公开(公告)号：US07246318B2

公开(公告)日：2007-07-17

申请号：US10185161

申请日：2002-06-28

申请人： Kirt Debique ,  Rebecca C. Weiss ,  Brian D. Crites ,  Daniel J. Miller ,  Robin C. B. Speed ,  Dong Wei ,  Sohail B. Mohammed ,  Alexandre Grigorovitch ,  Geoffrey T. Dunbar

发明人： Kirt Debique ,  Rebecca C. Weiss ,  Brian D. Crites ,  Daniel J. Miller ,  Robin C. B. Speed ,  Dong Wei ,  Sohail B. Mohammed ,  Alexandre Grigorovitch ,  Geoffrey T. Dunbar

IPC分类号： G06F3/00

CPC分类号： H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/06027 ,  H04L65/4069 ,  H04L67/02 ,  H04L69/329

摘要： A computing system, which is in communication with a multimedia source and that includes at least one application for processing multimedia content from the multimedia source, includes an Application Programming Interface (API) for obtaining basic multimedia information that may be required by applications to process the multimedia content. By doing this, the invention enables multimedia application(s) to easily obtain the basic information from the API in a predetermined and standard manner, without having to obtain the information directly from the multimedia source, thereby reducing the functionality that has to be programmed directly into the application(s) for obtaining the basic information, and thereby reducing the cost, time, and resources that are required for creating the multimedia application(s).

摘要翻译： 与多媒体源通信并且包括用于处理来自多媒体源的多媒体内容的至少一个应用的计算系统包括用于获得应用程序可能需要的基本多媒体信息的应用编程接口（API） 多媒体内容。 通过这样做，本发明使得多媒体应用能够以预定和标准的方式从API中轻松地获得基本信息，而不必直接从多媒体源获得信息，从而减少必须直接编程的功能 进入用于获得基本信息的应用，从而减少创建多媒体应用所需的成本，时间和资源。

公开(公告)号：US06374357B1

公开(公告)日：2002-04-16

申请号：US09061573

申请日：1998-04-16

申请人： Sohail B. Mohammed ,  Kipley J. Olson

发明人： Sohail B. Mohammed ,  Kipley J. Olson

IPC分类号： G06F1130

CPC分类号： H04L63/0823 ,  G06F21/121 ,  H04L63/12

摘要： The present invention is directed to a novel system and method for regulating a network service provider's ability to provide network services to a distributed application executing on a network connected computer, which is dependent upon whether the NSP possesses a valid permit. The permit is a data structure created by a vendor or distributor of a distributed application. The vendor can selectively issue a permit to the NSP (or NSPs) for which authorization is being granted. When the distributed application is being executed at a client computer, and the services of a particular NSP are requested, an application running at the client first requests that the NSP provide the client with a valid permit. If the permit is valid and authentic, and the identity of the NSP is confirmed, then the application executing at the client will permit the distributed application to utilize the network services of the selected NSP.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种用于调节网络服务提供商向在网络连接的计算机上执行的分布式应用提供网络服务的能力的新型系统和方法，其取决于NSP是否具有有效许可证。 许可证是由分布式应用程序的供应商或分销商创建的数据结构。 供应商可以选择性地向授予授权的NSP（或NSP）颁发许可。 当在客户端计算机上执行分布式应用程序并且请求特定NSP的服务时，在客户端运行的应用程序首先请求NSP向客户端提供有效的许可证。 如果许可证是有效和真实的，并且确认了NSP的身份，则在客户端执行的应用程序将允许分布式应用程序利用所选择的NSP的网络服务。