US 11,238,026 B2Granted

Identifier technology for entertainment data

AssigneeHome Box Office, Inc.

InventorsJack Song, Gregory John Bellingham, Richard Kilgore

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Abstract

The technology described herein is generally directed towards relating inconsistent identifiers of the same entertainment data entity (such as a movie) to one another. A global identification service, given an entertainment data entity identifier, returns identifier information and related data according to other naming conventions. Canonicalization rules and standards provide a consistent identifier for variously named/identified entertainment entities. A canonicalized identifier (or another identifier) may be part of a URN-based naming convention that identifies the entertainment data entity, as well as the organization that owns the entity and an authority within the organization that is responsible for that entertainment data entity.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system comprising,

a memory that stores computer executable components;
and
a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory, wherein the computer executable components comprise:
a uniform resource name generator component that
generates a plurality of uniform resource names from identifiers representing an entertainment data item, wherein each identifier of the identifiers employs a respective entertainment data naming scheme, and each generated uniform resource name of the plurality of uniform resource names comprises a corresponding canonicalized identifier representing the entertainment data item, and an identifier of the identifiers, wherein the corresponding canonicalized identifier of each generated uniform resource name is generated based on properties of the entertainment data item, and
stores the plurality of uniform resource names in a data record set;
and
a global identification service that:
receives a first identifier of the identifiers in a request from a calling entity, the first identifier representing the entertainment data item according to a first entertainment data naming scheme, and
in response to the request:
accesses the plurality of uniform resource names of the data record set based on the first identifier to obtain a second identifier of the identifiers that represents the entertainment data item according to a second entertainment data naming scheme that is different from the first entertainment data naming scheme, and
returns the second identifier to the calling entity.

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A method comprising,

generating, by a system comprising a processor, a plurality of uniform resource names tom identifiers representing an entertainment data item, wherein each identifier of the identifiers employs a respective entertainment data naming scheme, and each generated uniform resource name of the plurality of uniform resource names comprises a corresponding canonicalized identifier representing the entertainment data item, and an identifier of the identifiers, wherein the corresponding canonicalized identifier of each generated uniform resource name is generated based on properties of the entertainment data item;
storing, by the system, the plurality of uniform resource names in a data record set;
receiving, by the system, a first identifier of the identifiers in a request torn a calling entity, the first identifier representing the entertainment data item according to a first entertainment data naming scheme:
and
in response to the request:
accessing, by the system, the plurality of uniform resource names of the data record set based on the first identifier to obtain a second identifier of the identifiers that represents the entertainment data item according to a second entertainment data naming scheme that is different from the first entertainment data naming scheme;
and
returning, by the system, the second identifier to the calling entity.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored hereon that, in response to execution, cause a system including a processor to perform operations comprising:

generating a plurality of uniform resource names from identifiers representing an entertainment data item, wherein each identifier of the identifiers employs a respective entertainment data naming scheme, and each generated uniform resource name of the plurality of uniform resource names comprises a corresponding canonicalized identifier representing the entertainment data item, and an identifier of the identifiers, wherein the corresponding canonicalized identifier of each generated uniform resource name is generated based on properties of the entertainment data item;
storing the plurality of uniform resource names in a data record set;
receiving a first identifier of the identifiers in a request from a calling entity, the first identifier representing the entertainment data item according to a first entertainment data naming scheme;
and
in response to the request:
accessing the plurality of uniform resource names of the data record set based on the first identifier to obtain a second identifier of the identifiers that represents the entertainment data item according to a second entertainment data naming scheme that is different from the first entertainment data naming scheme;
and
returning the second identifier to the calling entity.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/292,835Filed 5 Mar 2019 · us provisional application
Priority: 26 Nov 2018
Published: US 2020/0167334 A128 May 2020
Granted: 1 Feb 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

G06F 16/2365
Updating: ensuring data consistency and integrity
G06F 16/148
Details of searching files based on file metadata: file search processing
G06F 16/93
Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types: document management systems
G06F 16/955
Retrieval from the web: using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]