APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE COMBINING ASSET LISTINGS
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1. A method comprising:
- processing, by a processor, a list of records identifying assets remotely stored by a data source and that satisfy a search criterion, wherein at least one record in the list comprises an extension portion and a priority portion indicating that a first class of a plurality of classes of devices is to process the extension portion;
querying a local storage to obtain a list of locally stored assets that conform to the search criterion; and
merging the list of locally stored assets with the list of records to create a combined list.
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Abstract
A system, method and API for processing and providing a unified list of the content offerings of multiple content sources.
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1. A method comprising:
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processing, by a processor, a list of records identifying assets remotely stored by a data source and that satisfy a search criterion, wherein at least one record in the list comprises an extension portion and a priority portion indicating that a first class of a plurality of classes of devices is to process the extension portion; querying a local storage to obtain a list of locally stored assets that conform to the search criterion; and merging the list of locally stored assets with the list of records to create a combined list. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprising:
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querying each of a plurality of data sources using a search criterion; merging, by a processor, a list of records provided by each of the queried data sources into a combined list, wherein at least one record in the combined list comprises an extension portion and a priority portion indicating that a first class of a plurality of classes of devices is to process the extension portion; and causing communication of the combined list to a device for merging with a second list resulting from querying of a storage device local to the device using the search criterion. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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processing a data record received from a database; segmenting, by a processor, the data record into a base record comprising basic data for implementing an application and an extension record comprising extended data for providing additional features of the application; and causing communication of the data record. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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