System and method for archiving a media collection
First Claim
1. A method for restoring a user'"'"'s media collection from a central archiving system, the user'"'"'s media collection comprising a plurality of media files having media content encoded with an encoding algorithm and stored on a user system, comprising:
- receiving a request from the user system to restore the user'"'"'s media collection;
accessing an archive record operating as an archive of the user'"'"'s media collection, the archive record comprising, for each of the plurality of media files in the user'"'"'s media collection, information identifying the media content for the media file, information identifying the encoding algorithm for the media file, and information identifying at least one quality parameter for the media file;
recreating, at the central archiving system, each media file of the plurality of media files in the user'"'"'s media collection by encoding, in a playable format, one of a plurality of reference media files stored at the central archiving system having media content corresponding to the media content identifies for the media file in the archive record using;
one of a plurality of encoding algorithms corresponding to the encoding algorithm identified for the media file in the archive record and the at least one quality parameter for the media file identified in the archive record; and
providing the recreated plurality of media files to the user system.
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Abstract
A system and method for archiving a user'"'"'s media collection are provided. In general, a central archiving system stores high-quality versions of a number of known media files and a number of known encoding algorithms. First, each media file in the user'"'"'s media collection and an encoding algorithm used to encode each media file are classified as either known or unknown to the archiving server. For each known media file encoded with a known encoding algorithm, the archive includes information identifying the media file, information identifying the encoding algorithm for the media file, and optionally the one or more quality parameters such as bit rate, sampling frequency, and the like for the media file. For each unknown media file and/or media file encoded with an unknown CODEC or encoding algorithm, the archive includes the media file, which is uploaded and stored at the archiving system.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for restoring a user'"'"'s media collection from a central archiving system, the user'"'"'s media collection comprising a plurality of media files having media content encoded with an encoding algorithm and stored on a user system, comprising:
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receiving a request from the user system to restore the user'"'"'s media collection; accessing an archive record operating as an archive of the user'"'"'s media collection, the archive record comprising, for each of the plurality of media files in the user'"'"'s media collection, information identifying the media content for the media file, information identifying the encoding algorithm for the media file, and information identifying at least one quality parameter for the media file; recreating, at the central archiving system, each media file of the plurality of media files in the user'"'"'s media collection by encoding, in a playable format, one of a plurality of reference media files stored at the central archiving system having media content corresponding to the media content identifies for the media file in the archive record using;
one of a plurality of encoding algorithms corresponding to the encoding algorithm identified for the media file in the archive record and the at least one quality parameter for the media file identified in the archive record; andproviding the recreated plurality of media files to the user system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An archiving server for archiving a user'"'"'s media collection including a plurality of media files having media content encoded with an encoding algorithm, comprising:
a communication interface communicatively coupling the archiving server to a user system via a network, the user system storing the plurality of media files; and a control system associated with the communication interface and adapted to; receive a request from the user system to restore the user'"'"'s media collection; access an archive record operating as an archive of the user'"'"'s media collection, the archive record comprising, for each of the plurality of media files in the user'"'"'s media collection, information identifying the media content for the media file, information identifying the encoding algorithm for the media file, and information identifying at least one quality parameter for the media file; recreate, at the archiving server, each media file of the plurality of media files in the user'"'"'s media collection by encoding, in a playable format, one of a plurality of reference media files stored at the archiving server having media content corresponding to the media content identified for the media file in the archive record using;
one of a plurality of encoding algorithms corresponding to the encoding algorithm identified for the media file in the archive record and the at least one quality parameter for the media file identified in the archive record; andprovide the recreated plurality of media files to the user system. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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