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Electrical Computers And Digital Processing Systems: Multicomputer Data Transferring > Computer-to-computer Protocol Implementing > Computer-to-computer Data Streaming Computer-to-computer Data StreamingComputer-to-computer Data Streaming patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.10/19/06 - 20060235988 - Apparatus and method for communicating over a distributed system of computers A communications system particularly suited for a distributed network of computers such as the World Wide Web or the Internet. Connected to the distributed network is a broadcast computer which simultaneously communicates two streams of video. The first stream of video is of entertainment content; the second stream of video ... 10/12/06 - 20060230175 - System and method for tracking changes to files in streaming applications A technique for modifying virtual files involves tracking changes locally. A method according to the technique may include virtually representing a file on, for example, a streaming client, and writing modifications to the virtual file into a diff-file on the streaming client. A system according the technique may include a ... 10/12/06 - 20060230174 - Failsafe stream processing This invention relates to a method for fault-tolerant, reliable stream processing, where a data stream is processed by a processing means for yielding a result data stream, where before the data stream is processed, the data stream is decomposed (fission) (D1, D2) into at least two fission sub-streams (S1.a, S1.b, ... 10/12/06 - 20060230173 - Methods and apparatus for service planning and analysis Methods and apparatus for service planning and analysis. In an aspect, a method is provided for scheduling a presentation for delivery over a distribution network. The method comprises generating a contact window that comprises a selected time duration, performing an allocation cycle to allocate the presentation to the contact window, ... 10/12/06 - 20060230172 - Method of multiplexing over an error-prone wireless broadcast channel Provided is a method and system for transmitting information. The method includes determining stream length information for at least one data stream to be transmitted and associating the stream length information with a system parameter message. The system parameter message including the associated stream length information is transmitted separately from ... 10/12/06 - 20060230171 - Methods and apparatus for decreasing latency in a/v streaming systems In audio-video (A/V) streaming systems, end to end latency is decreased with the goal to improve the user's viewing experience. Buffers in the server and client are flushed when a user initiates a change program signal. The client and server contain control modules to provide a flush buffer command. Latency ... 10/12/06 - 20060230170 - Streaming media content delivery system and method for delivering streaming content A method for delivering streaming media files to a plurality of end users from a streaming media delivery system including a filer for storing the media files and a streaming server for serving the media files generally includes the steps of monitoring demand for the streaming media files, identifying at ... 10/12/06 - 20060230169 - System and method to simultaneously transcode audio and video content for optimized streaming via mobile telecommunications A method to simultaneously transcode audio and video content for optimized streaming over one or more mobile telecommunications networks, wherein a streaming server receives multimedia content, transcodes the received multimedia content, and forwards the transcoded multimedia content to a telecommunications hub, wherein the telecommunication hub streams the forwarded multimedia content ... 10/05/06 - 20060224763 - Switching and simultaneous usage of 802.11a and 802.11g technologies for video streaming The embodiments of the present invention provide methods, devices, and systems wherein a server is able to transmit streaming content elements of a source content via a first wireless channel and a second wireless channel. The transmission via these two channels may be performed simultaneously with each other or performed ... 10/05/06 - 20060224762 - Quasi-constant-quality rate control with look-ahead Methods and apparatus efficiently encode multimedia data, such as live video streams. An encoding complexity of a predetermined time interval, such as 1 second, is estimated before the actual encoding that will be used. This permits the actual encoding to be performed with an a priori estimate of complexity, permitting ... 10/05/06 - 20060224761 - Interactive video applications An interactive video platform, interactive video player and computer implemented methods are described, for providing interactive live video, recorded video or video based games on a user device, such as a mobile phone. Encoded video from a source of video is sent over a network to the user device. A ... 10/05/06 - 20060224760 - Method and system for providing streaming content in a peer-to-peer network with network coding A system, method, and computer-readable medium distributing streaming media content to clients in a peer-to-peer network. A streaming source divides the streaming media content into a plurality of data segments of equal length. A request from a peer client is received for at least a portion of the streaming media ... 10/05/06 - 20060224759 - System and method for a peer-to-peer streaming content operation by a browser plug-in A method, computer-readable medium and system for configuring a network client as a peer client in a peer-to-peer network is provided. A network client connects with a network node and obtains a data structure that includes plug-in code from the network node. The network clients installs a plug-in from the ... 10/05/06 - 20060224758 - System and method for file header operation in a peer-to-peer network providing streaming services A method, computer-readable medium and data processing system for streaming content operation in a peer-to-peer network. A peer client in the peer-to-peer network connects with a node of the peer-to-peer network. The client receives header data associated with the streaming content and stores the header data in a local storage ... 10/05/06 - 20060224757 - System and method for streaming service replication a in peer-to-peer network A method, computer-readable medium and data processing system for replicating streaming content in a peer-to-peer network is provided. A first client of the peer-to-peer network receives streaming content encapsulated in one or more data blocks formatted according to a transport format of the peer-to-peer network. The first client extracts the ... 10/05/06 - 20060224756 - System and method for error recovery for massive exit in peer-to-peer network A method, computer-readable medium and data processing system for randomizing termination of peer services in a peer-to-peer network is provided. A streaming media application receives a close command and closes a media player in response thereto. A randomized delay time is obtained by the streaming media application. The streaming media ... 09/28/06 - 20060218295 - Image processing system, image processing method and computer readable information recording medium In an image processing system, in which code data is transmitted between at least one client and a server, the client includes a selecting unit to select a processing function to execute; and a notifying unit to notify the selected processing function to the server. The server includes a selecting ... 09/28/06 - 20060218294 - Media player with user-specified newscast capabilities Method, system and computer program product for playing contemporaneous newscasts on a media player. The media player includes an update service application in at least periodic communication with a remote content server via a communication network, a user interface functional to receive user preference information accessible by at least the ... 09/14/06 - 20060206618 - Method and apparatus for providing remote audio A method and apparatus for providing remote audio using an out-of-band (OOB) communication channel. The method enables audio content to be broadcast from a media host to multiple media clients using an OOB communication channel that is transparent to operating systems running on the media host and clients. Audio content ... 09/14/06 - 20060206617 - Method of reporting quality metrics for packet switched streaming A method of reporting quality metrics for packet switched streaming in a wireless network between a server and a client, comprising the step of transporting content data to the server to the client using a real time streaming protocol, the step of reporting at least one quality metric relating to ... 09/07/06 - 20060200577 - Method for transmitting moving picture data to mobile terminal using pseudo-streaming technology Disclosed is the transmission of moving picture data in a mobile terminal, and more particularly, a method for transmitting moving picture data in a mobile terminal using a pseudo-streaming technology, for more safely and reliably transmitting moving picture data packets by defining a new TCP-based Real-Time Pseudo-Streaming Protocol in order ... 09/07/06 - 20060200576 - Switching a client from unicasting to multicasting by simultaneously providing unicast and multicast streams to the client Switching a client from unicasting back to multicasting involves simultaneously providing the digital video content to the client via unicasting and multicasting until the client has buffered duplicate frames (i.e., frames that contain the same digital video content). Once the client has buffered duplicate frames, the client can transition from ... 09/07/06 - 20060200575 - Playout-dependent unicast streaming of digital video content A technique for managing the streaming of digital video content involves providing a unicast stream to a client in response to the playout status of the unicast stream at the client. In particular, a unicast stream is provided to a client based on whether or not the unicast stream is ... 09/07/06 - 20060200574 - Switching a client from unicasting to multicasting by increasing the unicast stream rate to the client Switching a client from unicasting back to multicasting involves accumulating enough digital video content at the client to bridge the time it takes to transition from receiving the digital video content via unicasting to receiving the digital video content via multicasting. Digital video content is accumulated at the client by ... 09/07/06 - 20060200573 - Multimedia computer system and method A multimedia computer system and method is disclosed. A medium device of the computer system, like an optical disc loader, has a built-in function of multimedia decoding for supporting the computer system to work under a normal mode and a playback mode. In the normal mode, the medium device does ... 08/31/06 - 20060195602 - Video server for video distribution system A video server for distributing a digitized video content includes a unit for determining whether or not a video content requested from a terminal is stored in the video server, a unit for issuing a transmission request to another server for transmitting the video thereto in accordance with the HTTP ... 08/31/06 - 20060195601 - System and methods for accelerated data storage and retrieval Systems and methods for providing accelerated data storage and retrieval utilizing lossless and/or lossy data compression and decompression. A data storage accelerator includes one or a plurality of high speed data compression encoders that are configured to simultaneously or sequentially losslessly or lossy compress data at a rate equivalent to ... 08/31/06 - 20060195600 - System, method and article of manufacture for remote control and navigation of local content A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for use in playing back content. Some embodiments provide a method for use in content playback by accessing an embedded object embedded within object oriented programming stored on a portable storage media where the embedded object controls playback of content, communicating ... 08/31/06 - 20060195599 - Method and apparatus for adaptive load shedding One embodiment of the present method and apparatus adaptive load shedding includes receiving at least one data stream (comprising a plurality of tuples, or data items) into a first sliding window of memory. A subset of tuples from the received data stream is then selected for processing in accordance with ... 08/24/06 - 20060190618 - Information processing system, reproducing terminal device and reproducing method, information processing device and method, and program A transmitting terminal including: first displaying means for displaying an already transmitted content in synchronism with a receiving terminal after transmission of the content to the receiving terminal; second displaying means for displaying a content yet to be transmitted to the receiving terminal; saving flag setting means for setting a ... 08/24/06 - 20060190617 - Apparatus and method for reproducing digital multimedia broadcast and card for receiving digital multimedia broadcast Disclosed is an apparatus for enabling a user to selectively view satellite digital multimedia broadcasts or terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasts through a single terminal, a control method thereof, and a card for receiving the digital multimedia broadcasts. The apparatus includes a first card for receiving a terrestrial digital multimedia broadcast, ... 08/24/06 - 20060190616 - System and method for aggregating, delivering and sharing audio content A digital audio content aggregation, delivery and sharing system and method are provided. The system and method delivers high-quality personalized digital audio directly to mobile handsets. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the digital audio content may be podcasts. The system also provides a unique way to monetize audio ... 08/24/06 - 20060190615 - On demand peer-to-peer video streaming with multiple description coding A peer-to-peer novel video streaming scheme is described in which each peer stores and streams videos to the requesting client peers. Each video is encoded into multiple descriptions and each description is placed on a different node. If a serving peer disconnects in the middle of a streaming session, the ... 08/17/06 - 20060184687 - System and methods for accelerated data storage and retrieval Systems and methods for providing accelerated data storage and retrieval utilizing lossless data compression and decompression. A data storage accelerator includes one or a plurality of high speed data compression encoders that are configured to simultaneously or sequentially losslessly compress data at a rate equivalent to or faster than the ... 08/17/06 - 20060184686 - Secure distribution process and system for the distribution of audiovisual streams A process for secure distribution of digital audio streams according to a standard, normalized or proprietary format, on which streams a separation of the stream into two parts is made prior to transmission to equipment of an addressee to generate a modified main stream having a format of an original ... 08/17/06 - 20060184685 - System for distribution of numerous streams of multimedia content to a multiplicity of video displays Each of a plurality of remotely located video displays, projectors or multimedia equipment receives operator scheduled and initiated streams of multimedia content. Under the control of the operator each remotely located video display may receive from one to many multimedia streams. Each remotely located video display is associated with a ... 08/17/06 - 20060184684 - Reconstructed frame caching Systems and methods for processing input media in a computing device are described. In one aspect, a reconstructed frame is cached according to a set of criteria. A request to scrub to a predictive frame of input media is received. Responsive to receiving the request, the predictive frame is decoded ... 08/10/06 - 20060179154 - Method and apparatus for measuring stream availability, quality and performance A streaming measurement agent designed to experience, measure, and report on a media stream as an actual end user would experience the stream. Preferably, agent resides transparently within a streaming media player itself so that it can monitor stream packet flows within the player as the measured streams are being ... 08/10/06 - 20060179153 - Streaming based contents distribution network system and methods for splitting, merging and retrieving files A process for splitting, transforming and reproducing a multimedia file has the steps of uploading the file to an Admin Server after splitting or merging the file; synchronizing contents; selecting contents by a client's connection to a web server; performing authentication; downloading a desired file from the optimal contents server; ... 08/03/06 - 20060174027 - Method and apparatus for transmission queue in communication system Disclosed is a wireless LAN system comprising: a memory; a central processing unit segmenting data, which is to be transferred, into frames, generating descriptors containing frame addresses and lengths in the memory, and storing the segmented frames and the descriptors into the memory in accordance with transmission priorities; a media ... 08/03/06 - 20060174026 - System and method for a remote user interface A remote user interface provides a full motion, full-color, dynamic interface with complex visuals without imposing heavy hardware requirements on a consumer electronics device. Instead, the hardware requirements are placed on another computer device that is designated as a media server. The media server generates the complex UI, encodes the ... 08/03/06 - 20060174025 - System and method for streaming content utilizing client upstream communication bandwidth capacity over a network A system and method for distributing content over a network including a server and a first client device in communication with the server over a first data communication link and first control communication link over the network. A second client device may be in communication with the server over a ... 08/03/06 - 20060174024 - Systems and methods for maintaining closed frequent itemsets over a data stream sliding window Towards mining closed frequent itemsets over a sliding window using limited memory space, a synopsis data structure to monitor transactions in the sliding window so that one can output the current closed frequent itemsets at any time. Due to time and memory constraints, the synopsis data structure cannot monitor all ... 08/03/06 - 20060174023 - Method for obtaining information about a transmission capability A method for obtaining information about a transmission capability of a transmission link (TL) is disclosed. A sending entity (SE) sends data packets at a sending rate to the transmission link (TL), which transmits the data packets according to its transmission capability to a receiving entity (RE) receiving the data ... 07/27/06 - 20060168303 - Method and apparatus for coordinating charging for services provided in a multimedia session The present invention provides a mechanism for coordinating charging for a multimedia session between a mobile terminal and a remote host on both an application/session level and on an IP/access bearer level. The multimedia session is established over a radio access network via a packet-switched access network coupled to a ... 07/27/06 - 20060168302 - System for distributing objects to multiple clients A method for updating a set of presentation images through a single-buffered multipoint dispatcher over a network to multiple clients is provided. Each screen of a set of screens included in the presentation is divided into tiles. Packets respectively corresponding to the tiles of a first screen are stored in ... 07/27/06 - 20060168301 - On demand multicast messaging system An on-demand message system includes a profile proxy server and a plurality of message servers coupled to a wireless network for sending messages to mobile users under conditions specified by the users and sellers. Users provide profile information specifying categories and conditions for which they will receive messages. Sellers also ... 07/27/06 - 20060168300 - Gallery tour guide system and method for real-time provision of information using stored data An exhibition guide system and a method for providing information in real time uses stored data. The exhibition guide system provides information in real time using stored data. The exhibition guide system includes an exhibition data server for storing information on exhibitions, a portable information providing unit for storing the ... 07/27/06 - 20060168299 - Music contents providing apparatus and program A music contents providing apparatus comprises a connecting device that connects the music contents providing apparatus to a network, a storage device that stores a plurality of music contents data, each music contents data corresponding to musical range information or musical instrument information, an obtaining device that obtains musical range ... 07/27/06 - 20060168298 - Desirous scene quickly viewable animation reproduction apparatus, program, and recording medium A video data reproduction apparatus displays an animation on a display by receiving and reproducing video data through streaming data communication. A memory stores index image generated from the video data corresponding to a video display time. The index image represents a part of an image created by the video ... 07/27/06 - 20060168297 - Real-time multimedia transcoding apparatus and method using personal characteristic information Provided is a real-time multimedia transcoding apparatus and method using personal characteristic information. The apparatus provides a real-time multimedia transcoding apparatus using personal characteristic information for providing a fresh communication service by transforming a media type and/or a media codec by reflecting personal characteristic information such as gender and emotional ... 07/27/06 - 20060168296 - System and method for controlling transport rate of real time streaming service A system and a method for controlling transport rate of real time streaming service between a streaming server and a streaming client connected via a predetermined network are disclosed. In transmitting multimedia contents to the streaming client, the streaming server controls the transport rate by compensating as much as accumulatively ... 07/27/06 - 20060168295 - Midstream determination of varying bandwidth availability Systems and methods for midstream determination of varying available bandwidth for streaming content between two network entities are described. During content streaming, a client requests a server to surge the content transmission rate. One or more bandwidth measurements are taken during the surge to determine if the increased transmission rate ... 07/27/06 - 20060168294 - Hybrid local/remote streaming A technique for streaming from a local device and a remote device involves providing a subset of data associated with a streaming application to a local device. An example of a method according to the technique includes running a streaming software player, accessing data from a local storage device necessary ... 07/27/06 - 20060168293 - Method of distributing stream data and system thereof A method and system which improves reliability and availability of services for streaming distributions in general. To accomplish this objective, a distribution method takes the following procedure. A partition server and a plurality of distribution servers are provided in order to distribute stream data to one or more receivers connected ... 07/27/06 - 20060168292 - Apparatus and method for receiving or transmitting contents A solution is provided for a problem that image playback processing is temporarily stopped due to content data transmitted from a content transmitter which has not arrived at a content receiver when contents are transmitted using a wired or a wireless LAN. When content data transmitted from the content transmitter ... 07/27/06 - 20060168291 - Interactive multichannel data distribution system Multimedia distribution systems are disclosed in which servers communicate with clients via audio, video, overlay and/or control channels. Information sent between the clients and servers on the audio, video and/or overlay channels includes timestamps. The timestamps coordinate the queuing and processing of information received by the client. Once information has ... 07/27/06 - 20060168290 - System and method for media stream adaptation A device accepts a set of configuration parameters relating to components involved in data streaming (e.g., clients or network equipment) and transforms a data stream in response to such configuration parameters, transmitting the transformed data stream onward to a client. Dynamic changes in the configuration parameters may affect the transformations. ... 07/27/06 - 20060168289 - System and method for signaling clients for multimedia streaming Methods, devices, systems, program products and computer-implemented methods for communication of non-interleaved and interleaved packets of streamed data are disclosed. A method of streaming multimedia includes transmitting a signal from a client device to a multimedia server. The signal is indicative of desired settings for the client device to receive ... 07/27/06 - 20060168288 - Identifying failure of a streaming media server to satisfy quality-of-service criteria Methods and systems thereof for monitoring the performance of a streaming media server are described. A quality-of-service criterion is accessed. A failure to satisfy the quality-of-service criterion during streaming of data from the server to a plurality of clients is identified without assembling the data at the plurality of clients. ... 07/27/06 - 20060168287 - Rotating event buffer There is provided a system and method for ensuring relatively reliable transmission of data across a network connection from a client device to a server. The client device has a buffer in which new data items for transmission are stored on a FIFO basis. The method significantly reduces the chance ... 07/27/06 - 20060168286 - Iscsi datamover interface and function split with rdma atp mechanism A method and system for providing a datamover interface that interfaces with an iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface) driver and with an iSER (iSCSI Extensions for RDMA (Remote Direct Memory Access)) datamover and an iSCSI datamover. ... 07/27/06 - 20060168285 - File upload using a browser A method of uploading data to a server 9n the Internet using a browser application. The browser application interprets received mark-up data identifying a first server for data upload and provides at least a first user selectable option for upload of pre-recorded data and a second user selectable option for ... 07/27/06 - 20060168284 - Multimedia file format A computerized method of encapsulating multimedia content data, multimedia content description data, and program instruction code into an aggregated data representation comprising a logical structure comprises: storing on a storage device, information about the multimedia content data, the multimedia content description data, and the program instruction code to form a ... 07/20/06 - 20060161676 - Apparatus for ip streaming capable of smoothing multimedia stream An apparatus for IP streaming capable of smoothing a multimedia stream is disclosed. The apparatus transmits real-time broadcast through an Internet protocol (IP) network and reduces transmission loss by lowering the influence derived from jitters in an IP network having a burst characteristic. The apparatus is capable of smoothing a ... 07/20/06 - 20060161675 - System and method for multimedia delivery in a wireless environment A multimedia processing system and method thereof are provided. The system and method provide for synchronizing a first clock of a multimedia decoder of a first multimedia processing device to a second clock of a multimedia encoder of a second multimedia processing device, synchronizing a first timing reference of the ... 07/13/06 - 20060155867 - Connection manager having a common dispatcher for heterogeneous software suites A connection manager includes a dispatcher that dispatches requests to two or more heterogeneous software suites. The connection manager receives client requests and dispatches the request to either of the software suites coupled by a request/response shared memory to the connection manager. ... 07/13/06 - 20060155866 - Method of data gathering of user network A method for collecting network usage data of a user in which access device in the network authenticates and authorizes the user, and an AAA server records the user's network resources information authenticated and authorized. IN addition, during network access a router records network usage information and sends the network ... 07/06/06 - 20060149850 - Method and apparatus for synchronizing playback of streaming media in multiple output devices A method and apparatus for synchronizing streaming media with multiple output devices. One or more media servers serve media streams to one or more output devices (i.e., players). For playback synchronization, one output device is the “master”, whereas the remaining output devices are “slaves”. More data is requested from the ... 07/06/06 - 20060149849 - System for parameterized processing of streaming data A method for processing streaming data, the method including receiving a selection of at least one streaming data source, creating an event stream in a stream database from streaming data from the selected data source, receiving a selection of at least one flow including at least one predefined operation for ... 06/29/06 - 20060143303 - Methods and apparatuses for transferring data The present invention provides several methods and apparatuses for transmitting multimedia data using streaming media protocols such as real-time transfer protocols (RTP) and real-time streaming protocols (RTSP) in a computer network environment. A request for RTP data is sent from the caching proxy server to the server. The request may ... 06/22/06 - 20060136597 - Video streaming parameter optimization and qos A data streaming system comprises: one or more streaming sources, one or more streaming clients, a network connecting said streaming sources and said clients, and a level of service selector able for each data stream to monitor the network, the respective streaming source and the respective streaming client to control ... 06/15/06 - 20060129693 - Reliable real-time transport protocol Reliability is added to RTP by having a client acknowledge to the server each of the RTP packets received by the client, and retransmitting from the server to the client any of the packets that remain unacknowledged subsequent to expiration of a predetermined time duration subsequent to the timestamp. The ... 06/08/06 - 20060123131 - Method and apparatus and system for performing seamless mobility An independent server is established to track the state of content being rendered on a client device. A content server (alternatively referred to as an application server) maintains a backchannel with the independent server and updates session state. When migrating content from a first client device to a second client ... 05/11/06 - 20060101152 - Statistics engine A memory system that provides statistical functions is provided. The memory system includes a dual-port memory array where one port is coupled to a statistics processor. The statistics processor can perform statistical analysis on data stored in the dual-port memory array in response to opcode commands received from an external ... 04/20/06 - 20060085551 - Methods for streaming media data In the present technique of streaming a main media stream that has been requested, an anti-shadow stream (36) that represents a backup copy of the main media stream (24) is sent along with an output media stream (34) that represents an output copy of the main media stream. The content ... 04/13/06 - 20060080456 - Device and method of integrating and executing multimedia streaming service and application streaming service The present invention provides a device of integrating and executing a multimedia streaming service and an application streaming service, the device including: a user interface for executing and displaying multimedia data or application data to a user, and receiving a control signal from a user; a multimedia streaming control module ... 04/13/06 - 20060080455 - Method of managing communication buffers employing an application framework for a plurality of communication layers and node employing the same A method of network communication includes employing a communication network protocol stack having a plurality of independent communication layers providing a plurality of different corresponding services. A buffer manager is employed for a plurality of communication buffers. The buffer manager is independent of the independent communication layers. An application framework ... 04/13/06 - 20060080454 - System and method for receiver-driven streaming in a peer-to-peer network A “PeerStreamer” provides receiver-driven peer-to-peer (P2P) media streaming for loosely coupled P2P networks. Peers in the network perform only simple operations, may cache all or part of the streaming media, do not collaborate with other peers, may be unreliable, and may drop offline or come online during any given streaming ... 04/13/06 - 20060080453 - Redirection of streaming content Redirection of streaming content is described. In an implementation, a method includes receiving a request at a client from another client, wherein the request is to redirect on-demand content being streamed from a head end to the other client and includes a bookmark that specifies a point in time during ... 04/13/06 - 20060080452 - System and method for remotely controlling network resources A personal network may be established by interconnecting a plurality of satellites as part of the personal network. Each satellite may configured to communicate with one or more other satellites. On any given one of the plurality of satellites, data indicating a connectivity status for the one or more other ... 03/30/06 - 20060069798 - Digital rights management scheme for an on-demand distributed streaming system A DRM scheme that may be optionally invoked by the owner. With the DRM protection turned on, the media is encrypted before it is distributed in a P2P network, and is decrypted prior to its use (play back). The peers may still efficiently distribute and serve without authorization from the ... 03/30/06 - 20060069797 - Systems and methods for multimedia remoting over terminal server connections Techniques relating to managing multimedia transmissions in terminal services scenarios are described. In one instance, a method sends a user-interface component from a server to a remote client. The method further streams a media component for presentation on the remote client in combination with the user-interface component and wherein the ... 03/30/06 - 20060069796 - Method for automatic patching of a sparsely streamed application A method and apparatus are provided for automatic patching of a sparsely streamed application, such as a game application. The invention enables an initial file set to be streamed to a client's network device. The file set is used to generate file segments. A patcher is then authorized to write ... 03/30/06 - 20060069795 - Methods to test multimedia devices on computer systems The described embodiments relate to testing streaming media capture devices and/or computer systems. One exemplary method enumerates and tests multiple streaming media capture device which are operably associated with a computer. The method simultaneously exercises said computer's display and power states. ... 03/30/06 - 20060069794 - System for maintaining white uniformity in a displayed video image by predicting and compensating for display register changes A system for correcting a color characteristic of an image displayed in response to a video signal involves processing the video signal for predicting a variation in a physical characteristic of a display device displaying the image, processing the video signal for determining a change in the color characteristic occurring ... 03/30/06 - 20060069793 - System and method using a circular buffer for detecting packet loss in streaming applications A circular buffer, i.e., a chain of buffers forming a circle, is provided for managing packet loss detection in Internet streaming. The detection latency is determined by the size of the buffer chain, which can be dynamically adapted to network conditions and application requirements. The present invention can achieve reasonable ... 03/23/06 - 20060064500 - Caching control for streaming media Improved caching control for streaming media includes one or more cache control directives associated with streaming media content that can be used by a source of the streaming media content to identify how caching proxy servers are to handle the streaming media content. Upon receipt of the streaming media content, ... 03/16/06 - 20060059268 - System and method for managing industrial process control data streams over network links A data acquisition service on a network node is disclosed for forwarding received process data to a process history database over a potentially slow and/or intermittent network connection. A store and forward functionality within the networked node receives incoming process data via a first network interface and forwards outgoing process ... 03/09/06 - 20060053228 - Method and apparatus for allowing sharing of streamable applications A client on a network includes a file system that includes various non-streamable software applications. A streaming support system in the client enables a streamable software application to be located in the file system and executed in a streaming mode without being isolated from the non-streamable software applications in the ... 03/02/06 - 20060047845 - Streaming gateway The exemplary embodiments describe methods, systems, and products that intelligently translate between streaming formats. One such method receives a multimedia stream of data, with the multimedia stream of data having a streaming protocol. Network control data is received and indicates a level of demand for the multimedia stream of data. ... 03/02/06 - 20060047844 - One step approach to deliver multimedia from local pc to mobile devices A method, apparatus, html form, image processing function, web server is directed to enabling one step uploading, format conversion, and delivering of multimedia to mobile devices. A web form is provided for users to upload multimedia from their local desktop computing device. Also provided in the form are input fields ... 03/02/06 - 20060047843 - System and method for combining memory resources for use on a personal network A personal network may be established by interconnecting a plurality of satellites as part of the personal network. Each satellite may configured to communicate with one or more other satellites. On any given one of the plurality of satellites, data indicating a connectivity status for the one or more other ... 03/02/06 - 20060047842 - Joint symbol, amplitude, and rate estimator The system in one embodiment relates to tightly integrating parameter estimation, symbol hypothesis testing, decoding, and rate identification. The present invention provides Turbo-decoding for joint signal demodulation based on an iterative decoding solution that exploits error correction codes. The system iteratively couples an initial amplitude estimator, a symbol estimator, a ... 02/23/06 - 20060041676 - Interference suppression methods for 802.11 An 802.11 source station transmits a message, such as a CF-End message, to reset a network allocation vector at a time other than that required for indicating the end of the contention free period. That is, the source station uses the CF-End message to spoof stations within range of the ... 02/23/06 - 20060041675 - Transmitting data over a network Prioritised data is transmitted in packets. The data includes first data having a first priority level and second data having a second priority level. Each transmitted packet includes a first allocation of said first data and a second allocation of said second data and the relative sizes of said first ... 02/23/06 - 20060041674 - Communication system and method of managing a streaming session The invention proposes a content streaming service with the options of, a) streaming a content from a server to a terminal of a user, b) interrupting the streaming session, c) resuming an interrupted streaming session from the same terminal or from another terminal belonging to that user. According to the ... 02/16/06 - 20060036757 - Multimedia content display system having scheduling function and method of reproducing content using the system A multimedia content display system is provided having a scheduling function, as well as a method of reproducing content using the system. The system includes a server which transmits designated content to a corresponding client at a designated time based on schedule information of the corresponding client, and one or ... 02/16/06 - 20060036756 - Scalable, multi-user server and method for rendering images from interactively customizable scene information A server for use in connection with a network including at least one client and a communication link interconnecting the client and server. The server comprises a user interaction control module, an image rendering module and an interface. The image rendering module is configured to render, from three-dimensional scene data ... 02/09/06 - 20060031556 - Synchronizing data streams Methods and systems are provided for synchronizing various time-stamped data streams. The data streams can be synchronized to another data stream or to a point of reference such as a reference clock. In one embodiment, synchronization processing takes place in association with a filter graph comprising multiple filters. The filter ... 02/09/06 - 20060031555 - Data context switching in a semantic processor Embodiments of a multiple-parsing-context parser and semantic processor are shown and described. The described embodiments allow an input data stream to be parsed in multiple contexts, with the parser switching between contexts as the input data stream dictates. For instance, one embodiment allows a SONET input data stream, including multiple ... 02/09/06 - 20060031554 - Service diversity for communication system A communication transaction or use case is broken down into constituent parts, one of which can be provided, at the direction of a master service node, from the master service node or primary service path and the other of which can be provided from a support service node or secondary ... 02/09/06 - 20060031553 - Dynamic control method for session timeout A dynamic control method of timeout in forward message transmission is disclosed, by which a continuous network transmission delay can be adaptively handled. The present invention includes a first step of initializing values of variables to be used, a second step of transmitting a message requesting a streaming service to ... 02/09/06 - 20060031552 - Data structure of metadata and reproduction method of the same Since there is a case where reproduction of metadata is limited according to the processing power of a reproduction apparatus or the designation from a user, the invention provides a data structure in which metadata whose preferential reproduction is desired can be selected and reproduced. The metadata relevant to a ... 02/09/06 - 20060031551 - System, device and method for remotely providing, accessing and using personal entertainment media Systems and methods for permitting consumers to securely purchase, access, download and/or stream entertainment content such as musical and audio visual works, including a remote terminal or terminals. Consumers subscribe to the system and obtain a terminal or terminals. The terminals permit the subscribers to access the system to obtain ... 02/09/06 - 20060031550 - Webpad adapted to communicate using wide area and local area communication channels An adapter module attached to the personal digital assistant forms a webpad. The adapter modules includes a wide area network transceiver for allowing the webpad to communicate with a remote server via a wide area network and a local area network transceiver for allowing the webpad to communicate with a ... 02/09/06 - 20060031549 - System and method for using a webpad to control a data stream A system and method for using a webpad to select a target device which is to receive from a source device a stream of a digital representation of a media. The webpad is used to send a transmission to the source device to cause the source device to route the ... 02/09/06 - 20060031548 - Electronic media distribution system and method A method of electronically distributing media files to remote users is disclosed. An interactive user interface is provided on at least one remote receiver processor, and a plurality of media files are electronically uploaded from at least one remote media source to a central media storage location upon payment of ... 02/09/06 - 20060031547 - System and method for integrated on-demand delivery of operating system and applications The present invention discloses a system and a method for integrated on-demand delivery of operating system and applications, where operating system images are separate and distinct from application images. Integration of operating system streaming and application streaming services makes streaming delivery possible to a wide range of client devices, including ... 02/09/06 - 20060031546 - Method of reading a plurality of non-contact data carriers, including an anti-collision scheme A method of inventorying data carriers (2) by means of a communication station, whereby the communication station and each data carrier (2) are brought into communicative connection, and each data carrier (2) brought into communicative connection with the communication station is capable of generating a response signal (IDS) that renders ... 02/02/06 - 20060026293 - Strategies for transmitting in-band control information Strategies are described for transmitting control information from a host module to a client module. The host module transmits the control information in-band along with a stream of media content information packets. The control information can be used to govern the operation of the client module. In one case, the ... 01/19/06 - 20060015634 - Progressive streaming media rendering A system and process for providing progressively higher quality versions of an audio and/or video program over a client-server based network. In response to a user command to view a particular program, the client requests layered data associated with the program from the server. The client also specifies how many ... 01/19/06 - 20060015633 - Progressive streaming media rendering A system and process for providing progressively higher quality versions of an audio and/or video program over a client-server based network. In response to a user command to view a particular program, the client requests layered data associated with the program from the server. The client also specifies how many ... 01/12/06 - 20060010245 - Internet protocol for the delivery of complex digital media content A Portable Media Protocol (PMP) is disclosed which reliably and efficiently transfer content across the Internet. The protocol is operated by Internet hardware apparatus for the delivery of complex digital media content from a sending end point to a receiving end point by session participation as multiple and separate aspects, ... 01/12/06 - 20060010244 - Fft accelerated display mode An FFT accelerated display mode for a spectrum analyzer processes time domain samples in increments as they are received until a complete measurement frame of samples is processed to provide a desired frequency resolution. After a first set of time domain samples is received, a spectrum analysis display is provided ... 12/29/05 - 20050289236 - Method and server for establishing coordinated consumption of a streamed media object by multiple devices For members of a party visiting a space with which media objects are associated, the shared experience can be enhanced by the sharing of such objects by the group members for presentation on devices for example carried by the group members. Where the media object is a streamed media object, ... 12/22/05 - 20050283535 - Method and system for interactive control of media over a network In one embodiment of the present invention, a request is generated from a first device to a remotely located second device for a modified media stream. A period of delay is then determined between when the request is generated and when the modified media stream is desired. The modified media ... 12/15/05 - 20050278453 - System and method for evaluating a heterogeneous cluster for supporting expected workload in compliance with at least one service parameter According to at least one embodiment, a method comprises receiving, into a capacity planning system, workload information representing an expected workload of client accesses of streaming media files from a site. The method further comprises receiving, into the capacity planning system, at least one service parameter that defines a desired ... 11/24/05 - 20050262261 - Simultaneous media playout The method further comprises: following the supplying of media stream at a first bitrate (R1), changing clients in the network; determining the new minimum client buffering capacity (Cnew); and, in response to the new minimum buffering capacity (Cnew), modifying the supply of the media stream. The supply of the media ... 11/24/05 - 20050262260 - Two-way audio/video conference system A method and apparatus are provided for exchanging audio/visual information between a caller and a called party through the Internet. The method includes the steps of setting up a session link between the caller and called party using a tunneled real time control protocol and collecting audio and video information ... 11/24/05 - 20050262259 - Dynamic streaming media management Dynamic streaming media management is described. In one aspect, media content is managed by accessing the first playlist that has a non-canonical format. Multiple translators are provided to translate playlists from multiple different native data formats to a canonical data format. One of the translators is invoked to translate the ... 11/24/05 - 20050262258 - Video delivery apparatus and method A video delivery apparatus for delivering a video stream with a property according to a request from a client. The video delivery apparatus includes reception means for receiving a delivery request from one client, first estimation means for estimating a current processing load by calculating a sum total of the ... 11/24/05 - 20050262257 - Apparatus, system, and method for adaptive-rate shifting of streaming content An apparatus for adaptive-rate shifting of streaming content includes an agent controller module configured to simultaneously request at least portions of a plurality of streamlets. The agent controller module is further configured to continuously monitor streamlet requests and subsequent responses, and accordingly request higher or lower quality streamlets. A staging ... 11/24/05 - 20050262256 - Method and device for multimedia processing A method and a device for multimedia processing are provided. The device includes a processing unit, a DSP chip, and an output unit. The DSP chip has a first stream data generator, a second stream data generator, and a stream manager. The first streamed data generator produces first stream data ... 11/24/05 - 20050262255 - System applications in a multimedia console A system and method provides a high level of system functionality in a multimedia console through the use of system applications, while reducing any corresponding lack of control that multimedia applications will have while running on the console. A predetermined amount of hardware resources of the multimedia console is reserved. ... 11/24/05 - 20050262254 - Dynamic redirection of streaming media between computing devices Dynamic redirection of streaming media between computing devices is described. In an implementation, a method listening at an application programming interface for a notification indicating that a change is to be made in a topology of streaming media software components. When the notification is received, a media engine that is ... 11/24/05 - 20050262253 - Method and apparatus for a loosely coupled, scalable distributed multimedia streaming system A scalable distributed multimedia streaming system employs at least one media station having a media director and a plurality of media engines. Each media engine incorporates media content storage, communications channels for retrieving and streaming media content over a network. The media director has a controller adapted for directing retrieval ... 11/24/05 - 20050262252 - Method and device for performing communication on a bus structured network The invention refers to a method for performing communication on a bus structured network between master device and slave devices using a bi-directional data stream DSA for secure communication and a unidirectional data stream DSI for real-time communication. According to the invention the unidirectional data stream DSI is used for ... 11/17/05 - 20050256967 - Method for splitting a data stream In the DVR or Blu-ray application format a clip consists of a clip information file, through which it can be accessed from playlists, and an audio-visual data stream file. The data stream consists of data units, which in turn consist of multiple source packets. When such stream shall be split ... 11/17/05 - 20050256966 - Communication terminal device, information providing device, and cellular telephone system A communication terminal device includes a first display part configured to display streaming sub information, a second display part configured to display streaming main information related to the streaming sub information, a sub information reception unit configured to receive the streaming sub information sequentially transmitted from an information providing device ... 11/03/05 - 20050246451 - Background transcoding A system and methods are described for transcoding media content in the background on a source computer device prior to such time as a target media playback device is connected to the source computer for synchronization of the media content. The system and methods anticipate which media content to background-transcode ... 10/27/05 - 20050240677 - Method and apparatus for failure resilient forwarding of data over a computer network In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and an apparatus for failure-resilient forwarding of data over a computer network. In one embodiment, a marker is introduced into the data stream, e.g., at the sending node, and allows, in turn, forwarding nodes and/or receivers to efficiently track data stream ... 10/27/05 - 20050240676 - Method for playing multimedia data and a system of enabling the method The present invention relates to a method for playing multimedia data and a system of enabling the method, and more particularly, to a method for playing multimedia data and a system of enabling the method, wherein streaming data are generated from received multimedia data and then played regardless of whether ... 10/13/05 - 20050228898 - Synchronizing data streams Methods and systems are provided for synchronizing various time-stamped data streams. The data streams can be synchronized to another data stream or to a point of reference such as a reference clock. In one embodiment, synchronization processing takes place in association with a filter graph comprising multiple filters. The filter ... 10/13/05 - 20050228897 - Content distribution system The present invention provides a server apparatus that is able to, when a content stored in a server apparatus is to be received with the use of a streaming technique and played back, have the content played back without delay in a network with a low bandwidth. The content stored ... 10/06/05 - 20050223107 - Media delivery apparatus A media delivery apparatus for relaying media data streaming-delivered from a server to a client terminal through a network, including a receiving portion for receiving packets transmitted from the server to the network when stream-delivering the media data, and a storage device, wherein: each of the packets contains at least ... 10/06/05 - 20050223106 - Method and system for automated control of audio and video sources and a final composite output thereof through a video switcher An audio and video production system and method, including a video production control switcher; and one or more computers connected through a network and configured for controlling the video production control switcher. The system is further configured for at least one of defining looks, including shot templates, that correspond to ... 09/22/05 - 20050210145 - Delivering and processing multimedia bookmark A multimedia bookmark (VMark) bulletin board service (BBS) system comprises: a web host comprising storage for messages, a web server, and a VMark BBS server; a media host comprising storage for audiovisual (AV) files, and a streaming server; a client comprising storage for VMark, a web browser, a media player ... 09/15/05 - 20050204053 - Data transfer to nodes of a communication network using a data channel and a control channel Methods and software products are described for efficiently transferring a data stream to nodes of a communication network. According to the invention, one of the nodes executes code to establish a control channel with one or more remote nodes. The code then replicates itself on the node, and transmits the ... 09/15/05 - 20050204052 - Timing of quality of experience metrics Quality feedback in a streaming service wherein at least one media stream (101) is streamed to a client (601) and a quality feedback value is determined (304) according to at least one quality metric is improved by determining (305) a timestamp relating to said quality feedback value according to at ... 09/08/05 - 20050198346 - Media coding for loss recovery with remotely predicted data units An improved loss recovery method for coding streaming media classifies each data unit in the media stream as an independent data unit (I unit), a remotely predicted unit (R unit) or a predicted data unit (P unit). Each of these units is organized into independent segments having an I unit, ... 09/08/05 - 20050198345 - Data-providing system, transmission server, data terminal, apparatus, authoring apparatus and data-providing method A data-providing system comprising a first data-transmitting section (control unit 1), a control section (control unit 3), and a second data-transmitting section (control unit 3). The first data-transmitting section transmits a continuous stream of content data that consists of multimedia content groups, each composed of program data and auxiliary data ... 09/08/05 - 20050198344 - Communication apparatus, image sensing apparatus, and control method therefor A communication apparatus such as a digital video camcoder acquires an IP address from a DHCP server on a UPnP network. During the communication apparatus is transmitting an image stream, which is a sensed image, to the DTV, the communication apparatus issues an IP address update request to the DHCP ... 09/08/05 - 20050198343 - Data receiving apparatus and data receiving method A data receiving apparatus comprises: receiving means for receiving an electronic file and attribute information of the electronic file through a unidirectional channel; location information acquiring means for acquiring location information for specifying a location of the attribute information from session information necessary for the receiving means to establish a ... 09/08/05 - 20050198342 - Rate computations of particular use in scheduling activities or items such as the sending of packets Rate computations are performed such as for use in scheduling activities, such as, but not limited to packets, processes, traffic flow, etc. One implementation identifies an approximated inverse rate, a fix-up adjustment value, and a quantum. An activity measurement value is maintained based on a measure of activity, and a ... 09/08/05 - 20050198341 - On-demand digital asset management and distribution method and system A content distribution network includes a central content management system that acquires digital assets for distribution over the network to on-demand serving locations for on-demand delivery to customers. A digital asset includes a package of files. The files are processed prior to distribution from the central content management system to ... 09/08/05 - 20050198340 - Information providing method, information processing device, information collection system, communication method, communication system, relay device, and communication device The present invention relates to, for transmitting information by a server from an information gathering device to a terminal device, an information exchange method, an information processor, a communication method, a communication system, an intermediary device, and a communication device. It is directed to provide an information exchange method, an ... 09/01/05 - 20050193139 - Software streaming system and method A method for streaming software may include downloading blocks associated with a software title until an executable threshold is reached, initiating execution of the software title, and continuing to download blocks of the software title while the software title is executed. Another method for streaming software may include sending to ... 09/01/05 - 20050193138 - Storage medium storing multimedia data, and method and apparatus for reproducing the multimedia data A storage medium storing multimedia data, and a method and apparatus for reproducing the multimedia data. The method of reproducing multimedia data in a terminal, includes: receiving contents additional information regarding a data structure of at least one of plural media streams constituting of the multimedia data; requesting storage data ... 08/25/05 - 20050188097 - Transmission method, transmission apparatus and transmission system In order to satisfactorily transmit audio data of various formats through a transmission line, when data having a predetermined data length as a unit is transmitted by a predetermined format between devices connected to a predetermined transmission line, label data indicating a system of transmitted audio data is located at ... 08/25/05 - 20050188096 - Media streaming home network system and method for operating the same A media streaming home network system including at least one media client, which requests for a media streaming service through the Internet under a dynamic or static Internet Protocol (IP) environment, a media server, which detects network address information from the media client or a gateway connected to the media ... 08/18/05 - 20050182845 - Data-providing system, transmission server, data terminal, apparatus, authoring apparatus and data-providing method A data-providing system comprising a first data-transmitting section (control unit 1), a control section (control unit 3), and a second data-transmitting section (control unit 3). The first data-transmitting section transmits a continuous stream of content data that consists of multimedia content groups, each composed of program data and auxiliary data ... 08/11/05 - 20050177643 - System and method for transporting mpeg2ts in rtp/udp/ip Systems and methods are provided for receiving and transmitting an MPEG2 transport stream (TS) in a real-time protocol (RTP)/user datagram protocol (UDP)/Internet protocol (IP) packet. The receiving method comprises: receiving an IP packet via an IP network, having a variable transmission delay; accessing a timestamp carried in a RTP packet; ... 08/04/05 - 20050172028 - Data streaming system and method A data streaming system and method are described. A server (10) is arranged to stream one of a plurality of encoded data streams to a client (40, 50, 60). Each of the plurality of data streams is an independent representation of a common data source encoded at a different resolution ... 07/28/05 - 20050165943 - Wrapper playlists on streaming media services Systems and methods for combining streaming media content items for streaming to a client computer across a network are described. In one aspect, a playlist is maintained on a server computer. The playlist includes at least one reference to a streaming media content item and at least one placeholder. A ... 07/28/05 - 20050165942 - System and method for limiting dead air time in internet streaming media delivery An system for receiving streaming audio or other audio sources netcast in streaming audio content, where the system avoids dead air time in the audio play by providing an alternative audio content to fill time spent negotiating connections and buffering information. ... 07/28/05 - 20050165941 - Methods and apparatuses for streaming content Methods and apparatuses for streaming content are described for presenting the content such that a delay time between requesting the content and utilizing the content is minimized. In one embodiment, methods and apparatuses for streaming content store an initial portion a selected content item within a temporary storage cache; stream ... 07/21/05 - 20050160177 - Storage medium storing multimedia data, and method and apparatus for reproducing multimedia data A storage medium storing multimedia data, and method and apparatus for reproducing multimedia data are provided. The storage medium includes at least one media stream; and additional information, wherein the media stream is divided into streaming data streamed over a network and download data downloaded over the network, and the ... 06/30/05 - 20050144305 - Systems and methods for identifying, segmenting, collecting, annotating, and publishing multimedia materials The present invention relates to systems and methods for identifying, segmenting, collecting, annotating, and publishing multimedia materials. In some embodiments, the present invention provides a comprehensive server-side system for editing, annotating, managing and presenting multimedia events from a plurality of multimedia sources. ... 06/30/05 - 20050144304 - Methods for providing communications services Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for providing communications services. One method receives a first data stream at a computer, with the first data stream comprising packets of data packetized according to a packet protocol. The first data stream is recursively segmented into segments, and at least one of the ... 06/30/05 - 20050144303 - System, device and method for improving throughput in a communication network, preferably a mobile ipv6-based network The invention relates to a method and system for managing a communication between a first mobile network element and a second network element, wherein the communication is performed via a network on a packet-switched basis with acknowledgment messages acknowledging receipt of packets being returned to the packet sending network element. ... 06/30/05 - 20050144302 - Apparatus and method for delivering video content to subscribers An apparatus and method for delivering video content to subscribers comprises capturing a video record comprising video content, analysis the captured video record to produce markers identifying events in the content thereof, editing the captured video record to produce a series of video clips each pertaining to one or more ... 06/23/05 - 20050138196 - Reduction of network server loading Bandwidth loading on the network is managed by pushing e-mail message traffic out to the edges of the network at times when bandwidth demand is low. To accomplish this, a user's e-mail is cached at the proxy server nearest to his presumed location. This decentralizes the e-mail storage away from ... 06/23/05 - 20050138195 - Data streaming and backup systems having multiple concurrent read threads for improved small file performance Permitting multiple concurrent read operations upon a file system enhances small file performance. A respective instance of a thread routine stores the data from each file into a series of buffers for the file. Each instance is identified by a Process Identifier (PID) used for streaming the data from the ... 06/16/05 - 20050132082 - System and method for resuming downloading from interruption points A system for resuming downloading from interruption points includes an application server (1), a local database (5), and client computers (3). The client computers are provided for users to set download conditions which define a scope of a download. The application server includes a data downloading module (11), a download ... 06/16/05 - 20050132081 - Efficient protocol processing to increase bandwidth in interrupt mode A communication system with a communications adapter operating in an interrupt mode, the system comprising: a network system with at least one sender and a recipient of a message and a network for communication therebetween; the communications adapter placing data from the message in a receive buffer and generating an ... 06/02/05 - 20050120127 - Review and approval system The review and Approval system of the present invention advantageously provides computer implemented access for a reviewer to digital content for the purpose of reviewing and approving the digital content. The system is capable of communication with an editing system, and automatically informing an editor of the reviewer's comments. ... 06/02/05 - 20050120126 - Multi-level skimming of multimedia content using playlists A skimmed or preview version of multimedia content is provided to a client computer by a server computer using playlists. The skimmed version of multimedia content can be presented to a user of a client computer in less time than presenting the entire multimedia content would require. The server computer ... 06/02/05 - 20050120125 - Process and streaming server for encrypting a data stream to a virtual smart card client system There is disclosed a process for encrypting a data stream to secure the data stream for single viewing and to protect copyrights of the data stream. Specifically, there is disclosed a process for protecting streaming multimedia, entertainment and communications in a network transmission. There is further disclosed a streaming server ... 06/02/05 - 20050120124 - Streaming of media from a server to a client device The invention relates to a method for streaming of media, in which method streaming media is transmitted from a server (111) through a network (102-104) to a client device (101, 101′) for reproduction, and wherein transmission of streaming media is implemented by using a layered protocol stack having an application ... 06/02/05 - 20050120123 - Digital item adaptation negotiation mechanism The present invention relates to digital item adaptation, especially MPEG-21 Digital Item Adaptation (DIA) which requires negotiation between different MPEG-21 peers. Advertisements metadata is defined to hold Digital Item Adaptation descriptions, such as Usage Environment description, BSDL description, XDI description, as well as MPEG-7 Media description in its descriptions element. ... ### FreshPatents.com Support - Terms & Conditions |