144 results about "Internet multimedia" patented technology

At least first and second potential viewers deliver their personal demographic informations to a processing system (Internet processing server). Viewing information concerning their television or computer multimedia viewing habits are entered automatically from their respective viewing stations into the processing system. From this demographic and viewing information, the processing system determines pursuant to pre-determined criteria incorporated into processing system software the desired sponsored video message (advertisement), which is played when that viewer views multimedia at his/her viewing station. In other words, the video advertisements shown are selected for the individual viewer, and this determination is a dynamic determination based at least in part on the most recent viewing behavior of that viewer. The message can be pre-cached at the viewing station and shown when the multimedia content is not “available” for viewing at the station, and particularly when an initial portion of the multimedia content is being downloaded for later presentation at the station. Additionally, from all of the information delivered to the processing system, valuable viewer/viewing information can be processed and made available to a recipient.

A routing technique for supporting an internet protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) Subscriber Locator Function (SLF) is provided. It is, in part, based on using a user's identification information, e.g. a user's realm, to facilitate the routing of information. This technique enables the implementation of a distributed subscriber location function (SLF) in an IMS network. The subscriber locator function (SLF) ultimately allows for accommodation of more users through multiple home subscriber service (HSS) elements.

The present invention relates to a device and method for seamlessly internetworking local area networks utilizing the Universal Plug and Play protocol with wide area networks utilizing the Internet Multimedia Subsystem architecture. The network communication device includes a universal plug and play (UPnP) interface and an Internet Protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) interface. Circuitry is communicatively coupled to the UPnP interface and the IMS interface, wherein the circuitry associates an UPnP session key with an associated electronic equipment for allowing communication between the one or more associated devices and the associated electronic equipment.

Internet content is coordinated with audio communications, such that two or more parties can view the same media content on the Internet while simultaneously communicating over a traditional telephony network or via voice over network. A user computer displays shared content that corresponds to a second computer's display, such that both parties view the same content on their browsers. Either of the parties is allowed to update the visual content of their browsers. Updates in the visual content are transmitted to the other parties so that all parties view the same, shared content. The shared content can include web pages, forms, applications, images, conferences, and files among other information.

The invention provides a method and system for sharing webpage or multimedia information. The method comprises the following steps: a user clicks a sharing button or menu in an internet webpage by, or executes a sharing button or menu in a web browser; the web browser opens a webpage sharing management interface provided by a sharing management network server, the user edits one or more than one friend receiving addresses in the webpage sharing management interface, and selects or inputs message waiting; and if the user selects to submit, the sharing management network server receives submitted webpage address uniform resource locator (URL) containing the internet webpage, message waiting from a sending party and receiving address information, and then sends sharing information containing the webpage address URL and the message waiting from the sending party to the receiving addresses, thus providing convenient sharing services of webpage or internet multimedia messaging for mobile internet users, thereby promoting the development of mobile internet businesses and strengthening entertainment features of internet.

A method of operating a cellular wireless network comprises broadcasting information about Internet Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) emergency call capability of the network on a broadcast channel in a cell of the network. This information may in one method concern the IMS emergency call capability of a base station included in the network and in another method it may include IMS emergency call capability of a base station and the core network.

The invention relates to the field of internet techniques and multimedia, and provides a multi-screen interaction method and system based on the Web. The method includes the steps of logging on, wherein a user logs on a plurality of intelligent terminals at the same time and chooses to operate an application of any one of the intelligent terminals, correlating other terminals, wherein a service end responds to a Weboscket handshaking request of any one of the intelligent terminals which the user logs on, and correlates any one of the intelligent terminals with other intelligent terminals which the user logs on, communicating, wherein communication connection is built between any one of the intelligent terminals and other intelligent terminals so that switching and transmission of interconnection and interoperation signaling among the multiple intelligent terminals can be achieved, and responding, wherein other intelligent terminals respond to the operation signaling of any one of the intelligent terminals. Therefore, interconnection and interaction of various terminal devices of the user are achieved through the Internet without being limited by distance and hardware matching, the user can operate conveniently, and experience of the user for Internet multimedia services is greatly improved.

The invention discloses an on-line collaborative nolinear editing system belonging to the technical field of Internet media information processing. The on-line collaborative nolinear editing system comprises a manufacture team management module, a material management module, a timeline operation module, a material previewing module, a user operation management module and a collaborative manufacture management module. Edition operation for respective video of each person is shared by the on-line collaborative nolinear editing system to realize the on-line collaborative nolinear edition system for more people, the efficiency on collaborative edition manufacture of the on-line video program is improved, and the collaborative edition manufacture for more people under different environments can be realized.

Architecture is provided for selecting an ad insertion system/server from a plurality of ad insertion systems/server for receiving broadcast transmissions and inserted advertisements. A gateway, as part of the architecture, selects an ad insertion system, in accordance with a developed client profile and a network factor associated with the communication performance of the ad insertion system. The gateway associates the developed profile with a client, and the gateway receives information relating the network factor from at least one ad insertion system. The gateway also ascertains the casting services (IP multicasting, IP multicasting proxy, and IP unicasting) supported by client. The ad insertion system may use the information about the supported casting services, with a developed client profile and a network factor for selecting an ad insertion system.

The embodiment of the invention provides a multimedia file recommendation method and device and relates to the field of Internet multimedia. According to the multimedia file recommendation method and device, first parameters of all multimedia files are counted and updated in different periods of time to increase the success rate of multimedia file recommendation. The multimedia file recommendation method comprises the steps that a multimedia file searching request from electronic equipment is received, wherein the multimedia file searching request contains multimedia file searching condition information and request time; multimedia files which are matched with the multimedia file searching request are obtained from a media resource bank according to the multimedia file searching condition information; whether the number of the multimedia files is larger than N is judged, wherein N is an integer which is equal to or larger than one; the first parameters of the multimedia files are searched for during a preset period of time which corresponds to the request time if yes; the weights of the found multimedia files are determined according to the first parameters of the multimedia files; the found multimedia files are arranged based on a preset rule according to the weights of the found multimedia files and then are output to the electronic equipment.

Methods and apparatus for allowing a caller on a telephone network to establish an internet co-socket. In a first embodiment, a protocol stack establishes an Internet connection over a public switched telephone network (PSTN) link and then operates and maintains the Internet connection on a second link. Internet socket establishment is initiated with a caller-ID packet so the distant end may pick up with an Internet form instead of a interactive voice response system (IVR). This allows the caller to interact with a graphical form instead of a voice prompt, and provides new methods of operation for web call-back systems for call centers. The invention also enables mixed PSTN/internet multimedia telephone calls. In an exemplary embodiment, when a point-to-point telephone PSTN connection is established, a screen of information automatically appears at both ends via the Internet. This allows users who have computers connected to an internet to easily mix PSTN calling with internet services.

Cable/satellite/Internet-ready television providing surround-sound, purchase-payment, and multimedia capabilities. A satellite access card slot, a wireless communication system for transmitting signals to and from a remote control device, and a surround-sound control panel are integrated into the television cabinet. A credit/debit card reader is incorporated within the cabinet or remote control device.

There is described an improved application programming interface (API) to control media resources in numerous Internet multimedia applications. The API is independent of the application itself and the media resources underneath. For the purposes of description, the API is called a multimedia subsystem (MSS) interface.

The invention provides a starting delaying algorithm for a streaming media live broadcasting system, relates to the field of the streaming media live broadcasting on internet, and aims to solve the starting delaying problem of a client of an internet streaming media live broadcasting system. Following the development of an internet multimedia technique, an internet streaming media technique is more and more widely applied, but the advantages of the streaming media technique cannot be completely utilized because of the limitation on present network bandwidth and speed. The invention provides three dynamic starting delaying strategies, namely, a dynamic starting delaying strategy for gapping a density according to the broadcasting, a dynamic starting delaying strategy according to a network condition and a mixed type dynamic starting delaying strategy. According to a test result, the working effects and performance comparison of the three starting delaying strategies applied to the streaming media live broadcasting system are observed. According to the invention, the dynamic starting delaying strategies are combined with the streaming media technique, thereby achieving the purposes of reducing the frequency of interrupting the broadcasting at a terminal, ensuring the smooth broadcasting and protecting the sensory experience of a user.

The invention provides an HLS content source returning and caching realization method, and relates to the technical field of internet multimedia. In the HLS content source returning and caching realization method, after a caching server receives an HLS content request sent by a client-terminal, a session object is allocated for the client-terminal and unique identification is generated; if the HLS content is locally cached, current and subsequent requests are directly responded, and if the HLS content is not cached, the caching server requests to a source station for all the index files of the HLS content, and addresses are modified; and after media fragment requests sent by the client-terminal each time are received, the caching server requests to the corresponding source station to return the media fragment of the time to the client-terminal and continuously store the media fragment of the time in a large file according to the sequence of the index files until all the media fragments are stored. The client-terminal behavior can be completely tracked, adaptability of the source returning process is high, efficiency of butting with the source station is high, and storage and utilization efficiency and disk throughput are high.