Interaction modalities for multimedia delivery and presentation

• US 9,003,470 B2
• Filed: 12/23/2013
• Issued: 04/07/2015
• 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:
  US14/139,215
• Publication Number:
  US 20140115107A1
• Time in Patent Office: 470 Days
• Field of Search: 709/231, 707/705, 725/120, 725/46
• US Class Current: 725/120
• 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;

receiving a media-parameter suggestion based on an analysis of a display of the first data and a user display quality preference, wherein the analysis is independent of network conditions;

altering, via a processor, a characteristic of additional data to be transmitted based on the media-parameter suggestion, to yield second data; and

transmitting the second data for display.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the analysis comprises analyzing parameters associated with a quality of the first data.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the analysis further comprises analyzing load information associated with the display of the first data.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the load information is associated with 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 collection of the first data.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the media-parameter suggestion further comprises a time to honor the media-parameter suggestion.

7. 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.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the analysis determines an improvement in quality at the display which will occur by implementing the media-parameter suggestion.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the characteristic comprises one of a bandwidth, a number of audio channels, and a special audio capability.

10. A system comprising:

a processor; and

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

transmitting first data;

receiving a media-parameter suggestion based on an analysis of a display of the first data and a user display quality preference, wherein the analysis is independent of network conditions;

altering a characteristic of additional data to be transmitted based on the media-parameter suggestion, to yield second data; and

transmitting the second data for display.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the analysis comprises analyzing parameters associated with a quality of the first data.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the analysis further comprises analyzing load information associated with the display of the first data.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the load information is associated with a central-processing unit, a graphics card, and a texture mapping engine.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the media-parameter suggestion comprises timing information associated with collection of the first data.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the media-parameter suggestion further comprises a time to honor the media-parameter suggestion.

16. The system of claim 10, 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.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the analysis determines an improvement in quality at the display will occur by implementing the media-parameter suggestion.

18. The system of claim 10, wherein the characteristic comprises one of a bandwidth, a number of audio channels, and a special audio capability.

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

transmitting first data;

receiving a media-parameter suggestion based on an analysis of a display of the first data and a user display quality preference, wherein the analysis is independent of network conditions;

altering a characteristic of additional data to be transmitted based on the media-parameter suggestion, to yield second data; and

transmitting the second data for display.

20. The computer-readable storage device of claim 19, wherein the analysis comprises analyzing parameters associated with a quality of the first data.