Method and system for network communication

• US 20080075095A1
• Filed: 09/21/2006
• Published: 03/27/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sbc Knowledge Ventures, L.P.
• Original Assignee: Sbc Knowledge Ventures, L.P.
• Inventors: Suryanarayana, Lalitha, Grannan, Michael
• Application Number:
  US11/525,272
• Publication Number:
  US 20080075095A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/401
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/65 Network streaming protocols, e.g. real-time transport protocol [RTP] or real-time control protocol [RTCP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/70 Media network packetisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/765 intermediate

Abstract

A method and system for network communication. A first content type is identified for a communication stream of a nonaggregated communication session. A target of the communication stream is identified. The communication stream is transcoded into a second content type compatible with the target. The transcoded communication stream of the nonaggregated communication session is provided to the target.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

identifying a first content type for a selected communication stream associated with a plurality of communication streams from a nonaggregated communication session;

identifying a target of the selected communication stream;

transcoding the selected communication stream into a second content type compatible with the target; and

providing the transcoded communication stream of the nonaggregated communication session to the target.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising representing the first content type and the second content type to be at least one content type selected from a group of content types that include a data format and a protocol associated with the communication stream.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying semantic information regarding the nonaggregated communication session in the communication stream.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting available communication streams from the plurality of communication streams associated with the communication session stored on a single device as the nonaggregated communication session.

5. A method comprising:

invoking a transcoder to transcode a communication stream from a target; and

receiving a transcoded communication stream associated with a communication session and annotations regarding the communication session.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

accessing a target communication stream from the target of the communication session; and

providing a source communication stream within the communication session to the target.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

storing available communication streams and the annotations of the communication session.

8. The method of claim 5, further comprising annotating at least one communication stream from available communication streams of the communication session.

9. The method of claim 5, further comprising selecting at least one data type selected from a group of data types including metadata, hyperlinks, chapter headings, topics, and audio as being the annotations used within the communication session.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising selecting a position in available communication streams for playback by selecting a particular annotation from the annotations used within the communication session.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising selecting a customized experience in response to the annotations and in connection with the available communication streams.

12. The method of claim 5, further comprising parsing and categorizing the communication session using the annotations.

13. The method of claim 5, further comprising branching to portions of the communication session by use of the annotations.

14. A system comprising:

a communications infrastructure comprising;

an infrastructure receiver module to receive a plurality of communication streams of a communication session from a plurality of communication devices,

an infrastructure communication module to provide the plurality of communication streams to a transcoder, and

an infrastructure direction module to direct the plurality of communication streams including at least one transcoded communication stream of the communication session to a target; and

a transcoder comprising;

a transcoder receiver module to receive the plurality of communication streams from the communications infrastructure, and

a transcoding module to identify a first communication stream type from the plurality of communication streams and transcode the plurality of communication streams from the first communication stream type to a second communication stream type.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the communications infrastructure comprises an Internet Protocol (IP) communications infrastructure with session initiation protocol (SIP) capability.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the target includes at least one device selected from a group of devices including a selected communication device of the plurality of communication devices, a communication device different from any of the plurality of communication devices, and a network appliance.

17. The system of claim 14, further comprising a network appliance comprising:

a receiver module to receive the plurality of communication streams of the communication session, and.

a storage module to store the plurality of communication streams in an nonaggregated form on storage in at least one data format selected from a group of data formats including a transcoded format, an original stream format, and a default storage format on the storage.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the plurality of communications devices includes at least one resource selected from a group of resources including a computing system, a mobile telephone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a gaming device, a set top box (STB), a standard single line telephone, a multi-line telephone, and a video phone.

19. A method comprising:

initiating a nonaggregated communication session with a plurality of communication streams between a signal source and one or more targets;

transcoding at least one of the plurality of communication streams of the nonaggregated communication session; and

providing at least one communication stream selected from a group including a nontranscoded communication stream and a transcoded communication stream associated with the plurality of communication streams of the nonaggregated communication session between the signal source and the one or more targets.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising recording the nonaggregated communication session.

21. The method of claim 19, further comprising selecting at least one session type selected from a group of session types including a lecture, a conversation, a conference between two or more parties, a performance, and instant messaging as being the communication session.

22. A machine-readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:

initiate a nonaggregated communication session with two or more communication streams between a signal source and one or more targets;

transcode at least one of the two or more communication streams of the nonaggregated communication session; and

provide the communication streams of the nonaggregated communication session between the signal source and the one or more targets.

23. The instructions of claim 22 further comprising instructions to record the nonaggregated communication session.

24. An apparatus comprising:

a communication device receiver module to receive a plurality of communication streams of a communication session; and

a storage module to store the plurality of communication streams in a nonaggregated form.

25. The apparatus of claim 24, further comprising:

a presentation module to present a selected communication stream from the plurality of communication streams of the communication session to a display device for display to a user.

26. The apparatus of claim 24, further comprising:

an annotation module to perform at least one of receiving annotations from a user or presenting the annotations to the user.

27. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the apparatus is a set-top box (STB).