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Multimedia Content Handling in a Home-Network System

  • US 20110116540A1
  • Filed: 11/18/2009
  • Published: 05/19/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of handling multimedia digital content in a network interconnecting diverse electronic devices, comprising the steps of:

  • acquiring multimedia digital content with associated metadata from a source;

    determining characteristics of a target device on which said multimedia digital content is to be played;

    analyzing the associated metadata of the multimedia digital content provided by said acquiring step or the characteristics of the target device provided by said determining step;

    determining rules or parameters for encoding the source multimedia digital content based on said analyzing step;

    after said analyzing and determining steps, encoding the source multimedia digital content with the rules or parameters; and

    transmitting an encoded multimedia digital content produced by said encoding step to the target device.

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