Patent ID: 8612353
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: A61N,G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a video content management (VCM) system, a notification that a video asset has been ingested and is ready to publish to a video provisioning system, where the video asset conforms to multiple formats that can be respectively played by a set top box and another user device, the other user device being a different type of user device than the set top box; retrieving, from a memory associated with the VCM system and in response to the notification, a first video profile data structure corresponding to the set top box, and a second video profile data structure corresponding the other user device; obtaining, from one or more fields contained in the first video profile data structure, first encryption information that enables the VCM system to create a first packaged asset, and obtaining, from one or more fields contained in the second video profile data structure, second encryption information that enables the VCM system to create a second packaged asset; processing, by the VCM system, the video asset to create the first packaged asset, where the first packaged asset is playable by the set top box and can be processed by a first device, associated with the video provisioning system, that communicates with the set top box; processing, by the VCM system, the video asset to create the second packaged asset, where the second packaged asset is playable by the other user device and can be processed by a second device, associated with the video provisioning system, that communicates with the other user device; retrieving, from a memory associated with the VCM system, publication information from a first field in a publication data structure containing an indication that first metadata associated with the first packaged asset is to be published to the first device; publishing, by the VCM system and based on the indication, the first metadata to the first device; transmitting, by the VCM system and to the first device, the first packaged asset that enables the video asset to be provided, to the set top box, by the first device; and transmitting, by the VCM system and to the second device, the second packaged asset that enables the video asset to be provided, to the other user device, by the second device.