Metadata Envelope Coordination for Mobile Content Delivery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile content delivery systems lack effective coordination between content processing and external enablers, such as presence, location, and compression functions, which are essential for dynamic content delivery but are not inherently part of the core functionality of content delivery enablers.
Innovation Solution
The system embeds external references and content processing coordination rules within metadata envelopes using XML packaged state charts, allowing for low coupling between services and enabling the coordination of content processing across various enablers during delivery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If content delivery systems integrate external enablers (presence, location, compression), then functionality and adaptability improve, but device complexity and coordination difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a coordination layer with metadata envelopes and state charts that act as intermediaries between the content delivery enabler and external enablers. This mediator coordinates the interaction between multiple enablers without requiring direct complex integration, thus improving functionality while managing coordination difficulty through standardized interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the content delivery process into distinct functional components (delivery enabler, external enablers, coordination layer) that can operate independently. Each enabler handles specific tasks (presence, location, compression) and communicates through standardized metadata, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining versatility.
2Ease of operation
If coordination rules are embedded in metadata, then coupling between services is reduced, but metadata processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The metadata envelope structure enables self-service processing where each component can independently parse and act on relevant metadata without requiring complex inter-component coordination. The state charts embedded in metadata automatically drive the coordination logic, reducing coupling between services while the standardized metadata format manages processing complexity.
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AI summary
A method and system for coordinating content processing in a mobile delivery framework, the method having the steps of embedding, within a metadata envelope associated with content, external references to external enablers; and inserting content processing coordination rules into the metadata envelope.