Interactive access, manipulation, sharing and exchange of multimedia data
First Claim
1. A method for providing an intelligent multimedia services environment in a network, comprising the steps of:
- responsive to a request by an end user, a first terminal device coupled to the network establishing a session with a media server and initiating a multimedia application that is shared by a second terminal device;
simultaneously, the first and second terminal devices sharing and manipulating multimedia data from one or more multimedia databases;
selecting the multimedia data according to user preferences utilizing a first application associated with the multimedia application;
adapting the multimedia data according to terminal device capabilities and network capabilities utilizing a second application associated with the multimedia application;
providing communication between the first terminal device and the second terminal device and the multimedia data and the multimedia application;
determining preferences of the first and second terminal devices; and
automatically adapting the multimedia data to satisfy the determined preferences and the terminal device and network capabilities of the first and second terminal devices prior to sending the multimedia data to the first and second terminal devices.
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Abstract
In a multimedia environment, end-users are provided with the ability to effectively access, manipulate and share one or more multimedia objects, or select portions thereof, independent of the terminal and/or network capabilities that are associated with the terminals employed by each end-user. This may be accomplished, for example, by identifying a set of multimedia data that is stored in a multimedia database that is accessible by each end-user. The set of multimedia data is then adapted in accordance with an information adaptation service and modified in accordance with a transcoder/scalability service. The functions provided by both of these services are based on a number of user preferences and based on a number of terminal and communication (e.g., network) connection capabilities associated with the terminals corresponding to each of the end-users that are to have access to the modified set of multimedia data.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing an intelligent multimedia services environment in a network, comprising the steps of:
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responsive to a request by an end user, a first terminal device coupled to the network establishing a session with a media server and initiating a multimedia application that is shared by a second terminal device;
simultaneously, the first and second terminal devices sharing and manipulating multimedia data from one or more multimedia databases;
selecting the multimedia data according to user preferences utilizing a first application associated with the multimedia application;
adapting the multimedia data according to terminal device capabilities and network capabilities utilizing a second application associated with the multimedia application;
providing communication between the first terminal device and the second terminal device and the multimedia data and the multimedia application;
determining preferences of the first and second terminal devices; and
automatically adapting the multimedia data to satisfy the determined preferences and the terminal device and network capabilities of the first and second terminal devices prior to sending the multimedia data to the first and second terminal devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A multimedia system associated with a network, comprising:
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a first terminal device coupled to the network for establishing a session with a media server and for initiating a multimedia application;
a second terminal device for simultaneously sharing and manipulating multimedia data with the first terminal device, from one or more multimedia databases;
a server coupled with, and providing communication between, the first terminal device and the second terminal device and the multimedia data and the multimedia application;
a first application associated with the multimedia application for selecting the multimedia data according to user preferences a second application associated with the multimedia application for adapting the multimedia data according to terminal device and network capabilities; and
at least one transcoder coupled with the media server for automatically adapting the multimedia data to satisfy the preferences of the first and second terminal devices and the capabilities of the network and the first and second terminal devices prior to sending the adapted multimedia to the first and second terminal devices. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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