RICH CONTENT MANAGER (RCM)

• US 20110145728A1
• Filed: 12/16/2009
• Published: 06/16/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Quantum Business Consulting, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Quantum Business Consulting, Inc.
• Inventors: Bishop, Monika
• Application Number:
  US12/639,909
• Publication Number:
  US 20110145728A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/760
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually

Abstract

A system for delivering multimedia content over a network to a client browser is disclosed. The system includes a first hypertext transfer protocol server, a database server in which the multimedia content is stored in a structured arrangement, and an application server that is in communication with the hypertext transfer protocol server and the database server. A remote application that includes a controller module, a persistence module, and a browser interface module is executable on the application server. The multimedia content corresponding to selection input from the browser is retrievable with a query from the controller module to the persistence module. A multimedia playback interface generated by the browser interface module replays the multimedia content. The interface is embedded within a document generated by the second hypertext transfer protocol server.

Claims

1. A system for delivering multimedia content over a network to a client browser, the system comprising:

a first hypertext transfer protocol server connected to the network and in communication with the client browser;

a database server with the multimedia content being stored thereon in a structured arrangement;

an application server in communication with the hypertext transfer protocol server and the database server; and

a remote application executable on the application server, the remote application including;

a controller module receptive to selection input from the client browser;

a persistence module interfacing the controller module to the structured arrangement in the database server, the multimedia content corresponding to the selection input being retrievable with a query from the controller module to the persistence module; and

a browser interface module generating a multimedia playback interface rendered by the client browser, the retrieved multimedia content being transmitted to the client browser and displayed within the rendered multimedia playback interface;

wherein the remote application is linkable from a cooperating second hypertext transfer protocol server, the multimedia playback interface being embeddable within a document generated by the second hypertext transfer protocol server and rendered by the client browser.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the multimedia content is selected from a group consisting of:

video data, audio data, graphic data, and textual data.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the multimedia content is stored as a plurality of data files, each data file having metadata associated therewith and stored in the structured arrangement.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein a one of the metadata is selected from a group consisting of:

category, name, keyword, language, sharing privilege, and access privilege.

5. The system of claim 3, further comprising an administrative submodule within the controller module, the metadata being editable through the administrative submodule.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the administrative submodule is receptive to an upload of a multimedia content data file, the multimedia content file being stored in the structured arrangement and assigned a name metadata and a category metadata.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the database server is a logical set of a plurality of coordinated data processing systems collectively defining the structured arrangement.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the structured arrangement on the database server is defined in a relational database system.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the first hypertext transfer protocol server, the database server, and the application server are located within a first local area network remote from the second hypertext transfer protocol server.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the first hypertext transfer protocol server, the database server, the application server, and the second hypertext transfer protocol server are located within a first local area network.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote application further includes a security module limiting access to the multimedia content based upon access credentials submitted by the client browser.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the browser interface module queries the client browser for available multimedia content rendering external plug-ins.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the application server includes a network bandwidth throttling module.

14. A multimedia content delivery system cooperating with a first network service entity and a second network service entity, the system comprising:

a content database with a first set of multimedia content data files associated with the first network service entity and a second set of multimedia content data files associated with the second network service entity; and

an application server generating a first multimedia interface rendered within a first document served by the first network service entity and a second multimedia interface rendered within a second document served by the second network service entity, each of the first and second multimedia interfaces being restricted to displaying a respective one of the first set of multimedia content data files and the second set of multimedia content data files retrievable from the content database.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the multimedia content data files are selected from a group consisting of:

video data, audio data, graphic data, and textual data.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein each multimedia content data file has metadata associated therewith.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the multimedia content data files are presented in an arrangement within the respective first and second multimedia interfaces according to its associated metadata.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the first network service entity and the second network service entity are independently administered.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the first network service entity and the second network service entity are remote from the content database and the application server.