US 2017/0286162 A1 · EXTENSIBLE WORKFLOWS FOR PROCESSING CONTENT

Abstract

A system and method is described for enabling a user to add extensions to one or more of the preconfigured workflows for processing media content. The extensions can comprise a custom task that is injected at a specified entry point in the preconfigured workflow, such as after completion of a particular task. The custom task injected into the workflow can perform a variety of processing jobs, such as adding digital rights management (DRM), allowing access to the media content by third parties, injecting advertisements or other content into the media, checking the media content for errors or viruses, and the like. The custom task may also instruct the workflow to delegate access to the media content to external third party services. When the preconfigured workflow reaches the specified entry point, the workflow may be suspended until the custom task is completed, at which point the preconfigured workflow may resume.

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Dependent claims

A computer implemented method, comprising:

enabling access to a plurality of workflows for processing media content, a workflow of the plurality of the workflows including a sequence of processing jobs to be performed on the media content, the sequence of processing jobs including transcoding the media content;
selecting, based on attributes of the media content, the workflow for processing the media content;
providing processing parameters for the workflow to process the media content, the processing parameters associated with the attributes of the media content or custom processing tasks to be included into the sequence of processing jobs;
uploading the media content for processing;
and
executing the at least one of the plurality of workflows to process the media content.

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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more sequences of instructions executable by one or more processors to perform a set of operations comprising:

enabling access to a plurality of workflows for processing media content, a workflow of the plurality of the workflows including a sequence of processing jobs to be performed on the media content, the sequence of processing jobs including transcoding the media content;
selecting, based on attributes of the media content, the workflow for processing the media content;
providing processing parameters for the workflow to process the media content, the processing parameters associated with the attributes of the media content or custom processing tasks to be included into the sequence of processing jobs;
uploading the media content for processing;
and
executing the at least one of the plurality of workflows to process the media content.

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A computing system, comprising:

at least one processor;
and
memory including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computing system to:
enable access to a plurality of workflows for processing media content, a workflow of the plurality of the workflows including a sequence of processing jobs to be performed on the media content, the sequence of processing jobs including transcoding the media content;
select, based on attributes of the media content, the workflow for processing the media content;
provide processing parameters for the workflow to process the media content, the processing parameters associated with the attributes of the media content or custom processing tasks to be included into the sequence of processing jobs;
upload the media content for processing;
and
execute the at least one of the plurality of workflows to process the media content.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Extensible workflows for processing content

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