Context sensitive media and information

• US 8,548,963 B2
• Filed: 08/09/2005
• Issued: 10/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Dettori, Paolo, Nogima, Julio, Schaffa, Frank A., Schilling, Augustine C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Breene, John E
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ly, Anh
• Application Number:
  US11/199,653
• Publication Number:
  US 20070038670A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,975 Days
• Field of Search: 707/10, 707/6, 707/9, 707/694, 707/726, 707/E17.12, 707/E17.121, 707/999.107, 725/44, 725/47, 715/708
• US Class Current: 707/694
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents

Abstract

A system and method for making media content sensitive to a context, such that the media content carries information needed to automatically process the media content in a target environment which includes a context processing engine. The engine processes a first set of rules and methods for media content objects and compares the first set to a second set of rules and methods for media context to decide which methods are to be applied on the media object to process the media content in a target environment.

Claims

1. A system for processing media content objects, comprising:

a storage medium for storing a media content object, wherein a first set of object rules and methods is embedded within said media content object such that the rules are propagated with the media content object when the media content object crosses different environments;

a hardware processor implementing a context processing engine which is configured to receive said media content object with said first set of object rules and methods embedded in the media content object, to process the first set of object rules and methods and to prioritize between the first set of object rules and methods and a second set of context rules and methods associated with a target context to decide which rules and methods are to be applied to process media content of the media content object in a target environment, wherein the context rules are provided to the context processing engine and the second set of rules and methods are for application in the target context.

2. The system as recited in claim 1, further comprising an object association processing system employed to associate the media content object with the first set of object rules and methods to create a context sensitive media object.

3. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the methods embedded in the media content object are executable to permit processing of the media content object in the target environment.

4. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein a plurality of context environments receive the media content and each context environment includes a context processing engine.

5. The system as recited in claim 1, further comprising an interaction module which stores information on patterns for interaction between the media content and a context to resolve issues between the first set and the second set of rules and methods.

6. The system as recited in claim 1, further comprising a plurality of processing plug-ins, which add or remove processing capability as needed.

7. A system for processing a media content object, comprising:

an object association processing system which embeds a the media content object with one or more object rules such that the one or more object rules are propagated with the object when the object crosses different environments to convert the media content object into a context sensitive media object; and

a hardware processor implementing a context processing engine, which is configured to receive the context sensitive media object with said one or more object rules embedded in the context sensitive media object and to prioritize between the one or more object rules and context rules associated with a target context to decide methods to be applied on or to the context sensitive media object to adapt the context sensitive media object to the target context, wherein the context rules are provided to the context processing engine and the context rules include a set of rules and methods for application in the target context.

8. The system as recited in claim 7, wherein the object association processing system embeds methods within the context sensitive media object.

9. The system as recited in claim 7, wherein the methods are executable by the context sensitive object to permit a conversion in the target context.

10. The system as recited in claim 7, wherein a plurality of context environments receive the object and each context environment includes a context processing engine.

11. The system as recited in claim 7, further comprising an interaction module which stores information on patterns for interaction between media content and context, the information based on content and context rules and methods.

12. The system as recited in claim 7, wherein the object association processing system associates one or more object methods with the context sensitive media object.

13. The system as recited in claim 7, wherein the context sensitive media object includes information needed to automatically be processed by the target context.

14. The system as recited in claim 7, further comprising a plurality of processing plug-ins, which add or remove processing capability as needed.