content check is applied to check at least one feature of the one or more features of the file-based media content associated with a corresponding media content file, the media content check being a defined set of restrictions, the corresponding media content files being at least one of an audio file, a video file, and an image file, the media content file comprising one or more existing values of the one or more features;

verifying the one or more features based on the customized test plan, wherein the verification of the at least one feature comprises checking an existing value corresponding to the at least one feature of the corresponding media content file against the defined set of restrictions; and

documenting results obtained from the verification of the one or more features.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the computer program code performing the step of customizing the test plan comprises a computer program code performing:

grouping the one or more media content checks into one or more schemas, wherein each schema includes a set of media content checks; and

assigning severity levels to the at least one media content check of the one or more media content checks.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the computer program code performing the step of documenting the results comprises a computer program code performing at least one of e-mailing the results to a user, generating visual alarm, generating audio alarm and sending mobile alerts to the user.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the computer program code performing the step of documenting the results comprises a computer program code for displaying one or more errors associated with the corresponding media content file.