Distributed real-time media composer
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1. A system, comprising:
- a control device configured to communicate over a network with first and one or more second devices and transmit a request to the first device that the first device transmit a multimedia data stream in one or more predetermined formats, whereinthe one or more predetermined formats of the request is dependent upon encoding capabilities of the first device and respective decoding or bandwidth capacities of the one or more second devices,the control device is configured to receive the multimedia data stream from the first device, the multimedia data stream including a lower quality format that is of a lower quality than the one or more predetermined formats of the request, andthe control device is configured to route respective streams of the multimedia data stream to the one or more second devices based on the respective processing and/or bandwidth capacities of the one or more second devices.
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Abstract
A system and a method allowing simultaneous exchange of audio, video or data information between a plurality of units over a communication network, supported by a central unit, wherein the central unit is, based on knowledge regarding one or more of the units, adapted to instruct said one or more units to generate multimedia data streams adjusted to fit into certain restrictions to be presented on other units participating in a same session.
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1. A system, comprising:
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a control device configured to communicate over a network with first and one or more second devices and transmit a request to the first device that the first device transmit a multimedia data stream in one or more predetermined formats, wherein the one or more predetermined formats of the request is dependent upon encoding capabilities of the first device and respective decoding or bandwidth capacities of the one or more second devices, the control device is configured to receive the multimedia data stream from the first device, the multimedia data stream including a lower quality format that is of a lower quality than the one or more predetermined formats of the request, and the control device is configured to route respective streams of the multimedia data stream to the one or more second devices based on the respective processing and/or bandwidth capacities of the one or more second devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A device comprising:
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a receiver to receive a request that the device transmit a first multimedia data stream in one or more predetermined formats; a converter to convert raw data into the first multimedia data stream in the one or more predetermined formats and a lower quality format that is of a lower quality than the one or more predetermined formats of the request; a transmitter to transmit the multimedia data stream in the one or more predetermined formats and the lower quality format and decoding and bandwidth capacities of the device to a control device, wherein the receiver is configured to receive respective second multimedia data streams, which originate from respective networked devices and which are routed to the device by the control device, based on the decoding and bandwidth capacities transmitted to the control device by the transmitter.
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12. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a device, a request that the device transmit a first multimedia data stream in one or more predetermined formats; converting, at the device, raw data into the first multimedia data stream in the one or more predetermined formats and a lower quality format that is of a lower quality than the one or more predetermined formats of the request; transmitting, from the device, the multimedia data stream in the one or more predetermined formats and the lower quality format; transmitting decoding and bandwidth capacities of the device to a control device; and receiving respective second multimedia data streams, which originate from respective networked devices and which are routed to the device by the control device, based on the decoding and bandwidth capacities transmitted to the control device. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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