Method and apparatus for configuration and deployment of media processing in the network

A method comprising:

• receiving, from a media source, a request for media processing, the request including a requested media output;
• in response to receiving the request, select multiple media processing functions from a plurality of media processing functions to perform various portions of the request for media processing, wherein the selected media processing functions are identified based on information that describes and is associated with each of the plurality of media processing functions, the information comprises:
• input information describing an input type that a function is able to process,
• output information describing an output that the function generates, and
• requirement information that the function uses in order to process a received input;
• configuring each of the multiple media processing functions into a pipeline by mapping the request for media processing to the multiple media processing functions to generate the requested media output based on the information associated with each of the multiple media processing functions, wherein an output of one of the multiple media processing functions is mapped to an input of another one of the multiple media processing functions;
• monitoring the multiple media processing functions while the multiple media processing functions perform tasks to generate the requested media output;
• and
• based on the monitoring, modifying the pipeline of the multiple media processing functions to generate the requested media output.

A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying a computer program, the computer program comprising computer readable program code that, when executed by a processor of an electronic device, causes the processor to:

• receive, from a media source, a request for media processing, the request including a requested media output;
• in response to receiving the request, select multiple media processing functions from a plurality of media processing functions to perform various portions of the request for media processing, wherein the selected media processing functions are identified based on information that describes and is associated with each of the plurality of media processing functions, the information comprises:
• input information describing an input type that a function is able to process,
• output information describing an output that the function generates, and
• requirement information that the function uses in order to process a received input;
• configure each of the multiple media processing functions into a pipeline by mapping the request for media processing mapping the request for media processing to the multiple media processing functions to generate the requested media output based on the information that describes and is associated with each of the multiple media processing functions, wherein an output of one of the multiple media processing functions is mapped to an input of another one of the multiple media processing functions;
• monitor the multiple media processing functions while the multiple media processing functions perform tasks to generate the requested media output;
• and
• based on the monitoring, modify the pipeline of the multiple media processing functions to generate the requested media output.