Video and digital multimedia aggregator content coding and formatting
AssigneeComcast IP Holdings I, LLC
InventorsWilliam D. Swart, John S. McCoskey, Michael L. Asmussen
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Abstract
A video and digital multimedia aggregator includes a content decoder, coder (codec) and formatter. The codec formatter receives coding and formatting requests that characterize input source content and desired output target content. Data conveyed about the source and target content may include parameters such as physical and/or logical addresses, coding and compression parameters, format descriptions, content size, description of auxiliary services, and other metadata elements that may be required for coding and formatting.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, at a device, a request in one of at least two different formats, the request comprising at least one auxiliary service request;
- analyzing the at least one auxiliary service request associated with at least one auxiliary service based on an analysis of at least one parameter contained in the request;
- configuring one or more auxiliary services processes to generate at least one requested auxiliary service based on the analyzed at least one auxiliary service request;
- and
- outputting the requested at least one auxiliary service.
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor configured to execute at least one software module that causes the apparatus to:
- receive a request in one of at least two different formats, the request comprising at least one auxiliary service request;
- analyze the at least one auxiliary service request associated with at least one auxiliary service based on an analysis of at least one parameter contained in the request;
- configure one or more auxiliary services processors to generate at least one requested auxiliary service based on the analyzed at least one auxiliary service request;
- and
- output the requested at least one auxiliary service.
A system comprising:
- at least one user terminal;
- and
- an apparatus comprising a processor configured to cause the apparatus to:
- receive a coding and formatting request in one of at least two different formats from the at least one user terminal, the coding and formatting request comprising at least one auxiliary service request;
- analyze the at least one auxiliary service request associated with at least one auxiliary service based on an analysis of at least one parameter contained in the coding and formatting request;
- configure one or more auxiliary services processors to generate at least one requested auxiliary service based on the analyzed at least one auxiliary service request;
- and
- output the requested at least one auxiliary service.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.