Connectors
The Information Service Aggregators are known, into the Antares Arquitecture, as connectors. The connectors obtains information from the source they are designed to, and convert it to the internal Antares representation, sending it to the Antares Engine, that will definitely integrate the information.
The connectors can send to the engine 9 different types of information:
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Service: Service Information (a TV Channel)
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Content: Content information (a TV programm)
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Schedule: Schedule information
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Access: Service or content access mode
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SDP: Session Description Protocol[5] File. Necessary for the tune in
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Media title: Service or content multimedia information (a logo)
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Purchase Item: Purchase Item information (a channel group)
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Purchase Channel: Purchase Channel information
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Purchase Data: Data information with the purchase conditions (prices, payment methods. . . )