Media package format for submission to a media distribution system
First Claim
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing thereon computer-readable instructions for providing digital media content to a media content distribution system, comprising:
- computer-readable instructions for generating a package including;
one or more metadata files including metadata content, the metadata content including a plurality of attributes; and
information identifying a plurality of data files, each of the plurality of data files including media content,wherein at least one or more of the plurality of attributes includes a pre-order sale start date indicating a date on which a pre-order for the media content is permitted to be submitted to the media content distribution system, andwherein at least one or more of the plurality of attributes for the metadata content includes information influencing how the media content in the plurality of data files can be processed to provide digital media content; and
computer-readable instructions for submitting the package to the media content distribution system, thereby enabling a digital media file to be encoded using at least a portion of the media content in the plurality of data files according to at least a portion of the metadata content.
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Abstract
The disclosed embodiments relate generally to the submission of media content to a media distribution system and the generation of media items from the media content. The media items may include, for example, audio, video, image, or podcast data. In accordance with one embodiment, a package for use in generating a downloadable digital media content asset includes metadata content that describes how the media content in a plurality of data files including media content can be processed to generate a downloadable digital media content asset, where the package includes information identifying the plurality of data files.
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing thereon computer-readable instructions for providing digital media content to a media content distribution system, comprising:
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computer-readable instructions for generating a package including; one or more metadata files including metadata content, the metadata content including a plurality of attributes; and information identifying a plurality of data files, each of the plurality of data files including media content, wherein at least one or more of the plurality of attributes includes a pre-order sale start date indicating a date on which a pre-order for the media content is permitted to be submitted to the media content distribution system, and wherein at least one or more of the plurality of attributes for the metadata content includes information influencing how the media content in the plurality of data files can be processed to provide digital media content; and computer-readable instructions for submitting the package to the media content distribution system, thereby enabling a digital media file to be encoded using at least a portion of the media content in the plurality of data files according to at least a portion of the metadata content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20)
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19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing thereon computer-readable instructions for providing digital media content, comprising:
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computer-readable instructions for generating a package including; one or more metadata files including metadata content; and information identifying a plurality of data files, each of the plurality of data files including media content, wherein the metadata content includes a pre-order sale start date indicating a date on which a pre-order can be submitted for the media content; and computer-readable instructions for submitting the package to a media content distribution system, thereby enabling a digital media file to be encoded using at least a portion of the media content in the plurality of data files according to at least a portion of the metadata content.
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21. A method of providing digital media content to a media content distribution system, comprising:
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generating a package including; one or more metadata files including metadata content, the metadata content having a plurality of attributes; and information identifying a plurality of data files, each of the plurality of data files including media content, wherein at least one or more of the plurality of attributes for the metadata content includes associated tag and associated data, wherein at least one or more of the plurality of attributes includes a pre-order sale start date indicating a date on which a pre-order for the media content is permitted to be submitted to the media content distribution system, and wherein at least one or more of the plurality of attributes for the metadata content includes information influencing how the media content in the plurality of data files can be processed to generate the package; and submitting the package to the media content distribution system, thereby enabling a digital media file to be encoded using at least a portion of the media content in the plurality of data files according to at least a portion of the metadata content. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. An apparatus for providing digital media content, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory, wherein at least one of the processor or the memory being adapted for; generating a package including; one or more metadata files including metadata content, the metadata content having a plurality of attributes; and information identifying a plurality of data files, each of the plurality of data files including media content, wherein at least one or more of the plurality of attributes for the metadata content includes associated tag and associated data, wherein at least one or more of the plurality of attributes includes a pre-order sale start date indicating a date on which a pre-order can be submitted for the media content, and wherein at least one or more of the plurality of attributes for the metadata content includes information influencing how the media content in the plurality of data files can be processed to provide digital media content; and submitting the package to a media content distribution system, thereby enabling one or more digital media files to be encoded using at least a portion of the media content in the plurality of data files according to at least a portion of the metadata content.
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