	US 7,493,341 B2
	Metadata brokering server and methods
Bruce Israel, Bethesda, Md. (US); Charles W. K. Gritton, Sterling, Va. (US); Frank A. Hunleth, Rockville, Md. (US); Stephen Scheirey, Urbana, Md. (US); Daniel S. Simpkins, Bethesda, Md. (US); Ryan Stoner, Chicago, Ill. (US); and Yizhong Wang, Boyds, Md. (US)
Assigned to Hillcrest Laboratories, Inc., Rockville, Md. (US)
Filed on Jan. 18, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/37,897.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/536937, filed on Jan. 16, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2005/0182792 A1, Aug. 18, 2005
Int. Cl. G06F 17/30 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 707—104.1 [707/100]

41 Claims

1. A method for processing metadata sets of information comprising the steps of:

capturing said metadata sets of information from at least two different media sources;

storing said metadata sets of information;

creating links between metadata elements of said captured metadata sets of information;

generating a synthesized metadata set based on said metadata sets of information from said at least two different media sources, said generated synthesized metadata set including metadata elements from said two different media sources;

building a plurality of screen templates using at least said synthesized metadata set and said links; and

distributing processed metadata including at least one of said plurality of screen templates, said links and said synthesized metadata set to a plurality of different client devices.