Apparatus for supplying an encoded data signal and method for encoding a data signal

• US 7,782,993 B2
• Filed: 01/04/2007
• Issued: 08/24/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Empire IP LLC
• Original Assignee: Nero AG
• Inventors: Lesser, Richard, Dimkovic, Ivan, Post, Alexander, Albrecht, Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Khai
• Application Number:
  US11/619,974
• Publication Number:
  US 20080165895A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,328 Days
• Field of Search: 375/259, 375/316, 340/10.1, 382/239, 382/233
• US Class Current: 375/371
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0014 by adapting the source coding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/1438 Negotiation of transmission parameters prior to communication modified according to link quality H04L1/0001
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1059 End-user terminal functionalities specially adapted for real-time communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/70 Media network packetisation

Abstract

An apparatus for supplying an encoded data signal comprises a detector for detecting information on an internal receiver for receiving the encoded data signal, a selector for selecting a coding scheme to be used for encoding the data signal the selector being operative to access a data base having entries for different internal receivers, an entry having one or more properties of a coding scheme customized for the receiver associated with the entry and an encoder for encoding the data signal using a coding scheme having the selective property or a destination information provider for providing destination information so that the encoded data signal is stored at the right storage location in an intended receiver.

Claims

1. Apparatus for supplying an encoded data signal, comprising:

a detector for detecting information on an intended receiver for receiving the encoded data signal;

a data base having entries for different intended receivers, an entry having one or more properties of one or more coding schemes customized for the receiver associated with the entry;

a selector for selecting a coding scheme to be used for encoding the data signal based on the detected information on the intended receiver detected by the detector, wherein the selector is operative to access the data base entry based on the detected information; and

an encoder for encoding the data signal using the selected coding scheme selected by the selector.

2. Apparatus according to claim 1, in which a detector comprises:

an interface to a portable data carrier;

a reader for reading the portable data carrier to retrieve identification information on an intended receiver the portable data carrier is to be attached to wherein the identification information has been written by the intended receiver to the portable data carrier when the portable data carrier was inserted in the intended receiver at an earlier time, the identification information constituting the information on the intended receiver.

3. Apparatus according to claim 2, in which the reader is operative to access a predetermined area of the portable data carrier reserved for an entry of the identification information of the receiver to which the portable data carrier is to be attached.

4. Apparatus according to claim 3, in which the portable data carrier comprises a memory card, an USB/stick, a CD, a DVD or a magnetic device to store data.

5. Apparatus according to claim 2, in which an interface to the portable data carrier comprises a USB-interface, a memory card interface or a PCI-bus interface.

6. Apparatus according to claim 1, in which the entries for different intended receivers in the data base comprise an information on the device property.

7. Apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a network interface being operative to receive information on an entry in the data base for an intended receiver and information on one or more properties customized for the intended receiver associated with the entry, the network interface being connectable to a server for the information.

8. Apparatus according to claim 1, in which the detector is operative to establish a connection with a personal electronic device and to receive an information on an identity of the personal electronic device when establishing the connection, and in which the selector is operative to access the data base and select a coding scheme with one or more properties customized to the identity of the personal electronic device.

9. Apparatus according to claim 8, in which the detector is operative to receive an identity of the personal electronic device via an I/O- interface and to transmit the encoded data signal to the personal electronic device via the I/O-interface.

10. Apparatus according to claim 9, in which the detector is operative to automatically receive an information on an identity of the personal electronic device when establishing a connection with a personal electronic device.

11. Apparatus according to claim 9, in which the detector is operative to request an information on an identity of the personal electronic device when establishing a connection with the personal electronic device.

12. Apparatus according to claim 9, in which the IO-interface is operative to establish a connection via a Bluetooth protocol.

13. Apparatus according to claim 1, in which a property of a scaling scheme is customized to a resolution of a display of the intended receiver.

14. Apparatus in accordance with claim 1,

in which the information on the intended receiver include information on a virtual or physical storage location of the intended receiver, into which the encoded data signal is to be stored, and

in which the apparatus further comprises a destination information provider for providing destination information on the virtual or physical storage location to an input/output interface so that the encoded data signal, when received at the intended receiver is stored at the virtual or physical storage location identified by the information on the intended receiver.

15. Apparatus according to claim 1, in which the entries for different intended receivers in the data base comprise an information on an identity of a user of the device.

16. Method for supplying an encoded data signal comprising:

detecting information on an intended receiver for receiving the encoded data signal;

accessing a data base having entries for different intended receivers, an entry having one or more properties of one or more coding schemes customized for a receiver associated with the entry;

selecting a coding scheme to be used for encoding the data signal based on the information on the intended receiver; and

encoding the data signal by using the selected coding scheme.

17. Method of claim 16, further comprising the step of accessing a data base having entries for different intended receivers, an entry having one or more properties of one or more coding schemes customized for a receiver associated with the entry.

18. Method of claim 16, further comprising the step of reading a portable data carrier to retrieve identification information on an intended receiver the portable data carrier is to be attached to wherein the identification information has been written by the intended receiver to the portable data carrier when the portable data carrier was inserted in the intended receiver at an earlier time, the identification information constituting the information on the intended receiver.

19. A system for transmitting and receiving an encoded data signal, comprising:

a transmitter for transmitting the encoded data signal, the transmitter comprising

a detector for detecting information on an intended receiver for receiving the encoded data signal;

a data base having entries for different intended receivers, an entry having one or more properties of one or more coding schemes customized for the receiver associated with the entry;

a selector for selecting a coding scheme to be used for encoding the data signal based on detected information on the intended receiver, wherein the selector is operative to access the data base entry based on the detected information; and

an encoder for encoding the data signal using a selected coding scheme; and

a receiver for receiving the encoded data signal and decoding the data signal.

20. Apparatus for supplying an encoded data signal, comprising:

a detector for detecting information on an intended receiver for receiving the encoded data signal;

an output interface for outputting the encoded data signal; and

a destination information provider for providing, in response to the information on the intended receiver, destination information on a virtual or physical storage location of the intended receiver to the output interface so that the encoded data signal, when received at the intended receiver is stored at the virtual or physical storage location identified by the information on the intended receiver.

21. Method of supplying an encoded data signal, comprising:

detecting information on an intended receiver for receiving the encoded data signal; and

providing, in response to the information on the intended receiver, destination information on a virtual or physical storage location of the intended receiver to the intended receiver so that the encoded data signal, when received at the intended receiver is stored at the virtual or physical storage location identified by the information on the intended receiver.

22. Computer program having a program code for performing, when running on a computer, a method of supplying an encoded data signal comprising:

detecting information on an intended receiver for receiving the encoded data signal;

accessing a data base having entries for different intended receivers, an entry having one or more properties of one or more coding schemes customized for a receiver associated with the entry;

selecting a coding scheme to be used for encoding the data signal based on the information on the intended receiver; and

encoding the data signal by using the selected coding scheme.

23. Computer program having a program code for performing, when running on a computer, a method of supplying an encoded data signal comprising:

detecting information on an intended receiver for receiving the encoded data signal; and

providing, in response to the information on the intended receiver, destination information on a virtual or physical storage location of the intended receiver to the intended receiver so that the encoded data signal, when received at the intended receiver is stored at the virtual or physical storage location identified by the information on the intended receiver.

24. Apparatus for supplying an encoded data signal, comprising:

a detector for detecting information on an intended receiver for receiving the encoded data signal, wherein the detector is operative to establish a connection with a personal electronic device via an I/O-interface and to automatically receive an information on an identity of the personal electronic device when establishing the connection via the I/O-interface;

a selector for selecting a coding scheme to be used for encoding the data signal based on detected information on the intended receiver; and

an encoder for encoding the data signal using a selected coding scheme.

25. Apparatus for supplying an encoded data signal, comprising:

a detector for detecting information on an intended receiver for receiving the encoded data signal, wherein the detector is operative to establish a connection with a personal electronic device via an I/O-interface and to request an information on an identity of the personal electronic device when establishing the connection via the I/O-interface;

a selector for selecting a coding scheme to be used for encoding the data signal based on detected information on the intended receiver; and

an encoder for encoding the data signal using a selected coding scheme.