УСТРОЙСТВО ОБРАБОТКИ ИНФОРМАЦИИ И СПОСОБ ОБРАБОТКИ ИНФОРМАЦИИ

Изобретение относится к устройству обработки информации и способу обработки информации, позволяющим эффективно передавать файл инициализации контента, обладающего заданным атрибутом из совокупности нескольких атрибутов. Техническим результатом является предоставление возможности эффективно передавать файл инициализации контента, обладающего заданным атрибутом из совокупности нескольких атрибутов. Предложено устройство http-клиента, которое передает запрос описания представления медиаданных (MPD-запрос), содержащий команду передачи сегмента инициализации, для запроса у сервера доставки контента передачи MPD-файла, управляющего движущимся видеоконтентом, обладающим множеством атрибутов, и сегментного файла инициализации движущегося видеоконтента, обладающего заданным атрибутом из множества атрибутов. Настоящее изобретение может быть применено к воспроизводящему клиенту в системе обработки информации, конфигурированной посредством, например, соединения сервера доставки контента с воспроизводящим ...

МИКРОВОЛНОВАЯ ИНТЕРАКТИВНАЯ ДИСТРИБУТИВНАЯ ИНФОРМАЦИОННАЯ СИСТЕМА "МИДИС"

Изобретение относится к технике связи. Заявленная система состоит из центральной станции, которая содержит ненаправленную антенну и головную приемную станцию обратного канала; и множества абонентских станций, каждая из которых содержит антенну, соединенную с передатчиком обратного канала. Центральная станция дополнительно оснащена стволом передачи данных прямого канала, передающим стволом аналогового вещания, передающим стволом цифрового вещания, приемными секторными антеннами обратного канала, сервером доступа обратного канала, подключенным к центру предоставления информационных услуг, который состоит из серверов служб, объединенных в локальную сеть, подключенную к маршрутизатору и к серверу доступа обратного канала; а каждая из абонентских станций оснащена сервером, соединенным с компьютером, цифроаналоговым тюнером и телевизионным приемником. Технический результат состоит в обеспечении недорогого и качественного доступа пользователей к информационным ресурсам. 2 з.п. ф-лы, 1 ил.

СПОСОБ И СИСТЕМА ДЛЯ ОСУЩЕСТВЛЕНИЯ КОНТЕНТА

... 1. Способ для осуществления контента с помощью системы обеспечения контента, доступ к которой возможен через различные средства коммуникации, причем способ включает: ! разделение контента на объекты и связывание выделенных объектов с соответствующими кодами; ! запись объектов, связанных с кодами, в базу данных; ! разрешение соединения с определенным средством коммуникации из множества средств коммуникации; ! прием запроса на заданный контент от подсоединенного определенного средства коммуникации; ! извлечение информации о среде воспроизведения, включая информацию о характеристиках терминала для подсоединенного определенного средства коммуникации; ! вызов определенных кодов объектов, соответствующих подсоединенному определенному средству коммуникации, из базы данных с учетом извлеченной информации о среде воспроизведения; ! извлечение объектов, соответствующих вызванным определенным кодам объектов; !формирование заданного контента путем объединения извлеченных объектов; ! преобразование ...

СЕРВЕР, ОКОНЕЧНОЕ УСТРОЙСТВО И СПОСОБ ОБРАБОТКИ ИЗОБРАЖЕНИЙ

СПОСОБ ЛОКАЛИЗАЦИИ КОНТЕНТА И УЗЕЛ СЕТИ ДОСТАВКИ КОНТЕНТА

... 1. Способ локализации контента, отличающийся тем, что способ включает:получение первым узлом сети доставки контента запроса на сервис, направленного функциональным объектом управления сервисами или функциональным объектом управления сервисами IP-телевидения, при котором указанный запрос на сервис содержит идентификатор контента, который используют для указания на запрашиваемый контент, соответствующий идентификатору контента; иесли первый узел сети доставки контента не в состоянии предоставить контент-сервис, запрашиваемый в соответствии с запросом на сервис, первый узел сети доставки контента направляет информационный запрос глобальному контроллеру сети доставки контента с целью получения информации о втором узле сети доставки контента, который способен предоставить контент-сервис, запрашиваемый в соответствии с запросом на сервис, и запрашивает второй узел сети доставки контента предоставить контент-сервис.2. Способ по п.1, отличающийся тем, что до приема запроса на сервис первым узлом ...

Verfahren zum Erzeugen eines digitalen Videodatenstroms, ausgehend von einem oder mehreren anderen digitalen Videodatenströmen

VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM BETRIEB EINES TRANSAKTIONSSERVERS IN EINER PRIVATEN DATENBANKUMGEBUNG

TV-Server-Cluster-System

Fernseh-Server-Cluster-System, wobei das System mit einem lokalen Netzwerk verbunden ist, um Kanalinformation für mindestens einen Endnutzer anzuordnen, wobei das System umfasst: eine Vielzahl von TV-Servern, die jeweils mit dem lokalen Netzwerk verbunden sind, wobei eine Cluster-Server-Funktionalität in einigen der TV-Server existiert und TV-Server mit Cluster-Server-Funktionalität Aushandel-Signale aussenden, um dynamisch einen TV-Server auszuwählen, um als Cluster-Server zu fungieren, um eine Kanalanforderung von dem mindestens einen Endnutzer zu empfangen, und wobei der Cluster-Server einen der TV-Server anweist, eine Erwiderung basierend auf der Kanalanforderung zu machen.

Targeted advertising and resource allocation in mobile content delivery systems

In a "mobile television" broadcast network (eg. DVB-H or 3G WLAN), targeted advertising and marketing messages are sent to users of mobile multi-media devices 6 according to profile information 23, with a preallocated amount of resources being used for messages in order to view the content from source 12. Upon request by user 6 for content from 12, account management system 10 and content management system 20 determine if the content delivery can be "sponsored" by the provider 18, ie. the required resources can be offset instead of user 6 paying for all of the content via a subscription fee, and forms a message packet with embedded DRM keys if so. Feedback from the user can also be rewarded with free or subsidised content. This allows provider 18 to carry out a message delivery campaign based on eg. users' demographics or purchase history, provides an improved audience model compared to eg. Nielsen ratings, and makes viewers more valuable to the content provider compared to traditionally ...

Techniques to improve time seek operations

Techniques to improve time seek operations are described. An apparatus may include a digital media server having a media content seek module. The media content seek module may perform video sequence header alignment for media content in response to a time seek request. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Dynamic chunk manipulation for streaming mixed live and on-demand media: application programming interface

Timestamps for streams of media that transition from one media source to another (such as from live content to on-demand content, and vice versa) can be rewritten by a server to help ensure error-free streaming by the client. Embodiments can coordinate the creation of a client manifest with the dynamic creation of a requested segment of media (i.e., "chunk") to determine how to rewrite timestamps of requested chunks such that they are continuous through the transition.

EQUIPMENT AND PROCEDURE FOR REQUIREMENT VIDEO PROGRAMS

PROCEDURE FOR THE BROADBAND IDENTIFICATION FOR THE MONITORING OF THE SERVICE ENTRANCE

PROCEDURE AND SYSTEM FOR THE SYNCHRONIZED RECEIVER SUPPLY OF TRIGGER INFORMATION FOR INTERACTIVE TVANWENDUNGEN

PROCEDURE AND DEVICE FOR THE BINDING OF EXTERNAL ONES APPLICATION FUNCTIONS TO A RESOURCES CONTROL OF A GOAL NETWORK

Automatically delaying client responses to broadcast uniform resource locators

Systems and methods for providing remote access to interactive media guidance applications

Systems and methods for providing remote access to interactive media guidance applications are provided. In particular, the systems and methods for providing remote access to interactive media guidance applications provided herein generally relate to enhancing remote access capabilities by providing algorithms and techniques for managing and correcting disparities that may be found between program listings data used by the interactive media guidance application and the remote access server.

Method for user session transitioning among streaming interactive video servers

A method by which a streaming interactive video user session is handed off from one streaming interactive video server to another without noticeable disruption to the video stream or the user interactivity.

Method for user session transitioning among streaming interactive video servers

DISTRIBUTION OF DATA FLOWS TO LOCAL LOOP SUBSCRIBERS BY AN ACCESS MULTIPLEXER

A distribution system

System for distributed media network and meta data server

Display mode based media player switching

A media item is presented via a media player, the media player configured to receive the media item, the media item being associated with a format and including an audio component. Responsive to a change in a display mode associated with the media player, a second media player is identified that is configured to receive a corresponding media item, the corresponding media item being associated with a second format and including a second audio component that matches the audio component. A particular location is determined in the media item to cease presentation of the media item via the media player and a corresponding location in the corresponding media item to begin presentation of the corresponding media item using the second media player. Responsive to reaching the particular location, concurrently, presentation of the media item is ceased and presentation of the corresponding media item at the corresponding location is begun.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING SEAMLESS PLAYBACK OF CONTINUOUS MEDIA FEEDS

INTERACTIVE TELEVISION TRACKING SYSTEM

An interactive television system tailoring delivery of interactive content includes a request processing engine (40) accepting user interactions with an interactive television (ITV) application. A user profiling engine (42) associates the user interactions with an individual profile or profile group. The profile group defines events that may be triggered upon receipt of certain user interactions. A trigger/event engine (44) monitors, in real-time, whether the user interactions correspond to any of the defined events. If an event is to be triggered, an action engine (46) transmits an ITV command associated with the event to an encoder. The encoder performs a real-time of encoding of the ITV command for providing viewers with dynamic ITV experience. The ITV experience provided to the viewers may also be customized based on the profile information obtained for each individual viewer.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING SEAMLESS PLAYBACK OF CONTINUOUS MEDIA FEEDS

A method and system for storing a continuous feed of video is provided. According to one aspect of the invention, the continuous feed is encoded in a digital video format to produce a digital data stream. A series of content files is created by repeatedly performing the steps of (1) storing the digital data stream in a current file, and (2) establishing a new file as the current file when the current file satisfies a predetermined condition. If the series of content files contains more than a predetermined amount of the continuous feed, the oldest content file in the series of content files is deleted. Tag information that indicates information about frames contained in the digital data stream is generated. The tag information includes timestamps that indicate timing of frames relative to a beginning of the digital data stream. An initial time value that indicates an absolute time that corresponds to the beginning of the digital data stream. When a request from a client for playback beginning ...

VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF

Provided is a operating method of a video display device including a display unit. A receiving unit obtains an uncompressed audio and video content. A content recognition configuration management unit receives information of the uncompressed audio and video content based on a characteristic information of the uncompressed audio and video, sets a content reminder based on the information of the uncompressed audio and video content, wherein the content reminder notifies broadcasting information for another content which is related to the uncompressed audio and video content. And reminds the another content while displaying the broadcasting information of the another content based on the setting of the content reminder.

LIVE AD PROCESSING ENGINE SERVICE

Techniques described herein provide for a live advertising processing engine service to act as an intermediary between client applications and advertising networks. The live advertising processing engine service can provide an interface with which the client can interact, via an application programming interface (API) or directly through the use of a standardized language, thereby allowing client applications to receive advertisement data without the need to be customized to communicate with specific advertising networks. The live advertising processing engine service can further track where, in playback the live content, a client currently is, to indicate to the client-or other application-when advertisement breaks are and/or provide supplemental advertisement information to enable the client to provide a rich user experience.

METHOD FOR PLAYING BACK AND SEPARATELY STORING AUDIO AND VIDEO TRACKS IN THE INTERNET

In the method an indefinite number of audio tracks are stored separately for each video film, in order to be played back in sync with the video in the Internet. Hence, a video can be stored in any number of languages, and at any time the language can be changed in real time during the playback of the video without having to reload the video. This method works well for different sources, for example, different video platforms, on which the same video is offered, because the platforms all use the same stored audio tracks. This feature and the small size of the audio tracks reduce the upload and memory requirement by about 90%, as compared to the conventional method of having to provide in each case a single video, including the audio/language track, for each individual language.

RECEPTION DEVICE, RECEPTION METHOD, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND TRANSMISSION METHOD FOR MEDIA STREAMING

The present technology relates to a reception device, a reception method, a transmission device, and a transmission method in which a convergence service of broadcasting and communication can be realized more effectively. A FLUTE processing unit is configured to acquire one or more components constituting a specific service of a plurality of services included in broadcast waves of digital broadcasting using an IP transfer system, in accordance with a first control signal including information indicating types and a transfer system of the one or more components constituting the specific service such that the convergence service of broadcasting and communication can be realized more effectively. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a television receiver.

BROADCASTING SIGNAL TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, BROADCASTING SIGNAL RECEIVING APPARATUS, BROADCASTING SIGNAL TRANSMITTING METHOD, AND BROADCASTING SIGNAL RECEIVING METHOD

The present invention proposes a method for transmitting a broadcasting signal. The method for transmitting a broadcasting signal according to the present invention proposes a system capable of supporting a next generation broadcasting service in an environment which supports next generation hybrid broadcasting that uses a terrestrial broadcasting network and an Internet network. Also, the present invention proposes an effective signaling scheme that can cover both the terrestrial broadcasting network and the Internet network in the environment that supports the next hybrid broadcasting.

BROADCASTING SIGNAL TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, BROADCASTING SIGNAL RECEIVING APPARATUS, BROADCASTING SIGNAL TRANSMITTING METHOD, AND BROADCASTING SIGNAL RECEIVING METHOD

The present invention proposes a method for transmitting a broadcasting signal. The method for transmitting a broadcasting signal according to the present invention proposes a system capable of supporting a next generation broadcasting service in an environment which supports next generation hybrid broadcasting that uses a terrestrial broadcasting network and an Internet network. Also, the present invention proposes an effective signaling scheme that can cover both the terrestrial broadcasting network and the Internet network in the environment that supports the next hybrid broadcasting.

BROADCAST SCHEDULE SYCHRONIZED DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER

A disclosed example may accurately start and stop a recording of an event based on accurate event scheduling information from a channel broadcaster. A start time and stop time for a recording of the event may be scheduled according to EPG data. In response to determining that the channel is a controlled channel, which includes accurate event scheduling information provided by a channel broadcaster, a recording may be initially scheduled for the event according to the EPG data with an extended duration of a predetermined time value. The digitally encoded transport stream may be continuously monitored to detect a new event and the detected new event may then be mapped to the event. As a result, the recording time of the event may be accurately updated by extracting a set of parameters from the accurate event schedule information of the new event.

MULTIMEDIA CONTENT SEARCH AND RECORDING SCHEDULING SYSTEM

Techniques described herein enable searching for multimedia content and for downloading or scheduling the recording of the multimedia content. The multimedia content may have been previously stored on one or more databases. The client device may download or schedule the recording of multimedia content in one step, for example, in one touch. When desired multimedia content is not available, the multimedia content is added to the client device's wish list. When the client device's does not have a wish list, the client device's wish list may be created on the spot. During the scheduling of the recording, a tag associated with the multimedia content is checked to determine whether the multimedia content is live or delayed. When the tag indicates the multimedia content is live or delayed, the client device prompts with a suggestion to add extra time to the end of the recording of the multimedia content.

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY WATERMARKING MEDIA

A dynamic watermark generation method and system in which the dynamic watermark may have a default length or a shorter length, and wherein the dynamic watermark is generated to have the determined length. The dynamic watermark is a locally-unique code that is used as an index to a database entry that identifies the subscriber that requested the media asset. In some instances, the entry may include a timestamp, a subscriber device identifier such as a MAC address or IP address, a subscriber identifier or ID number, and a media asset identifier such as a static ID. The static ID may include a code that indicates whether the dynamic watermark is of a default length or shorter. The length of the dynamic watermark may be partly based upon projected audience size for the requested media asset.

CONTENT TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, CONTENT TRANSMISSION METHOD, CONTENT REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, CONTENT REPRODUCTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

The present invention pertains to a content transmitting device, a content transmitting method, a content reproduction device, a content reproduction method, a program, and a content delivery system, wherein it is possible to enable a viewer to view video content at a given image frame. A content transmitting device, which is one aspect of the present invention, is provided with a retaining unit for retaining high-definition video content, a receiving unit for receiving image frame information sent from a content reproduction device, a calculating unit for calculating a cut-out range on the basis of the received image frame information, a cutting unit for cutting out the calculated cut-out range from the retained high-definition video content, and a transmitting unit for transmitting, to the content reproduction device, a given image frame content obtained as a result of the aforementioned cutting process. The present invention may be applied to systems for delivering content via the internet ...

HYBRID RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD

A method of optimizing the delivery of content over a content delivery network to client devices in accordance with optimization rules is provided. Requests for allocation and release of content delivery resources over a content delivery network are monitored, and the processing capabilities of client devices receiving content over the content delivery network are determined. Network resources are re-allocated based on optimization rules and the processing capabilities, and the client devices are directed to use re-allocated resources for reception of content. Apparatus and client devices for performing the method are also disclosed.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONCURRENTLY ENCODING AND TAGGING DIGITAL VIDEO DATA

A method and system for providing non-sequential access to visual information that is being digitally encoded in a digital data stream is provided. The digital data stream includes a sequence of video frame data. Each video frame data in the sequence of video frame data corresponds to a video frame of the visual information. The digital data stream is generated with an encoder. The encoder generates tag data that indicates locations of the video frame data within the digital data stream. The digital data stream is stored at a location from which the digital data stream is delivered to a client. Tag data is stored at a location from which the tag data may be used to provide the client non-sequential access to the digital data stream. A selected set of video frames within the digital data stream is selected based on the tag data in response to a request for non-sequential access by the client. A second digital data stream that includes the video frame data that corresponds to each video frame ...

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING SEAMLESS PLAYBACK OF CONTINUOUS MEDIA FEEDS

A method and system for storing a continuous feed of video is provided. According to one aspect of the invention, the continuous feed is encoded in a digital video format to produce a digital data stream. A series of content files is created by repeatedly performing the steps of (1) storing the digital data stream in a current file, and (2) establishing a new file as the current file when the current file satisfies a predetermined condition. If the series of content files contains more than a predetermined amount of the continuous feed, the oldest content file in the series of content files is deleted. Tag information that indicates information about frames contained in the digital data stream is generated. The tag information includes timestamps that indicate timing of frames relative to a beginning of the digital data stream. An initial time value that indicates an absolute time that corresponds to the beginning of the digital data stream. When a request from a client for playback beginning ...

MICROWAVE INTERACTIVE DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION SYSTEM (MIDIS)

SYSTEMS AND METHODS CONSENSUS TRANSACTIONS CONTENT

Mobile streaming media gateway system based on hardware acceleration

Live broadcast processing method and live broadcast processing device for visual networking

Video pushing method and device

Participant terminal device, server and method for supporting broadcasting participation

PROCESS OF VISUALIZATION OF the PASSAGE Of an ELEMENT CARRYING a DEVICE Of IDENTIFICATION

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A PORTION OF A MEDIA STREAM ALREADY SCATTERED, USER TERMINAL, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR

비디오 품질의 사용자 경험치를 평가하는 방법, 장치 및 시스템

... 본 발명의 실시예들은 비디오 품질의 사용자 경험치를 평가하는 방법, 장치, 및 시스템을 제공한다. 본 방법은: OTT 비디오의 시청을 요청하기 위한 사용자 장비의 업링크 패킷을 획득하는 단계 - 상기 업링크 패킷은 상기 사용자 장비에 의해 상기 OTT 비디오를 저장하는 비디오 서버로 전송되고, 상기 OTT 비디오에 대한 상기 사용자 장비의 요청 정보를 운반함 -; 상기 업링크 패킷에 대응하는 다운링크 패킷을 획득하는 단계 - 상기 다운링크 패킷은 상기 비디오 서버에 의해 상기 사용자 장비로 전송되고 상기 OTT 비디오를 운반하며, 상기 OTT 비디오는 상기 업링크 패킷 내의 요청 정보에 따라 상기 비디오 서버에 의해 전송됨 -; 상기 다운링크 패킷을 버퍼하는 단계; 및 상기 버퍼링 유닛에 의해 버퍼된 다운링크 패킷이 분해 조건을 만족하는 경우, 사용자 경험치를 생성하기 위해 상기 버퍼된 다운링크 패킷의 OTT 비디오를 분해하는 단계이다.

Transmission and reception of television programs

복수의 미디어 타이틀을 재생하기 위한 방법, 적응된 미디어 소스 디바이스, 미디어 플레이어 디바이스, 미디어 위임 디바이스, 및 구성 가능하고 적응된 컴퓨터 프로그램

... 다수의 사람들이 함께 있고 미디어를 공동으로 소비하기를 원하는 경우, 즉, 미디어 타이틀의 단 하나의 프리젠테이션이 있고 모든 사람들이 공동으로 보고/보거나 듣는 경우, 그때 프리젠테이션되어야 할 미디어 타이틀들이 복수의 미디어 디바이스(10, 20, ..., 70), 클라우드 저장소(100, 200, 300) 또는 스트리밍 서비스 사이에서 분산되어 있는 문제점이 있다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해, 미디어 재생/프리젠테이션을 담당하는 하나의 미디어 디바이스(10, 70)에 미디어 플레이어 기능을 할당하는 아이디어가 있다. 이 디바이스는 공동 미디어 소비 세션에서 미디어 소스 디바이스들(20, 30)이도록 구성된 다른 미디어 디바이스들로부터 프리젠테이션 요청들을 수신할 수 있다. 프리젠테이션 요청이 미디어 플레이어 디바이스(10, 70)에 의해 수락되면, 제안된 타이틀은 공통 재생목록에 추가될 것이다. 타이틀은 재생 중에 미디어 소스 디바이스(20, 30)로부터 미디어 플레이어 디바이스(10, 70)로 스트리밍될 것이다.

표시 방법 및 표시 장치

... 사용자에게 유익한 화상을 표시하는 것이 가능한 표시 방법을 제공한다. 표시 방법은, 표시 장치가 화상을 표시하는 표시 방법으로서, 이미지 센서가 피사체를 촬상하는 것에 의해서 촬상 표시 화상 및 복호용 화상을 취득하고(SL11), 그 복호용 화상에 대한 복호에 의해서 광 ID를 취득하며(SL12), 광 ID를 서버에 송신하고(SL13), 그 광 ID에 대응하는 AR 화상과 인식 정보를 서버로부터 취득하고(SL14), 촬상 표시 화상 중 인식 정보에 따른 영역을 대상 영역으로서 인식하며(SL15), 그 대상 영역에 AR 화상이 중첩된 촬상 표시 화상을 표시한다(SL16).

SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR CONTINUOUSLY DISPLAYING GROUPED INDEPENDENT CONTENTS, CAPABLE OF CONTINUOUSLY RECEIVING AND REPRODUCING PLURAL CONTENTS FROM A CONTENTS SERVER THROUGH A NETWORK

PURPOSE: A system and a method for continuously displaying grouped independent contents are provided to enable contents positioned after selected contents to be automatically downloaded and provided to a user when the user selects the contents to view, thereby automatically reproducing the closely associated contents such as series and a through-composed work and conveniently viewing contents. CONSTITUTION: A method for continuously displaying plural contents comprises the following steps of: requesting the transmission of first contents to a contents server(S512); receiving information about second contents with a predetermined relation to the first contents out of the grouped contents when the first contents are one of the grouped contents while receiving the first contents from the contents server(S514); and requesting the transmission of the second contents to the contents server when the first contents are completely received from the contents server. © KIPO 2008 ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT USING A TELEVISION RECEIVER DURING A VOICE CALL

The disclosure comprises a method and system for exchanging multimedia content with a Television Receiver, during a voice call from a Multimedia Terminal to a Legacy Terminal, comprising previously associating the Television Receiver with the Legacy Terminal, storing said association a Television Application Server connected to the Television Receiver, and registering said association, within the same public identity, by a Communications Server connected to the Multimedia Terminal and to the Legacy Terminal; wherein the Communications Server exposes availability for establishing multimedia calls between the Multimedia Terminal and said public identity, in particular a Rich Communication Suite multimedia call availability. When a multimedia IMS terminal establishes a voice call with a legacy terminal with no multimedia capabilities it loses the possibility to e.g. start a video call or a video sharing session regardless of the compliance with an IMS network. It is one object of to provide ...

AUTOMATICALLY DELAYING CLIENT RESPONSES TO BROADCAST UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATORS

A client side system reduces overloading of web servers that experience excessive loads in response to widely distributed information about services or products available through the web server. The client side system may delay the accessing of the web server. For example, instructions may be added to the uniform resource locator distributed for the server over a television broadcast. These instructions may be utilized by software resident on the client side system to delay the accessing of the server to reduce server overloading.

A METHOD FOR SELECTING A PREVIEW OF A MEDIA WORK

In an embodiment of the invention, the method includes: providing metadata for a media work including a first entry that corresponds to a first preview of the media work and a second entry that corresponds to a second preview of the media work; accepting a first input from a user; selecting for the user a preview of the media work amongst the first preview and the second preview based on the first user input and the metadata; and transmitting the selected preview to the user.

CONTENT UPLOAD METHOD AND CONTENT DELIVERY FUNCTION ENTITY

A content upload method and content delivery function entity are provided. The method above is used to upload the content generated by a User Equipment (UE) or upload the media streams to one or more Content Delivery Network (CDN) nodes in the CDN, and includes that: a CDN control function entity allocates one or more CDN nodes after receiving a session initiation request requiring to upload the content or upload the media streams, and sends a session request to the cluster control function entity of one or more CDN nodes; the cluster control function entity having received the session request establishes a content upload or media stream upload session with the content delivery function entity it selects, and returns the session acknowledgement message to the CDN control function entity; the CDN control function entity returns the received acknowledgement message to the UE, and the UE uploads the content or uploads the media streams to the content delivery function entity according to the ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING AND STORING MULTIMEDIA DATA

Requests are received for storing/retrieving and storing data from/to a plurality of storage devices (100). A processor (300) is designed for handling each request, based, e.g., upon the load of each processor. A request for retrieving data is forwarded directly from the designated processor to the storage device via a switch, (250). Responses from the storage devices are routed directly to the designated processor via the switch (250). The switch (250) independently routes the request for retrieving data and the responses between the storage devices (100) and the processor, based on information obtained by the processor. Data provided by a designated processor is stored on the storage devices (100) via a switch (250). The switch (250) independently routes the data to be stored directly from the designated processor to the storage devices (100), based on information created by the processor. Requests and responses are exchanged between the switch (250) and the storage devices (100) via ...

ENTERTAINMENT/INFORMATION SYSTEM HAVING DISPARATE INTERACTIVE DEVICES

Cette invention concerne un système de divertissements/information assorti d'un certain nombre de dispositifs d'entrée et de sortie interactifs (114, 110). Chacun des dispositifs d'entrée interactifs (114) est connecté électriquement à un dispositif de sortie déterminé (110) via un ordinateur central (44) qui communique avec un appareil routeur (50). L'appareil routeur (50) comprend une pluralité d'émulateurs (100). Chaque émulateur (100) est conçu pour transmettre des informations d'entrée à un dispositif interactif de sortie (110) déterminé. L'information d'entrée provenant d'un dispositif d'entrée interactif donné (114) est reçue et traitée par un émulateur pré-configuré (100) qui est connecté électriquement à un dispositif de sortie interactif déterminé (110) associé audit dispositif d'entrée (114). L'émulateur (100) formate les informations/données qu'il reçoit de manière à les rendre acceptables pour le dispositif de sortie interactif (110) qui lui est connecté. L'ordinateur central ...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONNECTING A PUBLIC DEVICE TO A PRIVATE DEVICE WITHOUT PRE-INSTALLED CONTENT MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS

Systems and methods for providing access to media content by connecting, to a public device, a private device that does not have an installed application associated with the media content. A media guidance application may receive a communication from a private device requesting to access content using the public device. In response, the media guidance application may retrieve, at the public device, a public interface application and private interface application from a content provider of the content. The private interface application, which may be configured to control a graphical user interface of the public interface application, may then be transmitted to the private device. Accordingly, the user may be able to access content via the public device when the private device is within a predetermined proximity to the public device.

Method of and system for transmitting a plurality of messages

A method and system of transmitting messages include requesting to submit a first request for transmitting a first message and to submit a second request for transmitting a second message until there is no first collision detected between the submitted first and second requests upon receipt of the submitted first and second requests. Before there is no first collision detected between the submitted first and second requests, it is requested to submit a third request for transmitting a third message and to submit a fourth request for transmitting a fourth message. However, requesting to re-submit the third request for transmitting the third message and to re-submit the fourth request for transmitting the fourth message if a second collision is detected between the submitted third and the second requests upon receipt thereof is delayed until there is no first collision detected between the submitted first and second requests.

Transmission apapratus, transmission method, reception apparatus, reception method, program, and broadcasting system

Disclosed herein is a transmission apparatus for transmitting AV (Audio/Video) content, including: an acquirer configured to acquire an estimated number of audience terminals indicative of an estimated number of reception apparatuses receiving the AV content; a computer configured, in conjugation with the AV content, to compute, on the basis of the estimated number of audience terminals, a validity probability of trigger information associated with control of an application program to be executed in the reception apparatus; a generator configured to generate the trigger signal including the computed validity probability; and a transmitter configured to transmit the generated trigger information with the AV content.

Multimedia queue services

Techniques are presented for providing multimedia queue services. A multimedia queue manager manages queues of subscribers. The queues include selections for multimedia. The multimedia queue manager schedules broadcasts for the selections and informs recording devices of the subscribers to record the selections during those broadcasts. Moreover, the multimedia queue manager updates the queues in response to actions of the subscribers and/or actions of the recoding devices of the subscribers.

Broadcast enhancement database replication

An enhancement menu including at least one selection associated with a predetermined identifier is provided to a receiving unit. Selection of at least one selection results in the receiving unit monitoring a broadcast and acquiring data associated with the identifier. A data structure is defined for data elements. Software associated with storage and display of the data structure may be transmitted to the receiving unit or may be broadcast to a plurality of receiving units and may be associated with the identifier. Data elements may be transmitted to individual receiving units. Broadcast data elements may provide new data structure entries or may replace existing entries. Data elements may be broadcast at a predetermined interval or in response to a change in the value of the data element. User selection of a displayed data element may provide execution of code associated with the data element, may provide a link, or may result in acquiring of data using a new identifier. A broadcast schedule ...

Interactive home information system with signal assignment

An interactive home information system having a node in television communication and data communication with a group of home interface controllers. At each home interface controller, there is a signal input for receiving television signals from the node over a cable television distribution network and a data transceiver for conducting data communications with the node. The node determines whether a home interface controller is requesting interactive service. For each interface controller requesting interactive service, the node assigns a television information signal to the requesting home interface controller. Thus, signal assignment is accomplished on a demand basis for those interface controllers determined to be placed in an interactive mode. Signal assignment may involve selection of a given carrier frequency. Alternatively, signal assignment may involve selection of a time slice.

Operations center with video storage for a television program packaging and delivery system

The present invention is an operations center that organizes and packages television programs for transmission in a television delivery system. The center is capable of receiving, storing, packaging and delivering countless programs in various signal formats. The center is a particularly useful invention for program delivery systems which will provide subscribers with video on demand, near video on demand and/or the ability to select programs from on-screen menus. The center's primary components are a receiver, system controller, video storage, computer assisted packaging system (CAP) and output equipment. The components can receive, convert, store, select, retrieve, encode and otherwise process multiple program signals, gather program identities of analog and/or digital programs, generate menus, package programs efficiently based on subscriber needs and the available bandwidth, and output packaged program products to multiple remote sites. To perform these functions, the CAP creates program ...

STORAGE VIRTUAL MACHINE RELOCATION

One or more techniques and/or devices are provided for storage virtual machine relocation (e.g., ownership change) between storage clusters. For example, operational statistics of a first storage cluster and a second storage cluster may be evaluated to identify a set of load balancing metrics. Ownership of one or more storage aggregates and/or one or more storage virtual machines may be changed (e.g., permanently changed for load balancing purposes or temporarily changed for disaster recovery purposes) between the first storage cluster and the second storage cluster utilizing zero-copy ownership change operations based upon the set of load balancing metrics. For example, if the first storage cluster is experiencing a relatively heavier load of client I/O operations and the second storage cluster has available resources, ownership of a storage aggregate and a storage virtual machine may be switched from the first storage cluster to the second storage cluster for load balancing.

Media broadcasting method, server, terminal device, and storage medium

A media broadcasting method includes: receiving, by a server, a playing request transmitted by a terminal device, the playing request requesting to play media segments; querying, by the server, a segment index file of the media segments according to the playing request; determining, by the server, a target segment set according to the segment index file of the media segments, the target segment set comprising segments for which the terminal device has playing authority in the media segments; determining, by the server, a target segment index file corresponding to the target segment set; and transmitting, by the server, the target segment index file to the terminal device.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING A WEBSITE CONTAINING VIDEO PLAYLISTS AS INPUT TO A DOWNLOAD MANAGER

Systems and methods for enabling the download of a set of media files with a specific order and specific contents and, more particularly, to enabling a download manager to automatically receive the information it requires to retrieve those elements required to replicate a streaming edit through local playback after the downloads complete.

SYSTEM FOR SERVICE USAGE REPORTING

A method for reporting information related to the consumption of the audio-visual content is provided. The method comprises: reporting the information including component; wherein the component is comprised of a component type, a component role, a component name, a component ID and time interval information, wherein the component type includes audio, video, closed caption, and application, the component role presents a role or kind of the component, the component name indicates a string representing a human name of the component, the component ID indicates a string representing a component identifier, and the time interval information which includes a start time and an end time.

Methods, circuits, devices, systems and associated computer executable code for distributed content caching and delivery

Disclosed are methods, circuits, devices, systems and associated computer executable code for distributed content caching and delivery. An access or gateway network may include two or more gateway nodes integral or otherwise functionally associated with a caching unit. Each of the caching units may include: (a) a caching repository, (b) caching/delivery logic and (c) an inter-cache communication module. Caching logic of a given caching unit may include content characterization functionality for generating one or more characterization parameters associated with and/or derived from content entering a gateway node with which the given caching unit is integral or otherwise functionally associated. Content characterization parameters generated by a characterization module of a given caching unit may be compared with content characterization parameters of content already cached in: one or more cache repositories of the given caching unit, and one or more cache repositories of other caching units ...

Method and apparatus for streaming media content to client devices

A method and apparatus for streaming media content to a client device includes a server providing, for the client device, a variant playlist file that identifies a plurality of variant streams having different encoded bitrates; tracking sequence numbers of a first set of media segments downloaded by the client device from a first playlist file that corresponds to the first variant stream encoded at a first bitrate; receiving, from the client device, a request for a second playlist file that identifies a second set of media segments from a second variant stream encoded at a second bitrate; determining whether to identify, in the second playlist file, at least one media segment in the second set of media segments that has a same sequence number as any of the media segments, from the first variant stream, downloaded by the client device; and providing, to the client device, the second playlist file.

Image display of a centerline of tubular structure

Systems and methods for determining a centerline of a tubular structure from volumetric data of vessels where a contrast agent was injected into the blood stream to enhance the imagery for centerlining. Given a 3D array of scalar values and a first and second point, the system and methods iteratively find a path from the start position to the end position that lies in the center of a tubular structure. A user interface may be provided to visually present and manipulate a centerline of the tubular structure and the tubular structure itself.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING FREE VIEWPOINT VIDEO

Provided is a method of providing a plurality of images on the basis of meta information about a free viewpoint relation. In this case, the plurality of images includes a reference image and a surrounding image. Accordingly, a user at a remote site may view one piece of content at various viewpoints and the accessibility and convenience of use may be improved.

PROTECTING CONTENT-STREAM PORTIONS FROM MODIFICATION OR REMOVAL

Systems and methods are described to enable delivery of streaming content while inhibiting or preventing removal, blocking, or skipping of portions within that streaming content. A content delivery system can generate a manifest indicating content portions that form the streaming content. Each content portion can be identified in the manifest using a concealed identifier, which conceals the actual identifier of the content portion from the client to inhibit or prevent the client from automatically removing or modifying the content portion. On receiving a request for a content portion, the content delivery system can convert the concealed identifier into the actual identifier, and return the appropriate content portion to the client. In some instances, the specific identifiers included within a concealed manifest may be modified or adapted based on monitoring information of the client device, to ensure clients view given portions of streaming content.

System and Method for Monitoring Whole Home Digital Video Recorder Usage for Internet Protocol Television

The subject disclosure describes identifying a table associated with a set-top box that receives services from equipment of a video head-end office, where the table indicates that the set-top box has requested a video stream that would exceed a first number of video streams allocated to the set-top box and would exceed a bandwidth configuration, detecting a conflicting event according to information in the table, reconfiguring the bandwidth configuration allocated to the plurality of set-top boxes to resolve the conflicting event, determining a second number of video streams requested by the plurality of set-top boxes when the conflicting event occurred, determining a third number of video streams to resolve the conflicting event based on a difference between the first number of video streams and the second number of video streams, and instructing the equipment to provide the third number of video streams to the set-top box. Other embodiments are disclosed. 1. A machine-readable storage medium , comprising executable instructions that , when executed by a processing system including a processor , facilitate performance of operations , comprising:determining a bandwidth configuration of a plurality of customer premises equipment that receive services from equipment of a video head-end office of an interactive television network;receiving a request for a video stream from among the services from a first equipment of the plurality of the customer premises equipment;detecting a conflicting event based on a determination that supplying the video stream to the first equipment would exceed the bandwidth configuration of the plurality of the customer premises equipment; andupdating the bandwidth configuration based on a number of times that other conflicting events were created by the first equipment.2. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise determining whether to reconfigure the bandwidth configuration of the first ...

SHARED NAVIGATIONAL INFORMATION BETWEEN VEHICLES

A system for vehicle to another party communications that includes a vehicle personality module adapted to create a vehicle personality and a communications system that utilizes the created vehicle personality for one or more communications instead of a user's profile. The one or more communications are associated with one or more of an identifier and an icon representing the vehicle personality, with this identifier and/or icon sent with at least one communication and displayable to the recipient of the communication.

Network-based content storage

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for network-based storage of requested content are provided. A request for a content item may be received by a content storage device from a customer. Portions of the content item may be extracted from the content item. The content storage device may store the extracted portions of the content item specific to the customer. Additionally, the remainder of the content item may be stored by the content storage device separately from the stored extracted portion. The content item may be reconstructed for the customer using the extracted portions of the content item specific to the customer and the remainder of the content item.

Media Processing in a Content Delivery Network

An intermediary node, such as an edge node, in a content delivery network (CDN) intercepts a media transmission en-route to a client device. The media transmission and a client profile are analyzed to determine if the media requires additional processing to provide a customized media format before the media is routed to the client device. During message delivery in a CDN, an intermediary edge node intercepts a request for media content from a client device and determines a customized content format based on the request and the client profile before routing the request to an appropriate server.

Systems and methods for securely providing adaptive bit rate streaming media content on-demand

A system for securely providing adaptive bit rate streaming media content on-demand may include a security server of a program distributor that selects, based on a received authorized request, which of a differently encrypted stored versions of a “special segment” of the requested program to deliver to the receiving device during the transmission of the requested program. The selection may be based on a pseudo-random selection process per request for the program based on an identifier of the request associated with the remote control device. The selection of which of the differently encrypted stored versions of the “special segment” of the ordered program to deliver may be=based on the current session. The secure remote then sends to the receiving device the correct decryption key for the receiving device to decrypt the particular encrypted version selected of the “special segment” to be sent to the receiving device.

Fragment server directed device fragment caching

The media stream delivery system encodes and fragments media streams into numerous media stream fragments maintained on fragment servers. Devices obtain fragments to reconstruct media streams including live real-time media streams for playback on the devices. A device may perform caching of media stream fragments so that particular fragments need not be accessed again from a fragment server. A fragment server or even a content provider can analyze and monitor characteristics of media streams, viewing behavior, content popularity, etc., to identify fragments for caching at the playback devices. Caching indicators along with time period indicators may be included in the media stream fragments.

Creation and presentation of selective digital content feeds

Methods and systems for creating and presentation of selective digital content feeds are disclosed. A user can design a selective feed comprised of video feed items, for example. An aggregation system searches two or more Internet services specified by the user to gather feed items. Those feed items are filtered according to a media type, such as video, such that each feed item is a video or has a link to a video. The feed items are gathered for presentment with a user interface that allows playback of the video feed items organized in some way, such as ascending order. For one embodiment, Internet video content is gathered from various sources to provide a consistent interface to the video content without the need to navigate all over the web to manually locate each video item.

Simultaneous video streaming across multiple channels

Methods and systems for a media controller subsystem that can provide video streaming using a distributed network control server, media server, and virtual network console on a common processing or circuit board and filter and apply restrictions to media content based on one or more of the identity of the vehicle occupant requesting media content, the identity of a portable computational device associated with the vehicle occupant, and the spatial location of the vehicle occupant and/or remote computational device.

Methods, systems, and media for presenting media content items belonging to a media content group

Methods, systems, and media for presenting media content items belonging to a media content group are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: retrieving metadata associated with video content segments, wherein the metadata includes user metadata, description metadata, and time metadata; generating subsets of video content segments from the video content segments based on the user metadata, wherein each of the subsets of video content segments is grouped into media content groups by: normalizing the description metadata; determining a similarity score between the normalized description metadata for a first video content segment and a second video content segment in the subset of video content segments; and determining whether to place the each of the first and second video content segments into a media content group based on the similarity score; arranging the video content segments within each of the media content groups based on time metadata; and causing at least one of the ...

Method and system for providing file

A method and a system for providing a file. The method of providing a file by using at least one server linked with a plurality of terminals through a network, the method includes: determining whether there exists a destination terminal which stores a requested specific video-on-demand (VOD) file by searching a database which stores a list of VOD files stored in the plurality of terminals, when a request terminal that is one of the plurality of terminals requests a specific VOD file to be transmitted; and transmitting access information of the destination terminal to the request terminal when there exists the destination terminal and transmitting the requested specific VOD file to the request terminal when there exists no destination terminal. Accordingly, a VOD content is directly transmitted among terminals under a control of a VOD server, when a VOD service is provided. Therefore, it is possible to remarkably reduce a load of the VOD server by reducing traffic which was concentrated ...

Method for configurable sharing of server resources to user requested multimedia applications

A method for configurable sharing of server resources in response to a user requested multimedia application, comprises the steps of receiving user application parameters (reqAppBWPar1) associated to said requested multimedia application (req(reqAppBWPar1)), a step of verifying whether said requested multimedia application with said user application parameters can be accepted in view of available server resources boundary conditions, whereby, if said requested user application can be accepted, enabling said requested multimedia application to provide its multimedia data to an associated buffer with said user application parameters. A controller for performing the method and a server are as well disclosed.

Method and apparatus for implementing seamless playback of continuous media feeds

A method and system for storing a continuous feed of video is provided. According to one aspect of the invention, the continuous feed is encoded in a digital video format to produce a digital data stream. A series of content files is created by repeatedly performing the steps of (1) storing the digital data stream in a current file, and (2) establishing a new file as the current file when the current file satisfies a predetermined condition. If the series of content files contains more than a predetermined amount of the continuous feed, the oldest content file in the series of content files is deleted. Tag information that indicates information about frames contained in the digital data stream is generated. The tag information includes timestamps that indicate timing of frames relative to a beginning of the digital data stream. An initial time value that indicates an absolute time that corresponds to the beginning of the digital data stream. When a request from a client for playback beginning ...

СПОСОБ И СИСТЕМА РАСПРОСТРАНЕНИЯ КОНТЕНТА В СЕТИ ПЕРЕДАЧИ ДАННЫХ СО ВСТРОЕННЫМ МЕХАНИЗМОМ УСЛОВНОГО ДОСТУПА

Изобретение относится к разделу информационных технологий и связи, а именно к доставке видео контента до пользователей в сети передачи данных. Технический результат – повышение защиты от нелегального распространения контента в сети передачи данных. Способ распространения медиаконтента в сети передачи данных, при котором на стороне сервера разбивают оригинальный файл контента на сегменты, создают набор возможных представлений для каждого из сегментов путем создания как минимум одной копии каждого сегмента, и внедрения в каждую из копий каждого сегмента цифрового идентификатора, получают запрос от устройства пользователя на предоставление контента, создают в ответ на упомянутый запрос устройства пользователя указатель загрузки контента, содержащего информацию о каждом сегменте контента в виде ключа сегмента, передают упомянутый указатель загрузки на устройство пользователя, передают на упомянутое устройство пользователя информацию об адресах источников, содержащих сегменты запрошенного контента ...

СИСТЕМА ДЛЯ ПРОВЕДЕНИЯ СОВМЕСТНЫХ КОНФЕРЕНЦИЙ С ИСПОЛЬЗОВАНИЕМ ИНТЕРАКТИВНОГО ПОТОКОВОГО ВИДЕО

Изобретение относится к средствам распространения интерактивного потокового видео. Технический результат заключается в уменьшении времени ожидания получения интерактивного потового видео. Принимают в конкретном серверном центре службы хостинга передачу из клиентского устройства по пакетной сети, причем передача включает в себя запрос на воспроизведение выбранной твич видеоигры или приложения. Исполняют в упомянутом конкретном серверном центре службы хостинга выбранную твич видеоигру или приложение на одном или нескольких серверах и, таким образом, формируют поток несжатого потокового интерактивного видео. Сжимают в упомянутом конкретном серверном центре службы хостинга поток несжатого потокового интерактивного видео и, таким образом, создают поток сжатого с малым временем ожидания потокового интерактивного видео. Передают поток сжатого с малым временем ожидания потокового интерактивного видео в клиентское устройство по пакетной сети, причем сжатое с малым временем ожидания потоковое интерактивное ...

СИСТЕМА И СПОСОБ УЛУЧШЕНИЯ РАБОТЫ МЕДИАСЕРВЕРА

Изобретение относится к средствам автоматической настройки серверов. Технический результат заключается в увеличении скорости работы сервера. Серверное устройство принимает от устройства пункта управления сообщения относительно запроса, причем это сообщение включает указание на то, что устройством пункта управления будут сделаны последующие связанные запросы. Выполняют по меньшей мере одно ответное действие в ответ на это указание, причем это по меньшей мере одно ответное действие связано с улучшением использования ресурсов в серверном устройстве в течение по меньшей мере того периода, в котором ожидаются последующие связанные запросы. Предоставляют первый набор результатов в устройство пункта управления в ответ на запрос. 8 н. и 28 з.п. ф-лы, 6 ил.

СИСТЕМА И СПОСОБ СЖАТИЯ ИНТЕРАКТИВНОГО ПОТОКОВОГО ВИДЕО

Способ, содержащий: ! прием запроса центром службы хостинга от пользователя для присоединения к интерактивной игре для нескольких игроков, уже исполняющейся в текущий момент, ! определение того, может ли пользователь присоединиться к упомянутой интерактивной игре для нескольких игроков, исходя из набора критериев, который включает в себя время ожидания канала связи, связанного с пользователем, ! загрузку упомянутой интерактивной игры для нескольких игроков на сервер, ! выдачу команды в сеть входящей маршрутизации для передачи управляющих сигналов, принятых от пользователя, в игровой сервер, осуществляющий хостинг упомянутой интерактивной игры для нескольких игроков, ! синхронизация сжатия видео, связанного с упомянутой интерактивной игрой для нескольких игроков, как между пользователем и другими игроками, уже ведущими игру.

ОКОНЕЧНОЕ

... 1. Оконечное устройство, содержащее:блок извлечения, выполненный с возможностью извлечения данных сигнатуры, указывающих на свойство контента, из упомянутого контента, подлежащего воспроизведению;блок генерирования запроса, выполненный с возможностью генерирования запроса, содержащего по меньшей мере упомянутые извлеченные данные сигнатуры;блок связи, выполненный с возможностью передачи упомянутого сгенерированного запроса на устройство сервера и приема ответа, возвращаемого упомянутым устройством сервера в ответ на упомянутый запрос; иблок выполнения приложения, выполненный с возможностью получения приложения на основании URL (Унифицированный Указатель Ресурса) приложения, содержащего записанную по меньшей мере идентификационную информацию приложения, при этом упомянутый URL приложения содержится в упомянутом ответе, и исполнения упомянутого приложения.2. Оконечное устройство по п. 1, в котором,информация о времени исполнения, указывающая время исполнения упомянутого приложения, дополнительно ...

УСТРОЙСТВО И СПОСОБ ВЫПОЛНЕНИЯ ИНТЕРАКТИВНОГО ЗАПРОСА СОДЕРЖАНИЯ, НАХОДЯЩЕГОСЯ В СЕТЕВОМ КОМПЬЮТЕРОМ МУЗЫКАЛЬНОМ АВТОМАТЕ

... 1. Способ выбора содержания в цифровом аудиовизуальном устройстве воспроизведения, содержащий этапы, на которых сохраняют цифровые мультимедийные данные в запоминающем устройстве; формируют запрос на цифровое мультимедийное содержание с пользовательского интерфейса, удаленного от цифрового аудиовизуального устройства воспроизведения, идентифицирующий цифровое аудиовизуальное устройство воспроизведения и выбранные сохраненные цифровые мультимедийные данные для воспроизведения посредством идентифицированного цифрового аудиовизуального устройства воспроизведения; передают запрос на цифровое мультимедийное содержание по линии связи на средство управления; и передают идентифицированные цифровые мультимедийные данные с помощью средства управления на цифровое аудиовизуальное устройство воспроизведения для воспроизведения идентифицированных цифровых мультимедийных данных посредством цифрового аудиовизуального устройство воспроизведения. 2. Способ по п.1, в котором этап передачи запроса на цифровое ...

МЕДИАПРОИГРЫВАТЕЛЬ С ПОДДЕРЖКОЙ ТЕХНОЛОГИИ SMART TV И СПОСОБ НАСТРОЙКИ НА НЁМ ХОДА ВОСПРОИЗВЕДЕНИЯ, И ТЕЛЕВИЗИОННЫЙ ПРИЕМНИК С ПОДДЕРЖКОЙ ТЕХНОЛОГИИ SMART TV

СПОСОБ СГЛАЖИВАНИЯ РАБОЧЕЙ НАГРУЗКИ НА СЕРВЕР

... 1. Способ сглаживания рабочей нагрузки сервера транзакций, исполняющего обрабатывающие операции в ответ на запросы, передаваемые терминалами, расположенными удаленно и отдельно друг от друга, содержащий этапы, на которых:вычисляют (146) после или во время первого соединения между терминалом и сервером запланированную дату, в которую терминалу надлежит установить второе соединение с сервером транзакций для передачи ему упомянутого запроса,активируют (162) установку второго соединения с помощью упомянутого терминала в зависимости от вычисленной запланированной даты так, чтобы второе соединение устанавливалось только после наступления упомянутой запланированной даты,составляют (158) план рабочей нагрузки для сервера транзакций в соответствии с вычисленными запланированными датами, причем план рабочей нагрузки связывает с каждой возможной датой прогнозную рабочую нагрузку для упомянутого сервера транзакций в упомянутую дату,при этом для каждого терминала записывают (100) моменты переключения ...

МИКРОВОЛНОВАЯ ИНТЕРАКТИВНАЯ ДИСТРИБУТИВНАЯ ИНФОРМАЦИОННАЯ СИСТЕМА "МИДИС"

... 1. Микроволновая интерактивная дистрибутивная информационная система, имеющая центральную станцию (ЦС) (1) и по меньшей мере одну абонентскую станцию (АС) 23, причем ЦС (1) имеет ненаправленную антенну (7), головную приемную станцию (15) обратного канала, оснащенную по меньшей мере одним понижающим конвертором (16) обратного канала, выход которого подключен на вход блока (17) разделения, имеющего от 1 до N выходов, соединенных с входами демодуляторов (19) обратного канала, и АС (23) имеет антенну (27), которая через дуплексер (26) соединена с передатчиком (25) обратного канала (повышающим конвертором), у которого вход соединен с блоком модулятора (29) обратного канала и с понижающим конвертором (25), а выход подключен к демодулятору (24) прямого канала, отличающаяся тем, что в состав ЦС (1) введены по меньшей мере один ствол (2) передачи данных прямого канала, включающий формирователь (3) прямого канала, выход которого через модулятор (4) прямого канала соединен с передатчиком (5) прямого ...

VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR NAHTLOSEN WIEDERGABE VON VIDEOPROGRAMMEN

TDMA-Empfänger

Constant bit rate transport in a contention based medium access contro

In a two way cable system that includes a controller and a plurality of user terminals (Fig. 1), a method of granting rights for upstream data transmission from the user terminals includes processing contention requests to generate contention grants and maintaining a list of connections, each connection having specified therefor a predetermined bit rate. The controller sends a downstream data stream to the user terminals and receives an upstream data stream from the user terminals. The downstream data stream includes a plurality of grant fields, and the upstream data stream includes upstream data slots and upstream control slots.

NETWORK CONTROL FOR HEAD PLACES IN CABLE TV SYSTEMS

User controlled multi-device media-on-demand system

A method for providing configurable access to media in a media-on-demand system also can include delivering the media to a first client device in a format compatible with the first client device; interrupting the delivery of the media; recording a bookmark specifying a position in the media where the interruption occurred; and resuming delivery of the media to a second client device, the resumed delivery beginning at a position in the media specified by the recorded bookmark. The method further can include identifying device properties for each of the first and second client devices; delivering the media to the first client device in a format compatible with the identified device properties for the first client device; and, delivering the media to the second client device in a format compatible with the identified device properties for the second client device.

Apparatus and methods for packetized content delivery over a bandwidth-efficient network

Methods and apparatus for providing packetized content to users via a bandwidth-optimized network. In one embodiment, legacy and IPTV streams are carried over the same switched digital infrastructure, and freely intermixed without regard to their encoding or type. A user's selection for IPTV content is transmitted to an IP proxy (such as a gateway apparatus or a headend server), then on to the switched digital server which causes provision of the requested content back to the proxy for formatting. The formatted content is then delivered to the requesting IP-capable device. The entire carrier class program stream is therefore available as IP-encapsulated content to the IP capable devices (and as legacy content to legacy devices) without any significant modifications to the network infrastructure or bandwidth penalty.

Digital domain content processing and distribution apparatus and methods

Methods and apparatus for distributing content using a spectrum generation device. In one embodiment, digital content is received via a time-multiplexed network transport (such as Gigabit Ethernet), and converted to frequency channels suitable for transmission over a content distribution (e.g., Hybrid Fiber Coaxial (HFC)) network. In one variant, the conversion is performed using digital domain processing performed by a full spectrum generation device. Additionally, methods and apparatus for selectively adding, removing, and/or changing digital content from the full spectrum device are also disclosed. Various aspects of the present invention enable physical (infrastructure) consolidation, and software-implemented remote management of content distribution.

Content transmission apparatus, content transmission method, content reproduction apparatus, content reproduction method, program, and content delivery system

A content transmission apparatus includes: a retaining section adapted to retain a high-definition video image content; a reception section adapted to receive picture frame information transmitted from a content reproduction apparatus; a calculation section adapted to calculate a cutout range based on the received picture frame information; a cutout section adapted to cut out the calculated cutout range from the retained high-definition video image content; and a signaling section adapted to signal an arbitrary picture frame content configured from a result of the cutout to the content reproduction apparatus.

System and method for presenting information associated with a media program

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an apparatus having a processor adapted to receive a message from a portable communication device communicatively coupled to a set-top box presenting a media program and to retrieve from the message a media descriptor associated with the media program. The processor is further adapted to identify according to the media descriptor one or more images of one or more performers commonly presented in the media program, to monitor one or more frames of a live media feed including the media program, and compare the one or more human figures to the one or more images of performers. The processor can also be adapted to recognize a performer from the comparison, to retrieve information associated with the performer, and to transmit the information to the portable communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Content upload method and content delivery function entity

The present disclosure discloses a method for uplinking contents and a content delivery function entity. The method is used for uploading the contents or uplinking a media stream generated by a UE to one or more CDN nodes of CDN, and comprises the following steps: after receiving a session initiation request for uploading contents or uplinking a media stream, allocating by a CDN control function entity one or more CDN nodes, and sending a session request to a cluster control function entity of the CDN node; selecting, by the cluster control function entity which receives the session request, a content delivery function entity, establishing a session for uploading the contents or uplinking the media stream between itself and the selected content delivery function entity, and returning session acknowledgement information to the CDN control function entity; and returning, by the CDN control function entity, the received acknowledgement information to a user equipment; uploading the contents or uplinking the media stream according to the acknowledgement information by the user equipment to each content delivery function entity selected by the cluster control function entity. According to the present disclosure, the content delivery network in the next generation network can support user-generated contents.

Variable Bit Video Streams for Adaptive Streaming

One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for adapting playback bit rate in a content delivery system based on scene complexity of the video content as well as network conditions and other performance factors. A scene complexity map of the video content indicates the complexity levels of different scenes within the video content. Using the scene complexity map, a content player may download scenes of lower scene complexity levels from video streams encoded to lower bit rates to manage the bandwidth consumed to download the video content and allow for the downloading of scenes of higher complexity levels from video streams encoded to higher bit rates.

Method and apparatus for manipulating video content

An apparatus and method for manipulating video content that includes accessing, from a server, a list of one or more Internet Protocol television (IPTV) devices and selecting an IPTV device from the list. The server provides a content list of content that may be played on the selected IPTV device. The secondary device provides a control function and reachability (availability to communicate) of the selected IPTV device is determined by the server. The execution of the control function provided by the secondary device is independent of whether the selected IPTV device is reachable or not.

Trick mode technique for a bandwidth limited channel

A method for transmitting frames of fast trick mode video commences by detecting whether a frame of the fast trick video constitute an I-frame, and if so, then replacing the I frame with a dummy B-frame to maintain a target bandwidth. If the frame of video trick mode data constitutes at least one of a B or P frame, then that frame and the frame(s) predicted by the at least one B or P frame is replaced with a dummy B-frame.

Creation and presentation of selective digital content feeds

Methods and systems for creating and presentation of selective digital content feeds are disclosed. A user can design a selective feed comprised of video feed items, for example. An aggregation system searches two or more Internet services specified by the user to gather feed items. Those feed items are filtered according to a media type, such as video, such that each feed item is a video or has a link to a video. The feed items are gathered for presentment with a user interface that allows playback of the video feed items organized in some way, such as ascending order. For one embodiment, Internet video content is gathered from various sources to provide a consistent interface to the video content without the need to navigate all over the web to manually locate each video item.

System and Method for Providing an Adjunct Device in a Content Delivery Network

A cache server receives content and an instruction indicating an event associated with the content that causes a processor to invoke a call out to an adjunct device. The instruction further indicates an operation that the adjunct device is to perform. The cache server detects the event associated with the content, halts a flow of the content in response to detecting the event associated with the content, passes via the call out the content to the adjunct device to perform the operation, receives from the adjunct device a response and resulting data from the operation, and performs an additional operation on the resulting data based on the response from the adjunct device.

Digital Television Channel Trending

Channel trending, including determining a number of viewers watching a multimedia program, is achieved in a digital television network. Cached multimedia frames that correspond to portions of the multimedia program are maintained, for example, on a device located on an edge (i.e., in a network edge device) of the digital television network. In response to a request from a client device (e.g., a set-top box) to receive the multimedia program, cached multimedia frames are fed from the edge device to the client device. Upon a seamless transfer or handoff resulting in a simulcast replicator or multicast replicator providing further portions of the multimedia program, a signal (e.g., a simple network management protocol TRAP statement) is sent to a viewership statistic server for incrementing a counter.

Media Recorder

Systems and methods enabling the recording of a wide variety of online media for storage and later consumption are disclosed. The media can include audio, video, images, text and multi-media. The stored recordings can be played on internet-enabled devise such as televisions, mobile phones, personal computers, tablets, game systems, or the like. Recording is optionally accomplished using distributed recorders each making use of a virtualized browser.

Tailoring content to be delivered to mobile device based upon features of mobile device

A method for delivering tailored specific content to a mobile device. A shim application is provided to the mobile device by a content server after the mobile device visits the content server for the first time. The shim application detects the capabilities of the mobile device, such as the screen size, screen resolution, memory size, browser capabilities, etc. The shim application then includes such information in the header of the requests, such as a request for content, sent from the mobile device to the content server. The content server then generates the requested content in the appropriate format based on the information provided in the header. In this manner, the content server will now be able to ensure that the content provided by the content server for a particular mobile device will be appropriately displayed on the mobile device.

Systems and Methods of Providing Modified Media Content

A method includes processing media content. The media content includes audio data corresponding to a first audio playback rate and video data corresponding to a first video playback rate. Processing the media content includes identifying a speech portion of the audio data. The speech portion includes a consonant portion. The method further includes producing modified media content. The modified media content is produced based on modifying the video data and modifying the audio data. Modifying the audio data includes applying a non-linear transformation to the speech portion identified in the audio data. The method further includes storing the modified media content.

Video session shifting using a provider network

A method includes receiving a request for a video program from a user device. A user account associated with the user device is identified. The method may also include identifying a latest viewing point for the video program based on the user account. A video segment playlist may be generated based on the latest viewing point. The video segment playlist identifies one or more video segments of the video program. The video segment playlist may be provided to the user device. The user device is operable to request the one or more video segments.

Adaptive streaming to multicast and constrained-fidelity constant bit rate encoding

This disclosure describes and adaptive bit rate encoding and distribution techniques for conserving bandwidth usage in a channel. The invention comprises, an encoder or transcoder, a video fragmenter, a video-quality analyzer that output complexity values, a streaming server, a process by which individual fragments are selected for distribution, a video-quality threshold, and, optionally a bandwidth reclamation factor. A video-quality analyzer inspects any combination of the input and output of the encoder, transcoder, or fragmenter, and produces a video-quality metric for each fragment. A fragment-selection process responds to request from a client device. If the video-quality value of the fragment requested exceeds the video-quality threshold, a different fragment having a lower vide-quality value is selected instead. Otherwise, the fragment that would have been selected is selected. In some embodiments, the video-quality threshold can be dynamically adjusted to permit varying amounts of bandwidth reclamation.

Method and system for managing bandwidth

A bandwidth management system, receiver, and method of managing bandwidth in a content delivery system are described. In one embodiment, the method includes: identifying two or more content items which are associated with at least some common content and which are temporally related; determining a relative priority of the least some of the identified content items; and allowing a receiver requesting the content associated with a lower priority content item to access a multicast associated with a higher priority content item.

System and method for monitoring whole home digital video recorder usage for internet protocol television

The subject disclosure describes identifying a table associated with a set-top box that receives services from equipment of a video head-end office, where the table indicates that the set-top box has requested a video stream that would exceed a first number of video streams allocated to the set-top box and would exceed a bandwidth configuration, detecting a conflicting event according to information in the table, reconfiguring the bandwidth configuration allocated to the plurality of set-top boxes to resolve the conflicting event, determining a second number of video streams requested by the plurality of set-top boxes when the conflicting event occurred, determining a third number of video streams to resolve the conflicting event based on a difference between the first number of video streams and the second number of video streams, and instructing the equipment to provide the third number of video streams to the set-top box. Other embodiments are disclosed.

User Interfaces For Web-Based Video Player

A system, method and various user interfaces enable association of advertising content with requested shared video content for access via a web-based video player. Advertising content is provided selectively in conjunction with playback of video content. Selection of how and where advertising is displayed is based on a flexibly managed balance between providing sufficiently noticeable opportunities to access advertising information and preserving a satisfying viewer experience in watching requested video content.

Computer system and process for transferring multiple high bandwidth streams of data between multiple storage units and multiple applications in a scalable and reliable manner

Multiple applications request data from multiple storage units over a computer network. The data is divided into segments and each segment is distributed randomly on one of several storage units, independent of the storage units on which other segments of the media data are stored. At least one additional copy of each segment also is distributed randomly over the storage units, such that each segment is stored on at least two storage units. This random distribution of multiple copies of segments of data improves both scalability and reliability. When an application requests a selected segment of data, the request is processed by the storage unit with the shortest queue of requests. Random fluctuations in the load applied by multiple applications on multiple storage units are balanced nearly equally over all of the storage units. This combination of techniques results in a system which can transfer multiple, independent high-bandwidth streams of data in a scalable manner in both directions between multiple applications and multiple storage units.

Wireless video uplink system that wirelessly broadcasts a network access provider identifier

A wireless access system comprises a base station and a control system. The base station wirelessly broadcasts a pilot signal including a network access provider identifier that identifies a wireless video service. The base station wirelessly receives a wireless video uplink request from a wireless video device in response to the pilot signal. The control system processes reservation data for the base station to determine if the wireless video device has a current wireless video uplink reservation and directs the base station to provide a wireless video uplink to the wireless video device if the wireless video device has the current wireless video uplink reservation. The base station wirelessly receives video data from the wireless video device over the wireless video uplink as directed by the control system.

Method and apparatus for fast channel change

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for implementing FCC. The method mainly includes: receiving, by a fast channel change FCC server, a plurality of FCC requests concurrently sent by the same user, and obtaining, rates of a plurality of channels corresponding to the plurality of FCC requests; and when the FCC server determines that the rates of the plurality of channels do not belong to the same rate range, respectively performing channel change processing for the plurality of FCC requests. The embodiments of the present invention may be applied to a scenario in which FCC is concurrently performed corresponding to a large picture and a channel corresponding to a small picture of the same user, and ensure that FCC of the channel corresponding to the large picture and FCC of the channel corresponding to the small picture do not interfere with each other.

Broadcasting Links to Enhanced Content

A computer-implemented method includes receiving, from a secondary computing device, a request for enhanced content for a media program, the request comprising information indicative of a communication channel through which the media program is being displayed on a primary computing device; receiving broadcast information indicative of enhanced content for a plurality of communication channels; extracting, from the broadcast information indicative of enhanced content for the plurality of communication channels, broadcast information indicative of enhanced content for the communication channel through which the media program is being displayed on the primary computing device; obtaining, based on the extracted broadcast information, a link to enhanced content for the media program; and sending, to the secondary computing device, the link to enhanced content for the media program.

Interactive product placement system and method therefor

A method for presenting advertisements for commercial products in video productions, whereby the commercial product is placed in the video production as an element of the video production. A viewer is enabled to interact with the video production to select the product. Information is then displayed about the selected product; and the viewer is enabled to purchase the selected product.

Method and System for Generating a Smart Time-Lapse Video Clip

An electronic device with a display, processor(s), and memory displays a video monitoring user interface including a video feed from a camera located remotely from the client device in a first region and an event timeline in a second region, the event timeline including event indicators for motion events previously detected by the camera. The electronic device detects a user input selecting a portion of the event timeline, where the selected portion of the event timeline includes a subset of the event indicators. In response to the user input, the electronic device causes generation of a time-lapse video clip of the selected portion of the event timeline. The electronic device displays the time-lapse video clip, where motion events corresponding to the subset of the event indicators are played at a slower speed than the remainder of the selected portion of the event timeline.

HEALTH STATISTICS AND COMMUNICATIONS OF ASSOCIATED VEHICLE USERS

Methods and systems for a complete vehicle ecosystem are provided. Specifically, systems that when taken alone, or together, provide an individual or group of individuals with an intuitive and comfortable vehicular environment. The present disclosure includes a system that provides various outputs based on a user profile and determined context. An output provided by the present disclosure can change a configuration of a vehicle, device, building, and/or a system associated with the user profile. The configurations can include comfort and interface settings that can be adjusted based on the user profile information. Further, the user profiles can track health data related to the user and make adjustments to the configuration to assist the health of the user. 1. A method , comprising:detecting a presence of at least one user in a vehicle;determining an identity of the at least one user;receiving data associated with the at least one user, wherein the data includes biometric information;detecting a deviation between the received data and an established baseline biometric profile associated with the at least one user; anddetermining, based at least partially on the detected deviation, to provide an output configured to address the deviation.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein prior to receiving data associated with the at least one user the method further comprises:determining the baseline biometric profile associated with the at least one user; andstoring the determined baseline biometric profile in a user profile memory associated with the at least one user.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the presence of the at least one user inside the vehicle further comprises:detecting a person via at least one image sensor associated with the vehicle.4. The method of claim 3 , wherein determining the identity of the at least one user further comprises:identifying facial features associated with the person detected via the at least one image sensor; anddetermining ...

VIDEO DISTRIBUTION SERVER AND VIDEO DISTRIBUTION METHOD

According to one embodiment, a video distribution server includes an SSD, a counter, a determination unit, an output unit, and a first and second distribution controller. The first distribution controller, when target content data of a request belongs to a preferential data, reads the target content data from the SSD. The first distribution controller buffers the read target content data in a first storage area included in the output unit, and distributes the buffered target content data to a request source. The first distribution controller caches the read target content data in a second storage area included in the output unit. When the first distribution controller receives a request for the target content data after the caching of the target content data, the first distribution controller distributes the cached target content data to a request source. 1. A video distribution server comprising:a Solid State Drive (SSD) in which a plurality of content data are written;a counter configured to, when distribution of one of the plurality of content data written in the SSD is requested, increment a counter value of the content data for which distribution is requested;a determination unit configured to determine whether the requested content data belongs to preferential data having ordinal numbers preset in descending order of counter value, by comparing counter values of the individual content data;an output unit including a first storage area which buffers content data read from the SSD, and a second storage area which caches content data read from the SSD, and configured to distribute one of content data buffered in the first storage area and content data cached in the second storage area; receive a first distribution request;', 'when first target content data as a target of the first distribution request belongs to the preferential data, read the first target content data from the SSD;', 'buffer the read first target content data in the first storage area;', 'cache ...

System and method for presenting information associated with a media program

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an apparatus having a processor adapted to receive a message from a portable communication device communicatively coupled to a set-top box presenting a media program and to retrieve from the message a media descriptor associated with the media program. The processor is further adapted to identify according to the media descriptor one or more images of one or more performers commonly presented in the media program, to monitor one or more frames of a live media feed including the media program, and compare the one or more human figures to the one or more images of performers. The processor can also be adapted to recognize a performer from the comparison, to retrieve information associated with the performer, and to transmit the information to the portable communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.

MEDIA RESOURCE STORAGE AND MANAGEMENT

A computer-implemented method obtains a plurality of image files, each corresponding to an image in a video stream and builds a common file from a contiguous grouping of the plurality of image files. The video stream has a plurality of contiguous video segments, each having a first video frame, and the plurality of image files correspond to the plurality of first video frames of the plurality of video segments. The plurality of video segments are of approximately equal duration. 1. A computer-implemented method comprising:(A) obtaining a plurality of images, each of said images corresponding to an image in a video stream; (a1) logically splitting the video stream into a number of contiguous segments, each segment having a corresponding start point, and each start point having a corresponding video frame associated therewith; and', '(a2) for each particular segment of the segments, determining a start video frame corresponding substantially to the start point of said particular segment, and forming a particular image corresponding to said start video frame, whereby said plurality of images correspond to said start video frames;, 'wherein the obtaining in (A) comprises(B) forming a common file comprising a contiguous grouping of the plurality of images; and(C) providing said common file.2. The method of wherein said video stream comprises a plurality of contiguous video segments claim 1 , each of said video segments having a first video frame claim 1 , and wherein the plurality of images correspond to the plurality of first video frames of the plurality of video segments.3. The method of wherein the plurality of video segments are of approximately equal duration.4. The method of wherein the obtaining in (A) comprises:(a3) determining n distinct locations in the video stream;{'b': 1', '2, '(a4) determining n video frames F, F, . . . , Fn, by, for each location j of said n distinct locations, determining a corresponding video frame Fj, wherein said plurality of images ...

SYSTEM FOR ADDRESSING ON-DEMAND TV PROGRAM CONTENT ON TV SERVICES PLATFORM OF A DIGITAL TV SERVICES PROVIDER

Video content is uploaded via the Internet to a video-on-demand (VOD) server identified by a title and a hierarchical address of categories and subcategories for categorizing the title. The VOD server converts and stores the video content at a storage address in a video content database linked to the title. The title is listed in a location of an electronic program guide (EPG) using the same categories and subcategories as in its hierarchical address. Any TV subscriber can access the EPG and navigate through its categories and subcategories to find a title for viewing on the TV. This can enable many new blogging or podcasting-like programs by popular “Hosts” to be self-published on the Internet and readily navigated for display on TV. The EPG can also store TV program addresses as bookmarks and allow them to be shared with other subscribers or with friends and contacts online by sending to their email addresses. 1. An interactive application stored in non-volatile memory on an Internet-connected digital device associated with a subscriber of a video-on-demand system , the interactive application including computer program instructions executable by the Internet-connected digital device to perform at least the following steps:a) transmitting, from the Internet-connected digital device to a first digital television provider system via the Internet using IP protocol, login credentials associated with a subscriber account of the subscriber;b) receiving, by the Internet-connected digital device via the Internet using IP protocol, the electronic authorization for the interactive application to access privileges associated with the subscriber account of the subscriber; i. category information including first category information,', 'ii. subcategory information including first subcategory information, and', 'iii. title information including first title information of a first title;, 'c) obtaining, during a TV viewing session by the interactive application via the Internet ...

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO TRANSMISSION

An objective of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for video transmission, wherein the video is initially stored in one or more other network devices. The method comprises receiving a second request for a video from a user equipment; forwarding the second request to other network device corresponding to the second request; determining a manner of obtaining the video based on a response, received from the other network device, to the second request; and transmitting the video obtained based on the manner of obtaining the video to the user equipment. Compared with the prior art, by uniformly determining a manner of obtaining a video and transmitting the obtained video to the user equipment the present invention, the present invent on lowers deployment difficulty, reduces bandwidth resource demands, and enhances the video sharing degree. 1. A method for video transmission in a network device , wherein the video is initially stored in one or more other network devices , wherein the method comprises:receiving a second request for a video from a user equipment;forwarding the second request to other network device corresponding to the second request;determining an obtaining manner for the video based on a response to the second request as received from the other network device;sending the video obtained based on said obtaining manner for the video to the user equipment.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving a second request for a video from a user equipment comprises:receiving a second request for the video from a user equipment, said second request being transmitted based on a response of other network device to a first request by the user equipment for the video on said other network device.3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein in the forwarding the second request to other network device corresponding to the second request claim 2 , said other network device corresponding to the second request is the other network device ...

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ADAPTIVE MULTIMEDIA SERVICE

An apparatus and a method for providing an adaptive multimedia service in a mobile communication system are provided. The method of providing a multimedia service includes collecting user-preference-aware information, device-capability-aware information, and network-aware information, generating a packet according to a correlation among the user-preference-aware information, the device-capability-aware information, and the network-aware information, and providing a multimedia service according to the generated packet. 1. A method for processing data by entity in a broadcasting system , the method comprising:receiving, by an application layer, cross layer information, wherein the cross layer information includes quality of service (QoS) information provided from an underlying layer to the application layer, and the QoS information is represented as an abstracted fashion to support the heterogeneous networks; andperforming, by the application layer, QoS control based on the QoS information,wherein the cross layer information is exchanged by using network abstraction information between the application layer and the underlying layer,wherein the network abstraction information includes first network abstraction information providing a change ratio of a value of at least one QoS related parameter, andwherein the first network abstraction information includes at least one of first available bit-rate information providing a change ratio of a value of the available bit-rate parameter or first buffer information providing a change ratio of a value of the buffer related parameter.2. The method of claim 1 ,wherein the network abstraction information further includes second network abstraction information providing a value of at least one QoS related parameter, andwherein the second network abstraction information includes at least one of second available bit-rate information providing a value of available bit-rate parameter, second buffer information providing a value of a ...

Video-on-demand content delivery system for providing video-on-demand service to TV service subscribers

A video-on-demand (VOD) content delivery system has a VOD Application Server which manages a database of templates for presentation of video content elements of different selected types categorized in hierarchical order. A web-based Content Management System receives content uploaded online in file formats with metadata for title and topical area, and automatically converts it into video data format compatible with the VOD content delivery system indexed by title and topical area. A User Interface for the system delivers listings data to the viewer's TV indexed by title and topical area specified by the uploaded metadata.

TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, TRANSMITTING METHOD, RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND RECEIVING METHOD

Selective processing of media data is facilitated on a receiving side. 1. A transmitting apparatus , comprising:a transmitter configured to transmit a transmission stream using a plurality of modulation methods, wherein each transmission packet of the transmission stream includes media data and one of the plurality of modulation methods is selected for each transmission packet based on a kind of media included in the respective transmission packet; anda controller configured to insert identification information into a transmission packet, the identification information identifying the kind of media data included in the respective transmission packet,wherein the kind of the media data includes one of audio data of different qualities, video data of different resolutions, or combinations of video and audio data of different resolutions and qualities.2. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit the transmission stream using a physical layer pipe for each of the plurality of modulation methods.3. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitter is configured to selectively assign each of different kinds of the media data to a corresponding one of the plurality of modulation methods claim 1 , andthe transmitter is configured to transmit the transmission packets by modulating the transmission packets using one or more of the plurality of modulation methods.4. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the media data included in the transmission packets are modulated by changing to a different modulation method according to the kind of the media data included in the respective transmission packet claim 3 , andthe kind of the media data is media data that can be reproduced by a respective kind of receiving device.5. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each transmission packet is a packet of an encapsulated layer obtained by encapsulating an IP packet.6. ...

METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DETERMINING MULTIPATH ROUTING FOR PANORAMIC VIDEO CONTENT

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include embodiments receiving a request for portions of video content identifying first packets associated with FoV tiles and second packets associated with OOS tiles for the video content in response to receiving the request. Further embodiments include selecting a first and second communication network to transmit the first and second packets, respectively and configuring a socket API for a MPTCP for a device that includes identifying that the first packets are associated with the FoV tiles, a high priority, and are to be transmitted over the first communication network, and the socket API includes identifying that the second packets are associated with the OOS tiles, a low priority, and are to be transmitted over the second communication network. Additional embodiments include transmitting the first and second packets over the first and second communication network, respectively, using MPTCP. Other embodiments are disclosed. 1. A device , comprising:a processing system including a processor; and receiving a request for a plurality of portions of video content;', 'identifying a first group of packets associated with field of view (FoV) tiles for the video content in response to receiving the request;', 'determining a spatial priority or a temporal priority for the FoV tiles;', 'identifying a second group of packets associated with out of sight (OOS) tiles for the video content in response to receiving the request;', 'determining a spatial priority or a temporal priority for the OOS tiles;', 'selecting a first communication network to transmit the first group of packets wherein the selecting of the first communication network is based on the spatial priority or the temporal priority for the FoV tiles;', 'selecting a second communication network to transmit the second group of packets, wherein the selecting of the second communication network is based on the spatial priority or the temporal priority of the OOS tiles;', ' ...

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLAYING VIDEO

Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method and apparatus for playing a video. A specific embodiment of the method includes: in response to detecting a target video is played to an image frame associated with a time node, pausing the playing of the target video, the target video being acquired from a server by a smart device in response to receiving a video playing voice command in a form of voice; sending to the server a request for acquiring voice interactive content corresponding to the time node; receiving the voice interactive content returned by the server; and playing the received voice interactive content. According to the embodiment, the interactive interaction with the user performed through a dialogue is implemented during the playing of the video. 1. A method for playing a video , applied on a smart device , comprising:pausing, in response to detecting a target video being played to an image frame associated with a time node, playing of the target video, the target video being acquired by a smart device from a server in response to receiving a video playing voice command in a form of voice;sending to the server a request, for acquiring voice interactive content corresponding to the time node;receiving the voice interactive content returned by the server; andplaying the received voice interactive content.2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:receiving voice feedback of a user on the played voice interactive content;determining whether the voice feedback satisfies a preset condition; andcontinuing, in response to determining the voice feedback satisfying the preset condition, the playing of the target video.3. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising:performing a preset operation in response to determining the voice feedback not satisfying the preset condition.4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the determining whether the voice feedback satisfies a preset condition includes:sending the voice feedback to ...

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PUBLISHING INFORMATION, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION

Embodiments of a method and apparatus for publishing information and a method and apparatus for processing information are provided. An embodiment of the method for publishing information can comprise: receiving a request for publishing a video playing application, the request for publishing including configuration information of the video playing application; applying a preset video interactive template to the video playing application, the video interactive template including a processing logic relating to a video; and publishing, based on the configuration information, the video playing application applied with the video interactive template. According to some embodiments, by applying the preset video interactive template, a developer may complete the development and the publishing of the video playing application without paying attention to the processing logic of the video, thereby effectively reducing the development costs. 1. A method for publishing information , comprising:receiving a request for publishing a video playing application, the request for publishing including configuration information of the video playing application;applying a preset video interactive template to the video playing application, the video interactive template including a processing logic relating to a video; andpublishing, based on the configuration information, the video playing application applied with the video interactive template,wherein the method is performed by at least one hardware processor.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the processing logic includes a first processing logic claim 1 , and the first processing logic includes a logic for processing a request for playing a video and at least one request for: pausing playing claim 1 , continuing playing claim 1 , playing a previous video claim 1 , playing a next video claim 1 , stopping playing claim 1 , adjusting a play progress claim 1 , adjusting a volume claim 1 , or adjusting a brightness.3. The method ...

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SECURE TRANSFER AND PLAYBACK OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT

A method and apparatus for secure transfer and playback of multimedia content enables the secure transfer of multimedia content from a digital video recorder (DVR) to a personal computer (PC) and further to a handheld device. A DVR determines which devices on a Local Area Network (LAN) are authorized to share and/or retrieve content from the DVR. The DVR receives a connection request from a PC on the LAN, authorizes the connection request and establishes a secure connection between the DVR and the PC. Once the secure connection is established, the DVR receives a request for multimedia content from the PC, prepares the multimedia content for transfer and transfers the multimedia content to the PC. 120-. (canceled)21. A method comprising:determining, at a first device, that new media content is stored at the first device;in response to the determining, identifying a transcoded version of the new media content in a format suitable for playback at a third device;transmitting the transcoded version of the new media content to a second device to cause the second device to transfer the transcoded new media content to be displayed on the third device.22. The method of claim 21 , wherein the format suitable for playback at the third device is not suitable for playback at the second device.23. The method of claim 21 , wherein the determining is performed in response to a current schedule.24. The method of claim 21 , wherein the determining is performed in response to a request for new content for the third device from the second device.25. The method of claim 21 , wherein the identifying a transcoded version comprises automatically transcoding the new media content into a transcoded version of the new media content.26. The method of claim 21 , wherein the first device is a digital video recorder.27. The method of claim 21 , wherein the third device is a portable device configured to receive the media content over a local area network or wireless interface.28. The method of ...

Terminal device, relay device, information processing method, program, and content identification system

There is provided a terminal device including a detection unit configured to detect a relay device, a reproduction unit configured to reproduce content, a transmission unit configured to transmit the reproduced content to the detected relay device, and an acquisition unit configured to acquire a response returned from one of identification server devices to the relay device according to a query, the response corresponding to an identification result of the content in such a way that the relay device extracts signature data representing a characteristic of the content from the content, generates the query including at least the extracted signature data, and transmits the generated query to the identification server device to request identification of the content.

Device and method for receiving media content

Provided is a media content receiving method of a media content receiving device. The method includes: receiving information on a content location information file; receiving the content location information file by using the information on the content location information file; measuring a current bandwidth; requesting a first media content through a first network on the basis of the current bandwidth and the content location information file; receiving the first media content through the first network; and consuming the first media content.

Methods and Systems for Detecting Persons in a Smart Home Environment

The various implementations described herein include methods, devices, and systems for detecting motion and persons. In one aspect, a method is performed at a smart home system that includes a video camera, a server system, and a client device. The video camera captures video and audio, and wirelessly communicates, via the server system, the captured data to the client device. The server system: (1) receives and stores the captured data from the video camera; (2) determines whether an event has occurred, including detected motion; (3) in accordance with a determination that the event has occurred, identifies video and audio corresponding to the event; and (4) classifies the event. The client device receives information indicative of the identified events, displays a user interface for reviewing the video and audio stored by the remote server system, and displays the at least one classification for the event. 1. A smart home system , comprising: an image sensor having a field of view and being configured to capture video within the field of view;', 'a microphone configured to capture audio within proximity of the video camera; and', 'a wireless transceiver configured to wirelessly communicate, via a remote server system, the captured video and audio to a remote client device;, 'a video camera for use in a smart home environment, the video camera including receive and store the captured video and audio from the video camera;', 'determine whether an event has occurred, including determining whether motion is detected in the received video;', 'in accordance with a determination that the event has occurred, identify video and audio corresponding to the event; and', 'classify the event into at least one of a plurality of classifications, the classifications including motion detection and person detection; and, 'the remote server system including processors and memory storing first programs executable by the processors, the first programs including a first application ...

CONTENT SERVICE METHOD

The present disclosure relates to a content service method, including at least obtaining tagging information about a content including at least one of section, wherein the tagging information includes identifier of a content, time information and location information of the at least one section, generating additional information of the content based on the obtained tagging information, and transmitting the additional information of the content to a terminal. The at least one section of the content is played out in the terminal based on the additional information. 1. A method of providing a content service by a server , the method comprising:receiving tagging information including at least one of a user comment, video content identification information, posting request information and reproduction time information of a scene;generating an article corresponding to the received tagging information;managing article history/article relevant information on the article generated for each user; andupdating, when additional comment input information is received, the article history/article relevant information based on the additional comment input information; andproviding the updated article history/article relevant information to a terminal device of a user.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the video content identification information includes information on a corresponding video content in which the user comment is input.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the posting request information includes log-in related information.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the article history/article relevant information includes at least one of user identification claim 1 , article information and additional comment input information.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the additional comment input information includes at least one of additional comment information claim 1 , information on a writer and article identification information. The present application is a continuation of U.S. ...

MULTI-VIEW VIDEO STREAMING WITH FAST AND SMOOTH VIEW SWITCH

A video server comprises memory to store video content obtained from multiple camera views; one or more streaming components configured to stream video content to a client application; and one or more frame feeder components. A frame feeder component is configured to access first video content corresponding to a first camera view and provide the first video content to a streaming component; access, in response to a request received at the video server to stream second video content corresponding to a second camera view, intermediate video content corresponding to one or more camera views intermediate to the first and second camera views; and access the second video content, and provide the intermediate video content and the second intermediate video to the streaming component. 1. A video server comprising:memory to store video content obtained from multiple camera views;a streaming component configured to stream video content to a client application; and access first video content corresponding to a first camera view and provide the first video content to a streaming component;', 'access, in response to a request received at the video server to stream second video content corresponding to a second camera view, intermediate video content corresponding to one or more camera views intermediate to the first and second camera views; and', 'access the second video content, and provide the intermediate video content and the second intermediate video to the streaming component., 'a frame feeder component configured to2. The video server of claim 1 ,wherein the memory is arranged as a video frame matrix buffer, including a first matrix dimension corresponding to a specified camera view and a second matrix dimension corresponding to time steps associated with a video frame sampling rate, andwherein the frame feeder component is configured to, in response to receiving a command for a first type of video special effect, traverse the video frame matrix buffer to access video ...

System for Social Media Tag Extraction

A system for extracting and monitoring media tags within video content includes at least one server in communication with a plurality of content sources, the server receiving video content from the content sources, a recorder saving the video content, a detector receiving at least one frame of the video content, the detector detecting one or more unknown text within the frame and creating one or more images, each image associated with one of the one or more unknown text, the detector generating metadata associated with the one or more unknown text appearing in the frame, and an optical character recognition engine scanning the one or more images and converting the one or more images into one or more known text. The server further determines that the one or more known text is a media tag. 1. A system for extracting and tracking media tags within video content , comprising:at least one server in communication with a plurality of content sources, the server receiving video content from the content sources;a recorder saving the video content;a detector receiving at least one frame of the video content, the detector detecting one or more unknown text within the frame and creating one or more images, each image associated with one of the one or more unknown text, the detector generating metadata associated with the one or more unknown text appearing in the frame; andan optical character recognition engine scanning the one or more images and converting the one or more images into one or more known text, each of the one or more known text associated with one of the one or more unknown text;wherein the server determines whether the one or more known text is a media tag.2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the media tag is a trademark claim 1 , logo claim 1 , social media identifier claim 1 , or uniform resource locator address.3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the detector comprises a metadata formatter for generating the metadata associated with the one or more unknown text ...

Method and system for providing video content based on image

Disclosed is a method for providing a content, the method including extracting at least one still image from video included in the content, extracting audio, which corresponds to the still image, and generating a script corresponding to the audio, adding a caption to the still image based on the generated script, and providing the content in response to a request of consumption to the content and providing the caption-added still image for the video that is streaming in real time.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING PROVISION OF MEDIA PROGRAMS DIRECTLY FROM CONTENT PROVIDERS

A method and apparatus for managing a subscription to a plurality of content providers and the irretrievably referring users to an interface of the content provider to directly consume media programs provided by the content providers is disclosed. The method irretrievably passes users to content providers so that the user can view media programs from those content providers using the content provider's application, while providing a central source for users to locate media programs available from a plurality of content providers and to subscribe for access to such media programs. This construct permits content providers to retain control over the user viewing experience and to encourage the user to view further media programs from the same content provider. 1. A method of providing a media program of a plurality of media programs to a user device directly from a selected content provider of a plurality of content providers via a content provider playback application executed by the user device , the playback application provided and maintained by the content provider of the media program , comprising:receiving a registration request having registration information from a user device in a subscription management service, the registration request to subscribe the user to the selected content provider providing the media program;subscribing the user to the selected content provider providing the media program;transmitting program guide information of the plurality of media programs including the media program from the subscription management service to the user device for presentation by the user device;receiving a playback request from the program guide presented by the user device, the playback request comprising a user selection of the media program from the selected content provider for playback exclusively by the content provider playback application executed by the user device, the content provider playback application provided to the user device and maintained ...

System and Method for Presenting Support Services

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, system having a controller to receive from a set-top box (STB) a request for assistance, identify a subscriber account associated with the STB, identify from the subscriber account a subscription grade, select one of a plurality of subscriber support services according to the subscriber grade, and establish communications between the STB and the selected subscriber support service. Other embodiments are disclosed. 1. A device , comprising:a processing system including a processor; anda memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations comprising:receiving from a set-top box a request for assistance;identifying a subscriber account associated with the set-top box;identifying, from the subscriber account, a media service procured by the subscriber;determining a history of purchases of media content at the set-top box;determining a credit history of the subscriber at the set-top box;monitoring for a service upgrade payment at the set-top box;determining an upgraded support service for the subscriber according to the media service procured by the subscriber, the history of purchases of media content, the credit history and the monitoring for the service upgrade payment;selecting a subscriber support service level of a plurality of subscriber support service levels according to the upgraded support service;establishing communications with the set-top box at the subscriber support service level, wherein the communications enable an un-queued video support service at the set-top box, wherein the un-queued video support service comprises a video communication session with a human agent, and wherein the communications further enable an interactive voice response system accessible from the set-top box for servicing the request for assistance;scheduling communications between the set-top box and a selected ...

DISTRIBUTED ARCHITECTURE FOR MOBILE STREAMING CONTENT DELIVERY

A system for providing a distributed architecture for mobile streaming content delivery is disclosed. In particular, the system may include bypassing a master head end facility and its accompanying fiber distribution network to deliver a content stream directly to mobile cell sites. In order to do so, the system may receive, at a cell cite, a content stream directly from a content satellite and then format the content into a format suitable for delivery to a subscriber device. The system may receive, such as via a radio access network, a request from the subscriber device to access the content stream. In response to the request from the subscriber device, the system may deliver the formatted content stream to the subscriber device. The distributed architecture may also allow for delivering the content stream jointly with voice data services, such as those provided in a Long-Term Evolution network or other network. 1. A system , comprising:a memory that stores instructions; and receiving, at a cell site, a content stream directly from a content satellite, wherein the content stream is received from the content satellite without passing through a master head end facility;', 'formatting the content stream received from the content satellite into a format suitable for delivery to a subscriber device, wherein the content stream is further formatted based on a content type of the content stream;', 'receiving, from the subscriber device, a request to access the content stream, wherein the request to access the content stream is received via a radio access network; and', 'delivering, to the subscriber device and via the radio access network, the content stream having the format suitable for delivery to the subscriber device in response to the request., 'a processor that executes the instructions to perform operations, the operations comprising2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise formatting the content stream into the format suitable for ...

Method, apparatus, and system for switching from video live stream to video-on-demand data

A method, a system, a terminal and a server for switching from a video live stream to video-on-demand data are provided. The method includes: sending, by a terminal, a video acquisition request for a target video to a server; acquiring, by the server, video data of the target video from a live stream of the target video in response to the video acquisition request, and storing the acquired video data of the target video; sending, by the terminal, a video editing request for the target video to the server; performing, by the server, non-linear editing on the video data of the target video in response to the video editing request; and storing, by the server, the edited video data as video-on-demand data of the target video.

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REAL TIME, DYNAMIC, ADAPTIVE AND NON-SEQUENTIAL STITCHING OF CLIPS OF VIDEOS

The present disclosure provides a method and system for real time, dynamic, adaptive and non-sequential assembling of one or more mapped fragments of one or more tagged videos. The method includes a step of receiving a set of preference data from pre-defined selection criteria and set of user authentication data. The method includes another step of fetching the one or more tagged videos from the digitally processed repository of videos. The method includes yet another step of fragmenting each tagged video of the one or more tagged videos into the one or more tagged fragments and clustering one or more logical sets of mapped fragments into one or more logical clusters of mapped fragments. The method includes yet another step of assembling at least one of the one or more logical clusters of mapped fragments in a pre-defined order of preference to obtain an assembled video. 1. A computer-implemented method for a real time , dynamic , adaptive and non-sequential assembling of one or more mapped fragments corresponding to one or more tagged videos , the method comprising:receiving, at a video assembling on demand system with a processor, a set of preference data associated with a user from a pre-defined selection criteria corresponding to a digitally processed repository of videos and a set of user authentication data;fetching, at the video assembling on demand system with the processor, the one or more tagged videos related to the set of preference data of the user from the digitally processed repository of videos, wherein the one or more tagged videos being fetched based on a correlation of a set of tags associated with each video of the one or more tagged videos with the set of preference data associated with the user;fragmenting, at the video assembling on demand system with the processor, each tagged video of the one or more tagged videos into one or more tagged fragments, wherein each tagged video being fragmented into the one or more tagged fragments, wherein each ...

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECOMMENDING DYNAMIC, ADAPTIVE AND NON-SEQUENTIALLY ASSEMBLED VIDEOS

The present disclosure provides a system and method for recommending dynamic, adaptive and non-sequentially assembled videos. The method includes reception of a set of preference data and a set of user authentication data. The method includes development of an interest profile of the user. The method includes fetching of the one or more tagged videos. The method includes fragmentation of each tagged video into the one or more tagged fragments and segregation of one or more mapped fragments into one or more logical sets of mapped fragments. The method includes mining of semantic context information from each mapped fragment and each logical set of mapped fragments. The method includes clustering of the one or more logical sets of mapped fragments and assembling of the one or more logical clusters of mapped fragments to obtain a set of assembled videos. The method includes recommendation of the set of assembled videos. 1. A computer-implemented method for recommending one or more dynamic , adaptive and non-sequentially assembled videos , the method comprising:receiving at a video recommendation system with a processor, a set of preference data associated with a user from a pre-defined selection criteria and a set of user authentication data, wherein the pre-defined selection criteria corresponds to a digitally processed repository of videos;developing at the video recommendation system with the processor, an interest profile of the user, wherein the interest profile being developed based on an analysis of a set of statistical data;fetching at the video recommendation system with the processor, one or more tagged videos related to the set of preference data of the user from the digitally processed repository of videos, wherein the one or more tagged videos being fetched based on a correlation of a set of tags associated with each video of the one or more tagged videos with the set of preference data associated with the user;fragmenting at the video recommendation ...

CAMERA FEED DISTRIBUTION FROM EVENT VENUE VIRTUAL SEAT CAMERAS

Event venues may be set up to include multiple cameras, each camera providing a video feed providing a view from a different location in an eventgoer seating area of the event venue. The cameras may all feed into a central event venue controller system, which may then interact with mobile devices of users requesting streaming video feeds of an event taking place in the event venue. The event venue controller system can then provide the multiple video feeds from the variety of locations to the requesting mobile devices. The event venue controller system can also automatically intelligently pick out the best video feeds based on distance to specific event occurrences, camera angles, and types of event occurrences. The event venue controller system may charge the mobile devices for providing the video feeds and for picking out the best video feeds. 1. A method for event camera feed distribution , the method comprising:receiving a plurality of live camera feeds associated with a plurality of cameras located in an eventgoer area of an event venue, each camera feed of the plurality of camera feeds associated with one camera of the plurality of cameras;receiving a request from a mobile device to view an event taking place in the event venue;providing a feed listing to the mobile device, the camera listing identifying at least a subset of the plurality of cameras feeds;receiving a selection from the mobile device, the selection identifying a first camera feed from the feed listing; andstreaming video data from the first camera feed to a video playing interface stored in a memory of the mobile device and executed by a processor of the mobile device.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the feed listing identifies the plurality of camera feeds.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the feed listing identifies a set of acceptable camera feeds of the plurality of camera feeds claim 1 , wherein the set of acceptable camera feeds include an unobstructed view of the event.4. The method ...

Technique for Providing a Virtual Digital Video Recorder Service Through a Communications Network

In response to a request initiated by a user at a user terminal, selected entertainment programming content, when broadcast, is recorded at a location remote from the user terminal. The request is communicated through a communications network, e.g., cable TV network, which is also used for transmission of entertainment programming content to user terminals. The recorded programming content is stored in a storage space at the remote location, which is allocated to the user terminal. In response to a review request from the user terminal, the recorded programming content is retrieved from the storage space allocated thereto, and transmitted to the user terminal through the communications network. The presentation of the recorded programming content may be manipulated by the user to perform rewinding, pausing and fast-forwarding thereon.

VIRTUAL USER INTERFACE INCLUDING PLAYBACK CONTROL PROVIDED OVER COMPUTER NETWORK FOR CLIENT DEVICE PLAYING MEDIA FROM ANOTHER SOURCE

A server is deployed on a network and manages operation of a plurality of server instances each with a virtual frame buffer. A client establishes a connection with the server at a start of a user session. The server allocates a server instance to the client and a user interface application renders a corresponding graphical user interface to the virtual frame buffer of the allocated server instance. The server forwards updates of the graphical user interface from the virtual frame buffer to the client, where at least some of the updates include transparency information for blending the graphical user interface with additional visual information at the client. When the session is complete the server reclaims the server instance allocated to the client. In-room device requirements in guest rooms of a hospitality establishment are thereby minimized while providing enhanced user interface performance. Locations in other applications include private residences and businesses. 1. A system for providing virtual user interfaces over a network , the system comprising:one or more computer servers deployed on the network and operable to manage operation of a plurality of server instances each with an associated virtual frame buffer, and to manage operation of a plurality of user interface applications; anda client device coupled to both the network and a display;wherein the client device is operable to send a request to the one or more servers over the network;the one or more servers are operable to allocate one of the server instances to the client device in response to receiving the request, and to associate one of the user interface applications with the server instance allocated to the client device, the user interface application operable to render a graphical user interface to the virtual frame buffer of the server instance allocated to the client device;the one or more servers are operable to forward to the client device updates of the graphical user interface from the ...

VIDEO DATA PROVISION

Video clips are generated from a sequence of video data for delivery and playback on demand. Each clip () is identified by an event marker () and a pre/post event ratio (PPER). The pre/post event ratio determines the relative duration of the clip before and after the element defined by the event marker. In response to a request for video clip data, identified with reference to the event marker (), the discrete elements () of video data making up each clip are allocated to a sequence starting with the element associated with the event marker () and following in an order ( etc) determined by the pre/post event ratio. This allows clips having different durations but having the same PPER to be transmitted to different receivers dependant on channel capacity or reliability. The receiver may compile clips of a selected length by compiling the elements starting at the event marker and adding the elements in a sequence, before and after the event marker, determined by the PPER until a clip of a required length is complete. A sequence of several clips can be compiled, the event markers for different clips having different priorities such that if a short sequence is required, the low priority clips are omitted or abbreviated. 1. A method of generating video clips from a sequence of video data for delivery and playback on demand , wherein the sequence is made up of discrete elements of video data , wherein each clip is identified by an event marker and a pre/post event ratio , the event marker defining one of the discrete elements in the sequence , and the pre/post event ratio determines the relative proportions of the duration of the clip before the element defined by the event marker and the duration of the clip after the element defined by the event marker , and wherein , in response to a request for video clip data , identified with reference to the event marker , the discrete elements of video data making up each clip are allocated to a sequence starting with the element ...

Providing Load Balanced Secure Media Content and Data Delivery in a Distributed Computing Environment

A system and method for providing load balanced secure media content and data delivery in a distributed computing environment is disclosed. Media content is segmented and encrypted into a set of individual encrypted segments on a centralized control center. Each individual encrypted segment has the same fixed size. The complete set of individual encrypted segments is staged to a plurality of intermediate control nodes. Individual encrypted segments are mirrored from the staged complete set to a plurality of intermediate servers. Requests are received from clients for the media content at the centralized control center. Each individual encrypted segment in the set is received from one of an intermediate control node and an intermediate server optimally sited from the requesting client. The individual encrypted segments are reassembled into the media content for media playback. 1. A method for providing load balanced secure media content delivery in a distributed computing environment wherein the media content is segmented and encrypted into a set of individual encrypted segments , comprising:storing at least one individual encrypted segment of the set of individually encrypted segments at a plurality of intermediate servers;receiving requests, from one or more client computers, for retrieving the media content on at least one server of the plurality of intermediate servers;queuing the requests from the one or more client computers on the at least one server; andmulticasting the individual encrypted segments, from the at least one server, based on the requests, whereinthe individual encrypted segments are adapted to be reassembled into the media content for media playback.2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising sending at least one individual encrypted segment of the set of individual encrypted segments for storage at the plurality of intermediate servers from at least one of the one or more client computers.3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein ...

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

There is provided an information processing apparatus and an information processing method that enable efficient transmission of an initialization file of a content possessing a predetermined attribute among a plurality of attributes. An http client transmits an MPD request including a push-init-segment command to request a delivery server to transmit an MPD file that manages a motion video content possessing a plurality of attributes and an initialization segment file of the motion video content possessing a predetermined attribute among the plurality of attributes. The present disclosure can be applied to a reproduction client in an information processing system configured by, for example, connecting the delivery server to the reproduction client via a network, or the like. 1. An information processing apparatus comprising:a transmission section that transmits management file request information to request a different information processing apparatus to transmit a management file that manages a content possessing a plurality of attributes and an initialization file of the content possessing a predetermined attribute among the plurality of attributes.2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,wherein the information processing apparatus is configured such thatthe management file is an MPD (Media Presentation Description) file,the initialization file is an initialization segment file, andthe management file request information includes attribute information that indicates the predetermined attribute.3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,wherein the information processing apparatus is configured such thatthe MPD file manages a plurality of kinds of the content, andthe management file request information includes information that indicates a kind of the content corresponding to the initialization segment file.4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,wherein the information processing apparatus is ...

METHOD FORPLAYING BACK A PLURALITY OF MEDIA TITLES, ADAPTED MEDIA SOURCE DEVICE, MEDIA PLAYER DEVICE, MEDIA DELEGATION DEVICE AND CONFIGURABLE AND ADAPTED COMPUTER PROGRAM

If multiple persons are together and want to jointly consume media, i.e. there is a single presentation of a media title and all persons are jointly watching and/or listening, then there is a problem that the media titles which shall be presented are distributed among a plurality of media devices () cloud storages () or streaming services. To solve such problem there is the idea to assign the media player functionality to one media device () which is responsible for the media playback/presentation. This device can receive presentation requests from other media devices which are configured to be media source devices () in the joint media consumption session. If a presentation request is accepted by the media player device (), the suggested title will be added to a common playlist. The title will be streamed from the media source device () to the media player device () during playback. 1. A method for delegating playing back of a plurality of media titles , wherein a playlist is maintained on a media player device , the method including:receiving by a media delegation device a presentation request from the media player device, said presentation request specifying a media title;processing the presentation request by the media delegation device;sending by the media delegation device a playlist updating message to the media player device.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the presentation request contains URL information for the media title identified in the presentation request.3. A method for playing back a plurality of media titles claim 1 , wherein a playlist is maintained on a media player device claim 1 , including:forwarding by the media player device to a media delegation device a presentation request specifying a media title; andadding by the media player device the media title to the playlist.4. The method of claim 3 , further including:sending by the media player device a presentation request grant message back to a media source device;downloading by the media ...

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VIEWING OF MEDIA CONTENT

A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may perform, for example, generating parental control information for each of a plurality of users according to options selected from a plurality of media program tags retrieved from a library, detecting a first user of the plurality of users according to biometric information of the first user, identifying the parental control information associated with the first user, tuning to a first media channel responsive to receiving a first request, receiving in the first media channel a first media program tag associated with a first media program, and enabling presentation of the first media program at a presentation device responsive to detecting from the parental control information associated with the first user that the first media program tag is included in a first list of unrestricted media program presentations. Other embodiments are disclosed. 1. A method comprising:presenting, by a processing system including a processor, a library comprising a plurality of media program tags associated with a plurality of media programs from a plurality of service providers;detecting, by the processing system, whether each of the plurality of media programs has a missing media program tag or an unrecognized media program tag associated therewith;generating, by the processing system, a first list of media programs with missing media program tags and a second list of media programs with unrecognized media program tags; anddetermining, by the processing system, a rating for the library based on the first list and the second list,wherein a media program tag associated with a media program of the plurality of media programs includes an identifier of a geographic region, a media channel, a service provider, or a combination thereof.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the library is a vendor library generated by a vendor claim 1 , wherein the vendor is distinct from the plurality of service providers.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein ...

SYSTEM FOR INSERTING SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT WITHIN A MEDIA STREAM

An example includes receiving a request for supplemental content; determining a type of supplemental content insertion to be performed to insert the supplemental content within the media stream; identifying a break of the media stream based on a characteristic of the media stream and the type of supplemental content insertion; determining location information identifying a location associated with a media client accessing the media stream; identifying the supplemental content for the break based on the location associated with the media client; generating an instruction file associated with the type of supplemental content insertion and the supplemental content, where the instruction file is to include supplemental content information for inserting the supplemental content in the break of the media stream; and sending the instruction file to the media client to enable the media client to access the supplemental content that is to be inserted within the media stream. 1. A device , comprising: determine, based on a request from a media client, a type of supplemental content insertion to be performed to insert supplemental content into a media stream accessed by the media client;', 'generate an instruction file associated with the type of supplemental content insertion and the supplemental content; and', 'send the instruction file to the media client to enable the media client to access the supplemental content that is to be inserted into the media stream., 'one or more processors configured to2. The device of claim 1 , where the one or more processors are further configured to:identify a break of the media stream based on the media stream and the type of supplemental content insertion; and 'where the supplemental content is to be accessed by the media client during the break.', 'identify the supplemental content based on the break and based on the media client,'}3. The device of claim 1 , where the one or more processors claim 1 , when determining the type of ...

CONCURRENT PRESENTATION OF NON-PROGRAMMING MEDIA ASSETS WITH PROGRAMMING MEDIA CONTENT AT CLIENT DEVICE

A media presentation and distribution system communicatively coupled to a client device, which handles enablement of a client-side dynamic presentation of at least one non-programming media asset along with programming media content. The client device receives a first media stream of the programming media content in response to a request, associated with at least one user preference for the programming media content, to the media presentation and distribution system. The client device identifies at least one tag in the programming media content and transmits at least one event opportunity point for selection to the media presentation distribution system. Based on the selection, the client device modifies a display view of the client device for a defined duration, and presents the at least one non-programming media asset, from a second media stream for the defined duration, concurrently with the programming media content over the modified display view of the client device. 1. A system , comprising: transmit a request to a media presentation and distribution system, wherein the request comprises at least one user preference for the programming media content,', transmit, based on the at least one user preference in the request, a first media stream to the client device in response to the request received from the client device,', 'wherein the first media stream comprises the programming media content and at least one tag associated with the programming media content;', 'receive, from the client device, at least one occurrence of at least one event opportunity point within the programming media content that is identified by the client device, and', 'wherein the at least one occurrence of at least one event opportunity point within the programming media content is received based on the at least one tag associated with the programming media content; and', 'select the at least one occurrence of the at least one event opportunity point based on a selection criteria for the ...

DISPLAY DEVICE

A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a storage unit; a display unit; a network interface unit for performing a communication with a server of a content provider providing a content; and a control unit for generating a virtual channel number upon receipt of a virtual channel generation request for the content, and matching the generated virtual channel number to an access address of the content so as to store in the storage unit. 1. A display device comprising:a storage unit;a display unit;a network interface unit to make communication with a server of a content provider to provide content; anda control unit configured to generate a virtual channel number in response to receiving a virtual channel generating request for the content, match the generated virtual channel number with an access address of the content, and store a matching result in the storage unit.2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to:display the content on the display unit, by using the access address in response to receiving a channel selecting request to select the virtual channel number.3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the control unit is configured to:further display, on the display unit, a virtual channel indicator to indicate that the content is provided through a virtual channel.4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the virtual channel indicator indicates whether the content is content to which a user subscribes claim 3 , content found by search of the user claim 3 , or live content that is temporarily broadcasted.5. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:a tuner to receive a broadcast video,wherein the control unit is configured to:display, on the display unit, a pop-up window to set a viewing reservation function for the content while the broadcast video is reproduced.6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the control unit is configured to:change the broadcast video to the content ...

Apparatus for sharing private video streams with public service agencies

A video surveillance service shares image streams with public service agencies in the event of emergency. Nominated agencies establish access credentials at the surveillance service data center. A video stream is shared by a customer administrator's selection of permissions on each camera via privileged web-browser. Permissions enable selection by static meta data such as type, audio, location, motion, and epoch. Video streams of present and past epochs are controlled by time. A public service agency receives an electronic notification from the administrator to present their access credential and a handle for each shared camera of interest. A notification is customized for each public service agency and each event by dynamically generating a link to a secure webserver which records geo-location or network identifiers for validation. Video servers may include virtual machines dedicated to each public service agency but controlled by a customer administrator. 1. An apparatus to couple and decouple public service agencies to private surveillance security video streams under facility administrator control , the apparatus comprising:a public service agency authentication credential store;an agency notification circuit to generate and transmit virtual links to virtual machines by obfuscated camera handles (obhandles);a camera control circuit to enable video streams requested by said obhandles limited by stored parameters for each camera; anda video stream server (video server).2. The apparatus of further comprising:a permissions controller for a plurality of cameras (controller); the controller remotely coupled toa facility administrator console; the controller further coupled to the video stream server, anda public service agency account manager circuit (manager), the manager remotely coupled to at least one browser on a mobile device, and coupled to the video server;a video stream cache and store;a public service agency authentication circuit and credential store;a ...

VIRTUAL REALITY RESOURCE SCHEDULING OF PROCESSES IN A CLOUD-BASED VIRTUAL REALITY PROCESSING SYSTEM

Systems and methods are disclosed to receive a request for a virtual reality render project that includes information specifying virtual reality video data to be used to create a virtual reality render; determine a plurality of virtual reality jobs required to create the virtual reality render from the virtual reality video data; determine the availability of a plurality of virtual reality nodes across the network; create a virtual reality render map that specifies a processing sequence of the plurality of virtual reality jobs across the one or more virtual reality nodes to create the virtual reality render, the virtual reality render map being created based on at least the availability of the plurality of virtual reality nodes; and process the plurality of virtual reality jobs at the plurality of virtual reality nodes to create the virtual reality. 1. A method comprising:receiving a request for a virtual reality render project that includes information specifying virtual reality video data to be used to create a virtual reality render;determining a plurality of virtual reality jobs required to create the virtual reality render from the virtual reality video data;determining the availability of a plurality of virtual reality nodes across the network;creating a virtual reality render map that specifies a processing sequence of the plurality of virtual reality jobs across the one or more virtual reality nodes to create the virtual reality render, the virtual reality render map being created based on at least the availability of the plurality of virtual reality nodes; andprocessing the plurality of virtual reality jobs at the plurality of virtual reality nodes to create the virtual reality.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least some of the plurality of the virtual reality jobs are processed in parallel at the same time.3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of virtual reality nodes are distributed across the Internet.4. The method ...

SEGMENT ROUTING SUPPORT IN MPEG DASH

According to one aspect, a method includes identifying a request for a piece of content, and obtaining a Moving Picture Expert Group (MPEG) Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH) manifest after identifying the request for the piece of content. The method also includes identifying at least one location at which the piece of content is located using the DASH manifest, wherein the at least one location at which the piece of content is located is a location from which the piece of content is arranged to be fetched.

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING REAL-TIME AUDIO/VIDEO STREAM

A method and system for transferring real-time audio/video stream (AVS) is provided. The method for transferring real-time AVS includes the following steps of: first, receiving a real-time AVS by a server; transforming the real-time AVS into a fragmented media data (FMD) and storing the FMD in a storage module of the server, wherein the FMD comprises a starting-point, an overall fragment information and at least one media fragment (MF); next, generating a segmented media data (SMD) by encapsulating the FMD when the server receives a playback command. The step of generating the SMD comprises encapsulating the starting-point and the overall fragment information into an initial segment information of the SMD. Each playable segment of the SMD has multiple MFs and a segment index recording segment order to indicate each MF. The final step is to transfer the SMD to browser software for playback.

DIGITAL TELEVISION CHANNEL TRENDING

Channel trending, including determining a number of viewers watching a multimedia program, is achieved in a digital television network. Cached multimedia frames that correspond to portions of the multimedia program are maintained, for example, on a device located on an edge (i.e., in a network edge device) of the digital television network. In response to a request from a client device (e.g., a set-top box) to receive the multimedia program, cached multimedia frames are fed from the edge device to the client device. Upon a seamless transfer or handoff resulting in a simulcast replicator or multicast replicator providing further portions of the multimedia program, a signal (e.g., a simple network management protocol TRAP statement) is sent to a viewership statistic server for incrementing a counter.

Video client management of video service feature flags

At a video content network client, obtain, from a remote targeted feature flag configuration server of the video content network, feature flag overrides associated with the client. Send, from the video content network client, to a remote back-end server of the video content network; the feature flag overrides. At the video content network client, obtain, from the remote back-end server, data to be rendered in accordance with an updated feature flag profile including both default feature flag values and feature flag values overridden in accordance with the feature flag overrides. Render the data on the video content network client.

Methods and systems for implementing legacy remote and keystroke redirection

Methods and systems for routing key commands received from a remote-control device are provided. The method and/or system may include receiving, at a device, a key command from the remote-control device, generating a first message that includes the key command, sending, from the device, the first message to a keystroke router, and determining, at the keystroke router, a system network controller associated with the device. Moreover, the keystroke router may send the key command to the system network controller.

NORMATIVE PROCESS OF INTERACTION WITH A REGISTRY OF VIRTUAL SPACES

Described are systems, methods, and computer program products for facilitating user access to virtual reality (VR) containers. A VR container registry may identify any type of container and optionally list requirements for accessing the container, constraints relating to when access is permitted, characteristics describing container features, lists of other containers accessible from within the container, container output formats, accepted input formats, etc. The registry may be organized in a hierarchical structure, make use of or be comparable to a domain name system, and include one or more top-level items each having one or more second-level items organized beneath. A service provider may host a VR container to facilitate user access to other VR containers, allow users to transfer between unconnected remote VR containers while staying within a VR session or without having to exit all VR sessions, and provide transformation services to ensure container and VR system compatibility. 1. A method , comprising:establishing a first connection between a service provider virtual reality (VR) container and an end user VR system, wherein the first connection is associated with a service provider VR session;determining one or more portals, each for accessing a respective one of one or more remote VR containers from within the service provider VR session;populating the service provider VR container with the one or more portals;detecting input generated by the end user VR system within the service provider VR container, the input corresponding to an access instruction for accessing a first portal of the one or more portals; andfacilitating, within the service provider VR session responsive to the input, establishing a second connection between the first remote VR container and the end user VR system via the first portal, wherein the second connection is associated with a first remote VR session.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:the one or more remote VR containers comprises ...

PLAYBACK SYNCHRONIZATION AMONG ADAPTIVE BITRATE STREAMING CLIENTS

In one embodiment, a method provides a manifest for a media program to a client. The manifest includes a set of bitrate representation links that correspond to a set of bitrates. A pointer is maintained to at least a portion of a current segment that is currently being presented in the media program. A request is received using a bitrate representation link in the set of bitrate representation links. The method then selects at least the portion of the current segment using the pointer for the bitrate that corresponds to the bitrate representation and sends the at least the portion of the current segment to the client. 120-. (canceled)21. A method comprising:providing, by a computing device, a manifest for a media program to a client, the manifest including a set of bitrate representation links that correspond to a set of bitrates;maintaining, by the computing device, a pointer to a current segment or a chunk of the current segment that is currently being presented in the media program;receiving, by the computing device, a request using a bitrate representation link in the set of bitrate representation links;selecting, by the computing device, the current segment or the chunk of the current segment using the pointer for the bitrate that corresponds to the bitrate representation;sending, by the computing device, current segment or the chunk of the current segment to the client;continuing to send subsequent media segments after receiving the request until another request from the client is received, wherein the another request is a request to stop sending the media segments at the bitrate;wherein:the bitrate comprises a first bitrate, and the bitrate representation link comprises a first bitrate representation link, andthe another request is sent using a second bitrate representation link that corresponds to a second bitrate that is different from the first bitrate;the method further comprising:switching, by the computing device, to the second bitrate when the second ...

System and method for providing a customized manifest representing a video channel

Systems and methods for providing an output manifest are disclosed. According to at least one embodiment, a method of providing an output manifest representing a video channel includes: receiving, from a channel requester, a request for the output manifest; receiving input manifests including first and second input manifests; and creating the output manifest in response to receiving the request. Creating the output manifest includes: selecting at least one segment of the first input manifest, the at least one first input manifest segment bordered by a first marker; selecting at least one segment of the second input manifest, the at least one second input manifest segment bordered by a second marker common to the first marker; and creating the output manifest to include the at least one first input manifest segment followed by the at least one second input manifest segment. The output manifest is provided to the channel requester.

Method and IPTV Server for Enabling Playout of One or More Media Objects

A method and an IPTV server () for enabling playout of one or more media objects for a subscriber. A current connection state and capabilities are maintained in the IPTV server for a set of devices () associated to the subscriber. The IPTV server further sends () a list of the devices to a first device (), comprising current connection states of the devices. When the IPTV server receives from the first device a first indication () indicating a wanted media object and a second indication () indicating a selected second device (), the IPTV server sends () a download instruction with a media reference to the selected second device. The download instruction instructs the second device to download and prebuffer () data of at least an opening part of the wanted media object based on the media reference. Thereby, a user can start playout of the wanted media object on the second device immediately without having to wait for session setup and downloading of enough data for playout. 120-. (canceled)21. A method , in an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) server , for enabling playout of one or more media objects for a subscriber , the method comprising:maintaining a current connection state and capabilities of a set of devices associated with the subscriber;sending a list of the set of devices to a first device, the list comprising current connection states of the set of devices;receiving a first indication from the first device, the first indication indicating a wanted media object;receiving a second indication from the first device, the second indication indicating at least a second device selected out of the set of devices;sending a download instruction, with a media reference of the wanted media object, to the selected second device, the download instruction instructing the second device to download and pre-buffer data of at least an opening part of the wanted media object based on the media reference.22. The method of claim 21 , wherein the list of devices further ...

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SERVICE OF RANKINGS OF MULTIMEDIA IN SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE SYSTEM

A method and an apparatus for providing a service of rankings of multimedia in a social network service (SNS) system where an SNS server provides uploaded data to a downloader are provided. The method includes extracting added information from data transmitted from an upload electronic device, comparing the extracted, added information with added information of data that was previously received, and detecting the similarity on the added information, creating keywords based on the detected similarity, and creating ranking information by counting the respective keywords in units of a certain period of time, configuring a universal ranking and personal rankings according to respective users' preferences, and providing the ranking information and the universal ranking and the personal rankings. 1. A method of providing a ranking service of multimedia in a social network service (SNS) system where an SNS server provides uploaded data to a downloader , the method comprising:extracting added information from data transmitted from an upload electronic device;comparing the extracted added information with added information of data that was previously received;detecting the similarity of the added information;creating keywords based on the detected similarity of the added information;creating ranking information by counting the respective keywords in units of a certain period of time;configuring a universal ranking and personal rankings according to respective users' preferences, and providing the ranking information and the universal ranking and personal rankings.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the added information comprises:a title of the received data and/or location information about the upload electronic device.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the detecting of the similarity of the added information comprises:extracting titles from added information items that were previously uploaded, which are within an error range for location information about the upload ...

Request Identification Method and Apparatus

A method and an apparatus for identifying a request are disclosed. The method is applied in a target server. The method includes: determining whether associated information corresponding to first request information sent by a resource distribution server exists when receiving the first request information, wherein the first request information is determined by the resource distribution server based on a first resource request from a terminal; determining a request identification result based on the associated information and the first request information when the associated information exists; and returning the request identification result to the resource distribution server to cause the resource distribution server to perform an operation corresponding to the request identification result.

REQUESTS FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES THROUGH AN IPTV NETWORK

Systems and methods that request emergency services through an Internet-Protocol Television (IPTV) infrastructure. One embodiment comprises an IPTV network infrastructure comprising an IPTV server coupled to an IPTV set-top box of an end user that subscribes to IPTV services. The IPTV server receives a request for an emergency service from the end user through the IPTV set-top box. The infrastructure further includes a management server that receives the request for the emergency service from the IPTV server, and identifies information regarding the end user from an IPTV account of the end user. The infrastructure further includes a text message engine that receives the request for the emergency service from the management server, formats a text message for requesting the emergency service, inserts the information regarding the end user in the text message, and sends the text message to an emergency services center. 1. An apparatus comprising: an IPTV server coupled to an IPTV set-top box of an end user that subscribes to IPTV services, wherein the IPTV server is configured to receive a request for an emergency service from the end user through the IPTV set-top box;', 'a management server configured to receive the request for the emergency service from the IPTV server, and to identify information regarding the end user from an IPTV account of the end user; and', 'a text message engine configured to receive the request for the emergency service from the management server, to format a text message for requesting the emergency service, to insert the information regarding the end user in the text message, and to send the text message to an emergency services center., 'an Internet-Protocol Television (IPTV) network infrastructure comprising2. The apparatus of wherein:the text message comprises a Short Messaging Services (SMS) message.3. The apparatus of wherein:the text message engine is configured to insert an indicator in the text message of the emergency service ...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING MASTER/SLAVE CONFIGURATION DATA TO REDUCE AN AMOUNT OF CONFIGURATION DATA THAT NEEDS TO BE CENTRALLY STORED FOR LARGE-SCALE DISTRIBUTION

Systems and methods are disclosed herein for storing configuration data as a set of master data and override data where one set of configuration data is defined as the master and every other set of configuration data is defined as override configuration data. A media guidance application may generate master configuration data including the most common configuration data used in the geographical region served by the media guidance application, and number of override configurations which contain only those data which differ from the master configuration data for a number of sub-regions of the geographical region. This reduces duplicative configuration data, and the media guidance application need only store one full set of configuration data, namely the master configuration data, and a number of smaller override configurations. 1. (canceled)2. A method for generating user equipment configuration data specific to a sub-region of a geographical region , the method comprising:transmitting, from a server, master configuration data to first user equipment and second user equipment of the geographical region;receiving, from the first user equipment, a first request for first regional variant data specific to a first sub-region of the geographical region in which the first user equipment is used; in response to receiving the first request:', 'determining whether the first regional variant data is available; and', 'in response to determining that the first regional variant data is available, transmitting the first regional variant data to the first user equipment, wherein the first user equipment generates first configuration data specific to the first sub-region by modifying a first portion of the master configuration data based on the first regional variant data; and', determining whether the second regional variant data is available; and', 'in response to determining that the second regional variant data is available, transmitting the second regional variant data to the ...

EDGE NETWORK SYSTEM FOR SERVICE-LESS VIDEO MULTICAST

The typical service to deliver multimedia content is evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (eMBMS). However, the eMBMS is a service-oriented network architecture requiring a pre-defined and pre-established user service to stream a live video. The content provider must be a multicast service provider to use the eMBMS services, which many typical content providers are not. Accordingly, the present disclosure provides a live video streaming network architecture that enhances the eMBMS architecture to enable service-less multicast delivery. The provided system includes a virtual network function service running on an application server (AS) that identifies potential multicast scenarios based on user requests for a live video stream within a confined area. The AS collects information from the cellular users, checks the information to validate a potential multicast scenario, and transmits the information to the eMBMS core on behalf of the content provider and user equipment to instantiate a multicast resource bearer. 1. A system comprising:a plurality of user devices;a content provider system configured to provide contemporaneous media content over a network to the plurality of user devices;a multimedia broadcast multicast service; and receive a request from a respective user device for the content provider system to provide media content of a contemporaneous event;', 'determine whether a number of user devices viewing the media content meets a threshold;', transmitting a service announcement header to the multimedia broadcast multicast service on behalf of the content provider system,', 'receiving identification information from the respective user device,', 'transmitting a join request to the multimedia broadcast multicast service, the join request including the received identification information,', 'receiving the join request from the multimedia broadcast multicast service,', 'transmitting multicast authorization to the multimedia broadcast multicast service, ...

METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR PRESENTING MEDIA CONTENT ITEMS BELONGING TO A MEDIA CONTENT GROUP

Methods, systems, and media for presenting media content items belonging to a media content group are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: retrieving metadata associated with video content segments, wherein the metadata includes user metadata, description metadata, and time metadata; generating subsets of video content segments from the video content segments based on the user metadata, wherein each of the subsets of video content segments is grouped into media content groups by: normalizing the description metadata; determining a similarity score between the normalized description metadata for a first video content segment and a second video content segment in the subset of video content segments; and determining whether to place the each of the first and second video content segments into a media content group based on the similarity score; arranging the video content segments within each of the media content groups based on time metadata; and causing at least one of the arranged media content groups to be presented in the video window in response to receiving a request for a video content item. 1. A method for recommending video content to users , the method comprising:retrieving metadata associated with a plurality of video content segments, wherein the plurality of video content segments includes video content segments associated with a user account, wherein each of the plurality of video content segments is presentable in a video window, and wherein the metadata includes user metadata, description metadata, and time metadata; normalizing the description metadata associated with each video content segment in a subset of video content segments;', 'determining a similarity score between the normalized description metadata for a first video content segment and a second video content segment in the subset of video content segments; and', 'determining whether to place the each of the first and second video content segments into a media content group ...

VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS

A video processing apparatus is used to be connected to a request server and a content server through working network. The video processing apparatus includes a switch board, a adapter plate, a plurality of video processing nodes and a management board. The switch board includes a master switch and a slave switch. The master switch is electrically connected to the slave switch. The adapter plate is electrically connected to the switch board. The adapter plate includes a plurality of automatic cluster management units. The video processing nodes are electrically connected to the automatic cluster management units. The management board is electrically connected to the adapter plate, and monitoring working statue signals of the plurality of video processing nodes via the adapter plate. 1. A video processing apparatus configured to be connected to at least one request server and at least one content server through a working network , the video processing apparatus comprising:a switch board connected to the request server and the content server through the working network, the switch board comprising a master switch and a slave switch, the master switch being electrically connected to the slave switch;an adapter plate electrically-connected to the switch board, the adapter plate comprising a plurality of automatic cluster management units;a plurality of video processing nodes electrically connected to the automatic cluster management units; anda management board connected to a management network, the management board being electrically connected to the adapter plate and monitoring a system statue signal of the video processing nodes through the adapter plate, the management board being configured to provide a remote apparatus monitoring a working statue of the video processing nodes through the management network,wherein when a client endpoint sends a request through the working network, the request server converts the request into a processing signal, then the switch ...

AGGREGATION SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AND PROVIDING AN ENRICHED PROGRAM SCHEDULE FOR MEDIA CONTENT

A device may receive, from a source device, first information relating to programs provided by a media content service provider. The programs may include media content. The device may generate a program schedule based on the first information. The program schedule may identify a program. The device may publish the program schedule for enrichment using second information that is different from the first information, and may receive the second information based on publishing the program schedule. The second information may include information aggregated from external source devices that are different from the source device. The device may generate an enriched program schedule using the program schedule and the second information. 1. A device , comprising: [ 'the plurality of programs including media content;', 'receive, from one or more source devices, first information relating to a plurality of programs provided by a media content service provider,'}, 'the program schedule identifying at least a program of the plurality of programs;', 'generate a program schedule based on the first information,'}, 'the second information including information aggregated from a plurality of external source devices that are different from the one or more source devices;', 'publish the program schedule to permit an aggregation device to obtain the program schedule for enrichment using second information,'}, 'the enriched program schedule including the second information;', 'receive, from the aggregation device, an enriched program schedule based on publishing the program schedule,'}, 'compare the program schedule with the enriched program schedule;', 'update the program schedule based on comparing the program schedule with the enriched program schedule; and, 'one or more processors topublish the updated program schedule for delivery to an end user device.2. The device of claim 1 , where the one or more source devices are associated with the media content service provider; andwhere the ...

Cross-platform interface for a television device

A method for providing an interface for a television device is provided, including the following method operations: identifying available services for consumption on a television device, wherein the available services include two or more of a broadcast television service, an on-demand video service, and an internet content service; determining a current date and time; determining content items available for consumption from each of the available services at the current date and time; determining an allocation of display locations in a cross-platform interface for content items from each of the available services, the allocation defining a relative amount of display locations for each of the available services based on a device profile associated with the television device; assigning content items to the display locations in accordance with the determined allocation.

Sharing mobile subscriber content in a publically viewable content distribution network

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system receiving a request from a mobile device to distribute mobile video content from the mobile device by way of a television service. The system determines a particular television channel of the television service based on the request, receives the mobile video content and provides program content for the particular television channel. The program content includes the mobile video content. The system also distributes the program content to a television receiver by way of the television service, so that the television receiver can present the mobile video content at a display. Other embodiments are disclosed.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN ADJUNCT DEVICE IN A CONTENT DISTRIBUTION NETWORK

A cache server receives content and an instruction indicating an event associated with the content that causes a processor to invoke a call out to an adjunct device. The instruction further indicates an operation that the adjunct device is to perform. The cache server detects the event associated with the content, halts a flow of the content in response to detecting the event associated with the content, passes via the call out the content to the adjunct device to perform the operation, receives from the adjunct device a response and resulting data from the operation, and performs an additional operation on the resulting data based on the response from the adjunct device. 1. A device , comprising:a memory that stores instructions; halting, in response to detecting an event associated with content, a flow of the content at a position in the flow of the content, wherein the event indicates a call out to a first adjunct device to perform an action at the position; and', 'providing, via the call out, the content to the first adjunct device so that the first adjunct device performs the action, wherein the action is performed at the position in the flow of the content., 'a processor that executes the instructions to perform operations, the operations comprising2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise invoking the call out to the first adjunct device.3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving the content over a data channel of a content distribution network.4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise detecting the event associated with the content.5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving claim 1 , from the first adjunct device claim 1 , a response relating to performance of the action.6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise determining whether a next action is to be performed.7. The device of claim 6 , wherein the operations ...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CONTENT IN A CONTENT LIST

Providing content in a content list may include identifying positions within the list where content can be provided. A client agent may automatically play items of content at a first position when determining that the first position is within a displayed region of the content list. The client agent may identify a duration during which the first item is within the displayed region of the list, pause playback of the first item at a point in time when the displayed region of the list is advanced to no longer include the first position, and compare the first duration to a threshold value. The client agent may determine that the displayed region of the list has advanced to a second position and resume playback of the first item near the point in time and at the second position if the duration is less than the threshold value. 1. A method for providing video content in a content list , comprising:receiving, at a server from a device, a request for a content list, the content list comprising identifications of a plurality of content items;identifying, by the server, a plurality of positions within the content list where video content can be provided;providing, by the server to the device, the content list for presentation to a user and a client agent for execution by the device, the client agent configured to play items of content and determine that a first position of the plurality of positions is within a displayed region of the content list;providing, by the server, a first item of content to the device for automatic playback at the first position within the content list, the client agent pausing playback of the first item of content at a point in time in response to the displayed region of the content list being advanced to no longer include the first position, the client agent determining that the displayed region of the content list has advanced to a second position of the plurality of positions and resuming playback of the first item of content near the point in ...

Overlaying metadata on video streams on demand for intelligent video analysis

In various examples, cloud computing systems may store frames of video streams and metadata generated from the frames in separate data stores, with each type of data being indexed using shared timestamps. Thus, the frames of a video stream may be stored and/or processed and corresponding metadata of the frames may be stored and/or generated across any number of devices of the cloud computing system (e.g., edge and/or core devices) while being linked by the timestamps. A client device may provide a request or query to dynamically annotate the video stream using a particular subset of the metadata. In processing the request or query, the timestamps may be used to retrieve video data representing frames of the video stream and metadata extracted from those frames across the data stores. The retrieved metadata and video data may be used to annotate the frames for display on the client device.

METHOD FOR MANAGING LIVE-STREAMING ROOM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

A method for managing a live-streaming room comprises displaying a first live-streaming interface of a live-streaming room by a first terminal; detecting a first operation through the first live-streaming interface; and sending a first instruction to a live-streaming server in response to the first operation, wherein the live-streaming server is configured to send the first instruction to a second terminal, the first instruction instructs the second terminal to perform a synchronization operation with the first terminal. 1. A method for managing a live-streaming room , applicable to a first terminal , comprising:displaying a first live-streaming interface of the live-streaming room, wherein the first live-streaming interface comprises live-streaming data provided by a second terminal, the first terminal comprises a terminal in a management mode of a target account, and the second terminal comprises a terminal in a live-streaming mode of the target account;detecting a first operation through the first live-streaming interface; andsending a first instruction to a live-streaming server in response to the detected first operation, wherein the first instruction carries the target account, the live-streaming server is configured to send the first instruction to the second terminal, and the first instruction instructs the second terminal to perform a synchronization operation with the first terminal.2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:displaying a mode selection interface based on a trigger operation on a live-streaming portal in response to logging in based on the target account, wherein the mode selection interface comprises a live-streaming mode option and a management mode option; anddetermining, in response to a selection operation for the management mode option, that the first terminal is currently in the management mode, and displaying the first live-streaming interface of the live-streaming room.3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said ...

TECHNIQUES FOR IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL REALITY EXPERIENCES

Various embodiments of the invention disclosed herein provide techniques for generating a three-dimensional virtual environment. A 3D object/effects generator executing on a client device receives a media content item. The 3D object/effects generator receives content metadata associated with the media content item. The 3D object/effects generator generates at least a portion of a 3D virtual environment based on the content metadata. The 3D object/effects generator displays the media content item and the at least a portion of the 3D virtual environment on a display associated with a virtual reality device. 1. A computer-implemented method for generating a three-dimensional (3D) virtual environment , the method comprising:receiving a media content item;receiving content metadata associated with the media content item, wherein the content metadata specifies a movie buddy effect in which a movie buddy watches the media content item and interacts with a user in at least a portion of a 3D virtual environment;generating the at least a portion of the 3D virtual environment based on the content metadata; anddisplaying the media content item and the at least a portion of the 3D virtual environment on a display associated with a virtual reality device.2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the content metadata further specifies an environment effect claim 1 , and wherein generating the at least a portion of the 3D virtual environment based on the content metadata comprises:receiving a first parameter that includes at least one of an environment type or a uniform resource locater (URL) associated with the at least a portion of the 3D virtual environment; andapplying the environment effect to the at least a portion of the 3D virtual environment based on the first parameter.3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein generating the at least a portion of the 3D virtual environment based on the content metadata comprises:receiving a first parameter that ...

SERVER, METHOD OF CONTROLLING SERVER, AND PROGRAM

Provided is a system that includes circuitry that transmits first image data to a second communication terminal in response to a first request for image transmission from a first communication terminal; transmits second image data to the first communication terminal in response to a second request for image transmission from the second communication terminal; and transmits, in a case that the first request for image transmission and the second request for image transmission are a predetermined combination, third image data corresponding to the predetermined combination to the first communication terminal and the second communication terminal. 1. (canceled)2: A server comprising circuitry configured to:receive a first signal relating to a first image from a first communication terminal;receive a second signal relating to a second image from the first communication terminal or from a second communication terminal different form the first communication terminal; andtransmit third image date corresponding to a third image different from the first image and the second image to an origin communication terminal which has transmitted the first signal and the second signal to the server when the first image and the second image satisfy a certain combination, whereinwhen the server receives the second signal from the first communication terminal, the origin communication terminal is the first communication terminal, andwhen the server receives the second signal from the second communication terminal, the origin communication terminal is both the first communication terminal and the second communication terminal.3: The server according to claim 2 , whereinthe first signal and the second signal are consecutively transmitted, andwhen the consecutively transmitted first signal and the second signal satisfy the certain combination, the circuitry is configured to transmit the third signal.4: The server according to claim 2 , whereinthe first signal is a signal to request the first ...

CONTENT MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND CONTENT REQUEST PROGRAM

A content management device and a content request program. The content request program causes a terminal to function as a capture unit configured to capture a marker image, an identification unit configured to acquire identification information for specifying content, an output unit configured to transmit distribution request information including marker information extracted from the marker image and the identification information to a management server that manages a plurality of pieces of content, and a reception unit configured to receive content corresponding to the marker information and the identification information included in the distribution request information, of the plurality of pieces of content, from the management server. Accordingly different pieces of content for respective users are displayed from the same marker. 1. A content request program for causing a terminal to function as:a capture unit configured to capture a marker image;an identification unit configured to acquire identification information for specifying content;an output unit configured to transmit distribution request information including marker information extracted from the marker image and the identification information to a management server that manages a plurality of pieces of content; anda reception unit configured to receive content corresponding to the marker information and the identification information included in the distribution request information, of the plurality of pieces of content, from the management server.2. The content request program according to claim 1 , whereinthe identification unitacquires a predetermined code input by a user of the terminal as the identification information.3. The content request program according to claim 1 , whereinthe identification unitacquires information regarding selection of a language for reproducing the content as the identification information.4. A content management device comprising:a content information storage unit ...

METHOD FOR AUDIO AND VIDEO JUST-IN-TIME TRANSCODING

A method for streaming an audio-video file can include: receiving a request for a playback segment of the audio-video file in a rendition from a computational device; in response to identifying absence of the playback segment in the rendition from a rendition cache and identifying absence of an assignment to transcode the playback segment in the rendition: assigning a worker to transcode the playback segment in the rendition. The method can also include, at the worker: identifying a subset of mezzanine segments in the set of mezzanine segments coinciding with a playback interval in the audio-video file; and for each mezzanine segment in the subset of mezzanine segments: concurrently transcoding the mezzanine segment into a rendition segment in the rendition and transmitting the rendition segment coinciding with the playback interval to the computational device via a peer-to-peer stream; and storing the rendition segment in the rendition cache. 1. A method for streaming an audio-video file comprising:storing a set of mezzanine segments of the audio-video file, each mezzanine segment in the set of mezzanine segments comprising a portion of the audio-video file beginning at an initial keyframe in the audio-video file and terminating at a terminal keyframe in the audio-video file;receiving a first request for a first playback segment of the audio-video file in a first rendition from a first computational device, the first playback segment defining a first playback interval in the audio-video file; assigning a first worker to transcode the first playback segment in the first rendition; and', 'initiating a first stream between the first worker and the first computational device; and, 'in response to identifying absence of the first playback segment in the first rendition from a rendition cache and identifying absence of an assignment to transcode the first playback segment in the first rendition identifying a first consecutive subset of mezzanine segments in the set of ...

VIDEO CONTENT PLACEMENT OPTIMIZATION BASED ON BEHAVIOR AND CONTENT ANALYSIS

An ad is placed in a movie, by analyzing inherent characteristics of the movie, analyzing viewed characteristics of the movie, analyzing viewer characteristics of a viewer of the movie, obtaining advertiser preferences for placement of the ad in the movie, determining costs of placing the ad in the movie based on the inherent characteristics of the movie, the viewed characteristics of the movie, the viewer characteristics and the advertiser preferences, and placing the ad in the movie in accordance with the inherent characteristics of the movie, the viewed characteristics of the movie, the viewer characteristics, the advertiser preferences and the determined costs. 1. A method of video content placement optimization based on behavior and content analysis , the method comprising:analyzing, by a computer, video characteristics of a video, the video characteristics of the video including information in the video;determining, by the computer, whether the video has been previously viewed; 'obtaining statistics of the video from play trails that track viewing behavior, each play trail representing a timestamped sequence of actions that a viewer takes in playing the video, the statistics of the video including a number of playback events recorded in the play trails;', 'responsive to an indication that the video has been previously viewed, determining, by the computer, viewed characteristics of the video, the determining the viewed characteristics of the video comprisingdetermining, by the computer, whether content placement in the video is occurring in real time;responsive to an indication that the content placement in the video is occurring in real time, determining, by the computer, viewer characteristics of the video, including at least one of demographic information of the viewer, an action of the viewer, or a material previously viewed by the viewer;retrieving or obtaining, by the computer, content placement preferences that specify a content placement price setting ...

Methods and devices for generating media items

The various implementations described herein include methods, devices, and systems for generating media items. In one aspect, a method is performed at a server system. The method includes: (1) receiving one or more audio files; (2) obtaining one or more audio characteristics for the audio files; (3) receiving a request to generate a media item using the audio files, the request including one or more criteria; and (4) in response to receiving the request, generating the media item, including: (a) identifying one or more visual media files based on the criteria and the audio characteristics; and (b) generating synchronization information; (5) storing the media item in the server system; and (6) enabling playback of the media item by sending a link for the stored media item to the client device.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING COMMUNICATION SESSIONS

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server operably coupleable to an internet protocol multimedia subsystem network and an interactive television system, where the server receives a session transfer request from a first communication device, where the session transfer request includes identification information associated with a second communication device, and where the server transmits a message to the second communication device and transmits a media adjustment message to a media resource server of the internet protocol multimedia subsystem network. The media content is adjusted and transmitted to the second communication device responsive to the media adjustment message, where the adjusted media content is generated by the media resource server based on the identification information associated with the second communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed. 1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage device comprising computer instructions which , responsive to being executed by a first server , causes the first server to perform operations comprising:receiving a session transfer request from a first communication device operably connected to an interactive television system and presenting media content, the session transfer request comprising identification information associated with a second communication device operably connected to the interactive television system;determining whether the session transfer request satisfies a transfer threshold associated with the first communication device;transmitting a communication request message to the second communication device and to an application server at a same time when the session transfer request satisfies the transfer threshold; andtransmitting a media adjustment message for adjusting the media content and transmitting adjusted media content to the second communication device, the adjusted media content being generated based on the ...

System and method for channels zapping

Method for channels zapping in a digital television receiver, the method comprising the steps of: tuning to a first data stream and a first channel; processing the first channel data; generating first channel output data; receiving a command influencing the flow of the data stream is received; the method further comprising the steps of transmitting the command to a server; receiving the command execution confirmation from the server; receiving the first data stream and the first channel wherein the content of the first channel data is modified.

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING STREAMING CONTENT

A method and apparatus for an adaptive Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) streaming service using metadata of content are provided. The metadata of the content may be efficiently divided for a purpose of use of a terminal based on general media information or specific media information, and may be transmitted to the terminal. A group may include one or more representations of content. The metadata may include a group element, and the group element may provide a summary of attributes of one or more representations included in the group. 1. A method of providing media content performed by a server , the method comprising:receiving a request for the media content from a client based on media presentation description (MPD) with respect to the media content; andproviding a segment of media content through streaming to the client in response to the request,wherein the MPD includes one or more periods,wherein the period includes one or more groups,wherein the group includes one or more representations,wherein the representation includes one or more segmentswherein the MPD includes group element describing each of the groups,wherein the group element provides a summary of values of all representations within a group,wherein the group element includes bandwidth attributes of all representations in the group, width attributes of all representations in the group, height attributes of all representations in the group or frame rate attributes of all representations in the group.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bandwidth attributes include minBandWidth indicating a minimum value among bandwidth attributes of all representations in the group claim 1 , or maxBandWidth indicating a maximum value among bandwidth attributes of all representations in the group claim 1 ,3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bandwidth attributes include minWidth indicating a minimum value among width attributes of all representations in the group claim 1 , or maxWidth indicating a maximum value ...

Network Traffic Controller (NTC)

A network device (ND) includes a first interface controller operable to transfer data between the ND and a host processing unit (host), a second interface controller operable to transfer data between the ND and the host, a network interface configured to interface the ND with a network, and a control unit operable to: receive incoming data from the network, process the incoming data, and transmit the processed incoming data to the host through the second interface controller; or, receive outgoing data from the host through the second interface controller, process the received outgoing data, and transmit the processed outgoing data to the network. The first interface controller, the control unit, and the network interface are together operable to enable the host to transmit and/or receive other data to and/or from the network and the first interface controller. The host and the control unit share a same network address. 1. A network device comprising:a first interface controller circuit operable to transfer data between the network device and a host processing unit;a second interface controller circuit operable to transfer data between the network device and the host processing unit;a network interface circuit configured to interface the network device with a network; and receive incoming data from the network via the network interface circuit, process the incoming data, and transmit the processed incoming data to the host processing unit through the second interface controller circuit; and', 'receive outgoing data from the host processing unit through the second interface controller circuit, process the received outgoing data, and transmit the processed outgoing data to the network through the network interface circuit;, 'a control unit circuit operable to 'wherein the host processing unit and the control unit circuit share a same network address.', 'wherein the first interface controller circuit, the control unit circuit, and the network interface circuit are ...

COMMUNICATION APPARATUS THAT PERFORMS STREAMING DISTRIBUTION, METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

A communication apparatus capable of switching between videos to be each displayed on a reproduction apparatus based on video data subjected to streaming distribution, on a distributor side. A camera registers management information of a plurality of cameras capable of distributing images to a PC by streaming distribution in a camera management table. Selection of a camera that is to distribute images to the PC is received from a user on a camera selection screen of the camera. The camera management table is updated so as to distribute images from the selected camera to the PC. Upon receipt of a playlist acquisition request from the PC, the camera generates a playlist based on the updated camera management table, and sends the generated playlist to the PC as a response. 1. A communication apparatus that distributes , according to a segment request from an external apparatus , segments obtained by dividing video data to the external apparatus , comprising:a generation unit configured to generate a segment list describing information on a distribution source of each segment;a transmission unit configured to transmit the segment list in response to a request from the external apparatus, for acquiring the segment list;a holding unit configured to hold management information of a plurality of other communication apparatuses that are capable of distributing data to the external apparatus; anda reception unit configured to receive, from a user, selection of a communication apparatus that is to distribute data to the external apparatus, out of the communication apparatuses of which the management information is held by said holding unit,wherein when the selection of a communication apparatus that is to distribute data to the external apparatus is received from the user by said reception unit, said generation unit generates a segment list such that the communication apparatus selected by the user is set as the distribution source of the segment, andwherein the segment list ...