Interaction modalities for multimedia delivery and presentation

• US 8,635,200 B2
• Filed: 09/11/2012
• Issued: 01/21/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Basso, Andrea, Haratsch, Erich, Haskell, Barin Geoffry, Ostermann, Joern
• Primary Examiner(s): Hu, Jensen
• Application Number:
  US13/609,928
• Publication Number:
  US 20130007209A1
• Time in Patent Office: 497 Days
• Field of Search: 707/705
• US Class Current: 707/705
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/61 for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2343 involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements video transcoding H04N19/40; media packet handling at the source H04L65/762
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44209 Monitoring of downstream path of the transmission network originating from a server, e.g. bandwidth variations of a wireless network arrangements for maintenance or administration in data switching networks involving bandwidth and capacity management H04L41/0896
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4424 Monitoring of the internal components or processes of the client device, e.g. CPU or memory load, processing speed, timer, counter or percentage of the hard disk space used error monitoring in general G06F11/30; arrangements for monitoring conditions of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/32; diagnosis, testing or measuring for television receivers H04N17/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6371 directed to network
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6373 for rate control , e.g. request to the server to modify its transmission rate flow control in packet networks H04L47/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6377 directed to server one-way streaming services wherein the source is controlled by the destination H04L65/613
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6379 directed to encoder , e.g. for requesting a lower encoding rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/658 Transmission by the client directed to the server
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

A method and apparatus for displaying received data, analyze the quality of the displayed data formulating a media-parameter suggestion for the encoder to alter the characteristics of data to be sent to the receiver, and sending from the receiver, the formulated suggestion.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

transmitting first data to a receiver for display, wherein the receiver performs an analysis, independent of network conditions and transmission of the first data through a network, of parameters associated with a user display quality preference;

upon receiving a media-parameter suggestion from the receiver, the media-parameter suggestion being based on the analysis, altering characteristics of additional data to be sent to the receiver, to yield second data; and

transmitting the second data to the receiver.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the analysis further comprises analyzing parameters associated with a quality of the first data and a load information associated with a component of the receiver related to the first data.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the analysis is further based on a system load.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the component is chosen from a set comprising a central-processing unit, a graphics card, and a texture mapping engine.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the media-parameter suggestion comprises timing information associated with when the first data was collected and when a suggested action should be honored.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the media-parameter suggestion comprises a suggestion to perform one of altering a frame rate, altering a color depth, altering a window size, altering audio channel characteristics, altering a graphics hardware load, altering a central-processing unit load, and altering an available memory.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the altering of the characteristics of the additional data is based on the media-parameter suggestion to improve quality of the first data at the receiver.

8. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a computer readable storage medium having instructions stored which, when executed on the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

transmitting first data to a receiver for display, wherein the receiver performs an analysis, independent of network conditions and transmission of the first data through a network, of parameters associated with a user display quality preference;

upon receiving a media-parameter suggestion from the receiver, the media-parameter suggestion being based on the analysis, altering characteristics of additional data to be sent to the receiver, to yield second data; and

transmitting second data to the receiver.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the analysis further comprises analyzing parameters associated with a quality of the first data and a load information associated with a component of the receiver related to the first data.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the analysis is further based on a system load.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the component is chosen from a set comprising a central-processing unit, a graphics card, and a texture mapping engine.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the media-parameter suggestion comprises timing information associated with when the first data was collected and when a suggested action should be honored.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the media-parameter suggestion comprises a suggestion to perform one of altering a frame rate, altering a color depth, altering a window size, altering audio channel characteristics, altering a graphics hardware load, altering a central-processing unit load, and altering an available memory.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the altering of the characteristics of the additional data is based on the media-parameter suggestion to improve quality of the first data at the receiver.

15. A computer-readable storage device having instructions stored which, when executed on a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

transmitting first data to a receiver for display, wherein the receiver performs an analysis, independent of network conditions and transmission of the first data through a network, of parameters associated with a user display quality preference;

upon receiving a media-parameter suggestion from the receiver, the media-parameter suggestion being based on the analysis, altering characteristics of additional data to be sent to the receiver, to yield second data; and

transmitting the second data to the receiver.

16. The computer readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the analysis further comprises analyzing parameters associated with a quality of the first data and a load information associated with a component of the receiver related to the first data.

17. The computer-readable device of claim 16, wherein the analysis is further based on a system load.

18. The computer-readable device of claim 16, wherein the component is chosen from a set comprising a central-processing unit, a graphics card, and a texture mapping engine.

19. The computer-readable device of claim 15, wherein the media-parameter suggestion comprises timing information associated with when the first data was collected and when a suggested action should be honored.

20. The computer-readable device of claim 15, wherein the media-parameter suggestion comprises a suggestion to perform one of altering a frame rate, altering a color depth, altering a window size, altering audio channel characteristics, altering a graphics hardware load, altering a central-processing unit load, and altering an available memory.