Network-based format conversion
    2.
    发明申请
    Network-based format conversion 有权
    基于网络的格式转换

    公开(公告)号:US20070121651A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-05-31

    申请号:US11291326

    申请日:2005-11-30

    IPC分类号: H04L12/56 H04J3/16

    摘要: Various embodiments of the invention provide solutions for converting content, such as audio files and/or streams, video files and/or streams, other data files and/or the like. In an aspect, embodiments of the invention thus provide novel solutions to facilitate the provision of media services to one or more subscribers. In a set of embodiments, for example, media conversion services might be performed according to a subscriber's profile, such that the conversion services can be provided, in some cases, on the fly while providing the media to the subscriber, allowing the subscriber to obtain content in the necessary format without having to specify in each instance the formats in which various content should be provided.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的各种实施例提供了用于转换诸如音频文件和/或流,视频文件和/或流,其他数据文件等的内容的解决方案。 在一方面,本发明的实施例因此提供了新颖的解决方案,以便于向一个或多个订户提供媒体服务。 在一组实施例中,例如,可以根据订户的简档来执行媒体转换服务,使得在某些情况下可以在向用户提供媒体的同时提供转换服务,从而允许用户获得 内容为必要格式,而不必在每个实例中指定应提供各种内容的格式。

    Networked PVR system
    3.
    发明申请
    Networked PVR system 审中-公开
    网络化PVR系统

    公开(公告)号:US20070124779A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-05-31

    申请号:US11291324

    申请日:2005-11-30

    摘要: Various embodiments of the invention provide novel solutions for providing content (including without limitation audio content and video content) to subscribers. In an aspect of some embodiments, content can be provided in an on-demand manner, allowing subscribers to select what content to receive and/or when to receive such content. In another aspect, embodiments can provide real-time content in such an on-demand environment, allowing a user to experience both the convenience of on-demand content and the timeliness of real-time content, perhaps integrated into a single stream of content. Merely by way of example, some embodiments provide personal broadcast channels, which can allow a user to define an ordered set of on-demand and/or real-time content to be delivered. Other embodiments provide automatic conversion services and/or networked content storage.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的各种实施例提供了用于向订户提供内容(包括但不限于音频内容和视频内容)的新颖解决方案。 在一些实施例的一个方面,内容可以以按需方式提供,允许用户选择要接收的内容和/或何时接收这样的内容。 在另一方面,实施例可以在这种按需环境中提供实时内容,允许用户同时体验按需内容的便利性和实时内容的及时性,可能集成到单个内容流中。 仅仅作为示例,一些实施例提供个人广播频道,其可以允许用户定义要传送的按需和/或实时内容的有序集合。 其他实施例提供自动转换服务和/或网络内容存储。

    Real-time on demand server
    4.
    发明申请
    Real-time on demand server 有权
    实时点播服务器

    公开(公告)号:US20070124416A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-05-31

    申请号:US11291274

    申请日:2005-11-30

    IPC分类号: G06F15/16

    CPC分类号: H04L67/26

    摘要: Various embodiments of the invention provide novel solutions for providing real-time content in an on-demand environment. In a novel aspect of some embodiments, a real-time on demand server may be configured to integrate real-time content with on-demand content. This can allow a subscriber to enjoy the benefits of on-demand programming without having to forego access to real-time news, sports, weather information and/or the like.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的各种实施例提供用于在按需环境中提供实时内容的新颖解决方案。 在一些实施例的新颖方面,实时点播服务器可以被配置为将实时内容与点播内容集成。 这可以允许用户享受点播节目的好处,而不必放弃对实时新闻,体育,天气信息等的访问。

    Creation and transmission of rich content media
    5.
    发明申请
    Creation and transmission of rich content media 有权
    丰富内容媒体的创作和传播

    公开(公告)号:US20070100904A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-05-03

    申请号:US11264190

    申请日:2005-10-31

    IPC分类号: G06F17/30

    CPC分类号: G06F17/30056 Y10S707/914

    摘要: A method of playing a rich content stream that includes a media stream and a descriptive stream. The method may include the steps of receiving the rich content stream at a media player, where the descriptive stream is generated from a rich content file executed separately from a source for the media stream, and where the media stream and the descriptive stream are received as separate streams at the media player. The method may also include synchronizing the media stream and the descriptive stream at the media player so that information in the descriptive stream is temporally synchronized with media content playing from the media stream. In addition the method may include activating the playing of the descriptive stream while the media stream is playing on the media player, where descriptive content from the descriptive stream is not played on the media player until being activated by a user.

    摘要翻译: 播放包含媒体流和描述流的丰富内容流的方法。 该方法可以包括以下步骤:在媒体播放器处接收富内容流,其中从与媒体流的源分开执行的丰富内容文件生成描述性流,并且其中媒体流和描述流被接收为如 在媒体播放器分离流。 该方法还可以包括在媒体播放器处同步媒体流和描述性流,使得描述性流中的信息与从媒体流播放的媒体内容暂时地同步。 此外,该方法可以包括在媒体流在媒体播放器上播放时激活描述性流的播放,其中来自描述流的描述性内容在媒体播放器之前不被播放直到被用户激活。

    Personal broadcast channels
    6.
    发明申请
    Personal broadcast channels 审中-公开
    个人广播频道

    公开(公告)号:US20070124769A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-05-31

    申请号:US11291325

    申请日:2005-11-30

    摘要: Various embodiments of the invention provide the ability for a subscriber to define personal broadcast channels. Such personal broadcast channels can allow a subscriber to define a play order for a plurality of sets of content (including without limitation video content, audio content, various alerts and/or other data, and the like). In some cases, the content might be on-demand content; in other cases, real-time content may be integrated as well. In an aspect, some embodiments thus provide a subscriber with heretofore unknown flexibility in determining what content, and in what order, the subscriber wishes to be provided (e.g., from a content provider's network). In some cases, this functionality might be provided by a networked personal video recorder. In other cases, a subscriber (or another) might be allowed to distribute (perhaps for a fee), a personal broadcast channel for use by others.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的各种实施例提供用户定义个人广播频道的能力。 这样的个人广播频道可以允许用户定义多组内容(包括但不限于视频内容,音频内容,各种警报和/或其他数据等)的播放顺序。 在某些情况下,内容可能是按需内容; 在其他情况下,也可以整合实时内容。 因此,一些实施例因此为订户提供了在确定用户希望被提供(例如,从内容提供商的网络)的哪些内容以及以什么顺序来确定的未知的灵活性。 在某些情况下,此功能可能由联网的个人录像机提供。 在其他情况下,可能允许订户(或另一个)分发(可能是一个费用),一个个人广播频道供他人使用。