Method and system for orchestration of content processing in mobile delivery frameworks
View Patent ↗A method and system for coordinating content processing in a mobile delivery framework, the method having the steps of embedding, within a metadata envelope associated with content, external references to external enablers; and inserting content processing coordination rules into the metadata envelope.
1. A method comprising:
embedding a reference to an external enabler within metadata associated with content, the external enabler being used to operate on said content prior to one or both of delivery of the content and presentation of the content; and
inserting into metadata for a delivery enabler, content processing instructions to engage, via the reference, functionality of the external enabler for processing the content prior to the one or both of delivery of the content and presentation of the content.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the processing of the content includes at least one of content transformation; content screening, content compression and content decompression.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the metadata for the delivery enabler is included as part of the content.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the metadata for the delivery enabler is provided in a package along with the content.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the metadata for the delivery enabler is embedded by a content provider.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the metadata for the delivery enabler is embedded by a delivery server.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the content processing instructions are expressed in extensible markup language ‘XML’.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the metadata associated with the content comprises a reference to an extensible markup language namespace for the external enablers.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the metadata associated with the content comprises a reference to a location of extensible markup language schema defining syntax for the referenced external enabler.
10. An element within a mobile delivery framework comprising a processor and communications subsystem, the element configured to:
embed a reference to an external enabler within metadata associated with content, the external enabler being used to operate on said content prior to one or both of delivery of the content and presentation of the content; and
insert, into metadata for a delivery enabler, content processing instructions to engage, via the reference, functionality of the external enabler for processing the content prior to the one or both of delivery of the content and presentation of the content.
11. The element of claim 10 , wherein the processing of the content includes at least one of content transformation; content screening, content compression and content decompression.
12. The element of claim 10 , wherein the metadata for the delivery enabler is included as part of the content.
13. The element of claim 10 , wherein the metadata for the delivery enabler is provided in a package along with the content.
14. The element of claims 10 , wherein the element is a content provider.
15. The element of claim 10 , wherein the element is a delivery server.
16. The element of claim 10 wherein the content processing instructions are expressed in extensible markup language ‘XML’.
17. The element of claim 10 , wherein the metadata associated with the content comprises a reference to an extensible markup language namespace for the referenced external enabler.
18. The element of claim 10 , wherein the metadata associated with the content comprises a reference to a location of extensible markup language schema defining syntax for the referenced external enabler.
19. A method comprising:
retrieving, from metadata associated with content, a reference to an external enabler which is usable to operate on content prior to one or both of delivery of the content and presentation of the content;
extracting, from the metadata, content processing instructions to engage functionality of the external enabler; and
engaging the external enablers via the reference for processing the content according to the content processing instructions.
20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the external enabler is at least one of a presence enabler, a location enabler, a content screening enabler, a compression enabler and a decompression enabler.
21. The method of claim 19 , wherein the element is a delivery server.
22. The method of claim 19 , wherein the element is a delivery client.