METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONCURRENT FILTERING OF MULTIPLE COMPONENTS OF STREAMING DATA

摘要

Content filtering of data containers of multiple content types is performed using multiple filtering modules operating concurrently. An apparatus for content filtering has a set of content-specific filtering modules and a network interface for parsing a received data container into components and directing each component to a respective filtering module. A filtering module edits a component of a specific content type according to respective rules. A multiplexer combines edited components produced by the set of filtering modules to form an edited data container. A root module applies a set of basic rules to a data container and any attachments. In an alternative configuration, the apparatus employs multiple filtering modules each applying rules for all content types. Received data containers are distributed among the filtering modules and an output module arranges edited data containers of a data stream in proper sequential order.

主权项

1. An engine, for editing content of containers, comprising:
at least one physical processor; a data-memory device storing an array of encoded rules, each encoded rule specifying a respective content-editing action activated by a respective Boolean expression; and a plurality of memory devices storing processor-executable instructions organized as:
a plurality of transcoders, each transcoder applying at least one of said encoded rules to components of said containers; anda plurality of controllers, each controller assigned a respective set of said plurality of transcoders and devised to examine containers formed according to a respective protocol.