Media mediator system and method for managing contents of various formats

Abstract

Provided is a system and method that may encode various formats of contents to a single format and thereby manage the contents, and may transform the contents to a format corresponding to a request of a third party or an end user to distribute the content. A media mediator system of managing various formats of contents may include: a service manager to receive a content and metadata of the content from a content provider; a metadata manager to register the content using the metadata, and to store the metadata of the registered content; a database manager to store and manage information associated with the content; and an encoding manager to schedule an encoding sequence of the content, and to sequentially encode the content based on a scheduling result.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of managing various formats of contents, comprising:
 aggregating, by a media mediator system, contents and metadata of the contents from a plurality of content providers;   converting, by the media mediator system, the contents and metadata to web style for end-user in Web service platform; and   providing, by the media mediator system, the converted contents and metadata to the end-user.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the content providers have different kinds of services platform. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the converting converts a format of contents according to the end-user's request for contents. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the metadata includes an access path to the content and an access path to a thumbnail extracted from the contents. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the converting converts a format of metadata according to the end-user's request for contents. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the converting converts a format of metadata to a format accessible for end-user in Web service platform. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the format accessible for end-user in Web service platform is an Extensible Markup Language (XML) format. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the converting converts a format of contents for IPTV to a format of contents for Web service platform. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the media mediator system brokers the contents and metadata between a plurality of content providers and the end-user based on a format conversion of the contents and metadata. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the aggregating verifies a content list received from the content providers, and changes status information of content included in the verified content list, wherein the status information indicates that the content is received from the content providers. 
     
     
         11 . A media mediator system of managing various formats of contents, comprising:
 a processor and memory;   wherein the processor aggregates contents and metadata of the contents from a plurality of content providers, and stores the contents and metadata into the memory;   the processor converts the contents and metadata to web style for end-user in Web service platform; and   the processor providers the converted contents and metadata to the end-user.   
     
     
         12 . The media mediator system of  claim 11 , wherein the content providers have different kinds of services platform. 
     
     
         13 . The media mediator system of  claim 11 , wherein the processor converts a format of contents according to the end-user's request for contents. 
     
     
         14 . The media mediator system of  claim 11 , wherein the metadata includes an access path to the content and an access path to a thumbnail extracted from the contents. 
     
     
         15 . The media mediator system of  claim 11 , wherein the processor converts a format of metadata according to the end-user's request for contents. 
     
     
         16 . The media mediator system of  claim 15 , wherein the processor converts a format of metadata to a format accessible for end-user in Web service platform. 
     
     
         17 . The media mediator system of  claim 11 , the format accessible for end-user in Web service platform is an Extensible Markup Language (XML) format. 
     
     
         18 . The media mediator system of  claim 11 , wherein the processor converts a format of contents for IPTV to a format of contents for Web service platform. 
     
     
         19 . The media mediator system of  claim 11 , wherein the media mediator system brokers the contents and metadata between a plurality of content providers and the end-user based on a format conversion of the contents and metadata. 
     
     
         20 . The media mediator system of  claim 11 , wherein the processor verifies a content list received from the content providers, and changes status information of content included in the verified content list, wherein the status information indicates that the content is received from the content providers.