Multi-Component Content Asset Reference Tracking for Ingestion Validation
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing solutions provide all content items of a content asset simultaneously, leading to inefficiencies and challenges in managing and validating individual components of the asset during ingestion processes.
Innovation Solution
A monitoring agent generates references for each content item in a manifest, monitors their receipt, and modifies their state upon delivery to an ingestion process, ensuring all items are validated and processed individually.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If all content items of a content asset are provided simultaneously to the ingestion process, then the complete content asset is available for processing, but it becomes difficult to manage and validate individual components during the ingestion process
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the content asset into individual content items, each with its own reference object. The monitoring agent creates separate reference files for each content item listed in the manifest, allowing individual tracking and validation. This segmentation enables the system to manage each component independently while still processing the complete asset.
2Productivity
If individual content items are monitored and provided separately to the ingestion process, then efficient management and validation of each item is enabled, but the process requires tracking multiple references and states
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces reference objects as intermediary elements between the content items and the monitoring agent. Each reference object acts as a mediator that tracks the state and delivery status of individual content items. This intermediary layer simplifies the monitoring process by providing a standardized interface for tracking multiple content items without directly managing the complexity of each individual item.
3Measurement precision
If the monitoring agent tracks each content item through reference files, then individual validation and processing is facilitated, but the system complexity increases due to multiple reference management operations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a reference file lifecycle management system where reference files are created when content items are first identified, modified when items are received and validated, and ultimately discarded or archived after successful processing. This systematic creation-modification-discarding pattern manages the complexity of tracking multiple references by providing clear lifecycle stages for each reference object, reducing the burden of continuous reference management.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for multi-component asset transfer. A plurality of references can be generated from a manifest of a content asset. A monitoring agent can determine when a content item for the content asset is received and modify the state of the corresponding reference.