METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING MULTI-MEDIA SCRIPT

• US 20090228876A1
• Filed: 12/15/2004
• Published: 09/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/25/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Inventors: Chen, Xin, Chen, Ningjiang, Zeng, Yongqin
• Application Number:
  US10/596,673
• Publication Number:
  US 20090228876A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/168
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/613 for the control of the source by the destination control signals issued by the client directed to the server or network components specially adapted for selective content distribution H04N21/637
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/70 Media network packetisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests

Abstract

The present invention provides method and apparatus for dynamically updating and processing the multimedia script (510) for network servers (110). By replacing a responding software module which responds to an activating instruction (m, m1, m2, . . . ) with the time-based responding software module (520, 530), the playing of the specific multimedia element no longer depends on the activating instructions (m, m1, m2) frequently inserted by program editors to be activated, but is automatically activated based on the specific time. The method and the device provided by the present invention reduces the redundant information of a multimedia playing system, avoids the situation that the corresponding multimedia element can not be displayed because the user terminal (130) misses receiving the activating instruction (m, m1, m2, . . . ).

Claims

1. A method for processing the multimedia script, wherein the multimedia script includes at least one initial responding software module, which is used for activating a corresponding multimedia element, comprising the steps of:

(a) receiving an activating instruction which corresponds to said initial responding software module;

(b) acquiring a specific parameter of said activating instruction; and

(c) updating said initial responding software module according to said specific parameter in order that the updated responding software module can activate said multimedia element based on the specific parameter acquired.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said activating instruction includes a multimedia mark.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said specific parameter includes the specific time parameter.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein said specific time parameter includes the time when said activating instruction is received.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein said time when said activating instruction is received includes the relative time when said activating instruction is received.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein step (c) includes replacing said initial responding software module with the corresponding responding software module which responds to said specific parameter.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein said specific parameter includes the time when said activating instruction is received.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein said specific parameter includes the relative when said activating instruction is received.

9. An apparatus for processing the multimedia script, wherein the multimedia script includes at least one initial responding software module which is used for activating a corresponding multimedia element, comprising:

receiving means for receiving an activating instruction, said activating instruction corresponding to said initial responding software module;

acquiring means for acquiring the specific parameter of said activating instruction; and

updating means for updating said initial responding software module according to said specific parameter, so that the updated responding software module can activate said multimedia element according to the specific parameter acquired.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said specific parameter include the specific time parameter.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said specific time parameter includes the when said activating instruction is received.

12. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said updating of said initial responding software module according to said specific parameter includes replacing said initial responding software module with the corresponding responding software module which responds to said specific parameter.

13. A server, in which a script is stored, wherein said script includes at least one initial responding software module which is used for activating a corresponding multimedia element, comprising:

means for processing the multimedia script file, comprising;

receiving means for receiving an activating instruction which corresponds to said initial responding software;

acquiring means for acquiring the specific parameter of said activating instruction; and

updating means for updating said initial responding software module according to said specific parameter, so that the updated responding software module can activate said multimedia element according to the acquired specific parameter; and

information transmitting means for transmitting the activating instructions and the script files to the user terminals connected to said server.

14. A server according to claim 13, wherein said specific parameter includes a specific time parameter.

15. A server according to claim 14, wherein said specific time parameter includes the when said activating instruction is received.