Cisco Technology, Inc.

Malcolm B Ferguson

Flemming Andreasen

Mahesh Chakravarthy Vittal Viveganandhan

Gil C Cruz

Neil Black

Matt Collum

Alexander Katsnelson

Shane Ruman

A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes establishing a connection between a client and a messaging fabric associated with a video system that includes a metadata broker element; storing metadata information associated with content, where the content is associated with a release uniform resource locator (URL); and generating a content guide, (e.g., an electronic program guide) that includes a plurality of content definitions (e.g., channels). A particular content (e.g., program) in the content guide is associated with a particular release URL that can be translated into a more specific URL based on a number of criteria.

System and method for unified metadata brokering and policy-based content resolution in a video architecture

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Toronto, Canada

Malcolm B Ferguson