Patent ID: 7065527
Filing Date: 2006-06-20
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A data publishing system comprising: at least two associated databases, one of said associated databases being online for delivery of data therefrom to at least one recipient via a data communication network, another one of said associated databases being offline to prevent delivery of data therefrom to the recipient via the data communication network, said at least one recipient comprising a network server coupled to the data communication network; a back end database server for collecting source data and generating a current publication database from the collected source data, said back end database server copying the current publication database to the offline database, said current publication database containing a plurality of metadata records, said metadata records each relating to content of one or more media files, said media files being adapted for rendering by a media player program executed on a client computer coupled to the data communication network; a front end database server for managing the online and off line databases, said front end database server directing queries from the recipient to the online database for data retrieval, said front end database server further alternating the online and offline databases after the current publication database is copied to the offline database so that the offline database becomes online for delivery of data therefrom to the recipient and the online database becomes offline to prevent delivery of data therefrom to the recipient; and an automation control database managed by the back end database server, said automation control database containing job control data for instructing the front end database server which of the associated databases is online and which of the associated databases is offline.