Method and system for managing digital content, including streaming media

• US 8,595,340 B2
• Filed: 10/31/2007
• Issued: 11/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yahoo Assets LLC
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kazmi, Syed Noman, Polavarapu, Vinay, Turner, William David
• Primary Examiner(s): BARQADLE, YASIN M
• Application Number:
  US11/931,643
• Publication Number:
  US 20080133701A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,218 Days
• Field of Search: 709217-234, 709201-206
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/61 for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]

Abstract

Methods and systems for uploading, managing and delivering digital content, including streaming media. The system according to one embodiment allows receives digital content from the client, assigns a stream identifier (ID) to the content and stores the content. The client is given a playlist uniform resource locator (URL) for publishing on its web site, the URL including the stream ID. Activation of the URL by an end user causes the stream to be served to the end user, without the client receiving or providing an indication of the specifics of where the content was stored. An embodiment of the present invention provides a system and method that defines one or more remote sites associated with each client.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

assigning, by at least one content management system server computer, one or more unique message queues to each of one or more clients, each client providing digital content to the content management system that manages the digital content for the client, and storing message queue information for the one or more message queues assigned to each of the one or more clients;

identifying, by at least one content management system server computer and from the one or more unique message queues, a message queue for placing a content management operation request message to request a content management operation be performed with the digital content provided by the client, the message queue being identified based on the stored message queue information;

placing the content management operation request message in the identified message queue, by the at least one content management system server computer, the content management operation request message to request that the at least one content management system server computer access the client'"'"'s digital content to perform the content management operation with the digital content provided to the content management system by the client; and

the at least one content management system server computer reading the content management operation request message and processing the request in accordance with the content management operation request message placed in the client'"'"'s assigned message queue to perform the content management operation with the digital content.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the request to access the client'"'"'s digital content is made by the client.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the client request includes a request to delete the content, and the at least one content management server computer processing the request results in a content management operation being performed to delete the digital content from the content management system.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the content management system has a plurality of sites, and wherein the client request includes a request to move the content, and the processing of the request results in a client management operation being performed to move the digital content from one of the sites of the plurality to another of the sites of the plurality.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the content management system has a plurality of sites, and wherein the client request includes a request to copy the content, and the processing of the request results in a content management operation being performed to copy the digital content from one of the sites of the plurality to another of the sites of the plurality.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying a message queue for placing a content management operation request message being further based on the content management operation requested to be performed.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying a message queue for placing a content management operation request message being further based on the client'"'"'s account.

8. A system comprising:

at least one content management system server computer configured to;

assign one or more unique message queues to each of one or more clients, each client providing digital content to the content management system that manages the digital content for the client, and store message queue information for the one or more message queues assigned to each of the one or more clients;

identify, from the one or more unique message queues, a message queue for placing a content management operation request message to request a content management operation be performed with the digital content provided by the client, the message queue being identified based on the stored message queue information;

place the content management operation request message in the identified message queue, the content management operation request message to request that the at least one content management system server computer access the client'"'"'s digital content to perform the content management operation with the digital content provided to the content management system by the client; and

read the content management operation request message and process the request in accordance with the content management operation request message placed in the client'"'"'s assigned message queue to perform the content management operation with the digital content.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the request to access the client'"'"'s digital content is made by the client.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein the client request includes a request to delete the content, and the at least one content management server computer further configured to process the request that results in a content management operation being performed to delete the digital content from the content management system.

11. The system of claim 8 wherein the content management system has a plurality of sites, and wherein the client request includes a request to move the content, and the at least one content management system server computer configured to process the request results in a client management operation being performed to move the digital content from one of the sites of the plurality to another of the sites of the plurality.

12. The system of claim 8 wherein the content management system has a plurality of sites, and wherein the client request includes a request to copy the content, and the at least one content management system server computer configured to process the request results in a client management operation being performed to copy the digital content from one of the sites of the plurality to another of the sites of the plurality.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the identifying a message queue for placing a content management operation request message being further based on the content management operation requested to be performed.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the identifying a message queue for placing a content management operation request message being further based on the client'"'"'s account.