System for intermediating A/V stream between data network and IEEE 1394 network and method thereof

• US 7,974,313 B2
• Filed: 11/16/2006
• Issued: 07/05/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Sang-do, Kim, Jun-hyeong, Choi, Moon-jeong
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, HANH N
• Application Number:
  US11/600,222
• Publication Number:
  US 20070183453A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,692 Days
• Field of Search: 370/352, 370/419, 370/420, 370/400, 370/485, 370/486, 370/487, 846/05, 375/221, 375/242, 375/146, 375/147, 375/219, 375/240, 709/203, 709/208, 709/226, 709/232, 348/14.13
• US Class Current: 370/486
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1026 at the edge
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/103 in the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/765 intermediate
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43632 involving a wired protocol, e.g. IEEE 1394 high-speed IEEE 1394 serial bus H04L12/40052
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64322 IP

Abstract

A system and method for intermediating an audio/video (A/V) stream between a data network and an IEEE 1394 network are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, an A/V stream of an IP network is provided to a device connected to the IEEE 1394 network in real time, or the A/V stream of the IP network is once stored and then is provided to the device connected to the IEEE 1394 network when a viewer desires to view the A/V stream. The A/V stream can be provided to the viewer irrespective of the format parser, codec, transmission protocol, and transmission control protocol, required for the transrecorder'"'"'s reception of the A/V stream from the media server or for the transrecorder'"'"'s transmission of the A/V stream to the display device. Also, diverse A/V streams provided from the server of the data network can be stored, and then can be provided to the viewer through the display device whenever the display device connected to the IEEE 1394 network requests the A/V stream.

Claims

1. A system for intermediating an audio/video (A/V) stream, comprising:

a media server for providing an A/V stream and a first mobile code for reception and decoding of the A/V stream through a data network;

a codec server for providing a second mobile code for transmission and encoding of the A/V stream;

a display device; and

a transrecorder for receiving the A/V stream from the media server and for converting the A/V stream from the media server into an A/V stream of a format receivable and playable by the display device connected to the transrecorder through a network, on the basis of the first and second mobile codes from the media server and the codec server, respectively,

wherein the media server comprises;

an A/V stream providing unit for converting the A/V file into the A/V stream and for providing the converted A/V stream to the transrecorder if the transrecorder requests transmission of the A/V stream.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transrecorder transmits the A/V stream to the display device in real time.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transrecorder stores the A/V stream and transmits the stored A/V stream to the display device when viewing of the stored A/V stream is requested.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the media server, the codec server, and the transrecorder are connected through an IP network, and the transrecorder and the display device are connected through the IEEE 1394 network.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the media server comprises:

a storage unit for storing an A/V file and the first mobile code;

a mobile code providing unit for providing resources in the form of the first mobile code in response to a request for the resources received from the transrecorder; and

an IP network interface unit for performing IP network communication with the transrecorder.

6. The system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the mobile code comprises at least one of a format parser, a codec, a transmission protocol, and a transmission control protocol.

7. The system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the mobile code providing unit provides at least one of a format parser, a codec, a transmission protocol, and a transmission control protocol to the transrecorder when the request to provide the resources is received from the transrecorder.

8. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transrecorder comprises:

a user interface (UI) providing unit for providing a user interface to the display device if the display device requests the user interface;

a media storage unit for storing the A/V stream;

an A/V stream request processing unit for providing the A/V stream, which corresponds to a request for the A/V stream received from the display device, to the display device in real time, or reading the A/V stream corresponding to the request from the media storage unit and providing the read A/V stream to the display device, if the transrecorder is reconstructed using mobile codes received from the media server and the codec server after receiving the request for the A/V stream from the display device;

an A/V stream receiving unit for receiving the A/V stream;

an A/V stream conversion unit for transcoding the A/V stream into the A/V stream of the format supported by the display device; and

an A/V stream transmission unit for transmitting the transcoded A/V stream of the specified format to the display device.

9. The system as claimed in claim 8, further comprising:

a mobile code storage unit for storing the first and second mobile codes received from the media server and the codec server; and

a mobile code execution unit for executing the first and second mobile codes received from the media server and the codec server.

10. The system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the A/V stream request processing unit provides a list of at least one of a format parser, a codec, a transmission protocol, and a transmission control protocol supportable by the transrecorder, to the media server, receives a list of at least one of a format parser, a codec, a transmission protocol, and a transmission control protocol, which are required for reception and decoding of the A/V stream, from the media server, determines whether the A/V stream request processing unit holds the at least one of the format parser, the codec, the transmission protocol, and the transmission control protocol, and requests the at least one of the format parser, the codec, the transmission protocol, and the transmission control protocol, which is not held by the A/V stream request processing unit, from the media server.

11. The system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the A/V stream request processing unit requests resources including at least one of a format parser, a codec, a transmission protocol, and a transmission control protocol for encoding and transmitting the A/V stream to the display device, from the codec server.

12. The system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the transrecorder further comprises:

an IEEE 1394 network interface unit for performing an interface with the display device; and

an IP network interface unit for performing an interface with the media server and the codec server.

13. The system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the transrecorder further comprises a transrecorder reconstruction unit for reconstructing the transrecorder on the basis of resources provided by the media server and the codec server.

14. The system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the A/V stream conversion unit converts the A/V stream transmitted from the media server into raw data by decoding the A/V stream on the basis of a first codec provided by the media server, stores the raw data in a buffer, and encodes the raw data to an A/V stream of a format supported by the display device on the basis of a second codec provided from the codec server.

15. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the network is an IEEE 1394 network.

16. A transrecorder for receiving an audio/video (A/V) stream from a media server connected to a data network and for transmitting the received A/V stream to a display device connected to a network, the transrecorder comprising:

a media storage unit for storing an A/V stream;

an A/V stream request processing unit for processing a request from the display device;

an A/V stream receiving unit for receiving the A/V stream;

an A/V stream conversion unit for transcoding the A/V stream into an A/V stream of a format supported by the display device; and

an A/V stream transmission unit for transmitting the transcoded A/V stream to the display device through the network,

wherein the A/V stream is read from the media storaqe unit and transmitted to the display device if the transrecorder is reconstructed using first and second mobile codes from a media server and a codec server, respectively, after receiving the request from the display device.

17. The transrecorder as claimed in claim 16, wherein A/V stream is transmitted in real time.

18. The transrecorder as claimed in claim 16, further comprising:

a user interface (UI) providing unit for providing a specified user interface to the display device if the display device requests the user interface;

a mobile code storage unit for storing the first and second mobile codes received from the media server and the codec server, respectively; and

a mobile code execution unit for executing the first and second mobile codes received from the media server and the codec server, respectively.

19. The transrecorder as claimed in claim 16, wherein the A/V stream conversion unit converts the A/V stream transmitted from the media server into raw data by decoding the A/V stream on the basis of a codec supported by the media server, stores the raw data in a buffer, and encodes the raw data to an A/V stream of a format supported by the display device, on the basis of an encoding codec provided from the codec server.

20. The transrecorder as claimed in claim 16, wherein the mobile code comprises at least one of a format parser, a codec, a transmission protocol, and a transmission control protocol.

21. The transrecorder as claimed in claim 16, further comprising:

an IEEE 1394 network interface unit for performing an interface with the display device; and

an IP network interface unit for performing an interface with the media server and the codec server.

22. The system as claimed in claim 16, wherein the network is an IEEE 1394 network.

23. A method of intermediating an audio/video (A/V) stream, the method implemented by a processor and comprising:

receiving first resources for reception and decoding of an A/V stream from a media server of a data network;

receiving second resources for encoding and transmission of the A/V stream from a codec server of the data network;

receiving the A/V stream from the media server, if transmission of the A/V stream is requested;

transcoding the A/V stream on the basis of the first and second resources received from the media server and the codec server, respectively,

wherein the A/V stream is a converted A/V stream which was converted from an A/V file by an A/V stream providing unit of the media server.

24. The method as claimed in claim 23, further comprising transmitting the transcoded A/V stream to a device connected to an IEEE 1394 network.

25. The method as claimed in claim 23, further comprising:

storing the transcoded A/V stream; and

transmitting the stored A/V stream to a device connected to an IEEE 1394 network if the device connected to the IEEE 1394 network requests the A/V stream.

26. The method as claimed in claim 23, wherein the receiving of the first resources comprises receiving the resources in a form of a mobile code.

27. The method as claimed in claim 26, wherein the mobile code form comprises at least one of a format parser, a codec, a transmission protocol, and a transmission control protocol.

28. The method as claimed in claim 23, wherein the receiving of the second resources comprises receiving the resources in a form of a mobile code.

29. The method as claimed in claim 28, wherein the mobile code form comprises at least one of a format parser, a codec, a transmission protocol, and a transmission control protocol.

30. The method as claimed in claim 23, wherein the A/V stream is reconstructed on the basis of the first resources provided from the media server and the second resources provided from the codec server.