Method and apparatus for management of multimedia assets
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1. An application program interface (API) embodied on a computer readable medium for execution on a computer in conjunction with an application program to interface components in a multimedia system comprising:
- an API protocol means comprising a command interface between a first system component and at least one additional system component, said command interface comprising;
means for selecting multimedia data that satisfies a criteria of said first system component selected using said API protocol means, said multimedia data associated with a multimedia catalogue, said catalogue associated with said at least one additional system component;
means for retrieving from said at least one additional system component multimedia data selected by said selecting means;
means for displaying said multimedia data retrieved by said retrieving means.
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Abstract
The system is a generalized solution for management of multimedia assets. Generalized interfaces are used between a browser component, indexing server, archive server, tertiary storage manager, and method player components. The generalized interface defines a communication protocol that can be used by any browser, indexing server, archive server, tertiary storage manager, or method player component. Thus, system components supplied by multiple vendors can be interconnected to form a multimedia system that communicates using the generalized interfaces of the invention. A browser component can accept input such as search requests and display multimedia data. An indexing server component includes a data catalogue that catalogues multimedia data. The catalogue can be used to identify catalogue elements associated with data that can satisfy a search request. A search mechanism is used to identify the desired multimedia data. A search mechanism can create additional catalogues that are a subset of the catalogue provided on the indexing server. An archive server identifies a tertiary storage manager that manages the store containing the multimedia data. The tertiary storage manager retrieves the corresponding multimedia data from its store and sends it to a method play which plays it in a display region of the browser. The invention retains the content and results of a search such that it is only necessary to perform a search once. Search elements are used to store the content of a search, i.e., search criteria. A segment element is used to store the results of a search.
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1. An application program interface (API) embodied on a computer readable medium for execution on a computer in conjunction with an application program to interface components in a multimedia system comprising:
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an API protocol means comprising a command interface between a first system component and at least one additional system component, said command interface comprising;
means for selecting multimedia data that satisfies a criteria of said first system component selected using said API protocol means, said multimedia data associated with a multimedia catalogue, said catalogue associated with said at least one additional system component;
means for retrieving from said at least one additional system component multimedia data selected by said selecting means;
means for displaying said multimedia data retrieved by said retrieving means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83)
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