TELECOMMUNICATION AND MULTIMEDIA MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A method for transmitting data over a network, comprising:
- ascertaining at a first node the need to transmit one or more data streams from the first node to a second node over the network, the one or more data streams including time-based media that is generated either locally or remotely on the network;
ascertaining at the first node a timeliness preference for reviewing the one or more data streams by one or more recipients respectively, the ascertained timeliness preference for each one of the data streams being either;
(a) time-sensitive where at least one recipient of the one data stream has indicated an intent to review the one data stream in a near real-time mode as received by the recipient over the network while the time-based media of the one data stream is being generated;
or(b) less-than time-sensitive; and
either;
(c) transmitting the one or more data streams with the less-than time-sensitive preference using a first transmission technique, the first transmission technique relying on packets having a first packetization interval;
or(d) transmitting the one or more data streams with the time-sensitive preference using a second transmission technique, the second technique relying on packets having a second packetization interval, wherein the first packetization interval is larger than the second packetization interval,wherein the packetization interval is defined as the amount of time based media contained in each packet.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method for transmitting data over a network. The method includes ascertaining at a first node the need to transmit one or more data streams from the first node to a second node over the network, the one or more data streams including time-based media that is generated either locally or remotely on the network. The method also includes ascertaining at the first node a timeliness preference for reviewing the one or more data streams by one or more recipients respectively. The ascertained timeliness preference for each one of the data streams is either (a) time-sensitive where at least one recipient of the one data stream has indicated an intent to review the one data stream in a near real-time mode as received by the recipient over the network while the time-based media of the one data stream is being generated or (b) less-than time-sensitive. In accordance with the method, one of several transmission techniques is used to transmit the data streams, depending on the ascertained timeliness preference of each data stream. Either a first transmission technique is used for the less-than time-sensitive preference data streams or a second transmission technique is used for data streams with the time-sensitive preference. The first technique uses a larger first packetization interval, which is defined as the amount of time based media contained in each packet, compared to the second packetization interval used by the second technique.
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30 Claims
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1. A method for transmitting data over a network, comprising:
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ascertaining at a first node the need to transmit one or more data streams from the first node to a second node over the network, the one or more data streams including time-based media that is generated either locally or remotely on the network; ascertaining at the first node a timeliness preference for reviewing the one or more data streams by one or more recipients respectively, the ascertained timeliness preference for each one of the data streams being either; (a) time-sensitive where at least one recipient of the one data stream has indicated an intent to review the one data stream in a near real-time mode as received by the recipient over the network while the time-based media of the one data stream is being generated;
or(b) less-than time-sensitive; and
either;(c) transmitting the one or more data streams with the less-than time-sensitive preference using a first transmission technique, the first transmission technique relying on packets having a first packetization interval;
or(d) transmitting the one or more data streams with the time-sensitive preference using a second transmission technique, the second technique relying on packets having a second packetization interval, wherein the first packetization interval is larger than the second packetization interval, wherein the packetization interval is defined as the amount of time based media contained in each packet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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