Method and apparatus for transcoding content with permissible operations authorized by content creator
First Claim
1. A network element comprising:
- a transcoder for transcoding context of a content creator or provider that is presented in a certain form on one type of support, terminal, node or device,the transcoder having a transcoder operation module configured for transcoding the content based on one or more permissible transcoding operations authorized by the content creator or provider so as to present the content in a different and acceptable form on another type of support terminal, node or device, andthe transcoder responding to a signal containing the content and information about the permissible transcoding operations that may be applied on the content permissible by the content creator or provider, applying the permissible transcoding operations on the content and providing a transcoded content signal containing information about a transcoded content.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is provided for transcoding content communicated in a network. The method features the step of transcoding the content based on permissible transcoding operations authorized by a content creator. The permissible transcoding operations include any transformation, alteration or manipulation of the content. The permissible transcoding operations include: a resolution reduction for reducing a resulting resolution of the content; an aspect ratio modification for specifying a maximum deformation that can be applied to the content when modifying its resolution; a color and bits per pixel modification for specifying if an image can be converted to gray scale or not, and minimum bits per pixel (bpp) or number of colors (or levels) that can be used; cropping for specifying a region of an original picture that must be preserved; and a quality reduction for allowing the content to be further modified by adding some distortions to an image. The content may be images, graphics, video or audio.
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25 Claims
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1. A network element comprising:
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a transcoder for transcoding context of a content creator or provider that is presented in a certain form on one type of support, terminal, node or device, the transcoder having a transcoder operation module configured for transcoding the content based on one or more permissible transcoding operations authorized by the content creator or provider so as to present the content in a different and acceptable form on another type of support terminal, node or device, and the transcoder responding to a signal containing the content and information about the permissible transcoding operations that may be applied on the content permissible by the content creator or provider, applying the permissible transcoding operations on the content and providing a transcoded content signal containing information about a transcoded content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. a method comprising:
transcoding content of content creator or provider that is presented in a certain form on one type of support terminal, node or device, based on one or more permissible transcoding operations authorized by the content creator or provider so as to present the content in a different and acceptable form on another type of support terminal, node or device, where the permissible transcoding operations include any transformation, alternation or manipulation of content permitted by the content creator or provider. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A network comprising:
a network element with a transcoder for transcoding content of a content creator or provider that is presented in a certain form on one type of support terminal, node or device, the transcoder having a transcoder operation module configured for transcoding the content based on permissible transcoding operations authorized by the content creator or provider; and
a client terminal having a respective transcoder with a respective transcoder operation module configured for at least partially transcoding the content based on permissible transcoding operations authorized by the content creator or provider.- View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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