Method, mobile terminal and system for implementing multimedia playing

• US 9,846,563 B2
• Filed: 08/09/2013
• Issued: 12/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Li, Kunning
• Primary Examiner(s): Ngo, Tony N
• Application Number:
  US14/437,950
• Publication Number:
  US 20150301780A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,593 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1446 display composed of modules, e.g. video walls
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/026 Video wall, i.e. juxtaposition of a plurality of screens to create a display screen of bigger dimensions
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/145 related to small screens
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/70 Media network packetisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/44 Decoders specially adapted therefor, e.g. video decoders which are asymmetric with respect to the encoder
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4122 additional display device, e.g. video projector digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43076 of the same content streams on multiple devices, e.g. when family members are watching the same movie on different devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4318 by altering the content in the rendering process, e.g. blanking, blurring or masking an image region image enhancement or restoration in general G06T5/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4858 for modifying screen layout parameters, e.g. fonts, size of the windows
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8547 involving timestamps for synchronizing content
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A method, system and mobile terminal for implementing multimedia playing are described, which includes that a mobile terminal sends multimedia stream data to be played to another-end mobile terminal via a connection established based on NFC technology, and the mobile terminal and the another-end mobile terminal decode the multimedia stream data to be played, and respectively play corresponding parts of the decoded multimedia stream data in accordance with the respective part playing mode. In this way, two mobile terminals can respectively playing part of a multimedia image based on NFC technology, a multimedia image can be clearly amplified and displayed via the splicing of mobile terminal screens, thereby helping a user quickly solve the problem that a mobile terminal screen is small and not good for amplifying and displaying the multimedia image.

Claims

1. A method for implementing multimedia playing, comprising:

sending, by a local mobile terminal, multimedia stream data to be played to another-end mobile terminal via a connection established based on Near Field Communication (NFC) technology;

decoding, by the local mobile terminal and the another-end mobile terminal, the multimedia stream data to be played, and respectively playing corresponding parts of the decoded multimedia stream data in accordance with part playing modes respectively set by the local mobile terminal and the another-end mobile terminal; and

achieving, by the local mobile terminal and the another-end mobile terminal, multimedia playing synchronization according to a synchronization mechanism, wherein the achieving, by the local mobile terminal and the another-end mobile terminal, multimedia playing synchronization according to a synchronization mechanism comprises;

receiving a time label of multimedia stream data currently played by the another-end mobile terminal, acquiring a time label of multimedia stream data currently played by the local mobile terminal, comparing the two time labels to determine whether a time difference exists, and if the time difference exists, performing playing time calibration on multimedia stream data played by the local mobile terminal according to the time difference;

or,

receiving a time label of multimedia stream data currently played by the local mobile terminal, acquiring a time label of multimedia stream data currently played by the another-end mobile terminal, comparing the two time labels to determine whether a time difference exists, and if the time difference exists, performing playing time calibration on multimedia stream data played by the another-end mobile terminal according to the time difference.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

before the multimedia stream data to be played is sent, establishing, by the local mobile terminal and the another-end mobile terminal, the connection through the NFC technology.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

before the multimedia stream data to be played is sent, respectively setting, by the local mobile terminal and the another-end mobile terminal, the part playing modes according to user input.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the multimedia stream data consists of reference frames and non-reference frames, and the decoding, by the local mobile terminal and the another-end mobile terminal comprises:

decoding reference frames completely; and

decoding non-reference frames partially, and

wherein the decoding non-reference frames partially, comprises;

decoding, by the local mobile terminal, macro-blocks within a range of a to-be-played by the local mobile terminal according to the part playing modes in reference frames; and

decoding, by the another-end mobile terminal, macro-blocks within a range of a to-be-played by the another-end mobile terminal according to the part playing modes in reference frames.

5. A system for implementing multimedia playing, comprising:

a local mobile terminal, configured to send multimedia stream data to be played to a another-end mobile terminal via a connection established based on Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, decode the multimedia stream data to be played and play a corresponding part of the decoded multimedia stream data in accordance with a part playing mode set by the local mobile terminal; and

another-end mobile terminal, configured to receive multimedia stream data sent by the local mobile terminal, decode the received multimedia stream data and play a corresponding decoded part of the received multimedia stream data in accordance with a part playing mode set by the another-end mobile terminal;

wherein when the local mobile terminal implements a synchronous playing mechanism, the local mobile terminal is further configured to achieve multimedia playing synchronization with the another-end mobile terminal based on a synchronization mechanism by receiving a time label of multimedia stream data currently played by the another-end mobile terminal, acquiring a time label of multimedia stream data currently played by the local mobile terminal, comparing the two time labels to determine whether a time difference exists, and if the time difference exists, performing playing time calibration on multimedia stream data played by the local mobile terminal according to the time difference;

or

when the another-end mobile terminal implements a synchronous playing mechanism, the another-end mobile terminal is further configured to achieve multimedia playing synchronization with the local mobile terminal based on a synchronization mechanism by receiving a time label of multimedia stream data currently played by the local mobile terminal, acquiring a time label of multimedia stream data currently played by the another-end mobile terminal, comparing the two time labels to determine whether a time difference exists, and if the time difference exists, performing playing time calibration on multimedia stream data played by the another-end mobile terminal according to the time difference.

6. The system according to claim 5, wherein the local mobile terminal is further configured to set own part playing mode according to user input;

the another-end mobile terminal is further configured to set own part playing mode according to user input.

7. The system according to claim 5, wherein the multimedia stream data consists of reference frames and non-reference frames,

the local mobile terminal is further configured to decode reference frames completely and decode non-reference frames partially, wherein decoding, non-reference frames partially, comprises:

decoding macro-blocks within a range of a to-be-played by the local mobile terminal according to the part playing modes in reference frames; and

the another-end mobile terminal is further configured to decode reference frames completely, and decode non-reference frames partially, wherein decoding non-reference frames partially, comprises;

decoding macro-blocks within a range of a to-be-played by the another-end mobile terminal according to the part playing modes in reference frames.

8. A mobile terminal for implementing multimedia playing, comprising:

a decoding module configured to decode multimedia stream data to be played;

a playing module configured to play a corresponding decoded part of the multimedia stream data in accordance with a part playing mode set by the mobile terminal;

a sending module configured to send multimedia stream data to be played to another-end mobile terminal via a connection established based on Near Field Communication (NFC) technology;

or

a receiving module, configured to receive to-be-played multimedia stream data sent by another-end mobile terminal via a connection established based on Near Field Communication (NFC) technology; and

a synchronization module configured to achieve multimedia playing synchronization with the another-end mobile terminal according to a synchronization mechanism, wherein the synchronization module comprises;

a monitoring and management module, configured to receive a time label of multimedia stream data currently played by the another mobile terminal, to acquire a time label of multimedia stream data currently played by the mobile terminal, to compare the two time labels to determine whether a time difference exists, and to, if the time difference exists, trigger a time management module to perform playing time calibration on multimedia stream data played by the mobile terminal according to the time difference;

the time management module, configured to perform playing time calibration on the multimedia stream data played by the mobile terminal according to the time difference.

9. The mobile terminal according to claim 8, further comprising a setting module, configured to set the part playing mode of the mobile terminal according to user input.

10. The mobile terminal according to claim 8, wherein the decoding module configured to decode reference frames completely and decode non-reference frames partially, wherein decoding non-reference frames partially comprises:

decoding macro-blocks within a range of a to-be-played by the playing module according to the part playing modes in reference frames.