A SYSTEM AND METHOD USING WEB DATABASE AND VIDEO CACHING AND STREAMING PROGRAMMING FOR VIDEO CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS

摘要

The present application discloses a video classified advertisement web-enabled operation combining advertisements with videos specifically designed to advertise items and services for sale. The website, www. RealPeopleRealStuff. com, combines the methodology of Drupal modules, but not limited to Drupal open source modules, creates a content data model for video ads using such as Drupal's CCK module, converts most video formats, MPEG, QuickTime, and AVI, into flash (FLV) format using such as Drupal's FFMPEG module or maintain native video format if not convertible to flash format (FLV), creates a software routine that determines the most cost effective way to download videos, moves the video storage from the hosting servers to the Simple Storage Server (S3) such as Amazon S3 servers, creates an Application programming interface (API) between the hosting and storage servers, and simultaneously or later creates a category taxonomy for grouping ads for a video classified advertisement website.