System and method for multimedia-to-video conversion to enhance real-time mobile video services

• US 20070216761A1
• Filed: 07/14/2006
• Published: 09/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mavenir Ltd. (Mavenir Group Holdings Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Comverse Limited (Mavenir Group Holdings Ltd.)
• Inventors: Halsadi, Ronen, Gronner, Mosh, Kirsh, Amir
• Granted Patent: US 7,813,724 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/14.20
• 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 21/440236 by media transcoding, e.g. video is transformed into a slideshow of still pictures, audio is converted into text
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4781 Games
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4786 e-mailing message switching systems, e.g. electronic mail systems H04L51/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6131 involving transmission via a mobile phone network wireless downlink channel access H04W74/006
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17309 Transmission or handling of upstream communications

Abstract

A communication system converting multimedia data of enhanced services into video stream for transmission to a user'"'"'s handset communication device. The system includes a database storing therein users profile data; a mailbox system storing therein users mailboxes and capable of storing messages in audio and video formats; an application server managing data storage and retrieval from the database and storage; a multimedia to video converter, receiving multimedia data and converting it into a video streams corresponding to a pre-selected template; an access server providing the multimedia data to the multimedia to video converter and receiving therefrom the video stream, and transmitting the video stream onto a telecommunication network.

Claims

1. A communication system converting multimedia data into video stream for transmission to a user'"'"'s handset communication device, comprising:

a storage system storing therein user data and system data;

an application server managing data storage and retrieval from said storage system;

a multimedia to video converter, receiving multimedia data and converting said multimedia data into a video stream corresponding to a pre-selected template;

an access server providing the multimedia data to said multimedia to video converter and receiving therefrom said video stream, and further transmitting said video stream onto a telecommunication network.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said multimedia data comprises the system data or user data.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein said system data or user data comprises textual data, images, audio clips, and video clips.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein said images comprise graphics and photography images.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein said video clips comprise animation clips and cinematic clips.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein said multimedia to video converter comprises a plurality of media processing modules, each one of said media processing modules converting one of said textual data, images, and audio clips into a video-transmission format files.

7. The system of claim 6, further comprising a processor for concatenating said video-transmission format files into a single video stream.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein said video stream comprises dynamic graphical display to be displayed on said handset.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the layout of said dynamic graphical display is dictated by said template.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein said visual interface comprises graphical items, graphic animation, text and video.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein said graphical items comprise active icons.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein said multimedia to video converter comprises a plurality of media processing modules, each one of said media processing modules converting one type of data of said multimedia data having a first format into a second format.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein said first format comprises one of text, images, video and audio and said second format comprises video.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising a processor assembling the output of said processing modules into said video stream for transmission to said handset.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein said video stream comprises visual interface to be displayed on said handset.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the layout of said visual interface is dictated by said template.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein said visual interface comprises graphical items.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein said visual interface further comprises graphic animation.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein said storage system comprise a template storage location storing a plurality of templates, each of said templates comprising instructions regarding looks and dynamics of a video screen.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein said storage system further comprise a background storage location storing a plurality of graphic backgrounds.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein said storage system further comprise an icon storage location storing a plurality of icons.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein each of said templates comprise selection pointers to at least one of said graphic backgrounds and icons, and wherein said multimedia to video converter fetches at least one of said graphic backgrounds and icons according to said pointer and incorporates the fetched graphic background or fetched icon into said video stream.

23. The system of claim 1, wherein said multimedia to video converter comprises an image to video converter for converting pictorial and graphical images into said video stream.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein said multimedia to video converter further comprises a text to video converter.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein said multimedia to video converter further comprises a video editor for editing said video stream by resizing, cropping or applying filters to said video stream.

26. The system of claim 1, further comprising a database storing therein a user profile data.

27. The system of claim 26, further comprising a mailbox for storing messages.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein said system data comprise status data of said messages, and wherein said multimedia to video converter converts said status data into a video stream for transmission to a mobile device of said user.

29. The system of claim 26, further comprising a library database storing a plurality of video clips and video data comprising information relating to each of said video clips.

30. The system of claim 29, wherein said multimedia to video converter converts said video data into a video stream for transmission to a mobile device of said user.

31. A method for operating a communication server connected to communication network that communicates with handsets, comprising:

assigning a plurality of user accounts, each of said user accounts corresponding to one of said handsets to thereby create corresponding accounts to at least a subset of said handsets;

storing user data corresponding to each of said user accounts in a database;

upon receiving a call initiation from a caller handset, determining whether one of said user accounts correspond to said caller handset and, if so, performing the steps;

fetching said user data corresponding to the user account of said caller handset;

converting said user data and system data into a video stream;

transmitting said video stream to said caller handset.

32. The method of claim 31, further comprising:

creating a mailbox for each of said user accounts;

storing status data for each of said mailbox; and

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wherein upon receiving a call initiation from a caller handset to a corresponding mailbox, further performing the steps;

fetching said status data of the corresponding mailbox;

converting said status data into a video stream;

transmitting said video stream to said caller handset.

33. The method of claim 32, wherein said status data comprises textual items and wherein said converting further includes the steps of converting said textual items into audio clips and dubbing said audio clips onto said video stream.

34. The method of claim 32, wherein said step of converting comprises:

fetching a template corresponding to said mailbox;

fetching graphical items corresponding to said template; and

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using instructions from said template to incorporate said graphical items into said video stream.

35. The method of claim 34, wherein said video stream is made to generate a dynamic graphical display on said handset.

36. A system converting multimedia data into video stream for transmission to a user'"'"'s handset communication device, comprising:

an application engine managing data storage and retrieval from a storage system;

a multimedia processor receiving multimedia data and at least one pre-selected template and converting said multimedia data into a video stream corresponding to the pre-selected template.

37. The system of claim 36, further comprising a storage system storing therein the templates and multimedia files.

38. The system of claim 36, wherein said multimedia processor comprises a plurality of media processing modules, each one of said media processing modules converting one of textual data, images, and audio clips into a video-transmission format files.