Unified Metadata Schema for Broadcast Distribution Platforms
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing television broadcast systems require substantial infrastructure and resources to deliver customized metadata to each distribution platform, increasing the overall operating and maintenance costs for content providers.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for generating unified metadata that can be shared across multiple distribution platforms, using a universal schema and ADI specifications to create a unified package comprising media segments and metadata, which is then transmitted via a communication network.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If customized metadata is delivered to each distribution platform, then platform-specific requirements are met, but infrastructure complexity and operating costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal metadata schema that can serve multiple distribution platforms simultaneously. The unified metadata package contains platform-agnostic content information that can be adapted to different platform requirements through configuration rather than separate infrastructure, allowing one system to fulfill multiple platform-specific functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges multiple platform-specific metadata delivery systems into a single unified metadata package. Instead of maintaining separate metadata generation and delivery infrastructure for each distribution platform, the system consolidates these functions into one unified process that produces a single metadata package consumable by multiple platforms.
2Adaptability or versatility
If customized metadata is delivered to each distribution platform, then platform-specific requirements are met, but operating and maintenance costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The universal metadata schema enables a single metadata generation process to serve multiple distribution platforms, eliminating the need for separate metadata processing infrastructure for each platform. This reduces computational resources, personnel requirements, and ongoing maintenance expenses while still accommodating platform-specific needs through configurable parameters within the unified schema.
3Device complexity
If unified metadata is generated for multiple platforms, then infrastructure complexity is reduced, but platform-specific metadata requirements may not be fully met
Solution Approach 1:
The unified metadata schema is designed with extensibility to accommodate platform-specific requirements. It includes configurable fields and parameters that can be adapted to different distribution platform specifications without requiring separate infrastructure, thus maintaining low complexity while preserving adaptability.
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AI summary
A system is provided for generating unified metadata file that includes category nodes with associated attributes for each distribution platform. The associated attributes are included in the unified metadata file based on a programming schedule of a linear media feed and an asset distribution interface (ADI) specification required by each distribution platform. Alternate license windows are inserted in the unified metadata file for enabling same asset and same metadata for a replacement of a first asset with a second asset. A unified package, having a plurality of segments of the linear media feed and the unified metadata file, is transmitted to each distribution platform via a communication network.