System for supporting production, management and delivery of media content for wireless devices

A system for forming a catalog of media content compatible with one or more end-user devices, said system comprising:

• means for assigning at least one wireless network to the catalog, the wireless network having an associated delivery channel capacity;
• means for assigning at least one platform supported by the assigned at least one network, the platform having at least one associated end-user device which in turn has associated attribute capability constraints, the attribute capability constraints prescribing a range of acceptable values for content type attributes;
• a file server having a plurality of media content files stored therein;
• a database adapted to associate content type attributes with each of the media content files and associate a carrier network with the end-user device;
• a first rules engine adapted to create a relationship available library of media content excluding all media content that have content type attributes outside the range of acceptable values;
• a second rules engine adapted to create a capability available library based on the relationship available library, the capability available library excluding all media content not supported by the delivery channel of the end-user device;
• and
• means for selecting media content from the capability available library for importation into the catalog.

A method of forming a catalog of media content compatible with one or more end-user devices, said method comprising:

• assigning at least one wireless network to the catalog, the wireless network having an associated delivery channel capacity;
• assigning at least one platform supported by the assigned at least one network, the platform having at least one associated end-user device which in turn has associated attribute capability constraints, the attribute capability constraints prescribing a range of acceptable values for content type attributes;
• storing a plurality of media content files in a file server;
• associating content type attributes with each of the media content files;
• associating a carrier network with the end-user device;
• creating a relationship available library of media content excluding all media content that have content type attributes outside the range of acceptable values;
• creating a capability available library based on the relationship available library, the capability available library excluding all media content not supported by the delivery channel of the end-user device;
• and
• selecting media content from the capability available library for importation into the catalog.

A system for delivering to a user interface via a client server, data indicative of a catalog of media content, said system comprising:

• a database of a plurality of catalogs, each associated with a client, each catalog having at least one associated media content selected form a plurality of media content, each media content having associated content type attributes;
• and
• a server adapted to:
• receive a catalog request from the client server, the request including data indicative of the client, a client catalog and an end-user device,
• assemble a response including data indicative of content associated with the client catalog, and
• provide the response to the client server;
• wherein the end-user device has associated attribute capability constraints prescribing a range of acceptable values for content type attributes and the media content associated with the catalog excludes all media content that have content type attributes outside the range of acceptable values.

A method for delivering to a user interface via a client server, data indicative of a catalog of available media content, said method comprising:

• storing data defining a plurality of catalogs, each catalog associated with a client, and having at least one associated media content selected form a plurality of media content, each media content having associated content type attributes;
• receiving a catalog request from the client server, the request including data indicative of the client, a client catalog and an end-user device,
• assembling a response including data indicative of content associated with the client catalog, and
• providing the response to the client server;
• wherein the end-user device has associated attribute capability constraints prescribing a range of acceptable values for content type attributes and the media content associated with the catalog excludes all media content that have content type attributes outside the range of acceptable values.

A system for delivering media content to an end-user device over an associated delivery channel, said system comprising:

• a file server having a plurality of media content files stored therein;
• means for providing to a user interface a catalog identifying a subset of the plurality of media content, the subset including only those media content supported by both the end-user device and the delivery channel;
• means for receiving a media content request from the user interface;
• and
• means for delivering the media content to the end-user device over the delivery channel.

A method of delivering media content to an end-user device over an associated delivery channel, said method comprising:

• storing a plurality of media content files in a file server;
• providing to a user interface a catalog identifying a subset of the plurality of media content, the subset including only those media content supported by both the end-user device and the delivery channel;
• receiving a media content request from the user interface;
• and
• delivering the media content to the end-user device over the delivery channel.