1277 results about "Live streaming" patented technology

A peer-to-peer platform makes use of a streaming agent running at each peer. The streaming agent causes a peer to receive chunks of content from different neighboring peers, store some of the chunks in a local cache, and distribute those cached chunks to neighboring peers. Delivering next generation broadcasts (e.g., as streams of live audio and digital media) of any size utilizing the Internet is achieved. Users can view a live or prerecorded stream of a broadcast through an integrated media player, or can replay a broadcast through an integrated, intelligent archiving service. Use of the platform reduces bandwidth demands on live streaming and archiving services to a level where it is sustainable within a profitable business model to offer the services for at most a negligible fee.

A method and system for In-Dash Multimedia Players or Portable Multmedia Players for automotive, aviation, boating, and personal use that, exploiting the services and capabilities of the Digital Wireless Network DWLN (107), such as 3G network, and buffering the live stream data on both the Server (101) and User Equipment (111), combines in a novel synergistic integration a suite of new and known features such as: immediate and uninterrupted listening / viewing of Live Streaming Media LSM (109) by the user with or without optimization of the data bandwidth, and the provision to customize the commercial messages according to the user location, and the capability of reporting the customer choices and habits, and the automatic deletion of LSM after the time-shift time to benefit from copyright agreements.

Embodiments herein provide for an interactive event-scheduling platform (ESP), wherein locating activities via location data, notifying and alerting of them via real-time feeds and encouraging interaction through a full-service social media suite (SMS), enhanced with live streaming and “always-on” connectivity, could provide a fresh experience for users and hosts. A real-time data procuring system and method may solve problems with stale or incomplete activity data within a geographic area, bridge gaps between users and hosts by shortening time periods—from activity announcement, to discovery, to launch, to response—create buzz, maximize venue attendance, boost sales and ensure promotional success. Software crawlers may mine public Web sites for thorough activity data coverage. Stored activities, profiles and collected user interaction data may produce behavioral reports to increase ROMI. Security packages, installations and access controls may incite users to safely register themselves in the SMS to engage, interact and transact.

Integrated intelligent system adapted for any operating system and / or multi-OS computing environment seamlessly having sensory input / data acquisition cum recording server group and / or analytics server group enabling fail-safe integration and / or optimized utilization of various sensory inputs for various utility applications. Also disclosed as added advancements include intelligent method / system for cost-effective and efficient band adaptive transferring / recording sensory data from single or multiple data sources to network accessible storage devices, fail safe and self sufficient server group based method for sensory input recording and live streaming in a multi-server environment, intelligent and unified method of colour coherent object analysis, face detection in video images and the like, resource allocation for analytical processing involving multi channel environment, multi channel join-split mechanism adapted for low and / or variable bandwidth network link, enhanced multi-colour and / or mono-colour object tracking and also an intelligent automated traffic enforcement system.

Methods and apparatus for integrating digital rights management (DRM) systems with native HTTP live streaming. Several methods for integrating a DRM system with HTTP live streaming on an operating system (OS) platform are described. In each of these methods, a manifest is delivered to an application on a device; the application then accesses a remote DRM server to obtain a license and one or more keys for the content. The DRM server enforces the rights of the client in regard to the indicated content. The application may modify the manifest to indicate a method for obtaining the key. The application delivers the manifest to the OS, which uses the indicated method (e.g., a URL) to obtain the key. While similar, the methods primarily differ in the manner in which the OS is directed to obtain the key.

A technique for digital video processing in a predictive manner is provided. In one embodiment, a method for processing digital video signals for live video applications comprises providing video data that comprise a plurality of frames, identifying a first frame and a second frame in the frame sequences, and processing the information of the first frame and the information of the second frame to determine a quantization step for the second frame. The step of processing the information of the first frame and the information of the second frame further comprises calculating a sigmaSAD value for the second frame, calculating a divisor value for the second frame, and calculating the quantization step for the second frame. In another embodiment, a system for processing digital video signals for live video applications comprises a memory unit within which a computer program is stored. The computer program instructs the system to process digital video in a predicative manner. In yet another embodiment, a system for processing digital video signals for live video applications comprises various subsystems that together process digital video in a predictive manner.

Methods and apparatuses for real-time or near real-time streaming of content using transfer protocols such as an HTTP compliant protocol. In one embodiment, a method includes dividing a stream of data representing the contiguous time based content of a program (e.g. a live video broadcast), into a plurality of distinct media files, and generating a playlist file having a plurality of tags and Universal Resource Indicators (URIs) indicating an order of presentation of the plurality of distinct media files. The plurality of media files and the playlist file can be made available for transmission to a client device which can retrieve the media files using the playlist file.

Replication of live streaming media services (SMS) in a communication network may be enabled by introducing the streaming media-savvy replication service on a network element, through a number of functions such as client / service registration and classification, packet interception and forwarding, media replication, status monitoring and configuration management. In an embodiment, client requests and server replies of an SMS are intercepted and evaluated by the network element. If the SMS is not streaming through the network element, the replication service registers the SMS and establishes a unique SMS session for the requesting clients. If the SMS is already streaming through the network element, the replication service replicates the streaming media and forwards it to the requesting clients. This reduces bandwidth usage on the links connecting the streaming media server with the network element and reduces the number of client connections to the streaming media provider's servers.

Methods and apparatuses provide real-time or near real-time streaming of content using transfer protocols such as an HTTP compliant protocol. In one embodiment, a method includes providing a request for a playlist file (e.g. an updated playlist) and specifying a compression protocol with or for the request; the request can come from a client device which is requesting the playlist from a web server. The web server can provide the playlist in a compressed format.

Disclosed is a configuration for inserting an advertisement (ad) break into a live stream by a server. One example embodiment includes a system (and method) that receives index files periodically from a media encoder of a live stream. Each index file comprising pointers to current segments of the live stream encoded in real-time. The system sets a status of the live stream to a live status and determines whether an indicator for ad break is included in a received index file. If there is no indicator for the ad break in the received index file, the system transmits the received index file to one or more client computers. If there is an indicator for the ad break in the received index file, the system processes the received index file by removing segments following the indicator from the index file, updates the status of the live stream to an ad-break status, and transmits the processed index file to the one or more client computers.

A portable and autonomous wireless communication system can be formed to provide streaming video from a data collection source to a plurality of subscribers in a location having little to no existing infrastructure. Using Internet Protocol (IP) based communication, live streaming video is provided over a wireless communication system to a control station allowing video and other data to be routed to multiple subscribers within a regional network. The control station can also act as an access point to the Internet or other wide area network that can then be used to transport the data to another remote location for distribution to other subscribers. As the event of interest moves, the control station and the network formed around that control station can be transported while network connectivity is maintained.

The embodiment of the invention provides a microphone connecting method and device in live broadcast. The method comprises the following steps: a microphone connecting starting operation triggered by an anchor is responded, thereby enabling the anchor to autonomously control the microphone connecting interaction; based on the operation, an anchor client sends an applicable microphone connecting notice to N watching clients in a direct broadcasting room through a business server; the anchor client selects K watching users from M watching client sending microphone connecting applications and sends a microphone connecting direct broadcasting room identifier to the K watching clients; since most of the screened microphone connecting users are high-quality users, the microphone connecting interaction with the screened users can improve the user viscosity of the high-quality users; each watching client sends the microphone connecting live streaming and the microphone connecting direct broadcasting room identifier to a CDN server; the anchor client acquires the microphone connecting live streaming according to the microphone connecting direct broadcasting room identifier, and the microphone connecting live streaming is combined with the anchor live streaming; the use of the microphone connecting direct broadcasting room identifier can improve the speed of acquiring the microphone connecting live streaming by the anchor client, and the microphone connecting interaction can be accomplished more smoothly.

A method, system, and apparatus provide online games integrating sensory data and / or gameplay data from a live game that was played with physical game elements. Sensory data and / or gameplay data from the original live game are recorded for delayed playback or live streaming. Data from the live game is incorporated into an online game. A remote player is able to participate in the online game as if the remote player had been present at the live game. The remote player may play the position / seat occupied by one or more of the original real-world players in the live game. In card games with individual hands of cards, the remote player receives cards as they were dealt to the same position / seat in the live game. The remote player can make strategic decisions that differ from those of the real-world player may affect the outcome of the game for the remote player.

A cellular phone having means for streaming and storing audio, video and photographic data at a remote host for the purposes of personal security and surveillance is disclosed. A cellular phone having a camera, a microphone, a panic trigger, and means for communicating with a wireless network may be used to capture and stream audio, video and photographic data to at least one host of the wireless network. The host may simultaneously provide live streaming audio, video and photographic data to anyone granted access to the host and remotely store the data for future access. Methods and systems for enabling a cellular phone to stream and remotely store captured audio, video and photographic data are also disclosed.

The invention relates to the field of multimedia data processing, and in particular discloses a video cover display method and device of a network studio, and a video control method and a set of related equipment. The video cover display method of the network studio comprises the following steps: acquiring a source video stream uploaded by an anchor client; transcoding the source video stream based on different transcoding rules to generate a first target video stream and a second target video stream, wherein the first target video stream is used for exhibiting live content of the studio, and the second target video stream is used for previewing and exhibiting the video cover of the studio; issuing the second target video stream to a watching client so as to display and preview the video cover of the studio on the watching client. The original static studio cover picture exhibition is replaced by the ultra-low definition video stream so as to achieve the effect of reflecting the content of the video live in real time through small resource consumption; the subject of the video live is better highlighted, the use of the user is convenient, and the user experience is improved.

The invention provides a live streaming method, a live streaming device, a live streaming system and electronic equipment. The method comprises the steps of recognizing body features of a target object captured by a first client to compute the position of a controlled object under an AR scene and render a first video image; sending the first video image to a second client, and receiving a second video image sent by the second client, wherein the first client and the second client are connected via microphone connection; and sending the first video image and the second video image to corresponding audience clients after synthesizing. According to the method provided by the invention, the AR scene is added on the basis of an image frame capture by an anchor client through a camera to form the video image, an anchor can influence the position of the controlled object under the AR scene, the video image of microphone connection PK is sent to the audience clients, audiences can intuitivelysee the anchor playing an AR game, and interactive modes of live streaming are increased.

The invention provides an automatic special effect matching method, system and device in network live streaming. The method includes the following steps: binding trigger behaviors and special effect information and then storing the trigger behaviors and the special effect information in a live streaming device; and obtaining live streaming behaviors during live streaming in real time, matching the live streaming behaviors with the stored trigger behaviors, calling the special effect information that is bound with the trigger behaviors if matching succeeds, and enabling the special effect information to be matched in corresponding positions of the live streaming behaviors. The invention relates to an operation of special effect matching on the basis of motion identification and speech recognition or mutual cooperation between motion identification and speech recognition. No manual operation is needed, selection problems in a live streaming actual scene that a host is far away from a hand-held device and it is inconvenient to carry out gesture interaction with the hand-held device are effectively avoided, and the interaction interest is increased.

A method and apparatus for performing server-side splicing for live streaming media comprises receiving a request for media content from a client computer; accessing a media playlist comprising a plurality of universal resource identifiers (URIs) for each of a plurality of media content segments and consecutive sequence numbers defining an order in which the plurality of media content segments are to be viewed; accessing at least one additional content playlist for additional content to be spliced into the media content to be viewed; replacing a plurality of URIs of the media playlist with the URIs of the at least one additional content playlist to create a modified media playlist; and correcting a gap in sequence numbers that occurs in the modified media playlist when the number of URIs of the at least one additional content playlist is less than the plurality of URIs of the media playlist that are replaced.

The present invention provides a live streaming microphone connection control method and system. The method includes the following steps that: a microphone connection between a first live streaming end and a second live streaming end is built; live streams pushed by the first live streaming end and the second live streaming end are received respectively, the first live streaming end can carry out stream pulling to obtain the live streams of the second live streaming end, and the second live streaming end can carry out stream pulling to obtain the live streams of the fist live streaming end; and combined streams which are pushed by the first live streaming end and contain the live streams of the first live streaming end and the live streams of the second live streaming end, and viewers can carry out stream pulling to obtain the combined streams. With the live streaming microphone connection control method and system of the invention adopted, the problem of the quality deterioration of audio and video data transmission caused by inter-region and inter-operator phenomena between an anchor and a second microphone can be effectively solved, the synchronization of the audio and video data of the anchor and the audio and video data of the second microphone can be effectively ensured, and requirements for the downlink bandwidth of viewers who are watching live streams can be lower.

The present invention discloses a method for a video program playing in a network broadcast, belonging to the field of the network real-time live broadcast. The method comprises: a live broadcast terminal collects multi-path video stream of a live broadcast source and sends the multi-path video source and the video program identification corresponding to the live broadcast source to a server; a watching terminal sends data acquisition request to the server, and the data acquisition request carries the video program identification; and the watching terminal receives target video data sent by the server on the basis of the video program identification, and the target video data includes at least one-path video stream in the multi-path video stream; the server receives the switching request of the watching terminal and pushes at least one-path switched video stream to the watching terminal according to the switching request; and the watching terminal plays at least one-path switched video stream at a playing interface. Through the video switching of a watching terminal, the method and system for video program playing in network broadcast are able to increase the abundance of playing frames and improve the flexibility of switching the video source of the a video program.

An expanded function set for advertising campaigns and social network driven sales environments, unified across presenting sites and maintained at the presenting site. A banner ad can include a live streaming product presentation, such as an infomercial where users can expand the presentation, purchase the product, and share with networked friends. Video on demand and pay per view / download content can be provided via the integrated system and user experience.

The invention provides a streaming media play method, equipment and a system, wherein the method is that a play request to play a streaming media document of a user is received. An M3U8 (video format) document corresponding to the streaming media is downloaded from the server according to the play request, wherein the M3U8 document comprises uniform resource locator (URL) information containing media documents. The M3U8 document is analyzed and one or more pieces of (URL) information are obtained from the M3U8 document. The display equipment is required to play each media document corresponding to each piece of URL information based on acquired URL information. The streaming media play method, the equipment and the system can solve the problem that a non-Apple client terminal in the prior art can not play M3U8 documents, and thereby non-Apple intelligent mobiles can support Apple hyper text transport protocol (HTTP) Live Streaming.

A method for providing for enforcement of school bus safety laws in situations in which a driver of a vehicle near a school bus illegally passes the school bus when it is stopping or stopped and its stop-sign arm is deployed and / or emergency signals are on. The method provides a process for identifying and documenting with live streaming video a violation of school bus safety law as it occurs, documenting and preserving the evidence, presenting the evidence of an alleged violation to law enforcement authorities for determination of whether the case should be pursued, processing a citation or civil assessment to obtain payment of a fine or assessment, providing for the alleged violator to review the video and other evidence of the alleged violation, and providing for the payment of the fine or assessment.

An apparatus and a method are proposed which enable an improved control processing for live streaming distribution of tuner received content from a server to a client. By setting a URL to a channel list as a set of channels, and transmitting a content acquisition request from the client to the server, wherein the channel list URL is designated, to a server, the client can collectively obtain rights to control all content on the channels listed in the channel list. By continuously using an HTTP connection set on the basis of a channel list, the client can switch channels.

A method for transferring live images includes the steps of capturing live image information by one or more live image devices, wherein the live image information is continuously transferred to one or more server centers in a live manner; communicatively linking the server centers to a control center in order to manage the live image information at the server centers; and communicatively linking one or more personal portable devices to the server centers through a wireless communication network to selectively live-broadcast the live image information to the personal portable devices.

The invention discloses a method and a system for avoiding overlapped display of a bullet screen. The method comprises the following steps: dividing a live streaming display page into n bullet screen playing channels; wherein n meets the following conditions: n X a bullet screen height + (n-1) X a bullet screen spacing <= a live streaming display page; real-time updating information which plays a bullet screen and is the utmost distal from an exit of the bullet screens in each bullet screen playing channel; analyzing the information so as to calculate the motion state of the bullet screen to be displayed next, playing the bullet screen based on the motion state. The method and the system of the invention can explicitly increase efficiency of bullet screen display resources, and explicitly increase interaction experience of bullet screen users.

Self-help or do-it-yourself productions of collegiate athletic contests are generated by the originating institution, and the recorded production is sent by overnight courier to a central digital clearing house. At the clearing house the contents of the recording are loaded onto a computer processor and the video and audio channels are digitally processing to prepare the program for digital storage and retransmission. A web transmitter processor transmits the video recordings of these events to subscribers on demand over wide-band, high-speed Internet connections. The content may be edited at the clearing house. The clearing house provides a custom video player or viewer for each recorded production. The games or meets can be selected by the subscriber, which are indexed in categories including originating institution, type of event, and date of event. The events may also be webcast live or near-real-time, as well as archived.

The invention discloses a synchronous translation-based news live streaming subtitle on-line production system. The synchronous translation-based news live streaming subtitle on-line production system includes a site acquisition unit and a streaming media server which are connected with each other; the streaming media server is connected with a speech processing unit and a subtitle production unit; the speech processing unit is connected with a text translation unit; the text translation unit is connected with the subtitle production unit; and the subtitle production unit is connected with a video playing client. According to the synchronous translation-based news live broadcast subtitle on-line production system of the invention, the audio and video information of a news site is acquired through the site acquisition unit; speech information is recognized through the speech processing unit; translation is carried out through the text translation unit; bilingual subtitles are produced through the subtitle production unit; the bilingual subtitles are embedded into live streaming video streams; subtitle streams, audio streams and the video streams are outputted synchronously; the subtitle streams, the audio streams and the video streams are played for a user through the video playing client; and therefore, news live streaming subtitle on-line production can be realized, the content of news can be translated in real time, audiences around the world can be facilitated to watch news and understand the content of the news immediately, the real-time performance of news live streaming can be improved, and the regionalism of the languages of the news live streaming can be broken.

Provided is a system and method for providing a real-time streaming service between terminals by using a wired / wireless communication channel. The system for providing a real-time streaming service between terminals includes a server terminal for parsing and separately storing header information of media data, decoding and outputting each of video and audio data included in the media data, and providing header information and the media data being currently reproduced in response to a sharing request for the media data; and a client terminal for generating a decoder by means of the header information received from the server terminal according to the sharing request for the media data being reproduced in the server terminal, decoding the media data provided from the server terminal by means of the generated decoder, and outputting the media data.