Multimedia providing system, multimedia conversion server, and multimedia terminal

• US 20010056474A1
• Filed: 08/08/2001
• Published: 12/27/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Arai, Yasunori
• Application Number:
  US09/923,425
• Publication Number:
  US 20010056474A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/103 in the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/104 in the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/765 intermediate
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/222 Secondary servers, e.g. proxy server, cable television Head-end provisioning of proxy services in data packet switching networks H04L67/56
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2343 involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements video transcoding H04N19/40; media packet handling at the source H04L65/762
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234309 by transcoding between formats or standards, e.g. from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 or from Quicktime to Realvideo conversion of standards in analog television systems H04N7/01
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25808 Management of client data terminal profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/303
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6175 involving transmission via Internet broadcast-related systems characterised by the transmission system being the Internet H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64707 for transferring content from a first network to a second network, e.g. between IP and wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

The multimedia providing system includes a conversion server capable of obtaining the multimedia content and retransmitting it to the outside of the Internet. The conversion server comprises a first access means for accessing the servers through the Internet, a first obtaining means for obtaining markup language and multimedia content from the servers, a converter means for converting the markup language and multimedia content into a format suitable for communication with the terminal, and a transmitter means for retransmitting the markup language and multimedia content, to the terminal. The terminal comprises a second access means for accessing the servers through the conversion server, a second obtaining means for obtaining the retransmitted markup language and multimedia content, and display means for displaying the multimedia content in accordance with the markup language obtained.

Claims

1. A multimedia providing system, comprising:

a server capable of transmitting multimedia content onto the Internet;

a multimedia conversion server capable of obtaining the multimedia content and retransmitting the content to the outside of the Internet; and

a multimedia terminal capable of obtaining the multimedia content retransmitted and providing the content for a user to use the content, wherein

the multimedia conversion server includes

first access means for accessing the server through the Internet,

first obtaining means for obtaining markup language and multimedia content form the server,

converter means for converting the markup language and the multimedia content obtained by the first obtaining means, into a format suitable for communication with the multimedia terminal, and

transmitter means for retransmitting the markup language and the multimedia content to the multimedia terminal, and

the multimedia terminal includes

second access means for accessing the server through the multimedia conversion server,

second obtaining means for obtaining the markup language and the multimedia content retransmitted, and

display means for displaying the multimedia content obtained by the second obtaining means, in accordance with the markup language obtained by the second obtaining means.

2. A multimedia conversion server comprising:

access means for accessing a server through Internet;

obtaining means for obtaining markup language and multimedia content from the server;

converter means for converting the markup language and the multimedia content obtained, into a format suitable for communication with a multimedia terminal; and

transmitter means for retransmitting the markup language and the multimedia content converted, to the multimedia terminal.

3. A multimedia terminal comprising:

access means for accessing a server on the Internet through a multimedia conversion server;

obtaining means for obtaining markup language and multimedia content through the multimedia conversion server; and

display means for displaying the obtained multimedia content in accordance with the obtained markup language.

4. A multimedia providing system, comprising:

a server capable of transmitting multimedia content onto Internet;

a multimedia conversion server capable of obtaining the multimedia content and retransmitting the content to the outside of the Internet; and

a multimedia terminal capable of obtaining the multimedia content retransmitted and providing the content for a user to use the content, wherein

the multimedia conversion server includes

first access means for accessing the server through the Internet,

first obtaining means for obtaining markup language and multimedia content from the server,

separator means for separating video information from the multimedia content obtained by the first obtaining means,

synthesizer means for synthesizing the separated video information and the markup language obtained by the first obtaining means to attain an image,

converter means for converting the image synthesized by the synthesizer means and the multimedia content obtained by the first obtaining means, into a format suitable for communication with the multimedia terminal, and

transmitter means for retransmitting the image and the multimedia content converted by the converter means, to the multimedia terminal, and

the multimedia terminal includes

second access means for accessing the server through the multimedia conversion server,

second obtaining means for obtaining the image and the multimedia content retransmitted, and

display means for displaying the image obtained by the second obtaining means.

5. The system according to

claim 4

, wherein the multimedia conversion server further includes receiver means for receiving an instruction of a user of the multimedia terminal from the multimedia terminal, an interpreter means for interpreting the received instruction of the user, and display means for displaying the instruction in the obtained markup language in accordance with the instruction interpreted,

the synthesizer means synthesizes the markup language including the instruction displayed by the display means, in place of the obtained markup language, and the separated video information, thereby to attain an image, and

the multimedia terminal further includes input means for inputting an instruction of a user, and transmitter means for transmitting the inputted instruction to the multimedia conversion server.

6. The system according to

claim 4

, wherein the multimedia conversion server further includes drawing means for drawing a cursor on the image synthesized, receiver means for receiving an instruction of a user of the multimedia terminal from the multimedia terminal, and motion means for moving a position of the cursor drawn, in accordance with the instruction received,

the converter means converts the image on which the cursor is drawn, in place of the synthesized image, and the obtained multimedia content, into a format suitable for communication with the multimedia terminal, and

the multimedia terminal further includes input means for inputting an instruction of a user, and transmitter means for transmitting the inputted instruction to the multimedia conversion server.