SELECTIVELY RECEIVING MEDIA CONTENT
    1.
    发明申请
    SELECTIVELY RECEIVING MEDIA CONTENT 审中-公开
    选择性接收媒体内容

    公开(公告)号:US20120143994A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-06-07

    申请号:US12959645

    申请日:2010-12-03

    IPC分类号: G06F15/16

    摘要: Disclosed are methods that associate “importance” information with chunks of a media presentation. An end-user device uses this information to intelligently manage resources when downloading or rendering the media presentation. An editor tags a chunk as important based on the contents of the chunk. The importance information includes a recommendation that this chunk be rendered at a higher-than-usual resolution and that the end-user device start downloading this chunk out of order. An advertiser recommends that an advertisement be rendered at a resolution high enough for the end user to view it appropriately. The importance information can include a recommended point at which to display the advertisement (e.g., between scenes in the media presentation). The end-user device can download advertisements before they are needed. Later, when the user requests a media presentation, an already downloaded advertisement is rendered while the initial chunks of the media presentation are downloaded.

    摘要翻译: 公开的是将“重要性”信息与媒体呈现的块相关联的方法。 终端用户设备在下载或呈现媒体演示时使用这些信息来智能地管理资源。 编辑器根据块的内容标记一个重要的块。 重要性信息包括一个建议,该块以高于通常的分辨率呈现,并且最终用户设备开始下载这个块。 广告商建议以足够高的分辨率呈现广告,以便最终用户适当地查看广告。 重要性信息可以包括用于显示广告的推荐点(例如,媒体呈现中的场景之间)。 最终用户设备可以在需要之前下载广告。 稍后,当用户请求媒体呈现时,在下载媒体呈现的初始块时呈现已经下载的广告。

    SELECTIVELY RECEIVING MEDIA CONTENT
    3.
    发明申请
    SELECTIVELY RECEIVING MEDIA CONTENT 审中-公开
    选择性接收媒体内容

    公开(公告)号:US20120079000A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-03-29

    申请号:US12891421

    申请日:2010-09-27

    IPC分类号: G06F15/16

    摘要: Disclosed are methods for associating size information with each chunk of a media presentation. This size information is sent to an end-user device. There are many ways to characterize the size of a chunk beyond simply giving the number of bytes in the chunk. Some embodiments send an approximation of the size or a relative size. In some embodiments, a server publishes a “reference” value for a media presentation and then, for each chunk, gives the size relative to that reference value. The device decides whether or not to download the chunk. The device might decide that it is unlikely that the next chunk can be downloaded in time. Then, to avoid the possibility of a video freeze, the device could request the next chunk at a lower resolution. In some situations, the device decides to request a completely different chunk or to not request any chunk at all.

    摘要翻译: 公开了将大小信息与媒体呈现的每个块相关联的方法。 该大小信息被发送到最终用户设备。 除了简单地给出块中的字节数之外,还有许多方法来表征块的大小。 一些实施例发送尺寸或相对尺寸的近似值。 在一些实施例中,服务器发布媒体呈现的“参考”值,然后针对每个组给出相对于该参考值的大小。 该设备决定是否下载该块。 该设备可能会决定下一个小块不太可能及时下载。 然后,为了避免视频冻结的可能性,设备可以以较低的分辨率请求下一个块。 在某些情况下,设备决定请求完全不同的块,或者根本不请求任何块。

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STREAMING VIDEO
    5.
    发明申请
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STREAMING VIDEO 审中-公开
    流动视频的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20120030723A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-02-02

    申请号:US12843930

    申请日:2010-07-27

    IPC分类号: H04N7/173

    摘要: A method and apparatus for transmitting video is provided herein. A video representation is segmented into video chunks, with each chunk spanning a different time interval. Each chunk may be divided into two or more sub-chunks. During operation, the client requests a sub-chunk of a particular video chunk and then possibly requests an additional sub-chunk of the video chunk. The client then combines and decodes the sub-chunks to provide a reconstructed video chunk for playback on a device. In an embodiment, I-frames of a video chunk are made available in a separate sub-chunk file than P-frames (or B-frames).

    摘要翻译: 本文提供了一种用于传输视频的方法和装置。 视频表示被分割成视频块,每个块跨越不同的时间间隔。 每个块可以分为两个或更多个子块。 在操作期间,客户端请求特定视频块的子块,然后可能请求视频块的附加子块。 然后,客户端组合并解码子块,以提供用于在设备上回放的重构的视频块。 在一个实施例中,视频块的I帧在单独的子块文件中比P帧(或B帧)可用。

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING VIDEO
    6.
    发明申请
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING VIDEO 审中-公开
    分发视频的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20120140645A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-06-07

    申请号:US12959609

    申请日:2010-12-03

    IPC分类号: H04H20/71 H04L12/26

    摘要: A method and apparatus for distributing live video to multiple client devices is provided herein. In particular, a router is provided that acts on behalf of all client devices in its network. The router serves multiple groups of client devices with each group being formed by client devices having similar bandwidth requirements. The router then requests and receives video chunks from a network. The router then redistributes the video chunks to the multiple client devices using a multicast transmission. In particular, to minimize the demands on the core network, the router sets up a separate multicast to each group. Live video, of the appropriate quality is then multicast to each group.

    摘要翻译: 本文提供了一种用于将实时视频分发到多个客户端设备的方法和装置。 特别地,提供了代表其网络中的所有客户端设备的路由器。 路由器服务多组客户端设备,每个组由具有相似带宽要求的客户端设备组成。 路由器然后从网络请求并接收视频块。 路由器然后使用组播传输将视频块重新分配给多个客户端设备。 特别地,为了最小化对核心网络的需求,路由器为每个组设置单独的多播。 现场视频,适当的质量然后组播到每个组。

    SELECTIVELY RECEIVING MEDIA CONTENT
    8.
    发明申请
    SELECTIVELY RECEIVING MEDIA CONTENT 审中-公开
    选择性接收媒体内容

    公开(公告)号:US20120079059A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-03-29

    申请号:US12891348

    申请日:2010-09-27

    IPC分类号: G06F15/16

    摘要: Disclosed are methods that associate “importance” information with chunks of a media presentation. An end-user device or server uses this information to intelligently manage resources when downloading or rendering the media presentation. Many different types of importance information are used. An editor can tag a chunk as important based on the content of the chunk or may give the chunk a rating, or importance can be inferred from download statistics. In some embodiments, the end-user device determines the importance of a chunk based on observations of the behavior of the device's user. The end-user device can send its locally gathered behavioral observations to a server to enhance that server's demographic information. The server can observe its own download behavior to infer importance. The end-user device may choose to either not download, or to download at a low resolution, those chunks deemed to be unimportant, thus saving bandwidth and battery power.

    摘要翻译: 公开的是将“重要性”信息与媒体呈现的块相关联的方法。 最终用户设备或服务器在下载或呈现媒体演示时使用该信息来智能地管理资源。 使用许多不同类型的重要性信息。 编辑器可以基于块的内容来标记一个重要的块,或者可以给块的等级,或者可以从下载统计推断出重要性。 在一些实施例中,终端用户设备基于对设备用户的行为的观察来确定块的重要性。 最终用户设备可以将其本地收集的行为观察发送到服务器,以增强该服务器的人口统计信息。 服务器可以观察自己的下载行为来推断重要性。 最终用户设备可能选择不下载或以低分辨率下载被认为不重要的块,从而节省带宽和电池电量。

    SYSTEM FOR ENABLING MOBILE COVERAGE EXTENSION AND PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATIONS IN AN AD HOC NETWORK AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREFOR
    9.
    发明申请
    SYSTEM FOR ENABLING MOBILE COVERAGE EXTENSION AND PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATIONS IN AN AD HOC NETWORK AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREFOR 有权
    用于实现移动覆盖扩展和对等通信的系统及其运营方式

    公开(公告)号:US20090116430A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-05-07

    申请号:US11936513

    申请日:2007-11-07

    IPC分类号: H04Q7/00

    CPC分类号: H04W84/18 H04W72/04 H04W74/00

    摘要: A method for enabling mobile coverage extension and peer-to-peer communications in an ad hoc network is provided. The method includes communicating at least one message among the plurality of nodes, wherein the at least one message comprises: an ad hoc zone, wherein the ad hoc zone comprises at least one channel selected from a group of channels comprising: at least one synchronization channel for synchronizing out of coverage nodes, at least one access channel for peer-to-peer communications, and at least one ad hoc relay data/traffic channel for exchanging data during data sessions between one or more nodes.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于在自组织网络中实现移动覆盖扩展和对等通信的方法。 所述方法包括在所述多个节点之间传送至少一个消息,其中所述至少一个消息包括:自组织区,其中所述自组织区包括从一组信道中选择的至少一个信道,包括:至少一个同步信道 用于在覆盖节点之间进行同步,至少一个用于对等通信的接入信道,以及用于在一个或多个节点之间的数据会话期间交换数据的至少一个自组织中继数据/业务信道。

    System and method of resource allocation within a communication system
    10.
    发明授权
    System and method of resource allocation within a communication system 有权
    通信系统中资源分配的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US07894371B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-02-22

    申请号:US11831413

    申请日:2007-07-31

    IPC分类号: H04L12/28 H04W72/00

    CPC分类号: H04W74/02 H04W72/04 H04W84/18

    摘要: A system and method of resource allocation within a communication system is provided. A communication system comprises a plurality of nodes operating in a first architecture network mode, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of nodes are reconfigured to operate in a second architecture network mode in response to a change in one or more network performance requirements. When the plurality of nodes are operating in a distributed architecture network mode, at least a portion of the plurality of nodes are reconfigured to operate in a clustered architecture network mode in response to an increase in one or more network performance requirements. When the plurality of nodes are operating in a clustered architecture network mode, at least a portion of the plurality of nodes are reconfigured to operate in a distributed architecture network mode in response to a decrease in one or more network performance requirements.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种在通信系统内资源分配的系统和方法。 通信系统包括以第一架构网络模式操作的多个节点,其中响应于一个或多个网络性能要求的变化,重新配置多个节点的至少一部分以在第二架构网络模式下操作。 当多个节点以分布式架构网络模式运行时,响应于一个或多个网络性能要求的增加,多个节点的至少一部分被重新配置为以群集架构网络模式运行。 当多个节点以群集架构网络模式操作时,响应于一个或多个网络性能要求的降低,多个节点的至少一部分被重新配置为以分布式架构网络模式运行。