Patent ID: 8086758

Claim:
A system comprising: a plurality of local computer systems, each local computer system adapted to operate a respective media service, each media service having a connector associated therewith, each connector being adapted to translate messages between a local protocol specific to the media service and a common protocol; at least one centralized computer system adapted to operate at least two centralized services and to send and receive messages related to the at least two centralized services using the common protocol, wherein the at least two centralized services include a nomenclature service adapted to define and enforce standard nomenclature across the plurality of media services; and an interoperable media services bus communicably coupled to each of the plurality of media services and to the at least two centralized services, the interoperable media services bus being adapted to support an exchange of messages between the media services and the centralized services according to the common protocol; wherein the interoperable media services bus is further adapted to route a first request message related to a first one of the at least two centralized services from any one of the media services to the first centralized service for processing, the routing being transparent to the one of the media services, wherein the first centralized service is further adapted to generate a second request message based on the first request message and to send the second request message to the interoperable media services bus, and wherein the interoperable media services bus is further adapted to route the second request message from the first centralized service to a second one of the centralized services for processing and to route a response message from the second centralized service to the first centralized service.