Preservation/degradation of video/audio aspects of a data stream

• US 9,942,511 B2
• Filed: 08/12/2014
• Issued: 04/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Jung, Edward K. Y., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Rinaldo, Jr., John D.
• Primary Examiner(s): HSU, AMY R
• Application Number:
  US14/458,213
• Publication Number:
  US 20150070582A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,337 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19667 Details realated to data compression, encryption or encoding, e.g. resolution modes for reducing data volume to lower transmission bandwidth or memory requirements
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00137 Transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00148 Storage information retrieval G06F16/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00954 Scheduling operations or managing resources H04N1/0096 takes precedence; program initiating or switching G06F9/48; allocation of computer resources G06F9/50
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2112 using still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32101 Display, printing, storage or transmission of additional information, e.g. ID code, date and time or title
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/426 Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof H04N5/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4335 Housekeeping operations, e.g. prioritizing content for deletion because of storage space restrictions storage management, e.g. defragmentation G06F3/0604; unloading stored programs G06F9/445; storage management in file systems G06F16/10; buffering arrangements in a network node or in an end terminal in packet networks H04L49/90
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4402 involving reformatting operations of video signals for household redistribution, storage or real-time display details of conversion of video standards at pixel level H04N7/01; video transcoding H04N19/40; adapting incoming signals to the display format of the display terminal G09G5/005; media handling at the source in data packet switching networks H04L65/764
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4854 for modifying image parameters, e.g. image brightness, contrast
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/488 Data services, e.g. news ticker systems specially adapted for using meteorological information in broadcast systems H04H60/71
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6377 directed to server one-way streaming services wherein the source is controlled by the destination H04L65/613
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/658 Transmission by the client directed to the server
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0087 Image storage device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/212 Selecting different recording or reproducing modes, e.g. high or low resolution, field or frame
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/214 : Checking or indicating the storage space
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3225 : of data relating to an image, a page or a document
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3274 : Storage or retrieval of prestored additional information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/33328 : Resolution
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/33357 : Compression mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/33378 : Type or format of data, e.g. colour or B/W, halftone or binary, computer image file or facsimile data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 : Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/0117 : involving conversion of the spatial resolution of the incoming video signal for graphics images G09G2340/0407
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 : by receiver means only
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/7921 : for more than one processing mode

Abstract

In one aspect, a method related to data management. In addition, other method, system, and program product aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and/or text forming a part of the present application.

Claims

1. A method related to data management, the method comprising:

accepting input for designating a video/audio data stream having a first resolution;

accepting input for degrading at least a portion of the video/audio data stream to a second resolution different than the first resolution if at least one network condition is met; and

transmitting at least one of the video/audio data stream at the first resolution or the portion of the video/audio data stream at the second resolution, the transmitting the portion of the video/audio data stream at the first resolution or the video/audio data stream at the second resolution based at least partially on the degrading at least a portion of the video/audio stream to a second resolution different than the first resolution if the at least one network condition is met.

2. A system related to data management, the system comprising:

circuitry for accepting input for designating a video/audio data stream having a first resolution;

circuitry for accepting input for degrading at least a portion of the video/audio data stream to a second resolution different than the first resolution if at least one network condition is met; and

circuitry for transmitting at least one of the video/audio data stream at the first resolution or the portion of the video/audio data stream at the second resolution, the circuitry for transmitting the portion of the video/audio data stream at the first resolution or the video/audio data stream at the second resolution based at least partially on the circuitry for accepting input for degrading at least a portion of the video/audio stream to a second resolution different than the first resolution if the at least one network condition is met.

3. The system of claim 2, further comprising:

circuitry for retaining a video/audio aspect of the video/audio data stream in at least one of the first resolution or the second resolution, the circuitry for retaining based at least partially on the circuitry for accepting input for degrading the at least a portion of the video/audio data stream to a second resolution different than the first resolution if the at least one network condition is met.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry for accepting input for degrading at least a portion of the video/audio data stream to a second resolution different than the first resolution if at least one network condition is met comprises:

circuitry for accepting input for degrading a residue of the video/audio data stream to a second resolution, wherein the residue is excluded from the video/audio data stream, and wherein the second resolution is less than the first resolution.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry for accepting input for designating a video/audio data stream having a first resolution comprises:

circuitry for accepting input for designating the video/audio data stream having a first resolution, wherein the designating the video/audio aspect of the video/audio data stream includes a designating of at least one instance of a distinct human voice and/or at least one instance of a distinct sound and/or at least one instance of an image of a distinct object.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry for accepting input for designating a video/audio data stream having a first resolution comprises:

circuitry for accepting input for designating the video/audio data stream having a first resolution, wherein the video/audio aspect of the video/audio data stream includes at least one particular video/imagery/audio aspect of interest, and

wherein the transmitting at least one of the video/audio data stream at the first resolution or the portion of the video/audio data stream at the second resolution, the transmitting the portion of the video/audio data stream at the first resolution or the video/audio data stream at the second resolution based at least partially on the degrading at least a portion of the video/audio stream to a second resolution different than the first resolution if the at least one network condition is met includes at least;

transmitting the at least one particular video/imagery/audio aspect of interest at the second resolution different than the first resolution.

7. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry for accepting input for designating a video/audio data stream having a first resolution comprises:

circuitry for accepting input for designating the video/audio data stream having a first resolution, wherein the video/audio aspect of the video/audio data stream includes a portion of video/audio data included in a temporal segment of the video/audio data stream.

8. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry for transmitting at least one of the video/audio data stream at the first resolution or the portion of the video/audio data stream at the second resolution, the circuitry for transmitting the portion of the video/audio data stream at the first resolution or the video/audio data stream at the second resolution based at least partially on the circuitry for accepting input for degrading at least a portion of the video/audio stream to a second resolution different than the first resolution if the at least one network condition is met comprises:

circuitry for transmitting at least one of the video/audio data stream at the first resolution or the portion of the video/audio data stream at the second resolution, wherein the video/audio data stream includes a plurality of temporal segments of the video/audio data stream, and wherein the plurality of temporal segments are available in at least one of the first resolution or the second resolution.

9. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry for accepting input for designating a video/audio data stream having a first resolution comprises:

circuitry for accepting input for designating the video/audio data stream having a first resolution, wherein the video/audio data stream is a live and/or a substantially live video/audio data stream.

10. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry for accepting input for designating a video/audio data stream having a first resolution comprises:

circuitry for accepting input for designating the video/audio data stream having a first resolution, wherein the video/audio data stream is a retained video/audio data stream.

11. The system of claim 2, further comprising:

circuitry for accepting input for designating the second resolution value.

12. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry for accepting input for designating a video/audio data stream having a first resolution comprises:

circuitry for accepting at least one of a tactile input, a sonic input, or a visual input.

13. The system of claim 2, further comprising:

circuitry for accepting input for storing a residue of the video/audio data stream at the second resolution, wherein the residue is excluded from the video/audio aspect.

14. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry for accepting input for degrading the at least a portion of the video/audio data stream to a second resolution different than the first resolution if the at least one network condition is met comprises:

circuitry for identifying at least one network associated with a device configured for displaying the video/audio data stream, and

wherein the circuitry for transmitting at least one of the video/audio data stream at the first resolution or the portion of the video/audio data stream at the second resolution, the circuitry for transmitting the portion of the video/audio data stream at the first resolution or the video/audio data stream at the second resolution based at least partially on the circuitry for accepting input for degrading at least a portion of the video/audio stream to a second resolution different than the first resolution if the at least one network condition is met includes at least;

circuitry for transmitting at least one of the video/audio data stream at the first resolution or the portion of the video/audio data stream at the second resolution, the circuitry for transmitting based at least partially on whether the network condition is met on the identified at least one network associated with the device configured for displaying the video/audio data stream.

15. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry for transmitting at least one of the video/audio data stream at the first resolution or the portion of the video/audio data stream at the second resolution, the circuitry for transmitting the portion of the video/audio data stream at the first resolution or the video/audio data stream at the second resolution based at least partially on the circuitry for accepting input for degrading at least a portion of the video/audio stream to a second resolution different than the first resolution if the at least one network condition is met comprises:

circuitry for transmitting at least one temporal segment of the video/audio data stream at the first resolution or the second resolution; and

circuitry for transmitting at least one sequential temporal segment of the video/audio data stream at the first resolution or the second resolution based at least partially on whether the condition is met.

16. The system of claim 2, further comprising:

circuitry for monitoring at least one network associated with at least one video/audio data device, and

wherein the circuitry for accepting input for degrading at least a portion of the video/audio data stream to a second resolution different than the first resolution if at least one network condition is met includes at least;

circuitry for accepting input for degrading at least a portion of the video/audio data stream if the circuitry for monitoring the at least one network associated with the at least one video/audio data device detects that the at least one network condition is met.

17. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry for accepting input for degrading at least a portion of the video/audio data stream to a second resolution different than the first resolution if at least one network condition is met comprises:

circuitry configured for modifying at least one of the bit rate, frequency range characteristics, or frequency distribution characteristics of the at least a portion of the video/audio data stream to the second resolution different than the first resolution if the at least one network condition is met.

18. A program product related to data management, the program product comprising:

a non-transitory signal bearing medium bearing at least;

one or more instructions for accepting input for designating a video/audio data stream having a first resolution;

one or more instructions for accepting input for degrading at least a portion of the video/audio data stream to a second resolution different than the first resolution if at least one network condition is met; and

one or more instructions for transmitting at least one of the video/audio data stream at the first resolution or the portion of the video/audio data stream at the second resolution, the transmitting the portion of the video/audio data stream at the first resolution or the video/audio data stream at the second resolution based at least partially on the degrading at least a portion of the video/audio stream to a second resolution different than the first resolution if the at least one network condition is met.

19. The program product of claim 18, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium comprises:

a recordable medium.

20. The program product of claim 18, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium comprises:

a transmission medium.