System and method for optimisation of media objects

• US 8,447,283 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2011
• Issued: 05/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lipso Systemes Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Lipso Systemes Incorporated
• Inventors: Gravel, Vivianne, Beaulieu, Francis, Munger, Olivier, Gagnon, Franois, Chatelain, Benoit
• Primary Examiner(s): SHEDRICK, CHARLES TERRELL
• Application Number:
  US13/331,847
• Publication Number:
  US 20120088480A1
• Time in Patent Office: 518 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.2, 455/415, 455/466, 455/418, 709/246, 709/206, 709/223
• US Class Current: 455/414.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/64 file transfer between terminals

Abstract

A system and method for optimization of media objects for delivery to one of a plurality of mobile communication devices of different types and rendering thereon. In particular, the media objects are optimized according to the mobile device'"'"'s characteristics to ensure efficient delivery and optimal rendering thereon. For this purpose, an optimized output of the media object is determined at a first stage. At a subsequent stage, based on the mobile device type, the characteristics of the object to be delivered are then adjusted to conform to those of the predetermined optimized output, thus ensuring that the rendering of the optimized media object on the mobile device output is of high quality.

Claims

1. A method for preparing and delivering a media object of a category of media object for subsequent rendering on an output of a receiving one of a plurality of mobile devices, each of the mobile devices of a different mobile device type and wherein an attribute of rendering of the category of media object on the output of each of the mobile devices is adjustable to one of a plurality of possible attribute values, the method comprising:

for each type of mobile device, predetermining an optimised value from the plurality of possible attribute values;

acquiring the mobile device type of the receiving mobile device;

optimising the media object based on said acquired mobile device type and according to said predetermined optimised value;

delivering said optimised media object to the receiving mobile device; and

rendering said optimised media object on the receiving mobile device output.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said predetermining comprises accessing data records stored in a database, each of said data records associated with a respective one of a representative mobile device of each of the different mobile device types, said data records comprising rendering information for the media object of the category of media object to be rendered on an output of the respective representative mobile device, the rendering information comprising a stored attribute value such that the rendering of the media object on the output of the respective representative mobile device conforms to an optimised rendering.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein for the media object, the attribute of rendering is selected from the group consisting of a colour of said media object, a shade of said media object, a contrast between colours of said media object, an orientation of said media object, a signal amplitude of said media object, a signal frequency envelope of said media object, a duration of said media object, and combinations thereof.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein delivering said optimised media object comprises delivering said media object to said receiving mobile device via a wireless communication link using at least one of an SMS protocol, an MMS protocol, a WAP Push protocol, or a Near Field Communication protocol.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device output is selected from the group consisting of a display, a speaker, and combinations thereof.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the category of the media object is selected from the group consisting of a still image category, an audio category, a video category, a barcode image category, and combinations thereof.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the media object is a barcode image of said barcode image category, wherein said barcode image is to be rendered on said mobile device display for scanning with a barcode scanning device having a barcode scanning device type, further comprising acquiring said barcode scanning device type of said barcode scanning device and wherein said barcode image is optimized for rendering on said mobile device display based on said acquired mobile device type and said acquired barcode scanning device type of said barcode scanning device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein said predetermining comprises accessing data records stored in a database, each of said data records associated with a respective one of a representative mobile device of each of the different mobile device types and a representative barcode scanning device of the barcode scanning device type, said data records comprising rendering information for said barcode image to be rendered on a display of the respective representative mobile device for scanning by the representative barcode scanning device, the rendering information comprising a stored attribute value such that the rendering of said barcode image on the display of the respective representative mobile device conforms to an optimised rendering for barcode scanning by the representative barcode scanning device.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein said barcode scanning device type is selected based on information related to at least one of a scanning device model, a type of barcode supported, a barcode scheme, an average distance between a barcode scanning device and a scanned mobile device, ambient lighting conditions, and combinations thereof.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the attribute is selected from a group consisting of a size of cells of said barcode image, a length of bars of said barcode image, a width of bars of said barcode image, a spacing of bars of said barcode image, a colour of said barcode image, a shade of said barcode image, a contrast between colours of said barcode image, a level of error correction, and combinations thereof, such that when said optimized barcode image is rendered on said mobile device display, said rendered barcode image conforms to said determined optimised output of said barcode image category.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein optimising said barcode image further comprises animating said barcode image, wherein said barcode image moves, rotates, and gradually changes size as a function of time.

12. A system for preparing and delivering a media object having a category of one of a plurality of categories of media objects for subsequent rendering on an output of a receiving one of a plurality of mobile devices, each of the mobile devices of one of a plurality of mobile device types and wherein an attribute of rendering each category of media object on the output of each of the mobile devices is adjustable to one of a plurality of possible attribute values, the system comprising:

a predetermined plurality of optimised values for each of the categories of media objects, one of said optimised values associated with each mobile device type;

an optimisation module, said module receiving the media object, retrieving one of said predetermined optimised values based on a mobile device type of the receiving mobile device and the category of media object and optimising the media object based on said retrieved predetermined optimised value; and

a wireless communication link connecting said plurality of mobile devices to said optimisation module for delivering said optimised media object to said receiving mobile device.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein said output is selected from the group comprising of a display, a speaker, and combinations thereof.

14. The system of claim 12, further comprising a database comprising a plurality of data records, each of said data records associated with a respective one of a representative mobile device of each of the different mobile device types, said data records comprising rendering information for the media object of the category of media object to be rendered on an output of the respective representative mobile device, the rendering information comprising a stored attribute value such that the rendering of the media object on the output of the respective representative mobile device conforms to an optimised value.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein said optimization module and said database are running on a server and the receiving mobile device further comprises a client for communicating with said server.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein said wireless communication link uses at least one of an SMS protocol, MMS protocol, or WAP Push protocol.

17. A method for preparing a barcode image from a data set for subsequent delivery to a receiving one of a plurality of different types of mobile devices for scanning with a scanning one of at least one type of barcode scanning device, the mobile devices each comprising a display for displaying the barcode image and the at least one barcode scanning device comprising a barcode scanner for reading the image, wherein an attribute of displaying the barcode image on a given one of the devices is adjustable to one of a plurality of possible attribute values, the method comprising:

for each type of mobile device, predetermining an optimised value of the barcode image from the plurality of possible attribute values when the barcode image is displayed on the display of the type of mobile device;

acquiring the mobile device type of the receiving mobile device and a barcode scanning device type of the barcode scanning one of the at least one barcode scanning device;

optimising the barcode image based on said acquired mobile device type and said barcode scanning device type according to said predetermined optimised value of the barcode image;

delivering said optimised barcode image to the receiving mobile device; and

displaying said optimised barcode image on the display of the receiving device.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein said predetermining comprises accessing data records stored in a database, each of said data records associated with a respective one of a representative mobile device of each of the different mobile device types and a respective one of a representative barcode scanning device of each of the different barcode scanning device types, said data records comprising rendering information for the barcode image to be rendered on a display of the respective representative mobile device for barcode scanning by the respective representative barcode scanning device, the rendering information comprising a stored attribute value such that the rendering of the image on the display of the respective representative mobile device conforms to an optimised rendering for barcode scanning by the respective representative barcode scanning device.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein said barcode scanning device type is selected from a group consisting of information related to at least one of a scanning device model, a type of barcodes supported, a barcode scheme, an average distance between a scanning device and a scanned mobile device, ambient lighting conditions, and combinations thereof.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the attribute is selected from a group consisting of a size of cells of the barcode image, a length of bars of the barcode image, a width of bars of the barcode image, a spacing of bars of the barcode image, a colour of the barcode image, a shade of the barcode image, a contrast between colours of the barcode image, a level of error correction, and combinations thereof.

21. The method of claim 17, wherein optimising the barcode image further comprises animating the barcode image, wherein the barcode image moves, rotates, and gradually changes size as a function of time.