Apparatus and method for live streaming between mobile communication terminals

• US 9,497,245 B2
• Filed: 06/24/2011
• Issued: 11/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Woo, Sang-Wook, Lee, Sang-Bong, Choi, Woo-Jun, Shin, Yong
• Primary Examiner(s): Parry, Chris
• Assistant Examiner(s): HOULIHAN, STEPHEN J
• Application Number:
  US13/167,843
• Publication Number:
  US 20110320571A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,971 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/70 Media network packetisation
• 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 21/64322 IP
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6437 Real-time Transport Protocol [RTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

An apparatus and method support live streaming between mobile communication terminals. A server Mobile Station (MS) Transport Stream (TS)-multiplexes audio/video data, generates TS data, and transmits the generated TS data in a live streaming scheme to a client MS through an accessed IP based packet service network. A client MS receives the TS data generated by the server MS in the live streaming scheme through the accessed IP based packet service network, TS-demultiplexes the received TS data, and restores the original audio/video data.

Claims

1. A method for live streaming between mobile communication terminals, the method comprising:

in response to a first mobile terminal entering a streaming mode, sending, at the first mobile terminal, a message including information with regard to an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the first mobile terminal and a first codec of the first mobile terminal

to a second mobile terminal;

in response to receiving, at the first mobile terminal, a request message for access from the second mobile terminal, determining a third codec for encoding the audio and video data by the first mobile terminal, based on whether the request message includes information with regard to a second codec supported by the second mobile terminal,

wherein determining the third codec comprises determining the third codec as the second codec when the request message includes the information with regard to the second codec,

wherein determining the third codec comprises determining the third codec as the first codec when the request message does not include the information with regard to the second codec;

encoding, at the first mobile terminal, the audio and video (A/V) data generated from the first mobile terminal, using the third codec;

multiplexing, at the first mobile terminal, the encoded audio and video (A/V) data to generate Transport Stream (TS) data; and

transmitting, at the first mobile terminal, the generated TS data in a live streaming scheme to the second mobile terminal through the streaming channel via an Internet Protocol (IP) based packet service network.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the TS data comprises an A/V packet and a TS header of the A/V packet, and

wherein the TS header comprises at least one of a Program Identification (PID) and a Program Clock Reference (PCR).

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising, before receiving the request message for access from the second mobile terminal, generating and sending a message to the second mobile terminal when a menu for live streaming of the A/V data is selected,

wherein the message comprises at least one of an IP address of the first mobile terminal, encoding information of the first mobile terminal, and information on a channel for live streaming.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein encoding the A/V data comprise

encoding the A/V data when the request message for requesting transmission of the TS data is received from the second mobile terminal,

wherein the TS data is generated by multiplexing the encoded A/V data.

5. A method for live streaming between mobile communication terminals, the method comprising:

receiving, at a second mobile terminal, a message including information with regard to an IP address of a first mobile terminal entered in a streaming mode, and a first codec of the first mobile terminal from the first mobile terminal;

transmitting, at the second mobile terminal, a request message for access in which information with regard to a second codec is determined to be included based on whether the first codec is supported by the second mobile terminal;

receiving Transport Stream (TS) data generated by the first mobile terminal, in a live streaming scheme from the first mobile terminal through the streaming channel via an accessed Internet Protocol (IP) based packet service network; and

demultiplexing the received TS data and restoring original audio and video (A/V) data, using a third codec that is determined by the first mobile terminal.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the TS data comprises an A/V packet and a TS header of the A/V packet, and

wherein the TS header comprises at least one of a Program Identification (PID) and a Program Clock Reference (PCR).

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising,

before transmitting the request message for access, outputting the message on a display screen when the message is received from the first mobile terminal;

and

transmitting the request message for requesting transmission of the TS data to the first mobile terminal when a reception menu for the TS data is selected,

wherein the message comprises at least one of an IP address of the first mobile terminal, encoding information of the first mobile terminal, and information on a channel for live streaming.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising initializing an internal TS demultiplexer for the TS data when the reception menu for the TS data is selected.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

decoding the restored original A/V data based on the encoding information of the first mobile terminal; and

reproducing the decoded original A/V data.

10. A mobile terminal for live streaming between mobile communication terminals, the first mobile terminal comprising:

a transceiver configured to;

in response to the first mobile terminal entering a streaming mode, send a message including information with regard to an IP address of the first mobile terminal and a first codec of the first mobile terminal to a second mobile terminal; and

in response to receiving a request message for access from the second mobile terminal, determine a third codec for encoding the audio and video data by the first mobile terminal based on whether the request for access includes information with regard to a second codec supported by the second mobile terminal,

wherein the transceiver is configured to determine the third codec as the second codec when the request message includes the information with regard to second codec,

wherein the transceiver is configured to determine the third codec as the first codec when the request message does not include the information with regard to the second codec;

an audio and video codec configured to encode the audio and video (A/V) data generated from the first mobile terminal, using the third codec;

a Transport Stream (TS) multiplexer configured to multiplex the encoded A/V data to generate TS data; and

a processor configured to transmit the generated TS data in a live streaming scheme to the second mobile terminal through the streaming channel via an Internet Protocol (IP) based packet service network.

11. The first mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the TS data comprises an A/V packet and a TS header of the A/V packet, and

wherein the TS header comprises at least one of a Program Identification (PID) and a Program Clock Reference (PCR).

12. The first mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to generate and send a message to the second mobile terminal when a menu for live streaming of the A/V data is selected,

wherein the message comprises at least one of an IP address of the first mobile terminal, encoding information of the first mobile terminal, and information on a channel for live streaming.

13. The first mobile terminal of claim 10, further comprising an A/V coder/decoder (codec) configured to encode the audio/video data when the request message for requesting transmission of the TS data is received from the second mobile terminal,

wherein the TS data is generated by multiplexing the encoded audio/video data.

14. A mobile terminal for live streaming between mobile communication terminals, the second mobile terminal comprising:

a transceiver configured to;

receive a message including information with regard to an IP address of first mobile terminal entered in a streaming mode, and a first codec for encoding audio and video data from the first mobile terminal;

and

transmit a request message for access in which information with regard to a second codec is determined to be included based on whether the first codec is supported by the second mobile terminal;

a processor configured to receive Transport Stream (TS) data generated by the first mobile terminal in a live streaming scheme from the first mobile terminal through the streaming channel via an accessed Internet Protocol (IP) based packet service network; and

a TS demultiplexer configured to demultiplex the received TS data and restore original audio and video (A/V) data, using a third codec that is determined by the first mobile terminal.

15. The second mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein the TS data comprises an A/V packet and a TS header of the A/V packet, and

wherein the TS header comprises at least one of a Program Identification (PID) and a Program Clock Reference (PCR).

16. The second mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to:

output the message on a display screen when the message is received from the first mobile terminal, and transmit the request message for requesting transmission of the TS data to the first mobile terminal when a reception menu for the TS data is selected,

wherein the message comprises at least one of an IP address of the first mobile terminal, encoding information of the first mobile terminal, and information on a channel for live streaming.

17. The second mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the TS demultiplexer configured to be initialized for the TS data when the reception menu for the TS data is selected through an input unit.

18. The second mobile terminal of claim 16, further comprising:

the audio and video codec configured to decode the restored original A/V data based on the encoding information of the first mobile terminal;

a speaker configured to reproduce the decoded original audio data; and

a display unit configured to reproduce the decoded original video data.