Digital production services architecture
View Patent ↗Methods, units, systems, architectures and/or storage media for video and/or audio processing. An exemplary architecture includes one or more layers selected from, for example, service and/or application layers, storage area network layers, digital asset management layers, and/or enterprise applications integration and/or business process automation layers. Various exemplary methods, units, systems and/or storage media are also disclosed.
1. A digital production services architecture comprising:
a services and/or applications layer;
a storage area network layer;
a digital asset management layer;
an enterprise applications integration and/or business process automation layer; and
a network connecting the layers and allowing for transmission of digital video and/or metadata.
2. The architecture of claim 1 , wherein the services and/or applications layer includes services and/or applications for acquisition, processing and/or transmission of digital video.
3. The architecture of claim 2 , wherein the services and/or applications are exposed on the network according to a communication protocol.
4. The architecture of claim 2 , wherein the services and/or applications are described with a network service definition language.
5. The architecture of claim 1 , wherein the storage area network layer allows for synchronization of files containing digital video.
6. The architecture of claim 1 , wherein the digital asset management layer includes metadata related to digital video.
7. The architecture of claim 1 , wherein the enterprise applications integration and/or business process automation layer allows for event and/or message processing.
8. The architecture of claim 1 , further comprising framework capabilities.
9. The architecture of claim 8 , wherein the framework capabilities include a runtime engine.
10. A unit comprising:
one or more communication links for digital video and/or metadata;
a service and/or an application for acquisition, processing and/or transmission of digital video; and
a software interface and/or a software connector that exposes the service and/or the application on a network.
11. The unit of claim 10 , wherein the software interface and/or the software connector expose the service and/or the application according to a communication protocol.
12. The unit of claim 10 , wherein the service and/or the application is described with a network service definition language.
13. The unit of claim 10 , further comprising framework capabilities.
14. The unit of claim 13 , wherein the framework capabilities include a runtime engine.
15. A method comprising:
acquiring digital video using an acquisition service and/or an acquisition application exposed to a network through use of a software interface and/or a software connector; and
processing the digital video using a processing service and/or a processing application exposed to the network through use of a software interface and/or a software connector.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the acquiring includes acquiring metadata.
17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the processing includes processing metadata.
18. The method of claim 15 , further comprising indexing the digital video using an indexing service and/or an indexing application exposed to the network through use of a software interface and/or a software connector.
19. The method of claim 15 , further comprising storing the digital video to a storage area network (SAN).
20. The method of claim 15 , further comprising transmitting the digital video using a transmission service and/or a transmission application exposed to the network through use of a software interface and/or a software connector.
21. The method of claim 15 , wherein the acquiring includes recording video and/or playing recorded video.
22. The method of claim 15 , wherein the processing includes editing the digital video.
23. The method of claim 15 , wherein the processing include transcoding and/or encoding the digital video.
24. The method of claim 15 , further comprising messaging.
25. A video system comprising a data architecture having one or more layers selected from the group consisting of service and/or application layers, storage area network layers, digital asset management layers and control and/or messaging layers and wherein the one or more layers include framework capabilities and communication links to a network.
26. The video system of claim 25 , wherein the framework capabilities include a runtime engine.
27. The video system of claim 25 , wherein the one or more layers include software interfaces and/or software connectors.
28. The video system of claim 27 , wherein the software interfaces include a .NET™ software interface.
29. The video system of claim 27 , wherein the software connectors include a BIZTALK® software connector.
30. The video system of claim 25 , wherein the network comprises an intranet.
31. The video system of claim 25 , wherein the video system includes a services and/or applications layer having a service and/or an application for transmitting digital video to a plurality of end user devices.
32. The video system of claim 25 , wherein the services and/or applications layer includes services and/or applications described using a service definition language.
33. A video system comprising:
a baseband infrastructure;
a communication link; and
a services infrastructure wherein the communication link allows for communication of digital video and/or metadata between the baseband infrastructure and the services infrastructure.
34. The video system of claim 33 , wherein the services infrastructure includes digital video applications services, digital video storage services, digital video asset management services and business and/or enterprise services.
35. The video system of claim 33 , wherein the baseband infrastructure comprises a digital video production resource configured to receive digital video and to output digital video.