Media spooler system and methodology providing efficient transmission of media content from wireless devices
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    Media spooler system and methodology providing efficient transmission of media content from wireless devices 有权
    媒体后台处理程序系统和方法提供来自无线设备的媒体内容的高效传输

    公开(公告)号:US07881715B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-02-01

    申请号:US11516809

    申请日:2006-09-05

    IPC分类号: H04W4/00

    摘要: A media spooler system is described that provides a methodology for efficient transmission of media content from client devices, such transmission of digital images from wireless digital cameras. The media spooler or gateway addresses wireless transmission problems by acting as a protocol gateway between a thin-client device and a target host or server (supported by a server infrastructure). More particularly, the media spooler of the present invention acts as a protocol gateway between thin-client devices (e.g., “mobile visual communicator” in the form of a wireless digital camera) and server infrastructure (e.g., server-based computer systems or “Web servers” of a photographic service provider). This task entails accepting multiple, simultaneous connections from various client devices (e.g., wireless digital cameras), extracting information from those devices (e.g., digital photographs or other media content), and then uploading that information to the target server infrastructure. In basic operation, the media spooler queries each client device for the information (e.g., media, such as pictures) the client device thinks should uploaded, and then the media spooler queries the server infrastructure for the subset of pictures that have not been already uploaded. This improved coordination or synchronization of information between a device and target host allows for efficient recovery of dropped cellular data calls by essentially allowing the media spooler to “pick up where it left off.”

    摘要翻译: 描述了一种媒体假脱机系统,其提供用于从客户端设备有效地传输媒体内容的方法,例如来自无线数字照相机的数字图像的传输。 媒体假脱机程序或网关通过充当瘦客户机设备与目标主机或服务器(由服务器基础设施支持)之间的协议网关来解决无线传输问题。 更具体地说,本发明的媒体假脱机器作为瘦客户端设备(例如,无线数字照相机形式的“移动可视通信器”)和服务器基础设施(例如基于服务器的计算机系统或“ 摄影服务提供商的Web服务器“)。 该任务需要接受来自各种客户端设备(例如,无线数字照相机)的多个同时连接,从那些设备提取信息(例如,数字照片或其他媒体内容),然后将该信息上传到目标服务器基础设施。 在基本操作中,媒体后台处理程序向每个客户端设备查询客户端设备认为应上传的信息(例如,媒体,如图片),然后介质后台处理程序查询服务器基础结构以获得尚未上传的图片子集 。 这种改进的设备和目标主机之间的信息的协调或同步允许通过基本上允许媒体假脱机程序“拾取其停留在何处”来有效地恢复丢弃的蜂窝数据呼叫。