System and method for multimedia-to-video conversion to enhance real-time mobile video services
First Claim
1. A communication system that converts multimedia data into a video stream for transmission to a user'"'"'s handset communication device, comprising:
- a storage system that stores multimedia data and an identifier for a handset communication device;
an application server that manages storage and retrieval of said multimedia data and said identifier from said storage system;
a multimedia to video converter that;
(a) receives said multimedia data and said identifier;
(b) selects a template from a plurality of templates, based on said identifier, thus yielding a selected template, wherein said plurality of templates specify layouts of data for a plurality of handset communication devices, and wherein said selected template specifies a layout of data in a video stream for said handset communication device; and
(c) converts said multimedia data into said video stream in accordance with said selected template; and
an access server that;
(a) interfaces with said application server to obtain said multimedia data and said identifier from said storage system;
(b) provides said multimedia data and said identifier to said multimedia to video converter and receives therefrom said video stream; and
(c) transmits said video stream onto a telecommunication network.
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Abstract
A communication system converting multimedia data of enhanced services into video stream for transmission to a user'"'"'s handset communication device. The system includes a database storing therein users profile data; a mailbox system storing therein users mailboxes and capable of storing messages in audio and video formats; an application server managing data storage and retrieval from the database and storage; a multimedia to video converter, receiving multimedia data and converting it into a video streams corresponding to a pre-selected template; an access server providing the multimedia data to the multimedia to video converter and receiving therefrom the video stream, and transmitting the video stream onto a telecommunication network.
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38 Claims
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1. A communication system that converts multimedia data into a video stream for transmission to a user'"'"'s handset communication device, comprising:
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a storage system that stores multimedia data and an identifier for a handset communication device; an application server that manages storage and retrieval of said multimedia data and said identifier from said storage system; a multimedia to video converter that; (a) receives said multimedia data and said identifier; (b) selects a template from a plurality of templates, based on said identifier, thus yielding a selected template, wherein said plurality of templates specify layouts of data for a plurality of handset communication devices, and wherein said selected template specifies a layout of data in a video stream for said handset communication device; and (c) converts said multimedia data into said video stream in accordance with said selected template; and an access server that; (a) interfaces with said application server to obtain said multimedia data and said identifier from said storage system; (b) provides said multimedia data and said identifier to said multimedia to video converter and receives therefrom said video stream; and (c) transmits said video stream onto a telecommunication network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for operating a communication server connected to communication network that communicates with handsets, comprising:
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assigning a plurality of user accounts, wherein each of said user accounts corresponds to one of said handsets to thereby create corresponding accounts to at least a subset of said handsets; storing user data corresponding to each of said user accounts in a database; and upon receiving a call initiation from a caller handset, determining whether one of said user accounts correspond to said caller handset and, if so; fetching said user data corresponding to the user account of said caller handset; selecting a template from a plurality of templates, based on said user data, thus yielding a selected template, wherein said plurality of templates specify layouts of data for a plurality of handset communication devices, and wherein said selected template specifies a layout of data in a video stream for said caller handset; converting said user data into said video stream in accordance with said selected template; and transmitting said video stream to said caller handset. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A system that converts multimedia data into a video stream for transmission to a user'"'"'s handset communication device, comprising:
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an application engine that; (a) manages data storage and retrieval from a storage system that stores a plurality of templates that specify layouts of data for a plurality of handset communication devices; (b) selects a template from said plurality of templates, based on information that identifies a handset communication device, thus yielding a selected template; and (c) obtains said selected template from said storage system; and a multimedia processor that; (a) receives multimedia data and said selected template; and (b) converts said multimedia data into a video stream in accordance with said selected template. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38)
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