Video Data Management via Unique Frame Identifiers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Managing large volumes of video data produced during motion picture production is challenging due to security requirements and the massive amount of data, making traditional local storage difficult to handle effectively.
Innovation Solution
A centralized, cloud-based storage solution that uses unique identifiers for each frame, allowing for secure segregation and management of video data across multiple facilities, with features like transcoding and secure distribution of different resolution copies, and the ability to trace back modified frames to their original sources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If local direct-attached storage is used to handle video data, then security requirements are met, but the massive amount of data becomes difficult to manage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a storage manager as an intermediary component that mediates between the video data storage and the processing systems. This storage manager handles the complexity of managing massive video datasets, providing standardized interfaces for data access, storage operations, and data lifecycle management, thereby resolving the contradiction between secure local storage and ease of data management.
2Reliability
If multiple backup copies are created for security, then data protection is improved, but the complexity of managing huge assets increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the management of multiple backup copies and video assets into a unified storage system with centralized management. The storage manager consolidates control over multiple storage locations, backup copies, and video assets, providing unified policies for data protection, retention, and access. This reduces the complexity of managing huge assets while maintaining robust data protection through multiple backups.
3Productivity
If a centralized cloud-based storage solution is implemented, then data management efficiency is improved, but the ability to trace modified frames to original sources must be maintained
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism through metadata and tagging systems that track the provenance of video frames. When frames are stored, processed, or modified in the centralized cloud-based storage system, metadata is automatically generated and maintained that records the original source, processing history, and relationships between frames. This feedback loop ensures that even in a distributed cloud environment, the traceability of modified frames to their original sources is preserved.
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AI summary
A method for managing video data in a storage system (10), the video data comprising frames, and a storage system (10) configured to perform the method are described. The storage system (10) comprises a first input (11) configured to receive (1) one or more frames for storage. A storage more frames unit (12) stores (2) the one or more frames, whereas a unique identifier generator (13) associates (3) a unique identifier to each of the one or more frames. The storage system (10) further comprises a processor (14) configured to generate (4) a modified frame by processing one or more frames or to receive a modified frame generated externally. The unique identifier generator (13) associates (5) a derived unique identifier to such a modified frame, which comprises references to the unique identifiers of the one or more processed frames.