System and method for collaborative, peer-to-peer creation, management & synchronous, multi-platform distribution of profile-specified media objects

Abstract

In a television programming management system, contributors access television programming functionality of legacy systems using a web-based interface provided by a network operations center. The network operations center is a best-of-breed J2EE-based implementation that provides a middleware interface to legacy systems. Using the interface provided by the network operations center, contributors can access any functionality required to create and distribute television programming. The present invention provides security features through a classifier. User of playlists allows synchronization of created objects. Television programming can be performed by users and contributors.

1 . A service oriented architecture (SOA) enabled application for producing and distributing television programming, the application comprising: 
 computer readable code that causes one or more computer processors to: 
 communicate with one or more legacy systems that provide television programming production and distribution functionality,  
 provide an open standards, internet protocol based (“IP-based”) interface to one or more remote contributors such that the one or more remote contributors have access to television programming functionality of the legacy systems via the IP-based interface to coordinate, produce, approve, and distribute television programming, and  
 communicate with one or more users, each using a media delivery device that receives the television programming and synchronously displays the television programming to the user through one or more delivery platforms.  
   
   
   
       2 . The application of  claim 1 , wherein the application architecture includes one or more of a J2EE-based control application and a SOA-based cortrol application.  
   
   
       3 . The application of  claim 1 , further comprising an object-oriented playlist according to which the television programming is coordinated, produced approved, distributed and originated.  
   
   
       4 . The application of  claim 3 , wherein the television programming comprises a plurality of media objects whose creation, management, rights management and distribution is synchronized for playback across one or more of the media delivery devices of the one or more users.  
   
   
       5 . The application of  claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the television programming is customized for at least one of the one or more users.  
   
   
       6 . The application of  claim 1 , wherein the computer redable code further causes one or more computer processors to identify one or more of the one or more remote contributors and one or more of the one or more users.  
   
   
       7 . The application of  claim 1 , wherein the computer readable code further causes one or more computer processors to communicate with one or more edge servers and one or more JAVA-based player devices to distribute both legacy and future TV programs.  
   
   
       8 . The application of  claim 1 , wherein the computer readable code further causes one or more computer processors to communicate with one or more edge servers and one or more JAVA-based player devices to distribute real-time streaming television program elements and non-real-time television program elements, and to store and forward television program elements.  
   
   
       9 . The application of  claim 1 , wherein the computer readable code further causes one or more computer processors to integrate legacy TV systems into a unified system for creating and simultaneously distributing non-user specific, profile-driven, multi-distribution platform TV products.  
   
   
       10 . The application of  claim 1 , wherein the computer readable code furter causes one or more computer processors to integrate collaboratory and hybrid, peer-to-peer means in the creation, copy protection, and distribution of one or more of media objects and television programming.  
   
   
       11 . The application of  claim 1 , wherein the computer readable code causes one or more computer processors to communicate with one or more edge servers and one or more JAVA-based player devices to integrate wireless QOS for the distribution of rich media.  
   
   
       12 . A method for distributing media objects to present a synchronous broadcast and/or interactive television programming, comprising: 
 providing, via a network operations center, one or more remote contributors with access to one or more legacy systems to access television programming functions;    creating a television program comprising one or more media objects; and    distributing, via the network operations center, the television program to one or more users, each using a media delivery device that receives the television program, wherein the one or more media objects are displayed on the media delivery device to display the television program to the user, based on user characteristics without identifying the user.    
   
   
       13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the television program is displayed to the user by displaying the one or more media objects on the media delivery device in an interactive manner.  
   
   
       14 . The method  claim 12 , further comprising managing the television program.  
   
   
       15 . The method of  claim 12 , further comprising customizing the television program for one or more of the one or more users.  
   
   
       16 . The method of  claim 12 , further comprising: 
 creating a playlist; and    creating the television program in accordance with the playlist.    
   
   
       17 . The method of  claim 12 , further comprising: 
 creating a playlist; and    distributing the television program in accordance with the playlist.    
   
   
       18 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein creating a television program comprises creating a television program in a first format, the method further comprises transcoding the television program into second format so that it can be displayed on a media device that cannot display television programs in the first format.  
   
   
       19 . The method of  claim 12 , further comprising the step of distributing real-time streaming program elements and non-real-time store-and-forward program elements using one or more edge servers and one or more JAVA-based players.  
   
   
       20 . The method of  claim 12 , further comprising integrating collaboratory and hybrid peer-to-peer systems to create, copy protect and distribute one or more of media objects and television programming.