Systems and methods for media stream processing
First Claim
1. A method for processing streaming media including frames, the method comprising:
- selectively removing at least one frame from the streaming media to form an altered media stream of reduced data size based upon a mode parameter that identifies which frames within a group of frames should be included in the altered media stream; and
transmitting the altered media stream over a computer network medium such that a speed of delivery of the streaming media is increased without an increase in associated network bandwidth.
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Abstract
Portions of streaming media are selectively removed for storage and/or delivery over a computer network medium. The amount of data in a media stream itself may be selectively reduced for and, the amount of data in the media stream may be selected for delivery and/or storage so that it is reduced in a manageable and consistent fashion. Data within a media stream of a given temporal duration may be selected for delivery and/or storage in such a way that leads to a proportional increase in the maximum speed at which data from the given temporal duration of the media stream may be transmitted and reviewed while simultaneously providing the benefit of reducing overall storage capacity requirements.
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1. A method for processing streaming media including frames, the method comprising:
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selectively removing at least one frame from the streaming media to form an altered media stream of reduced data size based upon a mode parameter that identifies which frames within a group of frames should be included in the altered media stream; and transmitting the altered media stream over a computer network medium such that a speed of delivery of the streaming media is increased without an increase in associated network bandwidth. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for processing streaming media including frames, the method comprising:
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selectively removing frames from the streaming media, based on at least one of a mode parameter, a play parameter, and a skip parameter, to form an altered media stream of reduced data size but covering a substantially same given period of real time as the streaming media data;
wherein the mode parameter specifies which frames within a group of frames should be included in the altered media stream, the play parameter specifies a number of consecutive groups of frames to include in the altered media stream before removing the at least one frame, and the skip parameter specifies a number of consecutive groups of frames to be excluded from the altered media stream; andtransmitting the altered media stream over a computer network medium such that a speed of delivery of the streaming media is increased without an increase in associated network bandwidth. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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