Master Index Locator for Digital Media Objects
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulties in locating and accessing digital media objects related to musical works across different networks due to varying access protocols, geographical limitations, and incompatible media formats, making it challenging to share media objects without managing multiple access systems.
Innovation Solution
A real-time locator system utilizing a master index organized by primary and secondary attributes of media objects, allowing users to efficiently find and access multiple copies of digital media objects across the network, regardless of their location or subscription privileges.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users access media objects across different networks, then access versatility is improved, but device complexity increases due to managing multiple access protocols
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a standardized interface layer that acts as an intermediary between users and multiple network access protocols. This interface abstracts the complexity of different protocols (HTTP, FTP, RTSP, etc.) and provides a unified method for locating and accessing media objects across networks, eliminating the need for users to manage multiple protocols directly
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a universal access mechanism that can handle multiple network protocols through a single interface. The locator system and access methods are designed to be protocol-agnostic, allowing the same interface to work with different networks and protocols without requiring separate management for each
2Loss of information
If media objects are distributed across multiple networks, then information availability is improved, but location difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a pre-establishment of locators and indices for media objects before actual access is needed. The system maintains locator information and indices that point to media objects across different networks in advance, so when users need to access content, the location information is already available and prepared
Solution Approach 2:
The locator system serves as an intermediary that maintains information about media object locations across multiple networks. Instead of users directly searching multiple networks, the locator system provides a centralized point of reference that translates user requests into appropriate network locations
3Ease of operation
If access protocols are standardized, then ease of operation is improved, but adaptability to different networks decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system achieves universality by designing access methods that can operate across multiple network types and protocols through a single standardized interface. The interface layer handles protocol-specific details while presenting a uniform operation model to users, maintaining both simplicity and broad compatibility
Data Source
AI summary
A real-time locater for digital media objects, related to one or more creative compositions and accessible over a network, is described. A service-provider maintains a master index of the digital media objects. The master index is organized by considering each media object to be an example of a primary attribute associated with the media object by a multitude of users. The reference is constructed as a data structure of primary attributes and means of locating the media objects as instances of primary attributes. Each such media object may be further categorized by associating it with one or more secondary attributes. The data structure is augmented to provide for efficient location of media objects by relating secondary attributes.