| Unicorn Media, Inc. Patent applications |
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| 20120072542 | SMART SYNDICATION - Systems, methods, and machine-readable media are described for providing output feeds having information associated with at least one file. Embodiments include generating an output feed schema used to determine the content of the output feed using information from at least one data object, where each data object comprises a data structure having information, including a universal resource indicator (URI) regarding the at least one file. The output feed schema and the at least one data object can then be used to generate the output feed, which can then be stored. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072541 | DYNAMIC APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE - Systems, methods, and machine-readable media are described for retrieving data associated with files using input feeds. Embodiments include generating input feed schemas, which can be used to create data objects from input data of the input feeds. The input data and the corresponding data objects can include information regarding files, such as the universal resource indicator (URI) of a file. The data objects can then be stored. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072465 | DYNAMIC SCHEMA-BASED API MAPPING FOR TRAVERSING INTER-CLOUD APPLICATION BOUNDARIES - Various systems, methods, and machine-readable media are described for providing dynamic schema-based API mapping for traversing inter-cloud application boundaries. Embodiments provide for internal schemas to be created, enabling a system to create internal data objects from external data by using the internal schemas. Application schemas can then be created, enabling the creation of application data objects derived from internal data objects. The application data objects can be passed through an API to an external computing system, and can conform to any format specified by the application schemas. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120066386 | ENTERPRISE GRADE RIGHTS MANAGEMENT - Various arrangements for controlling access to a set of media items accessible via multiple channels are presented. An indication of a media item may be stored. Multiple sets of rules may be received, including a first and second set of rules. Requests for access to the media item may be received from a first and second application. The first request may be determined to be is associated with a first channel, wherein the first channel is associated with the first set of rules. Access to the media item may be provide in accordance with the first set of rules. The second request may be determined to be associated with a second channel. Access to the media item may be provided in accordance with the second set of rules. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120066285 | PIPELINING FOR MASSIVELY PARALLEL SERVICE ARCHITECTURE - Various systems and methods are described that may allow a server to control various other servers performing services on media assets, such as a video file, which may need to be encoded then copied to a plurality of servers. A first server may be aware of what service needs to be performed on a media asset next. The first server may then notify a second server that this service is to be performed. Once the service has been performed on the media asset, the first server may be notified that the service has been completed. The first server may then determine which, if any, other service needs to be performed on the media asset. The first server may determine and instruct other servers on what services to perform for large numbers of other media assets while the media asset is having a service processed using it. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120030313 | CLOUD DATA PERSISTENCE ENGINE - Various cloud data persistence systems and methods are described. In some embodiments, a client may request a data object from a server. This data object may contain a link to a media asset and other information linked to the video file, such as a title and duration. This media asset may be stored in a different location. If this first server does not have the data object stored locally, it may contact a second server to determine if it has the data object stored. If the second server does not have the data object stored, it may contact a data object origin server, which may have all existing data objects stored. This data object origin server may then send the data object to the second server, which may in turn transmit the data object to the first server. The first server may then transmit the data object to the client. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120005313 | DYNAMIC INDEXING FOR AD INSERTION IN MEDIA STREAMING - Systems and methods for generating a file index for streaming media over a network are disclosed. These systems and methods provide for receiving requests for an index file from and generating the requested index file dynamically. The index file may be generated in a manner to ensure multiple index file requests are received for streaming a single media file. These systems and methods can be used with systems that chunk media files dynamically to enable a high degree of flexibility in streaming chunked media files and preclude the need to chunk the media files and store the chunks prior to streaming. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005312 | DYNAMIC CHUNKING FOR MEDIA STREAMING - Systems and methods for chunking a media file for streaming over a network are disclosed. These systems and methods provide for receiving requests for chunks of a media file and responding to these requests by generating the requested chunks dynamically. The chunks can then be provided to the requesting entity. These systems and methods, which can be utilized with a dynamic file index generator, enable a high degree of flexibility in streaming chunked media files and preclude the need to chunk the media files and store the chunks prior to streaming. | 01-05-2012 |
