US 2019/0198155 A1Published application

Client-server multimedia archiving system with metadata encapsulation

AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation

InventorsDaniel J. WINARSKI, Yun MOU, Allen K. BATES, Stephen Leonard SCHWARTZ, Craig A. KLEIN, Louie A. DICKENS, Timothy A. JOHNSON, Ana W. TOPOL

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Abstract

A system, method and computer program product for archiving image, audio, and text data with metadata encapsulation in a client-server storage library is described. The server receives and holds the images, audio, or text to be archived in an image, audio or text logical partition which includes a directory of the images, audio, or text. The information is encapsulated in a metadata wrapper and stored in the library as a closed image, audio, or text file along with a closed copy of the directory. The closed image, audio, or text directory is also stored in the client. The images may be encapsulated in MXF, DICOM, Tape Archive (TAR) or GZIP formats. The storage library may have magnetic tapes, magnetic disks or optical disks as storage media.

Claims16

Dependent claims

An information archive system comprising:

at least one processor device;
a plurality of memory devices in communication with the least one processor device;
a plurality of storage devices in communication with the least one processor device;
a plurality of clients in communication with the least one processor device;
a server, having an image directory in communication and association with a closed image directory and an information logical partition and an information directory included in the information logical partition, in communication with the processor device and the plurality of clients;
a library coupled to the server and in communication with the at least one processor device, wherein the least one processor device:
receives a plurality of images in the server to be archived from one of the plurality of clients,
stores the plurality of images that are received from one of the plurality of clients and the image directory in the information logical partition of the server;
encapsulates the plurality of images and metadata associated with the plurality of images in a data wrapper using a Material Exchange Format (MXF), and stores the plurality of images and the metadata that are encapsulated in one of the plurality of storage devices, wherein the data wrapper describes how the information and the metadata are stored;
and
archives the data wrapper and a closed copy of the information directory in the library,
when using the MXF format for encapsulating the plurality of images and the metadata associated with the plurality of images in the data wrapper performs each of:
updating the MXF format in the server,
storing the closed image directory in a first partition of a library tape cartridge and the data wrapper in a second partition of the library tape cartridge,
storing a version number of the MXF format in one of the plurality of storage devices associated with the library tape cartridge, the version number corresponding to an MXF software version used to read the MXF format,
if the library tape cartridge should not be exported:
determining if the MXF software version used to read the MXF format has been updated in the server, wherein, if the MXF software version has been updated in the server such that the server is executing a newer MXF software version to read the plurality of images, the data wrapper that is archived is uploaded, the plurality of images are unwrapped using a previous MXF software version executed by the server, and the plurality of images and metadata are re-encapsulated with the updated MXF software version;
and
updating each version number of the MXF of the data wrapper that is archived to allow for unwrapping the data wrapper.

16 more elements

A computer implemented method for archiving information in a system having a plurality of clients, a server and a library, the method comprising:

receiving a plurality of images in the server to be archived from one of the plurality of clients;
storing the plurality of images that are received from one of the plurality of clients and the image directory in the information logical partition of the server;
encapsulating the plurality of images and metadata associated with the plurality of images in a data wrapper using a Material Exchange Format (MXF), and storing the plurality of images and the metadata that are encapsulated in one of the plurality of storage devices, wherein the data wrapper describes how the information and the metadata are stored;
and
archiving the data wrapper and a closed copy of the information directory in the library,
when using the MXF format for encapsulating the plurality of images and the metadata associated with the plurality of images in the data wrapper performing each of:
updating the MXF format in the server,
storing the closed image directory in a first partition of a library tape cartridge and the data wrapper in a second partition of the library tape cartridge,
storing a version number of the MXF format in one of the plurality of storage devices associated with the library tape cartridge, the version number corresponding to an MX-F software version used to read the MXF format,
if the library tape cartridge should not be exported:
determining if the MXF software version used to read the MXF format has been updated in the server, wherein, if the MX-F software version has been updated in the server such that the server is executing a newer MXF software version to read the plurality of images, the data wrapper that is archived is uploaded, the plurality of images are unwrapped using a previous MXF software version executed by the server, and the plurality of images and metadata are re-encapsulated with the updated MXF software version;
and
updating each version number of the MXF of the data wrapper that is archived to allow for unwrapping the data wrapper.

10 more elements

A computer program product for archiving information in a system having a plurality of clients, a server and a library, the program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therein and operable for:

receiving a plurality of images in the server to be archived from one of the plurality of clients;
storing the plurality of images that are received from one of the plurality of clients and the image directory in the information logical partition of the server;
encapsulating the plurality of images and metadata associated with the plurality of images in a data wrapper using a Material Exchange Format (MXF), and storing the plurality of images and the metadata that are encapsulated in one of the plurality of storage devices, wherein the data wrapper describes how the information and the metadata are stored;
and
archiving the data wrapper and a closed copy of the information directory in the library,
when using the MXF format for encapsulating the plurality of images and the metadata associated with the plurality of images in the data wrapper performing each of:
updating the MXF format in the server,
storing the closed image directory in a first partition of a library tape cartridge and the data wrapper in a second partition of the library tape cartridge,
storing a version number of the MXF format in one of the plurality of storage devices associated with the library tape cartridge, the version number corresponding to an MXF software version used to read the MXF format,
if the library tape cartridge should not be exported:
determining if the MXF software version used to read the MXF format has been updated in the server, wherein, if the MXF software version has been updated in the server such that the server is executing a newer MXF software version to read the plurality of images, the data wrapper that is archived is uploaded, the plurality of images are unwrapped using a previous MXF software version executed by the server, and the plurality of images and metadata are re-encapsulated with the updated MXF software version;
and
updating each version number of the MXF of the data wrapper that is archived to allow for unwrapping the data wrapper.

10 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/287,692Filed 27 Feb 2019
Priority: 17 May 2010
Published: 27 Jun 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

G06F 16/16
File systems; File servers: file or folder operations, e.g. details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems
G06F 16/113
File system administration, e.g. details of archiving or snapshots: details of archiving
G06F 16/50
Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor: of still image data
G16H 30/20
ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical images: for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS

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