1. A method for retrieving a media file from an electronic mail for use with broadcast content, comprising:
(a) searching, with the aid of a processor, an electronic mail (email) account for an email having a media file embedded in or provided as an attachment to the email;
(b) identifying from said search an email having a media file embedded in or provided as an attachment to the email;
(c) importing the media file from said email into an electronic storage unit; and
(d) processing, with the aid of a processor, the media file for use in said broadcast content.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein importing the media file comprises harvesting the media file from the email.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the media file comprises converting a format of the media file to another format.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein said media file is an audio file.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein step (d) comprises modifying a header of the audio file.
6. The method of claim 4, wherein step (d) comprises replacing a first header of the audio file with a second header.
7. The method of claim 4, wherein step (d) comprises converting the audio file from MP3 or WAV format to a proprietary format recognizable by a system that imports the media file from said email into said data repository.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein said proprietary format includes a proprietary header.
9. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating an electronic object having a link to the email and the processed media file.
10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:
generating metadata from the email and the media file, said metadata related to the email and the media file; and
associating said metadata with said processed media file.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the metadata includes one or more of a file name of the media file, a length of the media file, a compression type of the media file, a timestamp in which the media file was imported, a timestamp in which the email having the media file was received, a subject of the email, a body of the email, a sender of the email, a recipient of the email, a location where the email is stored, a location where the media file is stored, and a location where a converted media file is stored.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein step (a) comprises accessing an email server.
13. The method of claim 12, further comprising accessing an account associated with a user.
14. The method of claim 1, further comprising processing the media file while importing the media file.
15. The method of claim 1, further comprising processing the media file after importing the media file.
16. The method of claim 1, wherein said media file is processed for use with a commercial.
17. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
committing said media file for use in said broadcast content; and
removing said media file from a list of imported media files.
18. A method for retrieving media files from electronic mail (email) for use with broadcast content, comprising:
(a) performing, with the aid of a processor, a search of one or more email accounts for email having media files for use with said broadcast content;
(b) importing from said one or more email accounts a media file, wherein said media file is attached to or embedded in an email revealed in said search, and wherein said media file is imported into a dedicated electronic storage unit on a server;
(c) forming, with the aid of a processor, a media asset from said media file, said media asset ready for use with broadcast content, wherein said media asset includes metadata associated with said media file; and
(d) generating, with the aid of a processor, a list of media assets for display to a user with the aid of a graphical user interface on a system communicatively coupled to said server, said list of media assets having said media asset.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein said server conducts said search.
20. The method of claim 18, wherein said broadcast content is a commercial.
21. The method of claim 20, wherein said commercial is a radio commercial.
22. The method of claim 18, further comprising:
committing said media asset for use with said broadcast content; and
removing said media asset from said list.
23. The method of claim 18, further comprising converting a format of said media file for use with said broadcast content.
24. The method of claim 18, wherein, after step (d), receiving a request from said user to use said media asset with said broadcast content.
25. The method of claim 24, further comprising generating metadata associated with said broadcast content and said media asset selected for use with said broadcast content.
26. A method for automatically ingesting media file attachments for use with broadcast content, comprising:
(a) scanning email in one or more email accounts for media file attachments corresponding to said broadcast content;
(b) importing media file attachments from said one or more email accounts into a data repository on a server;
(c) generating a list of media assets for display on a graphical user interface (GUI), each media asset on said list associated with a media file among said media file attachments; and
(d) committing a media asset from said list for use with said broadcast content.
27. The method of claim 26, wherein said committing comprises forming metadata associated with (i) said broadcast content and (ii) said committed media asset.
28. The method of claim 26, further comprising receiving a request for an automated broadcast content scheduler among a plurality of broadcast content schedulers.
29. The method of claim 28, wherein said automated broadcast content scheduler is an automated radio traffic management system.
30. The method of claim 28, wherein said automated broadcast content scheduler is an automated music scheduler.
31. The method of claim 26, further comprising combining metadata associated with said broadcast content with metadata associated with said committed media asset.
32. A method of ingesting media file attachments for commercial spot(s) automatically from electronic mail (email), comprising the steps of:
(a) scanning email from one or more email accounts for media file attachments corresponding to commercial spot(s);
(b) importing the media file attachments for commercial spot(s) from the one or more email accounts into an electronic storage location located on a server;
(c) providing a graphical user interface displaying a list having said media file attachments imported from said one or more emails accounts; and
(d) committing a selected media file from said list for use with a selected commercial spot.
33. The method of claim 32, wherein said committing comprises combining metadata corresponding to said selected media file with metadata corresponding to said selected commercial spot.
34. The method of claim 32, further comprising receiving a request for an automated broadcast content scheduler that schedules said selected commercial spot.
35. The method of claim 34, wherein said automated broadcast content scheduler is an automated radio traffic management system.
36. The method of claim 32, further comprising removing said selected media file from the list.
37. The method of claim 32, further comprising the step of:
converting the media file attachments for commercial spot(s) as required during or upon importing of the media file attachments.
38. The method of claim 32, further comprising generating metadata corresponding to said media file attachments.
39. A system, comprising:
(a) an electronic storage unit having machine-executable code that implements a method as in any of claims 1, 18, 26 and 32; and
(b) a computer processor for executing said machine-executable code.
40. An electronic data storage unit comprising machine-executable code that implements a method as in any of claims 1, 18, 26 and 32.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A water purifier comprising:
a housing having an inner wall, an outer wall of greater transverse dimension than said inner wall, and a bottom which define a chamber therebetween in the housing;
the housing having a central longitudinal axis and a pair of opposite ends spaced along said axis, said housing being formed with a water inlet at said one end and a water outlet at said other end to allow a flow of water through said chamber in a direction parallel to said axis;
at least one non-magnetic layer disposed in said chamber, said layer extending perpendicularly across said chamber relative to said axis; and
at least one magnetic layer disposed in said chamber, said magnetic layer comprising an annular magnet, said magnetic layer extending perpendicularly across said chamber relative to said axis.
2. The water purifier of claim 1, wherein said non-magnetic layer comprises ceramic.
3. The water purifier of claim 2, wherein said ceramic comprises granular ceramic particles.
4. The water purifier of claim 1, wherein said non-magnetic layer comprises granular particles.
5. The water purifier of claim 1, wherein said magnetic layer includes magnetite particles therein.
6. The water purifier of claim 5, wherein said non-magnetic layer comprises granular ceramic particles.
7. The water purifier of claim 1, including a filter adjacent said inlet.
8. The water purifier of claim 7, wherein said magnetic layer is disposed between said filter and said ceramic layer.
9. The water purifier of claim 5, comprising at least a pair of magnetic layers disposed in said chamber, one of said magnetic layers being disposed between said water inlet and said ceramic layer and the other said magnetic layer being disposed between said ceramic layer and said water outlet.
10. The water purifier of claim 9, wherein the respective annular magnets of said magnetic layers generate magnetic lines of force which are parallel to said central longitudinal axis and the direction of said flow of the water.
11. The water purifier of claim 10, wherein the respective annular magnets of adjacent magnetic layers are positioned such that the same polarities of the adjacent annular magnets are facing each other and said magnetic lines of force pass through said magnetic layers and thereby magnetize said magnetite particles.
12. The water purifier of claim 9, wherein the respective annular magnets of adjacent magnetic layers are positioned such that the same polarities of the adjacent annular magnets are facing each other.
13. The water purifier of claim 1, including a filter adjacent said inlet.
14. The water purifier of claim 13, wherein said magnetic layer is disposed between said filter and said non-magnetic layer.
15. The water purifier of claim 1, comprising at least a pair of magnetic layers disposed in said chamber, one of said magnetic layers being disposed between said water inlet and said non-magnetic layer and the other said magnetic layer being disposed between said non-magnetic layer and said water outlet.
16. The water purifier of claim 15, wherein the respective annular magnets of said magnetic layers generate magnetic lines of force which are parallel to said central longitudinal axis and the direction of said flow of the water.
17. The water purifier of claim 16, wherein the respective annular magnets of adjacent magnetic layers are positioned such that the same polarities of the adjacent annular magnets are facing each other and said magnetic lines of force pass through said magnetic layers.
18. The water purifier of claim 15, wherein the respective annular magnets of adjacent magnetic layers are positioned such that the same polarities of the adjacent annular magnets are facing each other.
19. The water purifier of claim 1, wherein the water purifier is a shower filter.
20. The water purifier of claim 5, wherein the water purifier is a shower filter.
21. The water purifier of claim 9, wherein the water purifier is a shower filter.
22. The water purifier of claim 11, wherein the water purifier is a shower filter.
23. A water purifier comprising:
a housing having an inner wall, an outer wall of greater transverse dimension than said inner wall, and a bottom which define a chamber therebetween in the housing.
the housing having a central longitudinal axis and a pair of opposite ends spaced along said axis, said housing being formed with a water inlet at said one end and a water outlet at said other end to allow a flow of water through said chamber in a direction parallel to said axis;
a filter disposed adjacent said inlet;
at least one ceramic layer disposed in said chamber between said filter and said outlet, said ceramic layer comprising granular ceramic particles and extending perpendicularly across said chamber relative to said axis;
at least one pair of magnetic layers disposed in said chamber, each said magnetic layer comprising an annular magnet and magnetite particles extending perpendicularly across said chamber relative to said axis, one of said magnetic layers being disposed between said filter and said ceramic layer, and the other of said magnetic layers being disposed between said ceramic layer and said outlet; and
at least a pair of said annular magnets disposed in said chamber and coaxially surrounding said axis, wherein one of said magnets is located between said ceramic layer and said inlet and the other of said magnets is located between said ceramic layer and said outlet such that said annular magnets generate magnetic lines of force which are parallel to said central longitudinal axis and in the direction of said flow of water, said annular magnets being located in such a manner that the same polarities of adjacent ones of said annular magnets are facing each other, and said magnetic lines of force pass through said magnetic layers and thereby magnetize said magnetite particles in said magnetic layers.
24. The water purifier of claim 23, wherein the water purifier is a shower filter.