Media streaming with enhanced seek operation
    1.
    发明授权
    Media streaming with enhanced seek operation 有权
    媒体流与增强搜索操作

    公开(公告)号:US08370887B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-02-05

    申请号:US12188087

    申请日:2008-08-07

    IPC分类号: H04N7/173

    摘要: The present disclosure relates to playback of video/audio streaming media data. The media stream is available from the network at multiple bit rates. When a seek operation is performed, a playback device requests a lower bit rate media stream in order to quickly fill a playback buffer so that playback can commence more readily. After a seek start-up period is complete, the playback device can return to downloading the media stream associated with higher bit rates in order to increase the quality of the playback.

    摘要翻译: 本公开涉及视频/音频流媒体数据的回放。 媒体流可以从网络以多个比特率获得。 当执行搜索操作时,回放设备请求较低比特率的媒体流,以便快速填充回放缓冲器,使得播放可以更容易地开始。 在寻找启动时间段完成之后,回放设备可以返回下载与较高比特率相关联的媒体流,以便提高回放的质量。

    METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ADAPTIVE BANDWITH CONTROL FOR REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION
    2.
    发明申请
    METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ADAPTIVE BANDWITH CONTROL FOR REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION 有权
    用于提供实时通信的自适应带宽控制的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US20070086485A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-04-19

    申请号:US11560445

    申请日:2006-11-16

    IPC分类号: H04J3/22

    摘要: A method and system for dynamically altering the transmission settings of one or more computing devices engaged in a real-time communication session is presented. The devices exchange meaningful and dummy control packets according to a standard control protocol. The approximate bandwidth available on the network is then calculated based on the difference in arrival times between at least one of the dummy control packets and at least one of the meaningful control packets. Once the approximate bandwidth available on the network is computed, the one or more devices adjust outgoing audio and video data streams using a quality control mechanism. The quality control mechanism enables the one or more devices to transmit data in a way that maximizes the user experience during the real-time communication session.

    摘要翻译: 提出了一种用于动态地改变参与实时通信会话的一个或多个计算设备的传输设置的方法和系统。 设备根据标准控制协议交换有意义的和虚拟的控制数据包。 然后基于至少一个虚拟控制分组与至少一个有意义的控制分组之间的到达时间的差异来计算网络上可用的大致带宽。 一旦计算了网络上可用的大致带宽,则一个或多个设备使用质量控制机制来调整输出的音频和视频数据流。 质量控制机制使得一个或多个设备能够以在实时通信会话期间最大化用户体验的方式来发送数据。

    Methods and systems for estimating network available bandwidth using packet pairs and spatial filtering
    3.
    发明申请
    Methods and systems for estimating network available bandwidth using packet pairs and spatial filtering 有权
    使用分组对和空间过滤估计网络可用带宽的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US20050083849A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-04-21

    申请号:US10686160

    申请日:2003-10-15

    IPC分类号: H04L12/26

    摘要: Estimation of available bandwidth on a network uses packet pairs and spatially filtering. Packet pairs are transmitted over the network. The dispersion of the packet pairs is used to generate samples of the available bandwidth, which are then classified into bins to generate a histogram. The bins can have uniform bin widths, and the histogram data can be aged so that older samples are given less weight in the estimation. The histogram data is then spatially filtered. Kernel density algorithms can be used to spatially filter the histogram data. The network available bandwidth is estimated using the spatially filtered histogram data. Alternatively, the spatially filtered histogram data can be temporally filtered before the available bandwidth is estimated.

    摘要翻译: 网络上可用带宽的估计使用数据包对和空间过滤。 分组对通过网络传输。 分组对的分散被用于生成可用带宽的样本,然后将其分类为分组以生成直方图。 箱体可以具有统一的箱体宽度,并且直方图数据可以老化,以便在估计中给予较小的重量。 然后将直方图数据进行空间滤波。 内核密度算法可用于对直方图数据进行空间过滤。 使用空间滤波的直方图数据估计网络可用带宽。 或者,空间滤波的直方图数据可以在估计可用带宽之前进行时间滤波。

    Multimedia communications software with network streaming and multi-format conferencing
    4.
    发明授权
    Multimedia communications software with network streaming and multi-format conferencing 有权
    具有网络流和多格式会议的多媒体通信软件

    公开(公告)号:US06839734B1

    公开(公告)日:2005-01-04

    申请号:US09157884

    申请日:1998-09-21

    IPC分类号: H04L29/06 G06F15/16 H04L12/16

    摘要: Computers, particularly personal computers, have become everyday communications devices, nearly as common as telephones and televisions. A big reason for this is the expansion of computer networks, such as the Internet, which allow sending and receiving information, including audio and video information, from one computer to one or more other computers. Communicating audio and video information between computers can be problematic because users have to wait for the information to be fully downloaded before viewing or hearing it and because different computers sometimes communicate using incompatible communications protocols, which prevents comprehension. Accordingly, the inventors devised new methods, software, and computer systems that support interactive data streaming (real-time exchange of multimedia data) and full-duplex communications, for example, network conferencing, using more than one communications protocol.

    摘要翻译: 计算机,特别是个人计算机,已经成为日常通信设备,几乎和电话和电视一样普遍。 这样做的一个重要原因是诸如因特网的计算机网络的扩展,其允许从一台计算机向一台或多台其他计算机发送和接收包括音频和视频信息的信息。 在计算机之间传播音频和视频信息可能是有问题的,因为用户必须在查看或听到信息之前等待信息被完全下载,并且因为不同的计算机有时使用不兼容的通信协议进行通信,这阻碍了理解。 因此,本发明人设计了使用多于一种通信协议来支持交互式数据流(多媒体数据的实时交换)和全双工通信(例如,网络会议)的新方法,软件和计算机系统。

    Methods and systems for estimating network available bandwidth using packet pairs and spatial filtering
    5.
    发明授权
    Methods and systems for estimating network available bandwidth using packet pairs and spatial filtering 有权
    使用分组对和空间过滤估计网络可用带宽的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US08068436B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-11-29

    申请号:US10686160

    申请日:2003-10-15

    IPC分类号: H04L12/26

    摘要: Estimation of available bandwidth on a network uses packet pairs and spatially filtering. Packet pairs are transmitted over the network. The dispersion of the packet pairs is used to generate samples of the available bandwidth, which are then classified into bins to generate a histogram. The bins can have uniform bin widths, and the histogram data can be aged so that older samples are given less weight in the estimation. The histogram data is then spatially filtered. Kernel density algorithms can be used to spatially filter the histogram data. The network available bandwidth is estimated using the spatially filtered histogram data. Alternatively, the spatially filtered histogram data can be temporally filtered before the available bandwidth is estimated.

    摘要翻译: 网络上可用带宽的估计使用数据包对和空间过滤。 分组对通过网络传输。 分组对的分散被用于生成可用带宽的样本,然后将其分类为分组以生成直方图。 箱体可以具有统一的箱体宽度,并且直方图数据可以老化,以便在估计中给予较小的重量。 然后将直方图数据进行空间滤波。 内核密度算法可用于对直方图数据进行空间过滤。 使用空间滤波的直方图数据估计网络可用带宽。 或者,空间滤波的直方图数据可以在估计可用带宽之前进行时间滤波。

    Buffer passing mechanisms
    6.
    发明授权
    Buffer passing mechanisms 有权
    缓冲传递机制

    公开(公告)号:US07908412B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-03-15

    申请号:US11382524

    申请日:2006-05-10

    IPC分类号: G06F15/173

    CPC分类号: H04N21/23406

    摘要: Systems and/or methods (“tools”) are described that provide a buffer passing mechanism, and other techniques. Some of these tools may be enabled using a computer-implemented data structure that includes a plurality of master buffers, and a plurality of slave buffers that store data elements. Some of the slave buffers are referenced by more than one master buffer. Some of the slave buffers are referenced by one of the master buffers, but not by another master buffer.

    摘要翻译: 描述了提供缓冲器传递机制和其他技术的系统和/或方法(“工具”)。 可以使用包括多个主缓冲器的计算机实现的数据结构以及存储数据元素的多个从缓冲器来启用这些工具中的一些。 一些从站缓冲区由多个主缓冲区引用。 一些从站缓冲区由主缓冲区之一引用,但不由另一个主缓冲区引用。

    MEDIA STREAMING WITH ENHANCED SEEK OPERATION
    7.
    发明申请
    MEDIA STREAMING WITH ENHANCED SEEK OPERATION 有权
    媒体流程加强SEEK操作

    公开(公告)号:US20090297123A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-12-03

    申请号:US12188087

    申请日:2008-08-07

    IPC分类号: H04N5/91 H04N7/00

    摘要: The present disclosure relates to playback of video/audio streaming media data. The media stream is available from the network at multiple bit rates. When a seek operation is performed, a playback device requests a lower bit rate media stream in order to quickly fill a playback buffer so that playback can commence more readily. After a seek start-up period is complete, the playback device can return to downloading the media stream associated with higher bit rates in order to increase the quality of the playback.

    摘要翻译: 本公开涉及视频/音频流媒体数据的回放。 媒体流可以从网络以多个比特率获得。 当执行搜索操作时,回放设备请求较低比特率的媒体流,以便快速填充回放缓冲器,使得播放可以更容易地开始。 在寻找启动时间段完成之后,回放设备可以返回下载与较高比特率相关联的媒体流,以便提高回放的质量。

    Method and system for providing adaptive bandwidth control for real-time communication
    8.
    发明授权
    Method and system for providing adaptive bandwidth control for real-time communication 有权
    为实时通信提供自适应带宽控制的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US07554922B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-06-30

    申请号:US11560445

    申请日:2006-11-16

    IPC分类号: H04J3/14

    摘要: A method and system for dynamically altering the transmission settings of one or more computing devices engaged in a real-time communication session is presented. The devices exchange meaningful and dummy control packets according to a standard control protocol. The approximate bandwidth available on the network is then calculated based on the difference in arrival times between at least one of the dummy control packets and at least one of the meaningful control packets. Once the approximate bandwidth available on the network is computed, the one or more devices adjust outgoing audio and video data streams using a quality control mechanism. The quality control mechanism enables the one or more devices to transmit data in a way that maximizes the user experience during the real-time communication session.

    摘要翻译: 提出了一种用于动态地改变参与实时通信会话的一个或多个计算设备的传输设置的方法和系统。 设备根据标准控制协议交换有意义的和虚拟的控制数据包。 然后基于至少一个虚拟控制分组与至少一个有意义的控制分组之间的到达时间的差异来计算网络上可用的大致带宽。 一旦计算了网络上可用的大致带宽,则一个或多个设备使用质量控制机制来调整输出的音频和视频数据流。 质量控制机制使得一个或多个设备能够以在实时通信会话期间最大化用户体验的方式来发送数据。

    REDUCING INFORMATION RECEPTION DELAYS
    9.
    发明申请
    REDUCING INFORMATION RECEPTION DELAYS 有权
    减少信息接收延迟

    公开(公告)号:US20080294793A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-11-27

    申请号:US11951912

    申请日:2007-12-06

    IPC分类号: G06F15/16

    摘要: A technique for reducing information reception delays is provided. The technique reduces delays that may be caused by protocols that guarantee order and delivery, such as TCP/IP. The technique creates multiple connections between a sender and recipient computing devices and sends messages from the sender to the recipient on the multiple corrections redundantly. The recipient can then use the first arriving message and ignore the subsequently arriving redundant messages. The recipient can also wait for a period of time before determining which of the arrived messages to use. The technique may dynamically add connections if messages are not consistently received in a timely manner on multiple connections. Conversely, the technique may remove connections if messages are consistently received in a timely manner on multiple connections. The technique can accordingly be used with applications that are intolerant of data reception delays such as Voice over IP, real-time streaming audio, or real-time streaming video.

    摘要翻译: 提供了用于减少信息接收延迟的技术。 该技术减少了可能由保证订单和传递的协议(如TCP / IP)引起的延迟。 该技术在发送方和收件人计算设备之间创建多个连接,并以多次更正方式从发送方向接收方发送消息。 接收者可以使用第一个到达的消息,并忽略随后到达的冗余消息。 收件人还可以等待一段时间才能确定要使用的到达消息。 如果在多个连接上不及时地接收到消息,则该技术可以动态地添加连接。 相反,如果在多个连接上一致地接收到消息,则该技术可以去除连接。 因此,该技术可以与不耐受诸如IP语音,实时流音频或实时流视频之类的数据接收延迟的应用一起使用。

    Methods and systems for estimating network available bandwidth using packet pairs and spatial filtering
    10.
    发明授权
    Methods and systems for estimating network available bandwidth using packet pairs and spatial filtering 有权
    使用分组对和空间过滤估计网络可用带宽的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US08817645B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-08-26

    申请号:US13300027

    申请日:2011-11-18

    IPC分类号: H04L12/26

    摘要: Estimation of available bandwidth on a network uses packet pairs and spatially filtering. Packet pairs are transmitted over the network. The dispersion of the packet pairs is used to generate samples of the available bandwidth, which are then classified into bins to generate a histogram. The bins can have uniform bin widths, and the histogram data can be aged so that older samples are given less weight in the estimation. The histogram data is then spatially filtered. Kernel density algorithms can be used to spatially filter the histogram data. The network available bandwidth is estimated using the spatially filtered histogram data. Alternatively, the spatially filtered histogram data can be temporally filtered before the available bandwidth is estimated.

    摘要翻译: 网络上可用带宽的估计使用数据包对和空间过滤。 分组对通过网络传输。 分组对的分散被用于生成可用带宽的样本,然后将其分类为分组以生成直方图。 箱体可以具有统一的箱体宽度,并且直方图数据可以老化,以便在估计中给予较小的重量。 然后将直方图数据进行空间滤波。 内核密度算法可用于对直方图数据进行空间过滤。 使用空间滤波的直方图数据估计网络可用带宽。 或者,空间滤波的直方图数据可以在估计可用带宽之前进行时间滤波。