US 8,621,622 B2 · Generation and delivery of multimedia content-adaptation notifications

Abstract

A method for conditioning multimedia containers to be compatible with decoding facilities of receivers of diverse types is disclosed. Content of a multimedia container may include components of different encoding formats. Container conditioning also detects and, where feasible, removes undesirable insertions within each content component of a multimedia container. A content component of a container may be filtered, re-encoded, or deleted. Notifications indicating conditions of a container and any modifications performed are appended to the container. A notification may be presented in at least one form compatible with characteristics of a respective receiver. An editing engine implementing the method is associated with a network entity to which multimedia containers are directed. The editing engine accesses a receiver database storing information on several types of receivers and a repository of notification templates encoded in several forms.

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Dependent claims

A system for data container adaptation, comprising:

a plurality of container conditioners;
and
a plurality of input selectors, each input selector connecting a respective container conditioner to a subset of input ports of a set of input ports of a switching node;
each container conditioner comprising:
a plurality of pipelined processing units, each for identifying a container condition of a respective condition type of a predefined set of condition types;
a plurality of buffers, each coupled to a respective processing unit, for holding characterizing data relevant to a respective container condition;
and
an output selector for transferring characterizing data held in said plurality of buffers to a notification module for generating notifications based on content of said characterizing data;
each input port of said set of input ports configured to:
receive incoming data containers;
direct said incoming data containers to a respective container conditioner through a respective input selector;
receive processed data containers from said respective container conditioner through said respective input selector;
and
direct said processed data containers to a switching fabric of said switching node for switching to respective receivers.

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A method for data container adaptation, comprising:

coupling each container conditioner of a plurality of container conditioners to a subset of input ports of a set of input ports of a switching node through a respective input selector;
configuring at least one container conditioner to:
pipeline a plurality of processing units, each for identifying a container condition of a respective condition type of a predefined set of condition types;
determine, at each processing unit, characterizing data of an incoming data container;
hold said characterizing data in a respective buffer coupled to said each processing unit;
and
transfer said characterizing data to a notification module for generating notifications based on said characterizing data;
configuring each input port of said set of input ports to perform processes of:
separating incoming data containers from received data;
directing said incoming data containers to a respective container conditioner;
receiving processed data containers from said respective container conditioner;
and
directing said processed data containers to a switching fabric of said switching node for switching to respective receivers.

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A system for data container adaptation, comprising:

a plurality of container conditioners, each container conditioner having a dual channel to a switching fabric of a switching node;
and
a controller of said switching node configured to:
direct incoming data containers received at a plurality of input ports of said switching node to a respective container conditioner through said switching fabric;
and
direct processed data containers produced by said respective container conditioner to respective output channels of said switching fabric;
each container conditioner comprising:
a plurality of pipelined processing units, each for identifying a container condition of a respective condition type of a predefined set of condition types;
a plurality of buffers, each coupled to a respective processing unit, for holding characterizing data relevant to a respective container condition;
and
an output selector for transferring characterizing data held in said plurality of buffers to a notification module for generating notifications based on said characterizing data.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Generation and delivery of multimedia content-adaptation notifications

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Generation and delivery of multimedia content-adaptation notifications

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