Media content catalog service

摘要

Aggregating media content catalog data from a plurality of content providers. The catalog data is merged according to rules and provided to a user on a scheduled basis or on demand. In an embodiment, the merged catalog data represents an incremental update to previously delivered catalog data.

主权项

1. A computerized method executable by a processor for providing a catalog of media files, said method comprising:
receiving a plurality of source collections from a plurality of content providers, each of said source collections comprising a plurality of media files and metadata associated therewith available from at least one corresponding content provider, wherein a subset of the media files from different content providers has similar content, and wherein a subset of the metadata from the different content providers has non-identical content; combining the received source collections and rendering a destination collection based on an interlinking rule between elements received from the plurality of source collections; receiving a selection of one of the media files of the subset of media files having similar content and; updating the interlinking rule based on the received selection; wherein combined metadata is generated based on the interlinking rule, said metadata mapping the combined source collection elements received from the plurality of source collections; and wherein a user catalog is generated from the destination collection in a pre-defined catalog format for consumption by a user via a client computer, said user catalog including the selected media file and further including, associated with the selected media file, the combined metadata.