Extensible Digital Asset Management Data Model for Compound Media
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Solution Overview
Problem
Telecommunication service providers face challenges in efficiently managing and integrating compound media assets due to the complexity of disparate media formats and metadata, which hinders the efficient creation, storage, and publication of rich media services.
Innovation Solution
A digital asset management data model and system that defines multiple hierarchies for compound media assets and metadata, enabling normalization, enrichment, and efficient management of various file types and formats, facilitating the ingestion, storage, and publication of rich media assets across different delivery channels.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional media management systems are used to manage compound media assets, then existing systems can store and retrieve media files, but the systems become increasingly complex and inefficient as they must handle disparate media formats and metadata from multiple content providers
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the media management system into distinct functional modules: a normalization layer that handles format conversion, a metadata enrichment layer that adds descriptive information, and a hierarchical data model that organizes assets by type and format. This segmentation allows each module to specialize in handling specific aspects of media management, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining versatility across disparate formats.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces normalization and enrichment layers as intermediary components between content providers and the media management system. These intermediaries automatically translate and standardize disparate media formats and metadata into a unified structure, eliminating the need for complex format-specific handling logic in the core system while preserving adaptability to various media types.
2Measurement precision
If comprehensive metadata and multiple levels of granularity are created for media assets, then search and retrieval functionalities improve, but the data model becomes more complex and harder to manage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a hierarchical data model that organizes media assets across multiple dimensions: by media type (video, audio, image), by format (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264), and by associated metadata (title, description, duration, language). This dimensional organization allows comprehensive search capabilities through structured classification while maintaining manageable complexity through clear hierarchical relationships and standardized metadata fields.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the system integrates rich media content from multiple content providers with different formats, then the variety of available content increases, but the technical interoperability challenges and integration difficulties increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by automatically detecting and converting media formats and metadata structures into standardized representations. The normalization layer transforms various media parameters (codec, resolution, bitrate) into unified formats, while the enrichment layer standardizes metadata parameters (title, description, keywords) across different content providers, enabling efficient integration without manual configuration for each format combination.
Data Source
AI summary
A digital asset management system effectively provides full control of compound media assets and their specific components. The digital asset management data model supports the creation and management of multiple levels of granularity or metadata enrichment, and different sets of file types or renditions used throughout the digital asset processing life-cycle. The extensible digital asset management data model allows telecommunications service providers to augment or enrich compound media asset metadata, and thereby, optimize the relationship between media assets, and enhance storage and retrieval functionalities. The digital asset management system solves the technical problems arising from ingesting, storing, and managing rich media assets economically and efficiently.