MIDDLEWARE ARCHITECTURE FOR IPTV MULTIMEDIA STREAMING

• US 20090119410A1
• Filed: 11/28/2008
• Published: 05/07/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: UTStarcom Incorporated (UTStarcom Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: UTStarcom Incorporated (UTStarcom Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Wang, Quan, Yang, Jing, Ma, Michael, Zhang, Meichun, Zhu, Huiyou
• Application Number:
  US12/325,103
• Publication Number:
  US 20090119410A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/231
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/765 intermediate

Abstract

A media content distribution system for distributed multimedia streaming communicates over a network and incorporates multiple independent media stations, each having a media director for control and a number of media engines for storage, retrieval and streaming of media content. A middleware system employing a execution engine for service platform middleware and a presentation engine for terminal middleware is provided for flexible interfacing with network transport and home network elements respectively and the IPTV applications supported.

Claims

1. A media content distribution system for distributed multimedia streaming comprising:

a communications network including means for transmitting media content for a plurality of service provider offerings;

a plurality of independent media stations communicating with the network, each having means for storing transmitted media content locally and streaming media content to user interfaces;

a plurality of service processes for interaction between the media stations, content distribution components of providers, communications elements and system elements; and

,

a middleware system including an execution engine providing middleware for control of the service platform processes and a presentation engine providing middleware for control of terminal processes.

2. A media content distribution system for distributed multimedia streaming as defined in claim 1 wherein the middleware system further includes

an Application Programming Interface (API).

3. A media content distribution system for distributed multimedia streaming as defined in claim 2 wherein the execution engine includes

content delivery functions;

service control functions;

content provider functions;

management functions;

application management functions; and

,

resource management functions.

4. A media content distribution system for distributed multimedia streaming as defined in claim 2 wherein the presentation engine includes

end user functions;

resource management functions;

application management functions; and

clients of platform middleware.

5. A media content distribution system for distributed multimedia streaming as defined in claim 3 further comprising a network resource abstract layer intermediate the execution engine and a network transport layer performing the service platform processes.

6. A media content distribution system for distributed multimedia streaming as defined in claim 4 further comprising a terminal resource abstract layer intermediate the presentation engine and a home network performing the terminal processes.

7. A media content distribution system for distributed multimedia streaming as defined in claim 5 wherein the network resource abstract layer includes software resources and hardware resources.

8. A media content distribution system for distributed multimedia streaming as defined in claim 6 wherein the terminal resource abstract layer includes software resources and hardware resources