公开(公告)号：US20080232219A1

公开(公告)日：2008-09-25

申请号：US12075982

申请日：2008-03-14

申请人： Yugal K. Sharma ,  Tad Richman ,  Kurt Beyer ,  Rajan Arora

发明人： Yugal K. Sharma ,  Tad Richman ,  Kurt Beyer ,  Rajan Arora

IPC分类号： G11B7/28

CPC分类号： G11B7/28 ,  G06K9/00973

摘要： A system and method for creating digital content from a plurality of legacy media formats, such as paper, CD, VHS, DVD, etc. A coordination node is utilized to balance the computation load between the various processing units, particularly those involved in the second stage of operation. Extraction units are used to input various types of information into the system as digital media. Once the information has been extracted, the coordination node and its associated software determine the load on each processing unit in the second stage and based on this and other factors, determine which processing unit will perform the conversion. The output is then stored in storage devices. This approach maximizes system utilization, while being more cost efficient than traditional extraction systems.

摘要翻译： 用于从诸如纸，CD，VHS，DVD等的多种传统媒体格式创建数字内容的系统和方法。协调节点用于平衡各种处理单元之间的计算负荷，特别是涉及第二 操作阶段 提取单元用于将各种类型的信息输入到系统中作为数字媒体。 一旦提取了信息，协调节点及其相关联的软件确定第二阶段中每个处理单元的负载，并且基于这个和其他因素，确定哪个处理单元将执行转换。 然后将输出存储在存储设备中。 这种方法使系统利用率最大化，同时比传统的提取系统更具成本效益。

公开(公告)号：US20080235217A1

公开(公告)日：2008-09-25

申请号：US12075845

申请日：2008-03-14

申请人： Yugal K. Sharma ,  Tad Richman ,  Kurt Beyer ,  Bryan Michmerhuizen

发明人： Yugal K. Sharma ,  Tad Richman ,  Kurt Beyer ,  Bryan Michmerhuizen

IPC分类号： G06F7/06 ,  G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F16/58 ,  G06F16/68

摘要： The present invention discloses a system and method for insuring the integrity and format of metadata. In the preferred embodiment, a local database is created into which metadata information can be stored. Since the database is maintained locally, it can be guaranteed to have correct and complete metadata information. Metadata searches are preferably performed hierarchically, such that the local database is checked first for the required data. If the data is not resident in the local database, the traditional search of third-party databases is performed. Information retrieved from third-party databases is then verified, such as manually. Once the metadata has been checked and approved, the metadata is then stored locally. A set of rules is also created, which define the requirements and the file manipulations that must be preformed on the metadata for each type of target device.

摘要翻译： 本发明公开了一种用于确保元数据的完整性和格式的系统和方法。 在优选实施例中，创建可以存储元数据信息的本地数据库。 由于本地维护数据库，因此可以保证数据库具有正确和完整的元数据信息。 元数据搜索优选地分层地执行，使得首先检查本地数据库以获得所需数据。 如果数据不驻留在本地数据库中，则执行对第三方数据库的传统搜索。 然后验证从第三方数据库检索的信息，例如手动。 一旦元数据被检查和批准，元数据就被存储在本地。 还创建了一组规则，它们定义了必须对每种类型的目标设备的元数据执行的要求和文件操作。

公开(公告)号：US20080235524A1

公开(公告)日：2008-09-25

申请号：US12075809

申请日：2008-03-14

申请人： Yugal K. Sharma ,  Tad Richman ,  Kurt Beyer

发明人： Yugal K. Sharma ,  Tad Richman ,  Kurt Beyer

IPC分类号： G06F1/00

CPC分类号： G06F1/266 ,  G06F9/4411 ,  G06F11/0745 ,  G06F11/0793

摘要： The present invention reduces the need for peripherals to be physically removed and re-installed when a malfunction occurs. In one embodiment, a device is placed in series between the system and the peripheral. This device controls the passage of power to the peripheral. When the peripheral malfunctions, the device disallows passage of power to the peripheral, and at some later point restores power, effectively emulating a physical removal and re-installation. In a second embodiment, additional software is added to the software driver for the peripheral. In this scenario, the additional software, upon detecting that the peripheral is incommunicative, would remove power being supplied to the peripheral by the system. Again, at some later point, power is restored, thereby emulating a disconnect/reconnect sequence.

摘要翻译： 本发明减少了在发生故障时物理地去除和重新安装外围设备的需要。 在一个实施例中，将装置串联放置在系统和外围设备之间。 该设备控制通向外围设备的电源。 当外围设备发生故障时，设备不允许电源通向外设，并在稍后恢复供电，有效地模拟物理拆卸和重新安装。 在第二实施例中，附加的软件被添加到外围设备的软件驱动器。 在这种情况下，额外的软件在检测到外围设备是无关的时候将会消除系统提供给外设的电源。 再次，在稍后的一点，功率恢复，从而模拟断开/重新连接顺序。

公开(公告)号：US20080230595A1

公开(公告)日：2008-09-25

申请号：US12075846

申请日：2008-03-14

申请人： Yugal K. Sharma ,  Tad Richman

发明人： Yugal K. Sharma ,  Tad Richman

IPC分类号： G06F19/00

CPC分类号： G11B17/12 ,  G11B17/20

摘要： A system and method for loading, processing and classifying media used in an automated system is disclosed. A robotic arm, or similar device, is used to pick a piece of media from a set of unprocessed discs in a first location and place that medium into a suitable media reader, such as a CDROM reader or DVD reader. A computing system, in communication with the media reader, determines whether the media was properly processed. If so, it is placed in a second location. If it is not properly processed, the robotic arm places the media in a third location, where it can be manually inspected and analyzed at a later time. In another embodiment, the computing system discriminates between various reasons for the inability to process the media and places the offending media in a location designated specifically for that failure type. At a convenient time, manual inspection and intervention can be used to correct the failed media. The system can also be used to sort media based on other criteria, such as media type, defect rate, or type of content. In all cases, the computing system also optionally generates an import log that tracks all discrepancies.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于加载，处理和分类在自动化系统中使用的介质的系统和方法。 机器人手臂或类似设备用于从第一位置的一组未处理的光盘中拾取一片介质，并将该介质放置在合适的介质读取器中，例如CDROM读取器或DVD读取器。 与媒体读取器通信的计算系统确定媒体是否被正确处理。 如果是这样，它被放置在第二个位置。 如果没有正确处理，机器人臂将介质放置在第三个位置，可以在稍后的时间手动检查和分析。 在另一个实施例中，计算系统鉴别不能处理媒体的各种原因，并将违规媒体放置在专门针对该故障类型指定的位置。 在方便的时候，可以使用手动检查和干预来纠正故障的介质。 该系统还可用于根据其他标准对媒体进行分类，例如媒体类型，缺陷率或内容类型。 在所有情况下，计算系统还可选择生成跟踪所有差异的导入日志。