Unified Numbering System for Content Identifier Mapping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Content providers using different proprietary numbering or identification schemes create challenges for broadcasters in managing and tracking content efficiently, as existing systems are inadequate in handling inconsistent and incompatible numbering systems.
Innovation Solution
A unified numbering system (UNS) is implemented to assign unique identifiers to content from various providers, allowing for the tracking and management of content across different libraries, enabling efficient verification of public performances and royalty payments, and facilitating personalized content delivery based on subscriber preferences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If broadcasters use multiple proprietary numbering systems from different content providers, then they can receive content from various providers, but they face difficulty in coordinating and managing the inconsistent numbering systems
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a unified numbering system (UNS) as an intermediary that mediates between multiple proprietary numbering systems from different content providers and the broadcaster's internal systems. The UNS acts as a translation layer that maps various provider-specific identifiers to a common standardized identifier, enabling broadcasters to receive and manage content from multiple providers without directly coordinating their incompatible numbering schemes.
Solution Approach 2:
The unified numbering system is designed to be universal, serving multiple functions: it identifies works across different content providers, tracks public performances, facilitates royalty distribution, and enables personalized content delivery. This single universal identifier system replaces the need for multiple proprietary numbering systems, simplifying the broadcaster's infrastructure while maintaining adaptability to various content sources.
2Adaptability or versatility
If broadcasters manually coordinate different numbering systems, then they can manage content from multiple providers, but the process becomes time-consuming and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The unified numbering system enables self-service automation where the system automatically performs identifier mapping, work identification, and performance tracking without requiring manual intervention. The UNS database automatically resolves identifiers from different content providers to their corresponding unified identifiers, and the system autonomously tracks public performances and facilitates royalty calculations, significantly improving content management efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-establishing the unified numbering system database with mappings between various proprietary identifiers and their corresponding UNS identifiers before content management operations begin. This preliminary setup allows subsequent content management tasks to proceed automatically and efficiently without real-time coordination overhead.
3Ease of operation
If a unified numbering system is implemented to simplify content management, then coordination efficiency improves, but the initial setup and database construction become more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The complex task of building the unified numbering system database is performed as a preliminary action during system initialization. The database is constructed in advance with comprehensive mappings between all proprietary identifiers from different content providers and their corresponding UNS identifiers. This one-time preliminary setup, though complex, enables simplified and automated content management operations thereafter, as the system no longer requires real-time coordination between incompatible numbering systems.
Data Source
AI summary
Multiple attempts can be made to match received information associated with a work and one of multiple identifiers stored in a database. Each of the identifiers in the database is uniquely associated with one of a plurality of specific works. A first search can be made to determine if an identifier in the received information includes an identifier that matches one of identifiers stored in the database. If the identifier in the received information does not match any of the identifiers in the database, a second matching attempt can be made to determine if the received attributes match attributes of a work associated with one of the identifiers in the database. Based on the results of the matching, various actions can be taken to associate or assign one of the unique identifiers with the work related to the received information.