SYSTEM AND METHOD OF REAL-TIME MULTIPLE-USER MANIPULATION OF MULTIMEDIA THREADS

• US 20080222636A1
• Filed: 03/05/2008
• Published: 09/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: David Tzat Kin Wang, Hoang-Doan Hong Vo
• Original Assignee: David Tzat Kin Wang, Hoang-Doan Hong Vo
• Inventors: Vo, Hoang-Doan Hong, Wang, David Tzat Kin
• Application Number:
  US12/043,127
• Publication Number:
  US 20080222636A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 718/100
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/613 for the control of the source by the destination control signals issued by the client directed to the server or network components specially adapted for selective content distribution H04N21/637
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/765 intermediate
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/493 Interactive information services, e.g. directory enquiries ; Arrangements therefor, e.g. interactive voice response [IVR] systems or voice portals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6131 involving transmission via a mobile phone network wireless downlink channel access H04W74/006
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6377 directed to server one-way streaming services wherein the source is controlled by the destination H04L65/613
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/658 Transmission by the client directed to the server
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6587 Control parameters, e.g. trick play commands, viewpoint selection

Abstract

Embodiments of configuring elements of a media processing system in mechanisms are described generally herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Claims

1. A multimedia thread processing module, including:

a multimedia thread manipulation request receiver to receive a multimedia thread manipulation request from a second user to manipulate a multimedia thread initiated by a first user; and

a multimedia thread modifier to modify the multimedia thread initiated by a first user based on the second user request.

2. The multimedia thread processing module of claim 1, wherein the multimedia thread manipulation request is wireless based message.

3. The multimedia thread processing module of claim 2, wherein the multimedia thread includes a voice segment and the manipulation request modifies the voice segment.

4. The multimedia thread processing module of claim 1, further including a multimedia thread generator to generate a multimedia thread based on a multimedia thread modified as a function of the second user request.

5. The multimedia thread processing module of claim 1, further including a multimedia thread generation request receiver to receive a multimedia thread generation request from a third user.

6. The multimedia thread processing module of claim 5, further including a multimedia thread generator to generate a multimedia thread for the third user based on a multimedia thread modified as a function of the second user request and the multimedia thread generation request received from the third user.

7. The multimedia thread processing module of claim 6, wherein the third user has at least one multimedia format preference and multimedia thread generator generates a multimedia thread for the third user based on a multimedia thread modified as a function of the second user request, the multimedia thread generation request received from the third user, and the third user at least one multimedia format preference.

8. The multimedia thread processing module of claim 4, further including a multimedia thread segment converter to convert at least a segment of the multimedia thread from a first multimedia format to a second multimedia format.

9. The multimedia thread processing module of claim 4, the multimedia thread segment converter converting at least a segment of the multimedia thread from a first text format to one of a video and a voice format.

10. The multimedia thread processing module of claim 7, further including a multimedia thread segment converter to convert at least a segment of the multimedia thread from a first multimedia format to a second multimedia format based on the third user at least one multimedia format preference.

11. The multimedia thread processing module of claim 2, wherein the multimedia thread includes a voice segment and the manipulation request overlaps at least a portion of the voice segment with another multimedia segment.

12. A multimedia thread processing method, including:

receiving a multimedia thread manipulation request from a second user to manipulate a multimedia thread initiated by a first user; and

modifying the multimedia thread initiated by a first user based on the second user request.

13. The multimedia thread processing method of claim 12, wherein the multimedia thread manipulation request is wireless based message.

14. The multimedia thread processing method of claim 13, wherein the multimedia thread includes a voice segment and the method modifies the voice segment based on the manipulation request.

15. The multimedia thread processing module of claim 12, further including receiving a multimedia thread generation request from a third user.

16. The multimedia thread processing module of claim 15, further including generating a multimedia thread for the third user based on a multimedia thread modified as a function of the second user request and the multimedia thread generation request received from the third user.

17. The multimedia thread processing module of claim 16, wherein the third user has at least one multimedia format preference and generating a multimedia thread for the third user based on a multimedia thread modified as a function of the second user request, the multimedia thread generation request received from the third user, and the third user at least one multimedia format preference.

18. The multimedia thread processing module of claim 17, further including converting at least a segment of the multimedia thread from a first multimedia format to a second multimedia format based on the third user at least one multimedia format preference.

19. An article including a machine-accessible medium having associated information, wherein the information, when accessed, results in a machine performing:

receiving a multimedia thread manipulation request from a second user to manipulate a multimedia thread initiated by a first user; and

modifying the multimedia thread initiated by a first user based on the second user request.

20. The article of claim 19, wherein the multimedia thread manipulation request is wireless based message.

21. The article of claim 20, wherein the information, when accessed, results in a machine performing:

receiving a multimedia thread generation request from a third user; and

generating a multimedia thread for the third user based on a multimedia thread modified as a function of the second user request and the multimedia thread generation request received from the third user.

22. The article of claim 20, wherein the information, when accessed, results in a machine performing:

converting at least a segment of the multimedia thread from a first multimedia format to a second multimedia format based on the third user at least one multimedia format preference.