Integration Of Remote Electronic Device With Media Local Area Network

• US 20110179184A1
• Filed: 01/18/2010
• Published: 07/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Mangal, Manish, Oommen, Mathew, Breau, Jeremy R., Delker, Jason R.
• Granted Patent: US 9,118,934 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/231
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1886 with traffic restrictions for efficiency improvement, e.g. involving subnets or subdomains
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2838 Distribution of signals within a home automation network, e.g. involving splitting/multiplexing signals to/from different paths adaptations of television systems for transmission by electric cable for domestic distribution H04N7/106; hybrid transport H04L12/6418; home network arrangements specially adapted for distribution of digital video signals H04N7/24
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2849 Audio/video appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/106 across networks, e.g. mapping telephone numbers to data network addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/611 for multicast or broadcast systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/756 adapting media to device capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/765 intermediate
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• 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 21/25808 Management of client data terminal profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/303
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/27 Server based end-user applications
• 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 21/42203 sound input device, e.g. microphone
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6405 Multicasting data broadcast and multicast in packet switching networks H04L12/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64322 IP

Abstract

A server is provided. The server comprises a processor, a memory, and an application stored in the memory that, when executed by the processor, receives a progressively uploaded media stream from a remote electronic device. The application also converts the progressively uploaded media stream from a first format to a second format and buffers the converted media stream. The application also transmits the buffered converted media stream to a bridge into a media local area network based on a mapping of the remote electronic device to the media local area network, wherein the mapping is stored in the memory.

Claims

1. A server, comprising:

a processor;

a memory; and

an application stored in the memory that, when executed by the processor

receives a progressively uploaded media stream from a remote electronic device,

converts the progressively uploaded media stream from a first format to a second format,

buffers the converted media stream, and

transmits the buffered converted media stream to a bridge into a media local area network based on a mapping of the remote electronic device to the media local area network, wherein the mapping is stored in the memory.

2. The server of claim 1, wherein the remote electronic device is one of a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a video camera, and a media player.

3. The server of claim 1, wherein the media local area network comprises a plurality of electronic devices that communicate using a simple service discovery protocol (SSDP).

4. The server of claim 1, wherein the first format is a moving picture experts group revision 4 (MPEG4) format.

5. The server of claim 1, wherein the second format is a windows media video format.

6. The server of claim 1, wherein the application attenuates a jitter of the progressively uploaded media stream by buffering the converted media stream.

7. The server of claim 1, wherein the application reduces a latency of the progressively uploaded media stream by buffering the converted media stream.

8. A method of linking an external electronic device with a media local area network, comprising:

defining a first mapping from a first electronic device to a second electronic device, wherein the first electronic device is internal to the media local area network and the second electronic device is external to the media local area network, wherein the mapping is stored in a memory of a management server, and wherein the first electronic device communicates with other electronic devices comprising the media local area network using the simple service discovery protocol (SSDP);

the first electronic device multicasting a first media content on the media local area network;

a bridging device internal to the media local area network sending the first media content to the management server;

the management server sending the first media content to the second electronic device based on the first mapping;

defining a second mapping from the second electronic device to the media local area network, wherein the second mapping is stored in the memory of the management server;

the second electronic device sending a second media content to the management server;

the management server sending the second media content to the bridging device based on the second mapping; and

the bridging device multicasting the second media content to the media local area network.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising

negotiating a selection of a first codec between the second electronic device and the management server;

and

the second electronic device encoding the second media content based on the first codec.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising

negotiating a selection of a second codec between the second electronic device and the management server;

and

the management server transcoding the first media content based on the second codec, wherein the management server sends the transcoded first media content to the second electronic device.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the second electronic device is one of a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), and a media player.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the second electronic device is one of a laptop computer, a notebook computer, and a tablet computer.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising the management server buffering the second media content before sending the second media content to the bridging device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the buffering comprises attenuating a jitter of the second media content sent by the second electronic device.

15. The method of claim 8, wherein the second electronic device sending the second media content to the management server comprises the second electronic device progressively uploading the second media content to the management server.

16. A server, comprising:

a processor;

a memory; and

an application stored in the memory that, when executed by the processor receives a media stream from a remote electronic device, transcodes the media stream,

attenuates a jitter of the media stream by buffering the transcoded media stream, and

transmits the buffered transcoded media stream to a bridge into a media local area network based on a mapping of the remote electronic device to the media local area network, wherein the mapping is stored in the memory.

17. The server of claim 16, wherein the mapping is defined via an application programming interface (API) of the application receiving inputs from a remote computer.

18. The server of claim 16, wherein the media stream is formatted in moving picture experts group 4 (MPEG4) format before it is transcoded.

19. The server of claim 16, wherein the remote electronic device is one of a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), and a video camera.

20. The server of claim 16, wherein the remote electronic device is one of a laptop computer, a notebook computer, and a tablet computer.