Consumption profile for mobile media

Abstract

Managing a content item in a media management platform includes creating a consumption profile for the content item, the consumption profile including attributes of devices on which the content item can be accessed and a profile of the attributes of networks on which the content item can be delivered, integrating attributes of the content item with the consumption profile in the media management platform using a processor, and configuring the content item for delivery using the media management platform based on the consumption profile and integrated attributes of the content item.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of managing a content item in a media management platform, comprising:
 creating a consumption profile for the content item, the consumption profile including attributes of devices on which the content item can be accessed and a profile of the attributes of networks on which the content item can be delivered;   integrating attributes of the content item with the consumption profile in the media management platform using a processor; and   configuring the content item for delivery using the media management platform based on the consumption profile and integrated attributes of the content item.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the consumption profile functions as an adapter mechanism enabling a plurality of functions of the media management platform. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the consumption profile further includes a profile of the attributes of a targeted user of the content. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the consumption profile is used to match parameters of content to parameters of a device. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the consumption profile is used to match a content item to a delivery network. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the consumption profile is used to match a content item to a delivery time. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the consumption profile is used to target delivery of content. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the consumption profile is used to determine an encoding of the content. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the consumption profile includes content information regarding a type and source of the content. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the consumption profile impacts content discovery. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the consumption profile includes at least one of location information and location intelligence. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the at least one of location information and location intelligence is used to target content. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the content is an advertisement. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the consumption profile impacts seamless switching among at least two of unicast, multicast and broadcast content. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the consumption profile impacts advanced encoding and transcoding. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein content playback pause markers are maintained as part of the consumption profile. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein configuring the content item includes impacting the encoding of the content item. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising modifying the consumption profile based on data about usage of the content item. 
     
     
         19 . A method of managing a content item in a media management platform, comprising:
 taking attributes of a content item accessible to at least one processor of the media management platform;   taking attributes of devices on which the content item can be accessed;   taking attributes of networks on which the content item can be delivered;   producing a consumption profile for the content item with a processor by integrating the attributes of a content item with the attributes of devices and the attributes of networks; and   configuring the content item for delivery using the media management platform based on the consumption profile.   
     
     
         20 . A method of managing a content item in a media management platform, comprising:
 accessing a consumption profile for a content item with a processor of the media management platform, the consumption profile comprising attributes of devices on which the content item can be accessed and a profile of the attributes of networks on which the content item can be delivered;   taking attributes of the content item; and   configuring the content item for delivery using the processor based on the consumption profile and attributes of the content item.