Apparatus and method for providing streaming content using representations

• US 10,122,780 B2
• Filed: 12/07/2017
• Issued: 11/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Helios Streaming, LLC (Ideahub, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Thang, Truong Cong, Lee, Jin Young
• Primary Examiner(s): Pollack, Melvin H
• Application Number:
  US15/834,702
• Publication Number:
  US 20180109581A1
• Time in Patent Office: 334 Days
• Field of Search: 709219
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/75 Media network packet handling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/756 adapting media to device capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/762 at the source reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23439 for generating different versions
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25825 involving client display capabilities, e.g. screen resolution of a mobile phone optimising the visualisation of content during browsing in the Internet G06F16/9577; processing of terminal status or physical abilities in wireless networks H04W8/22; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8543 using a description language, e.g. Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group [MHEG], eXtensible Markup Language [XML] information retrieval of semistructured data, the underlying structure being taken into account, e.g. mark-up language structure data G06F16/80

Abstract

A method and apparatus for an adaptive Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) streaming service using metadata of media content are provided. The media content may include a sequence of one or more periods. Each of the periods may include one or more representations. The metadata may include information used to describe a relationship between the representations, and include information for terminals having different display bit depths.

Claims

1. A method for providing media content performed by a DASH (Dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP) client, the method comprising:

receiving metadata of media content, the metadata comprising one or more periods; and

accessing segments of the media content based on information provided by the metadata,

wherein the each of the periods includes one or more adaptation sets,

wherein the adaptation set includes one or more representations,

wherein the representation includes one or more sub-representations,

wherein the adaptation sets, representations, and sub-representation share common attributes and elements.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the all representations included in a single adaptation set represent the same media content components, and include one or more media streams that are determined to be perceptually equivalent.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more representations are arranged in an adaptation set based on properties of media content components present in the representations.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the properties of the media content components include at least one of:

1) an attribute related to language,

2) an attribute related to a media component type,

3) an attribute related to a picture aspect ratio,

4) an element related to a role property which specifies information on a role annotation scheme,

5) an element related to an accessibility property which specifies information on an accessibility scheme,

6) an element related to a viewpoint property which specifies information on a viewpoint annotation scheme, and

7) an element related to a rating property which specifies information on a ration rating scheme.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the information included in the at least one of the representations indicates an intended use of the at least one of the representations, and the intended use comprises at least one of a sign language, a subtitle, a caption, or a description.

6. A method for providing media content performed by a server, the method comprising:

performing hosting on a DASH (Dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP) segment; and

transmitting metadata of media content to a client, the metadata comprising one or more periods

wherein each of the periods comprises one or more representations of the media content,

wherein the each of the periods includes one or more adaptation sets,

wherein the adaptation set includes one or more representations,

wherein the representation includes one or more sub-representations,

wherein the adaptation sets, representations, and sub-representation share common attributes and elements.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the all representations included in a single adaptation set represent the same media content components, and include one or more media streams that are determined to be perceptually equivalent.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein one or more representations are arranged in an adaptation set based on properties of media content components present in the representations.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the properties of the media content components include at least one of:

1) an attribute related to language,

2) an attribute related to a media component type,

3) an attribute related to a picture aspect ratio,

4) an element related to a role property which specifies information on a role annotation scheme,

5) an element related to an accessibility property which specifies information on an accessibility scheme,

6) an element related to a viewpoint property which specifies information on a viewpoint annotation scheme, and

7) an element related to a rating property which specifies information on a ration rating scheme.