Patent ID: 7908628

Claim:
A method for formatting and coding content for storage and delivery, comprising: providing at least two different formats for content storage; receiving a coding and formatting request in one of at least two different formats from a user, the coding and formatting request comprising at least one auxiliary service request; analyzing parameters contained in the coding and formatting request from said user; configuring a formatting codec in one of at least two different formats for content delivery using the analyzed parameters; decoding, formatting, and coding target content using the configured formatting codec, to produce coded target output content in accordance with the coding and formatting request received from the user; routing the coded target output content to one or more target addresses; and processing at least one auxiliary service, the processing comprising: analyzing the at least one auxiliary service request associated with the at least one auxiliary service based on the analysis of the parameters contained in the coding and formatting request, configuring one or more auxiliary services processes to generate at least one requested auxiliary service based on the analyzed at least one auxiliary service request, and outputting the requested at least one auxiliary service, wherein the outputted at least one auxiliary service is combined with the coded target output content.