METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTIMEDIA MESSAGING SERVICE (MMS) TO VIDEO ADAPTATION

• US 20090067357A1
• Filed: 05/10/2008
• Published: 03/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Masimo Corporation
• Original Assignee: Vantrix Corporation
• Inventors: Claude Lavalliere, Mario Joseph Leo, Labonte, Francis Roger, NORTON, Richard Elliott
• Granted Patent: US 8,677,241 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/312
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/70 Media network packetisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/756 adapting media to device capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/765 intermediate

Abstract

A method and system are disclosed for adapting the media contained in a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message, which may include a presentation, into a single media format such as an audio/video file or stream by creating a logical timeline from information found in the presentation, creating an adaptation pipeline from the logical timeline, and executing the adaptation pipeline.

Claims

1. A method for adapting a multimedia message, comprising a presentation and a plurality of input media, into an output single media, the method including the steps of:

(a) parsing the presentation;

(b) creating a logical timeline of the plurality of input media from the parsed presentation;

(c) creating an adaptation pipeline from the logical timeline; and

(d) creating the output single media by executing the adaptation pipeline.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step (a) includes breaking down the presentation into components representing times and durations of each of the plurality of input media.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the step (b) includes the steps of:

(i) determining a start time and duration of each of the input media;

(ii) identifying the presence of any text media in the plurality of input media;

(iii) inserting all input media except the text media into the logical timeline; and

(iv) inserting the text media into the logical timeline after the step (iii).

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step (c) comprises creating a sequence of individual adaptation instruction steps in the form of an adaptation pipeline following the order of the logical timeline.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the individual adaptation instruction steps include defining operations to be performed in the order of the logical timeline, the operations leading to the output single media.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the step (d) comprises executing the individual adaptation instruction steps upon the input media resulting in the output single media.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein each individual adaptation instruction step comprises:

defining one or more input media for transcoding;

defining a transcoding operation for the one or more input media using a set of transcoding parameters; and

defining a respective destination output media for the result of the transcoding operation.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the respective destination output media is the output single media.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the step (d) includes merging the respective destination output media into the output single media.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the multimedia message is a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the output single media is one of the following:

an audio file;

a video file including a video stream;

or

a combined audio and video file including audio and video streams.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the output single media is one of the following:

an audio stream;

a video stream;

or

a combined audio and video stream.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the step (d) comprises converting a text media of the plurality of input media into a graphical representation, and wherein the step (d) further comprises overlaying the graphical representation over the video stream of the video file or the combined audio and video file respectively.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the step (d) comprises converting an image media of the plurality of input media into a video representation, and inserting the video representation into the video stream of the video file or the combined audio and video file respectively.

26. A computer readable medium, comprising computer code instructions stored thereon for performing the steps of the method of claim 1.

15. A method for adapting a plurality of input media contained in a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message including a presentation, into an output single media, the method including steps of:

(a) parsing the presentation;

(b) creating a logical time line from the parsed presentation;

(c) creating an adaptation pipe line from the logical time line; and

(d) executing the adaptation pipe line to generate the output single media.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the step (a) includes breaking down the presentation into components representing times and durations of each of the plurality of input media.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the step (b) includes the steps of:

(i) determining a start time and duration of each input media;

(ii) identifying the presence of any text media in the plurality of input media;

(iii) inserting all input media except the text media into the logical timeline; and

(iv) inserting the text media into the logical timeline after the step (iii).

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the step (c) comprises creating a sequence of individual adaptation instruction steps in the form of an adaptation pipeline following the order of the logical timeline.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the individual adaptation instruction steps include defining operations to be performed in the order of the logical timeline, the operations leading to the output single media.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the step (d) comprises executing the individual adaptation instruction steps upon the input media resulting in the output single media.

21. A media adaptation system for adapting a multimedia message including a plurality of input media, into a single output media, the system comprising:

a parser module for parsing a presentation of the multimedia message;

a timelining module for creating a logical timeline of the input media from the parsed presentation;

a pipelining module for creating an adaptation pipeline from the logical timeline; and

a pipeline execution module for creating the output single media by executing the adaptation pipeline.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the parser module includes means for breaking down the presentation into components representing times and durations of each of the input media of the multimedia message.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the timelining module includes means for:

(i) determining a start time and duration of each input media;

(ii) identifying the presence of any text media in the plurality of input media;

(iii) inserting all input media except the text media into the logical timeline; and

(iv) inserting the text media into the logical timeline.

24. The system of claim 21, wherein the pipelining module comprises means for creating a sequence of individual adaptation instruction steps in the form of an adaptation pipeline following the order of the logical timeline.

25. The system of claim 21, wherein the pipeline execution module comprises means for executing the individual adaptation instruction steps upon the input media resulting in the output single media.