A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING MEDIA CONTENT SERVICES
    5.
    发明公开
    A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING MEDIA CONTENT SERVICES 审中-公开
    方法和设备分发媒体内容业务

    公开(公告)号:EP2912817A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-09-02

    申请号:EP13705146.2

    申请日:2013-02-14

    IPC分类号: H04L29/06

    摘要: A method of distributing a plurality of media content services (S1-S5) across a distribution network comprising dividing each of the plurality of media content services (S1-S5) into segments and transmitting the segments of each of the plurality of media content services as a sequence of bursts (305), wherein there is a window period (303) between successive bursts (305) during which media content is not transmitted. Each of the media content services (S1-S5) has a respective bit rate and the transmitting comprises transmitting each of the segments at a higher bit rate to create the window periods (303) between successive bursts (305). Starts of bursts (305) of the plurality of media content services (S1-S5) are staggered in time with respect to one another. At least one of the media content services (S1-S5) can comprise a plurality of media content service representations of different bit rate. The media content services and media content service representations can be transmitted as multicasts.

    A METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A COMPOSITE VIDEO SERVICES STREAM
    7.
    发明公开
    A METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A COMPOSITE VIDEO SERVICES STREAM 审中-公开
    方法和设备,用来确定复合视频业务流

    公开(公告)号:EP2873247A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-05-20

    申请号:EP12735879.4

    申请日:2012-07-16

    摘要: The invention relates to a method of and apparatus for determining a composite video services stream comprising one or more video services for delivery across a digital subscriber loop. In some embodiments, the invention relates to a method of and apparatus for receiving a video service representation in a video services representation stream. In particular, embodiments of the invention enable a composite video services stream comprising one or more video services for delivery across a digital subscriber loop to be determined. Each video service is made available in a plurality of video service representations each having a different bit rate, the plurality of video service representations of a video service having aligned segment boundaries. The required video services for delivery across the digital subscriber loop are dynamically determined as well as the bandwidth available for delivery of the composite video services stream. One of the plurality of video service representations of a required video service for delivery across the digital subscriber loop is selected depending on at least the bandwidth available for the composite video services stream. If any video service request relates to a non-real-time video service, the non real-time video services stream may be buffered and the buffered video services stream may be sent at an actual transfer rate that depends on the residual bandwidth available for transfer of the video service representation after bandwidth is allocated to higher priority video services. A video service representation having a nominal transfer rate may be received at an actual transfer rate that may be higher than, or lower than, the nominal transfer rate and the transfer is discontinued at the determination of the end of the video services representation stream.

    PROCESSING MEDIA CONTENT WITH SCENE CHANGES
    9.
    发明公开
    PROCESSING MEDIA CONTENT WITH SCENE CHANGES 有权
    VERARBEITUNG VON MEDIENINHALTEN MITSZENENÄNDERUNGEN

    公开(公告)号:EP3095249A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-23

    申请号:EP14702465.7

    申请日:2014-01-17

    发明人: JONES, Anthony

    摘要: Media content comprises video. The video comprises a sequence of scenes comprising pictures. The media content comprises segments. A method determines when a scene change between a first scene and a second, subsequent, scene occurs within a predetermined proximity to a boundary between segments. When a scene change occurs within a predetermined proximity of an end of a segment, at least a first picture in the second scene is discarded and an additional picture is inserted in the first scene. When a scene change occurs within a predetermined proximity of a start of a segment, at least one picture in the first scene is discarded and an additional picture is inserted in the second scene. The additional picture can be a repeat or a copy of an existing picture, or it can be based on at least one existing picture in the first scene, such as by interpolation.

    摘要翻译: 媒体内容包括视频。 视频包括包括图片的一系列场景。 媒体内容包括片段。 一种方法确定何时在第一场景和第二后续场景之间的场景变化在预定的接近于段之间的边界的地方发生。 当在段的末尾的预定接近度内发生场景变化时,丢弃第二场景中的至少第一画面,并且在第一场景中插入附加画面。 当在段的开始的预定接近度内发生场景变化时,丢弃第一场景中的至少一个画面,并且在第二场景中插入附加画面。 附加图像可以是现有图像的重复或复制,或者可以基于第一场景中的至少一个现有图像,例如通过插值。