Media playback profile mapping

摘要

A network device stores a mapping configuration to associate client type profiles with particular delivery profiles for media content and receives, from a client device, a request for a link to a content selection. The request includes a content identifier and parameters for the client device. The network device constructs, based on the parameters for the client device, a particular client type profile and maps the particular client type profile to one of the particular delivery profiles in the mapping configuration. The network device constructs a uniform resource locator (URL), based on the one of the particular delivery profiles and the content identifier, that provides the link to the content selection with formatting that is suitable for the particular client type profile and sends the URL to the client device.

主权项

1. A method implemented by a network device, the method comprising:
storing, at the network device, a mapping configuration file to associate client profile strings with particular delivery profiles for media content; receiving, from a client device, a request for a link to access a content selection, wherein the request includes a content identifier and parameters for the client device; constructing, by the network device and from the parameters for the client device that were received from the client device, a particular client profile string that matches one of the client profile strings in the mapping configuration file stored at the network device, wherein constructing the particular client profile string includes concatenating two or more of the parameters for the client device into the particular client profile string; mapping the particular client profile string to one of the particular delivery profiles in the mapping configuration file; constructing a uniform resource locator (URL) that includes the one of the particular delivery profiles and the content identifier, wherein the URL provides the link to access the content selection in a format that is suitable for the client device; and sending, to the client device, the URL.