System and method of generating a media package for ingesting into an on-line downloading application

• US 9,043,243 B2
• Filed: 06/02/2008
• Issued: 05/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Cortes, Ricardo, Muller, Max III, Fosback, Jason
• Primary Examiner(s): Nigh, James D
• Application Number:
  US12/131,515
• Publication Number:
  US 20090297126A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,549 Days
• Field of Search: 705/50, 705/51, 705/59, 705/310
• US Class Current: 705/59
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 2220/10 Usage protection of distributed data files
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 2220/18 Licensing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/18 Legal services
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234336 by media transcoding, e.g. video is transformed into a slideshow of still pictures or audio is converted into text
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2393 involving handling client requests scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6175 involving transmission via Internet broadcast-related systems characterised by the transmission system being the Internet H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6379 directed to encoder , e.g. for requesting a lower encoding rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/85406 involving a specific file format, e.g. MP4 format
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17336 Handling of requests in head-ends

Abstract

A system and method of delivering a media package to an on-line downloading store are disclosed. The method includes receiving a media file into a compressor application in which at least one compression job is assigned for the media file. The method further includes receiving setting data and destination data for storing a media package associated with processing the media file. The method next includes retrieving pre-defined asset metadata based on user-submitted credential data and vendor identification data, receiving contract acceptance data based on a pre-existing contract associated with the media file and generating a media package configured for ingestion into the on-line media store for each at least one compression job assigned to the media file.

Claims

1. A method of ingesting media into a server, the method comprising:

receiving a media file from a device associated with a first user into a compressor application in which at least one compression job is assigned for the media file;

receiving, from the device associated with the first user, setting data and target data for the media file; and

upon retrieving contract acceptance data from a database based on a pre-existing contract associated with the media file, generating, via a processor, a media package configured for ingesting into the server for each of the at least one compression job assigned to the media file according to the setting data and target data.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the media package for each at least one compression job at a location defined by the target data, the media package being generated based on the received setting data, the predefined asset metadata, and the received contract acceptance data and configured for ingesting into the server.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising retrieving the media package from the location and transmitting the media package to a transporter module for ingestion into the server.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the setting data comprises at least one of:

XML information, chapter information, chapter heading information, chapter break information, and pricing information.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising verifying that the media file is in at least one correct format.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating the media package only if the at least one correct format of the media file is verified.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the at least one correct format includes one of aspect ratio data and verification that video and audio data are present in the media file.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein verifying that the media file is in at least one correct format is based on a checksum validation based on whether the media file meets expected dynamically generated checksums from the server.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating dynamic feedback wherein the dynamic feedback indicates errors sent from the server and prevents generating the media package based on the errors.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the dynamic feedback indicates an error if the submitted user credential data and vendor identification data are not approved for the media file.

11. The method of claim 3, wherein the transporter module ingests the generated media package into the server automatically upon generating the media package.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein a location of the media file is local to the first user submitting the media file.

13. A system for ingesting media into a server, the system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory comprising computer-readable instructions which when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform steps comprising;

receiving a media file from a first user into a compressor application in which at least one compression job is assigned for the media file;

receiving setting data and target data for the media file; and

generating a media package configured for ingesting into the server according to the setting data and target data for each of the at least one compression job assigned to the media file, upon receiving contract acceptance data from a database based on a pre-existing contract associated with the media file.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the processor to perform steps comprising:

retrieving the media package from the location and transmitting the media package to a transporter module for ingestion into the server.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the setting data comprises at least one of:

XML information, chapter information, chapter heading information, chapter break information, and pricing information.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the processor to perform steps comprising:

verifying that the media file is in at least one correct format.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the processor to perform steps comprising:

generating the media package only when the at least one correct format of the media file is verified.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the at least one correct format includes one of aspect ratio data and verification that video and audio data are present in the media file.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein verifying that the media file is in at least one correct format is based on a checksum validation based on whether the media file meets expected dynamically generated checksums from the server.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to ingest media into a server, the instructions comprising:

receiving a media file from a first user into a compressor application in which at least one compression job is assigned for the media file;

receiving setting data and target data for the media file; and

upon receiving contract acceptance data from a database based on a pre-existing contract associated with the media file, generating a media package configured for ingesting into the server for each of the at least one compression job assigned to the media file according to the setting data and target data.