Abstract:
An approach is provided for providing perspective-based content placement. A content placement platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of one or more models of one or more objects associated with a geographical area to cause, at least in part, a decomposition of the one or more models into one or more simplified surfaces. The content placement platform further causes, at least in part, a selection of one or more portions of the one or more simplified surfaces as one or more content placement layers based, at least in part, on one or more viewpoints, with the one or more content placement layers supporting a perspective-based rendering of one or more content items associated with the one or more objects.
Abstract:
A system and method for ensuring an improved transition at the application layer when distribution of media is changed from broadcast/multicast bearers to unicast bearers and vice versa. A mapping is defined between the timeline of a Packet-Switched Streaming Service (PSS) session and the Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) session timeline. This mapping is used to enable the correct positioning of the stream in a PSS session by a PSS server after a handover has occurred. Broadcast multicast service center (BM-SC) signals can support various options for media playback after a MBMS-PSS handover in a PSS session description protocol (SDP) file or in the MBMS user service description (USD). In response, the client can signal its choice in the RTSP request that is sent when switching to the PSS session.
Abstract:
A system and method for providing feedback formats and transport protocol extensions to support interactivity between a rich media client and a rich media server. The present invention provides for feedback formats and protocol extensions for protocols such as SMS, MMS, HTTP and RTSP. These feedback formats and protocol extensions may be used for dynamic menus, rich media players, user voting situations, video/audio selection services, remote user interfaces, and other applications.
Abstract:
The invention relates to the generation of error correction data for available data packets 53 and to the reconstruction of missing data packets based on available data packets and available error correction data. In order to enable an efficient error correction, the data packets 53 are distributed at an encoding end to at least one block of data symbols 54, each data symbol 54 being of equal size (steps 403,404). Then all data symbols 54 of a respective block are used in an encoding operation for forming a respective one of at least one error correction symbol 56 for this block (step 405). At a decoding end, received data packets 83 are distributed again to a block of data symbols 84 and missing data packets are reconstructed based on these data symbols 84 and on error correction symbols 86 associated to the block.
Abstract:
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are herein provided for providing a REVV system that is configured to provide an MVS that is operable on a mobile terminal. One example method may include causing a plurality of vector word residuals to be aggregated for at least one visual word using local feature descriptors extracted from an image. The method may further include causing the dimensionality of the aggregated at least one vector word residual for each visual word to be reduced by using a classification aware linear discriminant analysis. The method may further include computing, using a processor, a weighted correlation for at least one compact image signature that is binarized from the aggregated at least one vector word residual when compared to a list of candidates. The method may further include determining a ranked list of candidates based on the computed weighted correlation.
Abstract:
A transport mechanism for supporting the download of SVG over FLUTE or UDP. A RTP payload format is specified that enables live streaming and the streaming of rich media content. According to the present invention, rich media content is encapsulated in RTP packets based upon the payload format at the sender. With the present invention, an efficient framework is provided for satisfying several use cases or scenarios that involve rich media transmission.
Abstract:
An extension to the ISO Base Media File Format to support ALC as a broadcast protocol. The present invention also provides for the extension of the ESG to include metadata specific to the transport of SVG over mobile broadcast/multicast networks. A “BMFDP hint track” is introduced in the container file format, with the required file metadata being in these hint tracks. The present invention can be used in applications such as the preview of long cartoon animations, interactive Mobile TV services, live enterprise data feeds, live chat services, and karaoke programs.
Abstract:
Systems, methods, devices and computer program products which relate to utilizing a camera of a mobile terminal as a user interface for search applications and online services to perform visual searching are provided. The system consists of an apparatus that includes a processor that is configured to capture an image of one or more objects and analyze data of the image to identify an object(s) of the image. The processor is further configured to receive information that is associated with at least one object of the images and display the information that is associated with the image. In this regard, the apparatus is able to simplify access to location based services and improve a user's experience. The processor of the apparatus is configured to combine results of robust visual searches with online information resources to enhance location based services.
Abstract:
In a RTP stream having a plurality of FEC frames containing source blocks of media packets, random access points are inserted in front of the source blocks so as to allow a media decoder to decode the media packets as soon as FEC decoding is finished. In particular, the media packets contain forward error correction (FEC) source blocks for a multimedia broadcast/multicast-based streaming service content. As the multimedia broadcast/multicast streaming service includes dynamic interactive multimedia scene content where the source RTP packets of different media along with the FEC RTP packets are transmitted as separate RTP streams, the inclusion of the random access point facilitates immediate rendering of the dynamic interactive multimedia scene content after FEC decoding, thus reducing the tune-in latency.
Abstract:
A system and method for partitioning XML-based content into fragments, where transport packets are generated for encapsulating the fragments and streaming the encapsulated fragments to a receiver, such as a mobile device. Fragmentation of the XML-based content can be performed either with or without regard for any underlying XML syntax or structure. In either case, certain relevant fragmentation information is encapsulated with the fragmented XML-based content in the transport packets that allow for various reconstruction, error concealment, and retransmission schemes for presenting the streamed XML-based content on/to the receiver.