METHOD FOR MANAGING EXECUTION BY A SERVER OF AN APPLICATION PROVIDING AT LEAST ONE INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA SERVICE TO AT LEAST ONE TERMINAL, CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND SERVER

• US 20090119408A1
• Filed: 06/07/2006
• Published: 05/07/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Original Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Inventors: Daloz, Claude, Teze, Vincent, Toutain, Francois
• Application Number:
  US11/917,695
• Publication Number:
  US 20090119408A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/231
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/762 at the source reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355

Abstract

A method is provided for managing execution by a server of an application providing at least one interactive multimedia service to at least one terminal connected to the server via a communication network. The method includes the following steps performed by the server: converting outputs of the application in the form of at least one first multimedia stream capable of being presented by the at least one terminal; and transmitting the at least one first multimedia stream to the at least one terminal, via a communication set up between the server and the at least one terminal. In one particular example, the method further includes the following steps performed by the server: receiving inputs of the application, which the at least one terminal transmits to the server via the communication; and converting the application inputs into commands for monitoring the application.

Claims

1. Method for managing execution by a server of an application offering at least one interactive multimedia service to at least one terminal connected to the server via a communications network, wherein the method comprises the following steps performed by the server:

converting outputs of the application in the form of at least one first multimedia stream capable of being presented by said at least one terminal; and

transmitting said at least one first multimedia stream to said at least one terminal, via a communication set up between the server and said at least one terminal.

2. Method according to claim 1, further comprising the following steps performed by the server:

receiving inputs of the application, which said at least one terminal transmits to the server, via said communication; and

converting the inputs of the application into commands used to drive the application.

3. Method according to claim 2, wherein the server receives the inputs of the application coming from said at least one terminal in at least one second multimedia stream and/or in at least one signaling channel associated with said communication.

4. Method according to claim 1, wherein converting the outputs of the application in the form of at least one first multimedia stream is based on a technique belonging to the group comprising:

capturing, at determined instants, a screen image resulting from the execution of the application, and then converting the sequence of captured images thus obtained into at least one video stream, in real time; and

performing, by the application, a direct display in memory, then converting the direct display in memory into at least one video stream.

5. Method according to claim 1, wherein the server comprises a signaling server and a processing server, and the processing server performs the step of converting the outputs of the application and the step transmitting said at least one first multimedia stream.

6. Method according to claim 1, wherein said at least one terminal comprises a basic terminal integrating no particular processing capacity.

7. Method according to claim 1, wherein the server is seen by said at least one terminal as a call termination point.

8. Method according to claim 1, wherein the server gets interposed transparently in a position to cut off a communication between said at least one terminal and another terminal.

9. Computer program product recorded on a computer-readable carrier, this computer program product comprising program code instructions for executing the following method, when said program is executed on a computer:

managing execution by a server of an application offering at least one interactive multimedia service to at least one terminal connected to the server via a communications network, wherein the managing comprises the following steps performed by the server;

converting outputs of the application in the form of at least one first multimedia stream capable of being presented by said at least one terminal; and

transmitting said at least one first multimedia stream to said at least one terminal, via a communication set up between the server and said at least one terminal.

10. Server of the type enabling the execution of an application providing at least one interactive multimedia service to at least one terminal connected to the server via a communications network, wherein the server comprises:

means for converting outputs of the application in the form of at least one first multimedia stream capable of being presented by said at least one terminal; and

means for transmitting said at least one first multimedia stream to said at least one terminal via a communication set up between the server and said at least one terminal.

11. Server according to claim 10, wherein the server furthermore comprises:

means for receiving inputs of the application that said at least one terminal transmits to the server via said communication; and

means for converting inputs of the application enabling the application to be driven.