Adaptive publishing for content distribution

• US 9,686,597 B2
• Filed: 10/12/2012
• Issued: 06/20/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications Management LLC (Comcast Corporation)
• Original Assignee: The Platform
• Inventors: Meijer, Paul, Hellkamp, Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): Mundur, Padma
• Application Number:
  US13/651,052
• Publication Number:
  US 20140108592A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,712 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23439 for generating different versions
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8543 using a description language, e.g. Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group [MHEG], eXtensible Markup Language [XML] information retrieval of semistructured data, the underlying structure being taken into account, e.g. mark-up language structure data G06F16/80
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8586 by using a URL processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02

Abstract

Provided are methods and systems for managing, distributing, and publishing content. An exemplary method can comprise receiving, in a content management system, an asset for distribution. The method can also comprise generating a metadata object according to a submission standard or requirement of a destination asset distribution platform. The destination asset distribution platform can be external to the content management system and the metadata object can comprise data indicative of or associated with the asset.

Claims

1. A method implemented by one or more computing devices, comprising:

receiving, by the one or more computing devices, modification data of at least one of an asset or data associated with an asset, wherein the asset is associated with one or more publishing profiles, wherein each publishing profile comprises instructions for converting the asset to one or more distribution formats, and wherein each of the one or more distribution formats comprises a specification associated with a device configured to receive the asset;

identifying a distribution format in a publishing profile in the one or more publishing profiles;

performing an update action based on the received modification data, the update action comprising generating an updated copy of the asset in the distribution format based on the modification data;

publishing the updated copy of the asset to a location indicated by the publishing profile;

receiving, by the one or more computing devices, a custom publishing profile comprising at least one of a new publishing profile or a modified version of the one or more publishing profiles;

associating, by the one or more computing devices, the custom publishing profile with the asset; and

converting, by the one or more computing devices, the asset into another distribution format based on the custom publishing profile.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the modification data of at least one of the asset or the data associated with the asset comprises receiving a modified version of the asset and identifying one or more differences between the asset and the modified version of the asset, wherein the update action is performed based on the one or more differences.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the modification data of at least one of an asset or data associated with an asset comprises receiving a modified version of the data associated with the asset and identifying one or more differences between the data associated with the asset and the modified version of the data associated with the asset, wherein the update action is performed based on the one or more differences.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the asset in at least one distribution format of the one or more distribution formats to one or more destination devices.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein transmitting the asset in the at least one distribution format of the one or more distribution formats to one or more destination devices occurs after conforming the asset to the modification data in the one or more distribution formats.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a publishing instruction associated with the asset, the publishing instruction comprising at least one of a distribution format or a distribution destination, wherein the one or more publishing profiles are updated based on the publishing instruction.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the asset is received at a first content management system and the distribution destination is located within a second content management system.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the update action comprises modifying the one or more publication profiles according to the received modification data in at least one distribution format of the one or more distribution formats.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein the custom publishing profile specifies a custom distribution format.

22. The method of claim 1, wherein the custom publishing profile specifies one or more processing steps comprising at least one of:

creating metadata, transmitting the metadata, or transmitting the asset to a specified location.

23. The method of claim 1, wherein the custom publishing profile is based on one or more specifications supported by one or more external content distribution systems.

9. A method implemented by one or more computing devices, comprising:

receiving, by the one or more computing devices, a request to modify at least one of an asset and data associated with the asset, wherein the asset is associated with one or more publishing profiles, wherein each publishing profile comprises instructions for converting the asset to one or more distribution formats, and wherein each of the one or more distribution formats comprises a specification associated with a device configured to receive the asset;

identifying copies of the asset in the one or more distribution formats based on the one or more publishing profiles;

generating updated versions of the copies of the asset in the one or more distribution formats based on the request;

transmitting at least one of the modified copies of the asset to a distribution destination indicated in one of the one or more publishing profiles;

receiving, by the one or more computing devices, a custom publishing profile comprising at least one of a new publishing profile or a modified version of the one or more publishing profiles;

associating, by the one or more computing devices, the custom publishing profile with the asset; and

converting, by the one or more computing devices, the asset into another distribution format based on the custom publishing profile.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein receiving the request to modify comprises receiving a request to change a property of the asset or data associated with the asset through a user interface to a content management system.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein identifying the copies of the asset in the one or more distribution formats comprises inspecting one or more publishing profiles to determine if one or more copies of the asset have been generated in the one or more distribution formats.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein identifying the copies of the asset in the one or more distribution formats comprises determining if any of the copies of the asset in the one or more distribution formats are currently being accessed.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving a publishing instruction associated with the asset, the publishing instruction comprising at least one of a distribution format or a distribution destination, wherein the one or more publishing profiles are updated based on the publishing instruction.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the asset is received by a first content management system and the distribution destination is located within a second content management system.

15. A method implemented by one or more computing devices, comprising:

receiving, by the one or more computing devices, modification data of at least one of an asset or data associated with the asset;

identifying a distribution format in a publishing profile associated with the asset, wherein the publishing profile comprises instructions for converting the asset to the distribution format, and wherein the distribution format comprises a specification associated with a device configured to receive the asset;

generating an updated copy of the asset in the distribution format based on the modification data;

publishing the updated copy of the asset to a location indicated by the publishing profile;

receiving, by the one or more computing devices, a custom publishing profile comprising at least one of a new publishing profile or a modified version of the one or more publishing profiles;

associating, by the one or more computing devices, the custom publishing profile with the asset; and

converting, by the one or more computing devices, the asset into another distribution format based on the custom publishing profile.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein publishing the updated copy of the asset to the location indicated by the publishing profile comprises associating a location identifier with the updated copy of the asset instead of with a prior copy of the asset.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein receiving the modification data of at least one of the asset or data associated with the asset comprises receiving an update to at least one of a title and a description of the asset, and wherein generating the updated copy of the asset in the distribution format based on the modification data comprises associating the update with the at least one of the title and the description of the asset with a prior copy of the asset.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising replacing a prior copy of the asset in the distribution format with the updated copy of the asset generated in the distribution format.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein publishing the updated copy of the asset to the location indicated by the publishing profile comprises transmitting the updated copy of the asset to a distribution destination specified in the publishing profile.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the publishing profile specifies an additional distribution format, and wherein the method further comprises generating an additional updated copy in the additional distribution format based on the modification data and publishing the additional updated copy to an additional location specified by the publishing profile.