Method of processing multimedia content description data sets, and corresponding apparatus
AssigneeFrance Telecom
InventorsIsabelle Amonou, Christian Bertin
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Abstract
This method of processing multimedia content description data sets to deliver a plurality of output data sets (141, 142, . . . , 14n) from a single input data set (10), the method being characterized in that it comprises the following steps: allocating priority coefficients (16) to at least some of the description data in the input data set (10); associating priority coefficient thresholds (18) with a predetermined number of output data sets (141, 142, . . . , 14n); and distributing the data to the output data sets (141, 142, . . . , 14n) as a function of the priority coefficients (16) allocated to the elements of the input data set and as a function of the thresholds (18) associated with each of the output data sets.
Claims10
A computer-executable method for use in a computer connected to a data communication network to which a destination is connected for processing multimedia content description data sets to deliver a plurality of output data sets intended for transmission through the data communication network, from a single input data set, the method comprising:
- a processor in the computer performing the steps of:
- obtaining instructions for giving priority coefficients to description data, the instructions being obtained independently of the input data set, and dynamically allocating the priority coefficients to at least some of the description data in the input data set according to the obtained instructions;
- obtaining priority coefficient thresholds and associating the obtained priority coefficient thresholds with a predetermined number of output data sets;
- distributing data of the single input data set to the output data sets as a function of the priority coefficients allocated to the description data of the input data set and as a function of the thresholds associated with each of the output data sets;
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- transmitting through the data communication network at least one of the output data sets to the destination.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium on which is recorded a computer-executable program to be executed by a computer connected to a network for processing multimedia content description data sets in order to deliver a plurality of output data sets intended for transmission through the network, from a single input data set on a computer, the computer-executable program comprising instructions for carrying the steps of:
- reading instructions for giving priority coefficients to description data, the instructions being obtained independently of the input data set, and dynamically allocating the priority coefficients to at least some of the description data in the input data set according to the read instructions;
- reading a set of priority coefficient thresholds associated with a predetermined number of output data sets;
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- distributing data of the single input data set to the output data sets as a function of the priority coefficients allocated to the description data of the input data sets and as a function of the thresholds associated with each of the output data sets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.