System for managing distributed assets and metadata

摘要

A system for managing distributed digital assets and related metadata in a network, including several interconnected nodes, each of the interconnected nodes providing accessibility to the distributed digital assets via user controlled stores and caching subsystems such that the management of the assets and related metadata is based on predetermined criteria. Each node includes a caching subsystem, a metadata store, a controller, a user-controlled asset component, and a networking subsystem for communication between each of the nodes. The interconnected nodes provide support for platform operation of client applications.

主权项

1. A system for managing distributed digital assets and related metadata in a network, comprising:
a plurality of processor-based interconnected nodes, wherein each of the interconnected nodes comprises a memory storing one or more software services, each of the interconnected nodes providing accessibility to the distributed digital assets via user controlled storage components and caching subsystems such that the management of the distributed digital assets and related metadata is based on predetermined criteria; wherein the predetermined criteria include an asset safety value related to the number of accessible replicate copies of the distributed digital assets and at least one of: node availability, node capability, asset popularity and demand, asset availability priority requirements, an asset importance value derived from a record of user actions involving the distributed digital assets, or an asset importance value determined by automatically analyzing the content of the distributed digital assets; and wherein each node in the plurality of interconnected nodes includes a caching subsystem for caching the distributed digital assets, a metadata storage component, a controller, a user-controlled asset component, a networking subsystem for communication between each of the nodes, and wherein the plurality of interconnected nodes provide support for platform operation of client applications.