Timing decision apparatus and timing decision method

• US 20050265690A1
• Filed: 05/25/2005
• Published: 12/01/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: S&S Industries Incorporated (Fastech Asia Ltd.), NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Kasai, Hiroyuki, Yamazaki, Kenichi, Kawasaki, Norihiro
• Granted Patent: US 7,610,395 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/201
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/262 Content or additional data distribution scheduling, e.g. sending additional data at off-peak times, updating software modules, calculating the carousel transmission frequency, delaying a video stream transmission, generating play-lists scheduling strategies for dispatcher in multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/4881; arrangements for scheduling broadcast services or broadcast-related services H04H60/06; flow control in packet networks H04L47/10; establishing a time schedule or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/62
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26603 for automatically generating descriptors from content, e.g. when it is not made available by its provider, using content analysis techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2747 Remote storage of video programs received via the downstream path, e.g. from the server
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4131 home appliance, e.g. lighting, air conditioning system, metering devices home automation data switching networks exchanging configuration information on appliance services H04L12/2807
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17309 Transmission or handling of upstream communications

Abstract

A timing decision apparatus includes: an adaptability decision unit configured to decide a correspondence between a feature quantity of media as encoded data capable of being replayed and an adaptability showing a degree of adaptation for providing a specific service; an adaptability storage unit configured to store the correspondence; and a timing decision unit configured to decide timing of providing the specific service in response to a value of the adaptability stored in the adaptability storage unit.

Claims

1. A timing decision apparatus, comprising:

an adaptability decision unit configured to decide a correspondence between a feature quantity of media as encoded data capable of being replayed and an adaptability showing a degree of adaptation for providing a specific service;

an adaptability storage unit configured to store the correspondence; and

a timing decision unit configured to decide timing of providing the specific service in response to a value of the adaptability stored in the adaptability storage unit.

2. The timing decision apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an adaptability estimation unit configured to estimate a future adaptability based on a past adaptability stored in the adaptability storage unit and the feature quantity of the media.

3. The timing decision apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the adaptability decision unit includes:

a feature quantity extraction unit configured to extract the feature quantity of the media;

a media replay unit configured to replay the media;

an adaptability acquisition unit configured to acquire an assessment result at the timing of providing the specific service to the media; and

a correspondence creation unit configured to associate the feature quantity of the media replayed from the media replay unit and the assessment result acquired from the adaptability acquisition unit with each other.

4. A timing decision method, comprising:

deciding a correspondence between a feature quantity of media as encoded data capable of being replayed and an adaptability showing a degree of adaptation for providing a specific service;

storing the correspondence; and

deciding timing of providing the specific service in response to a value of the stored adaptability.