TW503663B - Method and apparatus for managing streaming data - Google Patents

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TW503663B
TW503663B TW89120898A TW89120898A TW503663B TW 503663 B TW503663 B TW 503663B TW 89120898 A TW89120898 A TW 89120898A TW 89120898 A TW89120898 A TW 89120898A TW 503663 B TW503663 B TW 503663B
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A streaming media structure and methods and systems for creating, managing, and delivering streaming media is disclosed. The streaming media structure is provided to create, deliver, reassemble, and render synchronized multimedia content with needed machine-aware components through streaming services.

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五、 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 發明說明（1) 相關申請案之交互春者 請 先 閱 讀 背 面 之 注 意 本申請案的優先權主張爲1999年1〇月6曰提出之臨時專 利申請案號60/157,998標題爲Γ用於多媒體同步之串流的機 器能夠辨識之二進位及多媒體内容」。 上述申請案係併入作各目的之參考，此先前申請案在某 部份有助於描述本發明或描述特定之實施例或例子，本發 明因此將更佳地被了解及被描述。 發明範疇 訂 本發明大體上係關於利用電算裝置或資訊家電傳送及顯 示資料的方法及/或裝置。更特定地，本發明係關於多媒 體資料方法和應用’及關於一適合經由一通訊資料網路提 供多媒體資料和串流資料的多用途構案結構等各方面。 發明背景 與本發明不同方面相關之先前的成果包括下文所列之分 別由Blakowski等人及WWW國際協會所提出的參考文獻。 Blackowski提供一媒體同步相關研究的回顧。此參考文獻討 論一 4層的同步參考模型。從下到上爲媒體層（Media Layer) 、串流層（Stream Layer)、物件層（Object Layer)及规格層 (Specification Layer)。在規格方面，已有許多不同的技術被 發表及貝作。SMIL爲工業界中利用敛述標簽語言（descriptive tagged language) & 供一主現規格（presentation specification)方 面，最近所作的努力方向之一，敘述標簽語言遵循XML語 法。 目如用於電腦且常見的媒體容！§ (media container)格式包 -4-本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公釐） 503663 A7 _____B7 -___ 五、發明說明（2 ) 括 Apple Computer 的 QuickTime(http://www· apple, corn)、 Microsoft的 ASF/AVI(http://www.microsoft.com)、RealNetworks的 RealMedia(http://www.real.corn)及 Digital Lava 的 Video Capsule ((http://www.digitallavacom)。有些這些格式，例如 RealMedia 和Video Capsule並未公佈技術規格。有些現存的格式，例 如.exe的視訊資料，提供一種散佈媒體資訊（資訊（dip))的 方法，可以不需要額外安裝軟體就可以在一標準的作業系 統中執行及觀賞該媒體資訊（資訊（dip))。此種檔案中，必 要的軟體元件包含在一名稱類似movie資訊（clip).exe的單一 個檔案中。一般而言，此種檔案不能播放串流資料或變更 下載的元件。 已知的技術尚有可下載的機器碼技術（例如applets)。Sun 創造Java而在可下載之可執行元件方面取得領先地位，java 已經變成用於使軟體元件可經由網頁瀏覽器下載以便在一 本機虛擬機器中執行。Microsoft的COM技術是稍慢開發出 來的技術，能夠從網際網路下載並於一文件容器（例如網 頁瀏覽器）中執行。 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 ——,--------裝·！ (請先閱讀背面之注意再填寫本頁) 網際網路由全世界互連電腦所構成，爲一迅速成長之的 通訊網路。這些成千上萬的連線電腦構成浩瀚的超媒體資 訊倉庫，使用者可以經由任何一台有連上網際網路的電腦 從任何地點在任何時間存取其中的資訊。隨著連上網際網 路的使用者數目及各種不同資訊不斷的增加，因此強烈需 要更多可供使用的内容以及在網際網路上傳送内容的方法 。目前，能夠在網際網路上傳送之最普遍的可用媒體包括 -5- 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公釐） 503663 A7 B7 五、發明說明（3 文丰^訊、影像和圖形、視訊和聲音資訊（clip)。 一大家所熟知之此種資料格式爲串流資料，通常用於視 訊及/或聲骨資料。例如，_流視訊爲一經由網路或其它 通迅媒介傳送，並顯示在使用者裝置之一系列經過編碼的 連續影像，一部份資料的顯示與一些收到的資料重疊。使 用串流資料，使用者不需要等到一個很大的檔案完全下載 ，就可以存取該檔案或其一部份（例如看到影像或聽到聲 音）。從本技藝將會了解，争流資料，例如視訊資料，可 爲「現場轉播」的資料，例如一收音機或電視機廣播的串 流編碼；或可爲一預先錄製的聲音或視訊資料。有時候， 「即時」一辭在此技藝係串流資料之統稱，包括預先儲存 的媒體元件。此一專有名辭用於表示資料之傳遞具有時間 上關鍵（time-critical)的特性，因爲一旦開始播放，事流資 料就必須以夠快的速度傳送，以維持資料能夠「即時」地 呈現給使用者。此種資料在此技藝中有時也稱爲「計時資 料（clocked data)」，代表資料通常必須以一近乎固定的速 率傳送。傳得太快會使接收端的緩衝容量應接不暇；傳得 太慢會造成播放中不能接受的中止或暫停。 要接收争流資料，使用者通常使用一接收模組。此一模 组可爲軟體或硬體，必須具有能夠以使用者所希望之形式 呈現資料的邏輯函數。例如，一存取模組可爲一執行於相 谷負訊平台上的岸人體播放程式（例如RealMedia1^)。一存耳 裝置亦可以是更爲專用的硬體’例如一能夠存取特定串、； 資料的行動電話、一 PDA、一具有必要邏輯之電視機 -6- ° 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 x 297公釐 請 先 閱 背 Φ 之 注 意 事遍 再’ 填 寫驻 本衣 頁- 訂 瓤 經 濟 部 智 慧 財 產 局 員 X 消 費 合 作 社 印 製 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 503663 A7 ___B7 -_ 五、發明說明（4 ) 標準存取方法有一項困難爲，隨著視訊/聲音壓縮技術不 斷改進，存取模組邏輯必須經常在有新的資料格式被採用 時加以更新。此外，當要呈現的媒體包括不同的型式時， 一存取裝置（例如一多用途電腦或PDA)有時必須裝有數種 不同的存取模組以便存取不同的媒體。 * SMIL及SMIL播放程式和創作工具 爲使多媒體内容易於在網路上創作及散佈，全球資訊網 國際協會（W3C)在1998年6月宣佈第一個同步媒體整合語言 (Synchronized Multimedia Integrated Language，SMIL)規格 0 此 語言提供一些用以組織包括聲音、文字、影像和動畫等各 種多媒體内容的機制，並提供一種讓網頁創作者安排時間 性媒體（time-based media)在HTML文件中的播放時程。 按照規格，SMIL文件實際上是一個ASCII的純文字檔， 可以使用幾乎任何一種文字编輯程式加以编輯。SMIL文件 大體上很類似HTML檔案，而且其所包括的元件係參考外 部的URL位置。SMIL使用XML提供用以定義SMIL標記的機 制，以便關聯多媒體物件之間的時間和位置關係，使得聲 音、視訊、影像和文字得以同步。 SMIL使網頁創作者能夠佈置（位置、大小、Z -指標順序） 視覺媒體物件及指定時間屬性（開始時間、經歷時間或結 束時間）其中之一及其他。SMIL提供建立互動式（經由超連 結）多媒體的能力，類似於電腦用的互動式CD。SMIL媒體 物件（可利用URL定址）可駐在本機或透過網路散佈。SMIL 媒體物件可獨立地且從遠端更新。 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公釐） (請先閱讀背面之注意事項再填寫本頁) 裝 峰 503663 A7 ____B7 ._ 五、發明說明（5 ) 一 SMIL播放程式用於在一 SMIL文件中安排多媒體的顯示 時程、使用文件中所描述的URL(統一資源定址器）取回網 路上的媒體物件、解析下載的媒體之間的時序關係，並根 據正確的時間歷程（timeline)循序顯示呈現的内容。Java SMIL播放程式爲一以applet爲基礎（applet-based)的播放程式 ’它遵循平台中立（platform-neutral)之程式設計原則並使用 XML解析器和java媒體架構（JMF)。它可以在任何常見的瀏 覽器内執行，不需要下載任何插入程式（plug-ins)或ActiveX 控制項。 已有一些SMIL創作工具被提出，大體上可規納爲兩類： 通用工具，用於建立供任何SMIL·-相容播放器使用的同步 多媒體内容；及特定用途工具，用於建立供特定播放器使 用的同步多媒體内容。雖然這些工具的功能強大，但是使 用它們還是需要精通SMIL程式設計，因而限制了使用者的 範圍。目前市面上大部份的SMIL創作工具有一些共同的特 點：它們包括一文字編輯器；它們包括一 WYSIWYG(所見 即所得）的版面編輯器；它們不包括一媒體時間歷程設計 精靈（wizard)。例如 T.A.G· SMIL Editor 1.0爲一通用的 SMIL創 作工具，其設計係用於建立供任何SMIL-相容播放器使用 的同步多媒體内容。SuperTool爲一特定用途的SMIL工具， 只能寫作供Real G2 Player使用的内容。SuperTool具有一 WYSIWYG的版面設計介面。 先前出版文件 下列出版文件可與本發明相關或作爲背景資訊。列出這 -8- 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公爱） • 1 t—y/ I I n n n n 1 (請先閱讀背面之注意事項再填寫本頁) 裝 · 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 503663 A7 B7 ___ 五、發明說明（6 ) 些參考文獻並不表示任何正式的研究已經完成或任何這些 參考文獻等於先前技藝。 1996年 1 月 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications ，第14卷·.第1册，5至35頁。作者爲Blackowski. G，和 Steinmetz，R.Α·標題：Media Synchronization Survey: Reference Model，Specification，and Case Studies o 1998年6月，WWW Consortium，同步多媒體整合語言 (SMIL)LO説明書（Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) 1·0 Specification)，，。 發明概述 本發明之方法有與前面提及的努力有一些不同，因爲媒 體投射體（Media Missile)可以載送不同媒體規格的需要且開 放給這些需要。在一具體實施例中，不僅内崁於媒體物件 中的動作（acions)和資料是媒體投射體的一部份，媒體投射 體還可以載送二進位可執行檔（executable binary)、簽名 (signature)、及輔助資訊（在特定具體實施例中，可利用 URL指向其位址）。前述之先前的串流技術並未描述各式各 樣主動媒體内容的載送，本發明與前述之該等技術不同， 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印制取 ---^--------I 裝--- (請先閱讀背面之注意再填寫本頁) -. 一以下所討論的執行檔可於一媒體投射體中載送，使一顯 示裝置上的一個執行時期載入器（runtime loader)可立即執行 該媒體投射體可執行檔（media missile executable)，而不需要 其它預先安裝好的軟體。因此，在一些特定的具體實施例 中’媒體投射體利用作業系統的起動程序以執行一内含的 可執行元件，而且軟體元件和媒體資料兩者都是自給自足 -9- ^本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公釐） 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 503663 A7 B7 _ 五、發明說明（7 ) 的（self_contained) 〇 按照本發明特定的具體實施例，媒體投射體可得益於 Java或COM等較先發展的技術，但並不依賴它們。 在特定具體實施例中，本發明包括一方法及/或系統， 用於提供能夠從一單一的資源定址器啓動的串流内容，且 回應一啓動，開始在一多媒容器中傳送一争流呈現，其中 該容器具有包含一個或更多的可執行碼元件、一個或更多 的串流内容元件及一組或更多組的顯示資料。在進一步具 體實施例中，一投射體器發動器可從一使用者裝置接收指 出該使用者裝置之可用硬體及軟體元件的資料，且此資料 可由一使用者裝置之排程器/解析器用來要求或不要求從 媒體投射體倉庫（media missile repository)傳送不同的元件過 來。因此，一媒體投射體之傳輸可附帶一些可執行碼，或 不附帶任何可執行碼。端視哪些元件存在於使用者所在地 點而定。 在一進一步的具體實施例中，本發明所述媒體投射體之 顯示係自導自演（self-directed)，而且使用者裝置所需預先 安裝的邏輯元件或以該邏輯元件所作的主動管理最少。 在更進一步的特定具體實施例中，本發明包括一允許一 創作者（或寫作者）指定一亭流顯示的方法及/或系統，包 括從一創作者接收指定一或多項_流内容及所指定顯示參 數的指標，該等内容及參數可位於離創作者很遠的伺服器 上。 藉由參考附圖及詳細説明將更加了解本發明及各種不同 -10- 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公釐)~ .J--------裝—— (請先閱讀背面之注意再填寫本頁) 訂·- m· 503663 經 濟 部 智 慧 財 產 局 消 費 合 作 社 印 製 因此本發明在一it上 本紙張尺度細巾關家辟 A7 ___—- _B7 五、發明說明（8 ) 的特定方面和具體實施例。在不同的圖中，相同编號的項 目代表本文所述範圍内相似的功能。在以下的一些附圖及 詳細的説明中’以傳送視覺及/或聲音内容之獨立重要具 體實施例描述本發明。不應以此限制本發明，本發明使用 本文所述之方法’可應用於其它的串流資料内容。爲求明 確，以特定的例子討論本發明之裝置、方法及概念。然而 ，本發明及其各方面可應用於各種不同型式的裝置和系統 因此，除了後附申請轉利範圍及以外，本發明應不受限 制0 此外，如此技所熟知者，邏輯或數位系統及/或， 夠以模組化的方式向括久綠χ ρη AA - Μ ^ 、匕祜各種不同的疋件和不同的功能。從 本文所作的説明，熟知此技藝者將更了解以下所述。本發 明不㈣具體實_可包括以不同於本文任何特定例子所 述之次序進行的動作和㈣。本發明不同的具體實施例可 包括將部件或元件组人成Τ Ρ1、人4·、 干、，且口成不冋於本文任何特定例子所述之 較大的邵件和元件。爲复昍破 , Α木明確，本發明《包括許多不同創 新元件及結合創新元件與已知、 ’、、 牛疋創新系統加以説明。 不應以任何推論將本發明限制 心、“,山、， 限^包含本規格任何具體實施 例中所列出灸創新元件的組 彳疋本又I説明將合了解， 本發明的功能方面可以利……、 况月朴曰了解 士力以承你，、通當的實作環境或程式語 e加以實作或芫成，例如c++ •t、 L〇bo卜 pasca卜 java、Java- smpt寺。在此所提及之任 π沾、々人，" 、專利及專利申請均以提 及的万式全邵併入本文中。 τ μ J ^ 特疋方：提供-串流視訊/聲音訊! 503663 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 A7 ___B7 -_五、發明說明（9 ) ，能夠使用各種不同型式之具備視訊能力的終端裝置上， 於任何作業系統型式下播放，不論該終端裝置中預先安裝 什麼型式的播放器。 圖示簡單説明 圖1爲一本發明各種不同具體實施例所述系統之整體架 構的方塊圖，圖中同時有畫出創作及播放的部份，並包括 多個新穎的元件。 圖2爲一本發明可於在其上實作之網路的示範規劃。 圖3爲一按照本發明特定具體實施例之媒體投射體容器 格式的例子。 圖4之流程圖説明一按照本發明特定具體實施例之多媒 體播放器的功能。 圖5之流程圖所示爲一存取一按照本發明特定具體實施 巧之媒體投射體的方法舉例。 圖6説明以一按照本發明特定具體實施例之排程器起始 不同計時器的操作方式。 圖7所示爲一標準瀏覽器上顯示可包裹到一按照本發明 特定具體實施例之媒體投射體例子中的來源檔案範例。 圖8爲一按照本發明特定具體實施例，將來源資料包裹 到一媒體投射體中的範例界面。 圖9爲一按照本發明特定具體實施例之僅包括一般元資 料的媒體投射體格式（general metadata only media missile format)的例子。 圖10爲一按照本發明特定具體實施例之僅包括元資料的 -12- 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公釐） (請先閱讀背面之注意事項再填寫本頁) ri_i i 裝 訂·- 4 503663 A7 B7 五、發明說明（ 媒體投射體資料結構的例子。 圖11爲一按照本發明特定具體實施例之媒體投射體資料 結構的例子。 圖12爲一按照本發明特定具體實施例之僅包括二進位編 碼元資料的媒體投射體的例子。 圖13爲按照本發明特定具體實施例，一媒體投射體顯示 於播放器中的例子。 圖14爲按照本發明特定具體實施例，一用於引導使用者 建立一媒體投射體或顯示資料之一般方法的例子。 圖15爲一按照本發明特定具體實施例之同步創作管理器 (Synchronized Authoring Manager，SAM)，又稱爲同步創作工 具（Synchronized Authoring Tool ，SAT)，的例子。 圖16爲一按照本發明特定具體實施例之預覽管理器使用 者界面的例子。 圖17A- C爲按照本發明特定具體實施例之選擇各種呈現 樣板的幾個例子。 圖18A-B爲按照本發明特定具體實施例，根據錄影敎學 樣板（Video Lecture Template)加入或預覽媒體的説明。 圖19A-B爲按照本發明特定具體實施例，根據頭條新聞 樣板（Headlibe News Template)加入或預覽媒體的説明。 圖20A-B爲按照本發明特定具體實施例，建立呈現規格 元資料（presentation specification metadata)的幾個例子。 圖21爲一按照本發明特定具體實施例之文件產生使用者 界面的例子。 -13- 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公釐） 請 先 閱 讀 背 面 之 注 意 事遽 再, f * 會裝 頁 訂 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 503663 A7 B7 11 五、發明說明（ 圖22爲一本發明可實作於其中之邏輯裝置的代表性例子 的方塊圖。 (請先閱讀背面之注意事读再填寫本頁) 特定具體實施例之説明 在特定具體實施例中，本發明係關於一適合用於經由一 通訊資料網路提供多媒體•流的争流媒體結構，該通訊資 料網路包括纜線網路、區域網路、其它私人網路中的一個 網路，及網際網路。本發明之詳細説明，包括許多特定細 節’係爲提供對於本發明之徹底了解。然而，熟知此技藝 者不需要這些特定細節，也將很容易實作出本發明。其它 情況下’並不詳細説明眾所熟知的方法、程序及電路，以 免不必要地掩蔽本發明的重要。 ,«k· 經 濟 部 智 慧 財 產 局 員 工 消 費 合 作 社 印 製 本發明大部份以類似於資料處理裝置的程序、步驟、邏 輯區塊、處理及其它符號象徵作説明。這些程序説明及陳 述爲熟知此技藝或具有經驗者將他們成果的内容傳達給其 它熟知此技藝者最有效的方法。以下所要詳細説明的方法 及系統爲達成所希望結果之有條理的程序或步驟。這些步 驟及程序要求實際操作的物理量。通常，雖然並非必要， 攻些f可爲能夠被儲存、傳送、結合、比較、顯示或在一 電腦系統或電算裝置中加以操控的電子訊號。有時候會把 這些訊號稱作位元、數値、元件、符號、運算、訊息、項 (terms)、數字等，主要是習慣的用法。必須記住，所有這 么相似的專有名辭係要與適當的物理量關聯，而且只是應 用在這些量上的標籤而已。 以下説明一按照本發明之_流媒體結構。該串流資料結 -14- 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4 ^格（21〇 χ 297公釐$------ 503663 A7 B7 -_ 五、發明說明（12) 構用於以其輕薄短小之可辨識機器的元件，經由Φ流服務 建立、傳遞、重組及顯示同步的多媒體内容。每一串流代 表一使用者從一終端中置對於一主機所提供之視訊/聲音 標題（title)所作的存取。 圖2所示爲一本發明可實作於其中之示範的電腦通訊规 劃。中央伺服器102連同一視訊/聲音資料庫104—起作爲一 視訊/聲音來源，其内包含可隨需要存取（access on demand) 的視訊/聲音檔案。此處所述之視訊/聲音檔案或標題係指 能夠以任何格式加以壓縮或包裝的任何視訊尺度、視訊影 片及/或視訊/聲音資訊（clip)。動畫專家團體（Moving PictureV. Description of Inventions Printed by Employees' Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (1) For those who are interested in related applications, please read the note on the back of this application. Case No. 60 / 157,998 is titled Binary and Multimedia Content Recognized by Machines for Streaming Multimedia Synchronization. " The above applications are incorporated by reference for various purposes. This previous application is in part helpful in describing the invention or describing specific embodiments or examples. The invention will therefore be better understood and described. Scope of the invention The present invention relates generally to a method and / or device for transmitting and displaying data using a computing device or information appliance. More specifically, the present invention relates to various aspects of multimedia data methods and applications' and a multi-purpose architecture suitable for providing multimedia data and streaming data via a communication data network. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Previous achievements related to different aspects of the invention include the references listed below by Blakowski et al. And the WWW International Association, respectively. Blackowski provides a review of media synchronization related research. This reference discusses a 4-layer synchronous reference model. From the bottom to the top are the Media Layer, Stream Layer, Object Layer, and Specification Layer. In terms of specifications, many different technologies have been published and worked. SMIL is one of the most recent efforts in the industry to use descriptive tagged language & to provide a presentation specification. The narrative tag language follows XML syntax. This is a common media content for computers! § (media container) format package-4- This paper size applies to Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) 503663 A7 _____B7 -___ V. Description of the invention (2) Includes Apple Computer's QuickTime (http: / / www · apple, corn), Microsoft's ASF / AVI (http://www.microsoft.com), RealNetworks' RealMedia (http: //www.real.corn), and Digital Lava's Video Capsule ((http: / /www.digitallavacom). Some of these formats, such as RealMedia and Video Capsule, do not publish technical specifications. Some existing formats, such as .exe video data, provide a method of disseminating media information (dip) without the need for Additional installation software can run and view the media information (dip) in a standard operating system. In this type of file, the necessary software components are contained in a single file similar to movie information (clip) .exe Medium. Generally, such files cannot play streaming data or change downloaded components. Known technologies include downloadable machine code technologies (such as applets). Sun created Java and made it executable In terms of software, Java has become a leader in enabling software components to be downloaded via a web browser for execution in a native virtual machine. Microsoft's COM technology is a slightly slower technology that can be downloaded from the Internet and used in A document container (such as a web browser). Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs ———————— installed! (Please read the note on the back before filling this page) It is a rapidly growing communication network composed of interconnected computers all over the world. These thousands of connected computers constitute a vast hypermedia information warehouse, and users can pass any computer with an Internet connection Access the information from any place at any time. As the number of users connected to the Internet and the variety of information continue to increase, there is a strong need for more content to be available and methods for transmitting content on the Internet . At present, the most common available media that can be transmitted over the Internet include -5- This paper size is applicable to the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (21 0 X 297 mm) 503663 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (3 Wenfeng, video and graphics, video and audio information (clip). A well-known data format of this kind is streaming data, usually used for video And / or sound bone information. For example, _stream video is a series of encoded continuous images transmitted through the network or other communication media and displayed on the user device. The display of some data overlaps with some of the received data. With streaming data, users don't need to wait for a large file to download completely before they can access the file or a part of it (such as seeing images or hearing sound). As will be understood from this technique, streaming content, such as video data, can be "live broadcast" data, such as a radio or television broadcast stream encoding; or it can be a pre-recorded sound or video data. Sometimes the term "real-time" is a collective term for streaming data in this art, including pre-stored media components. This proper term is used to indicate that the transmission of data is time-critical, because once it starts playing, the flow data must be transmitted at a fast enough speed to maintain the data to be presented to the "real time" user. This type of data is sometimes referred to as "clocked data" in this art, meaning that the data must usually be transmitted at a nearly constant rate. Too fast transmission will overwhelm the buffer capacity of the receiving end; too slow transmission will cause unacceptable suspension or pause during playback. To receive contention data, users usually use a receiving module. This module can be software or hardware and must have logical functions that can present the data in the form the user desires. For example, an access module may be a shore human player program (such as RealMedia1 ^) running on the Aegis Negative platform. An ear-storage device can also be more specialized hardware, such as a mobile phone capable of accessing specific strings, data, a PDA, and a television with the necessary logic. 6- ° This paper standard applies Chinese national standards ( CNS) A4 specification (210 x 297 mm, please read the back of Φ for more details) Fill in this page-Bookmarked by the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs X Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives and printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs 503663 A7 ___B7 -_ 5. Description of the invention (4) One difficulty with standard access methods is that with the continuous improvement of video / sound compression technology, the access module logic must be updated frequently when new data formats are adopted. In addition, When the media to be presented includes different types, an access device (such as a multi-purpose computer or PDA) must sometimes be equipped with several different access modules in order to access different media. * SMIL and SMIL player programs And authoring tools To make multimedia content easy to create and distribute on the web, the World Wide Web International Association (W3C) announced the first simultaneous media in June 1998 Synchronized Multimedia Integrated Language (SMIL) Specification 0 This language provides some mechanisms for organizing various multimedia content including sound, text, video, and animation, and provides a way for web creators to schedule time-based media. ) Playback time in HTML file. According to the specifications, SMIL file is actually an ASCII plain text file that can be edited with almost any text editing program. SMIL file is basically similar to HTML file, and it includes Components refer to external URL locations. SMIL uses XML to provide a mechanism for defining SMIL tags to correlate time and location relationships between multimedia objects, so that sounds, videos, images, and text are synchronized. SMIL enables web page creators to arrange (Position, size, Z-pointer order) one of the visual media objects and specified time attributes (start time, elapsed time or end time) and others. SMIL provides the ability to create interactive (via hyperlinks) multimedia, similar to a computer Interactive CD. SMIL Media (Usable URL addressing) Can be local or distributed through the Internet. SMIL media objects can be updated independently and remotely. This paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) (please first Read the notes on the back and fill in this page) Zhuangfeng 503663 A7 ____B7 ._ 5. Description of the invention (5) A SMIL player program is used to arrange the multimedia display schedule in a SMIL file, using the URL described in the file ( Uniform Resource Locator) retrieves media objects on the network, analyzes the timing relationship between downloaded media, and displays the presented content sequentially according to the correct timeline. Java SMIL player is an applet-based player. It follows platform-neutral programming principles and uses an XML parser and Java Media Framework (JMF). It runs in any common browser and does not require downloading any plug-ins or ActiveX controls. Some SMIL authoring tools have been proposed, which can be roughly classified into two categories: general-purpose tools for creating synchronized multimedia content for use by any SMIL · -compatible player; and special-purpose tools for establishing for specific playback Multimedia content used by the browser. Although these tools are powerful, using them requires proficient SMIL programming, which limits the scope of users. Most SMIL authoring tools on the market today have some common features: they include a text editor; they include a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) layout editor; they do not include a media time history design wizard. For example, T.A.G. SMIL Editor 1.0 is a general-purpose SMIL authoring tool designed to create synchronized multimedia content for use by any SMIL-compatible player. SuperTool is a special-purpose SMIL tool that can only write content for use with Real G2 Player. SuperTool has a WYSIWYG layout interface. Previously Published Documents The following published documents may be relevant to the present invention or used as background information. List this-8- This paper size is applicable to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 public love) • 1 t—y / II nnnn 1 (Please read the precautions on the back before filling this page) Printed by the Ministry of Intellectual Property Bureau's Consumer Cooperatives 503663 A7 B7 ___ V. Description of Invention (6) These references do not indicate that any formal research has been completed or that any of these references are equivalent to prior art. January 1996 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol. 14 ·. Volume 1, pages 5 to 35. The authors are Blackowski. G, and Steinmetz, R.A. Title: Media Synchronization Survey: Reference Model, Specification, and Case Studies o June 1998, WWW Consortium, Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) LO Specification (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) 1.0 Specification) ,. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The method of the present invention is somewhat different from the aforementioned efforts because the Media Missile can carry the needs of different media specifications and is open to these needs. In a specific embodiment, not only the actions and data inherent in the media object are part of the media projection body, the media projection body can also carry executable binary files and signatures. ), And auxiliary information (in a specific embodiment, a URL may be used to point to its address). The aforementioned previous streaming technology does not describe the delivery of a variety of active media content. The present invention is different from the aforementioned technologies. It is printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs ----------- ---- I Install --- (Please read the note on the back before filling this page)-. An executive file discussed below can be loaded in a media projection, so that an execution period on a display device can be loaded The runtime loader can immediately execute the media missile executable without the need for other pre-installed software. Therefore, in some specific embodiments, the 'media projection body uses the operating system's startup program to execute an embedded executable component, and both the software component and the media data are self-sufficient. 9- ^ This paper standard applies Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) Printed by the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Consumer Cooperatives 503663 A7 B7 _ V. (self_contained) of the invention description (7) 〇 According to the specific embodiment of the present invention, Media projections can benefit from earlier technologies such as Java or COM, but do not rely on them. In a specific embodiment, the present invention includes a method and / or system for providing streaming content that can be initiated from a single resource addresser, and responding to an activation to begin transmitting a contention stream in a multi-media container Rendering, where the container has one or more executable code elements, one or more streaming content elements, and one or more sets of display data. In a further specific embodiment, a projector launcher may receive data from a user device indicating available hardware and software components of the user device, and this data may be used by a scheduler / parser of the user device It is required or not required to transfer different components from the media missile repository. Therefore, a media projection may be transmitted with or without any executable code. It depends on which components are present at the user's location. In a further specific embodiment, the display of the media projection body according to the present invention is self-directed, and the user device requires a pre-installed logic element or minimal active management by the logic element. In a still further specific embodiment, the present invention includes a method and / or system that allows a creator (or writer) to specify a kiosk stream display, including receiving from a creator a specified one or more _stream content and information. An indicator that specifies the display parameters, which can be located on a server far from the creator. By referring to the drawings and detailed descriptions, the present invention and its various differences will be better understood. -10- This paper size is applicable to the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) ~ .J -------- installation —— (Please read the note on the back before filling this page) Order ·-m · 503663 Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs Therefore, the present invention is a paper scale fine towel Guanjiapi A7 ___—- _B7 5 2. Specific aspects and specific embodiments of the invention description (8). In the different figures, the same numbered items represent similar functions within the scope described herein. In the following drawings and detailed description, the invention is described in terms of independent and important specific embodiments for transmitting visual and / or audio content. The present invention should not be limited in this way, and the present invention can be applied to other streaming data contents using the method described herein. For clarity, the device, method, and concept of the present invention are discussed with specific examples. However, the present invention and its aspects can be applied to a variety of different types of devices and systems. Therefore, the present invention should not be limited except for the scope of application for resale. In addition, as known to those skilled in the art, logical or digital systems and / Or, it can be used in a modular manner to include long green χ ρη AA-Μ ^, a variety of different files and different functions. From the description given here, those skilled in the art will know more about the following. The invention is not intended to be specific, and may include acts and actions performed in an order different from that described in any particular example herein. Different specific embodiments of the present invention may include grouping components or components into TP1, human4, and stem, and not less than the larger components and components described in any particular example herein. In order to restore the situation, it is clear that the present invention "includes many different innovative elements and combines innovative elements with known innovation systems" to illustrate. The present invention should not be limited to any inference by any means, including the group of moxibustion innovative elements listed in any specific embodiment of this specification, and the description will be understood together. The functional aspects of the present invention can be Lee ..., Kuan Yuepu said that he understands Shili to support you, and implements or builds it in a practical environment or formulae such as c ++ • t, L0bob pascab java, Java-smpt temple. Any π, 々, 々, patents and patent applications mentioned here are incorporated in this article with the mentioned Wan Shiquan. Τ μ J ^ Special Party: Provide-Stream Video / Audio! 503663 Printed by the Consumers ’Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs A7 ___B7 -_V. Invention Description (9), can use various types of terminal devices with video capabilities and play on any operating system type, regardless of the terminal device What type of player is pre-installed. The diagram briefly illustrates the figure. Figure 1 is a block diagram of the overall architecture of the system according to various embodiments of the present invention. The figure also includes the parts for creating and playing, and includes multiple Novel Fig. 2 is an exemplary plan of a network on which the present invention can be implemented. Fig. 3 is an example of a media projection container format according to a specific embodiment of the present invention. The function of the multimedia player in a specific embodiment of the present invention. The flow chart of FIG. 5 shows an example of a method for accessing a media projection according to a specific embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 illustrates a specific embodiment according to the present invention. The scheduler of the embodiment starts the operation of different timers. Figure 7 shows an example of a source file that can be wrapped into a media projection according to a specific embodiment of the present invention on a standard browser. Figure 8 An exemplary interface for wrapping source data into a media projection according to a specific embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a media projection format (general metadata only) including only general metadata according to a specific embodiment of the present invention. media missile format). Figure 10 shows a -12-only paper including metadata in accordance with a specific embodiment of the present invention. Home Standard (CNS) A4 Specification (210 X 297 mm) (Please read the notes on the back before filling out this page) ri_i i Binding ·-4 503663 A7 B7 V. Description of the Invention (Example of the data structure of the media projection body. Figure 11 is an example of a data projection structure of a media projection according to a specific embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 12 is an example of a media projection including only binary encoded metadata according to a specific embodiment of the present invention. A specific embodiment of the invention shows an example in which a media projection is displayed in a player. FIG. 14 is an example of a general method for guiding a user to create a media projection or display data according to a specific embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 15 is an example of a Synchronized Authoring Manager (SAM), also called a Synchronized Authoring Tool (SAT), according to a specific embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 16 is an example of a preview manager user interface according to a specific embodiment of the present invention. 17A-C are several examples of selecting various presentation templates according to a specific embodiment of the present invention. 18A-B are illustrations of adding or previewing media according to a Video Lecture Template according to a specific embodiment of the present invention. 19A-B are illustrations of adding or previewing media according to a headline news template (Headlibe News Template) according to a specific embodiment of the present invention. 20A-B are several examples of establishing presentation specification metadata according to a specific embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 21 is an example of a file generation user interface according to a specific embodiment of the present invention. -13- This paper size is in accordance with Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) Please read the notes on the back first, then f * will be bound to print by the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Consumer Consumption Cooperative, printed 503663 A7 B7 11 V. Description of the invention (Figure 22 is a block diagram of a representative example of a logic device in which the present invention can be implemented. (Please read the notes on the back before you fill out this page) The description of specific embodiments is described in In a specific embodiment, the present invention relates to a streaming media structure suitable for providing multimedia streaming via a communication data network, which includes a cable network, a local area network, and other private networks. A network, and the Internet. The detailed description of the invention, including many specific details, is provided to provide a thorough understanding of the invention. However, those skilled in the art will not need these specific details and will easily implement the present invention. Invention. In other cases, 'well-known methods, procedures, and circuits are not described in detail, so as not to unnecessarily obscure the importance of the invention. The Intellectual Property Bureau employee consumer cooperative printed most of the present invention with procedures, steps, logical blocks, processing, and other symbolic symbols similar to data processing devices. These program descriptions and statements are familiar to those skilled in the art or have experience. The content of their results is conveyed to other people who know the art most effectively. The methods and systems detailed below are organized procedures or steps to achieve the desired result. These steps and procedures require physical quantities of actual operation. Usually, although It is not necessary that these signals be electronic signals that can be stored, transmitted, combined, compared, displayed, or manipulated in a computer system or computing device. These signals are sometimes referred to as bits, numbers, components, Symbols, calculations, messages, terms, numbers, etc. are mainly customary usages. It must be remembered that all such similar proper names must be associated with appropriate physical quantities, and they are just labels applied to these quantities. The following describes a _streaming media structure according to the present invention. Paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 ^ grid (21〇χ 297 mm $ ------ 503663 A7 B7 -_ V. Description of the invention (12) It is designed to be used for light, thin and short identifiable machines. Component, which creates, delivers, reassembles, and displays synchronized multimedia content via the Φ streaming service. Each stream represents a user's access from a terminal to a video / audio title provided by a host. Figure Figure 2 shows an exemplary computer communication plan in which the present invention can be implemented. The central server 102 is connected to the same video / sound database 104 as a video / sound source, which contains access as needed. video / sound files on demand). A video / sound file or title as used herein refers to any video standard, video, and / or clip that can be compressed or packaged in any format. 2. Animation Expert Group

Experts Group，MPEG)格式爲其中一例。要播放MPEG視訊 檔案，必須要有一執行於具備足夠處理速度及内部記憶體 之電腦上的MPEG播放器或客户端程式。另一流行的格式 爲 MPEG-1聲音層-3 (MPEG- 1 Audio Layer3，MP3)，它是一 種標準的技術和格式，可以將一聲音壓縮成很小的檔案（ 大約爲原來檔案大小的1/12)，而且當它在一個可以從許多 網站下載的客户端程式上播放時，還能保有原來的聲音品 質。然而，必須説明，視訊檔案的確實格式並不影響本發 明之操作。從以下説明將可了解，本發明適用於任何視訊 或聲音格式，也適用於其它多媒體資料，並不限於二進位 資料和檔案，亦不限於超連結檔案和描述語言（scripts)。 資料網路106最好是一資料網路骨幹，亦即一較大的傳 輸線路。在區域的等級，一骨幹爲一條或一組供區域網路 連接到廣域網路或有效地擴大距離（例如建築物之間）的線 -15- 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公爱) (請先閱讀背面之注意事填再填寫本頁) 裝 . 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 503663 五、發明說明（ 路。在網際網路或其它廣域網路，_骨幹爲—组供區域或 地區網路作長距離互連的路徑。資料網路Αι〇6上有連接兩 個代表性的代理伺服器（proxy server) 108和11〇，分別經由 資料網路112和U4提供服務給代表性的終端裝置ιι6_ιΐ9。 必須况明，伺服器102有時稱爲中央伺服器或中央視訊伺 服态，並不表不伺服器102只作爲所有視訊標題（vide〇份⑷ 的倉庫。有些情；兄中，飼服器1〇2可直接提供服務給終端 裝置，也可以從例如代理伺服器1〇8及u〇等其它伺服器取 得其它視訊/聲音檔案。 資料網路112和114通常是網際網路、區域網路或電話/有 線電視網路，終端裝置可經由它們存取視訊檔案。終端裝 置包括，但不限於，多媒體電腦（例如116和119)、連上網 路的電視機組或其它視訊/聲音播放器（例如117和118)。通 常，終端裝置中有應用程式，具備執行及播放所收到之視 訊檔案的能力。例如，Microsoft WIND〇ws 98所提供的 MPEG播放器是流行的應用程式之一。當從一代理伺服器 收到一串流的MPEG視訊檔案時，可在一電腦的顯示幕上 呈現該視訊檔。 按照本發明，串流媒體結構用於以其輕薄短小之可辨識 機咨的元件，經由串流服務建立、傳遞、重組及顯示同步 的多媒體内容。 下列私序的情況1及丨目況2詳細説明如何構造串流媒體会士 構根據同意及鏈結方式芫成本發明及較理想由用户裝置執 行。例如一視訊/聲骨標題能以符合_流媒體結構的格式 -16- 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公釐） (請先閱讀背面之注意事項再填寫本頁) -丨裝 释 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印制衣 503663 A7 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 五、發明說明（14) 傳給主裝置。以下情況3和4説明如何播放包裹於—按照本發 明具體實施例之_流媒體資料結構中的視訊/聲音標題。 熟知此技藝者將會發現，本發明之_重要特點新的 多功能亭流資料構案格式或結構，可以使用操作於任何型 式之作業系統下之任何型式的裝端裝置存取。另一重要的 特點爲，本發明，在特定的具體實施例中，允許將預先安 裝的播放器移除。按照本發明之—申流媒體結構可包括一 内建播放器，此播放器在需要時（〇nthefly)下載，然後在 本機執行以存取_流資料且尋找並安裝任何需要的可執行 元件。熟知此技藝者從本文的説明將可了解，免除該等預 先安裝之用於播放各種不同型式之争流内容的播放 以讓只能儲存有限的程式碼的裝置，例如行動電話或其它 手持或多功能播放裝置，更容易存取串流内容。 •本文所討論的方法、程序或步驟和功能互爲相關，且每 一項對於此技藝而言都是創新的。本文所發表的方法和程 序可單獨進行或作任何組合以提供_適用於多媒體傳送系 統冬創新且不平常的檔案系統。應了解，各種方法及程序 結合後仍產生獨立且創新的組合，即使是以最廣義的方式 結合。 、 ^ 在此所述之按照本發明的幸流資料結構很穩健、實用且 符合成本效益（cost-effective)。此機制充份利用提供_流服 務的伺服器’而且能夠以最高的品質天衣無缝地傳送串流 視訊。此外，本發明可用於任何相關的呈現型式，包括銷 售的介紹及產品/服務宣傳，讓視訊服務提供者獲得頦外 參紙張尺度適用中國國家標準(CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公釐） (請先閱讀背面之注意^^再填寫本頁} -丨裝 Ί-σ.，· %· 503663 A7 B7 五、發明說明（ 15, 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 的收入來源。 爲便於説明，以下將以串流媒體呈現的方式説明本發明 。然而，熟知此技藝者將會了解，本發明可用於其它串流 資料的場合。因此，除了後附之申請專利範爲以外，本發 明並無其它限制。 在各種不同的具體實施例中，本發明所述之系統或或方 法能夠以輕薄短小之機器可辨認的元件，經由舉流服務建 立、傳遞、重組及呈現同步的串流多媒體内容。每一串流 代表使用者從一客户端電腦上對於一不同伺服器的電腦上 所作的存取。從本文之説明將會了解，本發明所述系統及 方法能夠經由串流服務將各種不同型式的串流資料，包括 即時多媒體内容，處理成一呈現或媒體投射體容器的一部 份。 .在特定的具體實施例中，一創作者（一使用者或一程式） 利用一像精靈一樣的（wizard-like)的同步創作管理器（SAM) 建立同步的呈現。在進一步的具體實施例中，一 SAM可以 利用多媒體資料内容將輕薄短小的軟體元件包括到一可從 單一地點以串流的方式連接的媒體投射體容器中。 因此，在一些具體實施例中，主動及被動内容之串流可 一次完成，且可爲自給自足（self-contained)且不需要引導 (guidance- free)。主動内容爲各種機器可辨識的執行時期元 件。被動内容爲執行時期所要顯示的媒體資料。所有的顯 示内容（包括主動及被動）可儲存於一像容器一樣的檔案格 式（container-like file format)或物件·關聯式資料庫（object- -18- 請 先 閱 讀 背 面 之 注 意 再 f * 寫装 本衣 頁 訂 翁 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公釐） 503663 A7 B7 16, 五、發明說明（ relational database)中。可在個另丨]的媒體物件上附加一特殊 的標首以指示例如簽名、資料長度（或偏移）及連結等元資 料（metadata)資訊。可在敘述標簽語言（descriptive tagged language)中，例如全球資訊網國際協會（W3C)的同步多媒 體整合語言（SMIL)，產生一呈現规格（Presentation Specification) 〇 媒體投射體之像容器一樣的檔案格式，其内容的方便性 和可攜性有利於内容提供者。利用媒體投射體有彈性的檔 案規格，一同步多媒體呈現的提供者能夠建立呈現，然後 可以很容易地像單一檔案一樣加以儲存、散佈或提供服務 。因此，利用多媒體投射體，同步多媒體呈現可以像GIF 或JPEG的廣告看板一樣容易傳送或管理。傳統以SMIL或 HTML爲主的呈現無法將多種物件合併到一單一的容器中 ，且可能需要管理及下載爲數眾多的個別檔案以便正確地 呈現。 一媒體播放器的完成，例如一 SMIL播放器，根據本設計 可以在實際時間内根據呈現規格表演及播放媒體内容。較 詳細，個別媒體内容物件，在呈現規格中標示，相當媒體 投射體中後資料物件資訊及媒體資料。 在進一步的具體實施例中，可使用一單向一對一混雜函 數（hashing function)或其它方法爲媒體產生一簽名。該簽名 可爲該媒體之浮水印，而且若該媒體是儲存在一很大的分 散媒體倉庫中，則該簽名也可以是一搜尋碼（search key)(用 以取代一名稱）。在一進一步的具體實施例中，一媒體投 -19- 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公釐） 請 先 閱 讀 背 面 之 注 意 I裝 頁 訂 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 503663 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 A7 B7 五、發明說明（17) 射體格式使一只能預先安裝有限軟體或記憶體的行動平台 能夠作同步呈現。 圖1爲一本發明各個具體實施例所述系統之整體架構的 方塊圖，圖中同時有畫出創作及播放的部份，並包括多個 新穎的元件。各種觀點及設計細節於後面章節詳細説明。 圖1所示之整體架構包括下列功能及/或組織元件。 媒體投射體（Media Missile，MM) 12爲一容器規格，其内 可包括各種機器能夠辨識之可執行二進位檔（或描述語言） 、媒體資料及例如呈現規格或元資料等相關資訊。（MM)可 爲一容器包含容器的巢狀結構。該機器能夠辨識之可執行 二進位檔（或描述語言）亦可稱爲主動媒體内容。主動媒體 内谷可以用中立於機器（machine-neutral)程式設計規範（例如Experts Group (MPEG) format is one example. To play MPEG video files, you must have an MPEG player or client program running on a computer with sufficient processing speed and internal memory. Another popular format is MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3 (MP3), which is a standard technology and format that can compress a sound into a small file (about 1 of the original file size) / 12), and when it is played on a client program that can be downloaded from many websites, it still retains the original sound quality. However, it must be stated that the exact format of the video file does not affect the operation of the invention. As will be understood from the following description, the present invention is applicable to any video or audio format, as well as other multimedia data, and is not limited to binary data and files, nor is it limited to hyperlinked files and scripts. The data network 106 is preferably a data network backbone, i.e., a larger transmission line. At the regional level, a backbone is a line or a set of lines for a local area network to connect to a wide area network or to effectively extend the distance (such as between buildings). -15- This paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification ( 210 X 297 public love) (please read the notes on the back and fill in this page first). Pack. Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs 503663 V. Description of invention (Road. On the Internet or other wide area networks, Backbone is—Group for regional or regional network for long-distance interconnection path. Data network A06 has two representative proxy servers 108 and 11 connected to data network 112 respectively. And U4 provide services to a representative terminal device ιι6_ιΐ9. It must be stated that the server 102 is sometimes referred to as a central server or a central video servo state, and does not mean that the server 102 is only used as all video titles (vide〇 份 ⑷ 的Warehouse. In some cases, among other things, feeder 102 can provide services directly to terminal devices, and it can also obtain other video / audio files from other servers such as proxy server 108 and u〇. Networks 112 and 114 are usually Internet, LAN, or telephone / cable TV networks through which terminal devices can access video files. Terminal devices include, but are not limited to, multimedia computers (such as 116 and 119), connected Internet-connected TV sets or other video / sound players (such as 117 and 118). Generally, the terminal device has applications that have the ability to execute and play the received video files. For example, provided by Microsoft Windows 98 MPEG player is one of the popular applications. When a stream of MPEG video files is received from a proxy server, the video files can be presented on a computer screen. According to the present invention, the streaming media structure It is used to create, transfer, reorganize and display synchronized multimedia content through streaming services with its thin, short, and recognizable components. The following private sequence Case 1 and Case 2 describe in detail how to construct a streaming media fellow The structure is based on consent and linking methods, which are cost-effective and ideally implemented by the user device. For example, a video / sound bone title can be formatted in accordance with the _streaming media structure-16- Paper size applies Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) (Please read the notes on the back before filling this page) Printed by the Intellectual Property Bureau's Consumer Cooperatives. 5. The description of the invention (14) is transmitted to the main device. The following cases 3 and 4 explain how to play the video / audio title in the _streaming data structure according to the embodiment of the present invention. Those skilled in the art will find that the important feature of the present invention is that the new multi-functional kiosk data structure format or structure can be accessed using any type of mounting device operating under any type of operating system. Another important feature is that the present invention, in certain specific embodiments, allows the pre-installed player to be removed. According to the invention, the streaming media structure may include a built-in player, which is downloaded when needed (Onthefly), and then executed locally to access the streaming data and find and install any required executable components . Those skilled in the art will understand from the description of this article that these pre-installed devices for playing different types of content stream content can be exempted so that only limited code can be stored, such as mobile phones or other handheld or multi-device Function playback device for easier access to streaming content. • The methods, procedures, or steps and functions discussed in this article are interrelated, and each one is innovative for the art. The methods and procedures published in this article can be performed individually or in any combination to provide an innovative and unusual file system suitable for multimedia delivery systems. It should be understood that the combination of methods and procedures still produces independent and innovative combinations, even in the broadest sense. The structure of the lucky flow data according to the present invention described herein is robust, practical, and cost-effective. This mechanism makes full use of the server that provides streaming services' and is capable of seamlessly transmitting streaming video with the highest quality. In addition, the present invention can be used in any relevant presentation type, including sales introductions and product / service promotions, so that video service providers can obtain external reference paper standards applicable to Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) ( Please read the note on the back ^^ before filling out this page}-丨 Installation-σ., ·% · 503663 A7 B7 V. Invention Description (15, Source of income printed by the Employees ’Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. For convenience In the following, the present invention will be described in the form of streaming media presentation. However, those skilled in the art will understand that the present invention can be used in other streaming materials. Therefore, in addition to the appended patent application, the present invention There are no other restrictions. In various specific embodiments, the system or method described in the present invention can use light, thin and short machine-recognizable elements to establish, deliver, reassemble, and present synchronized streaming multimedia through a streaming service. Content. Each stream represents user access from a client computer to a computer on a different server. As will be understood from the description in this article, The system and method of the invention can process various types of streaming data, including real-time multimedia content, into a part of a presentation or media projection container via a streaming service. In a specific embodiment, a creator (A user or a program) use a wizard-like synchronous authoring manager (SAM) to establish a synchronized presentation. In a further specific embodiment, a SAM can use multimedia data content to reduce the weight The software components are included in a media projection container that can be streamed from a single location. Therefore, in some embodiments, the streaming of active and passive content can be completed at one time and can be self-sufficient (self -contained) and guidance-free is not required. Active content is an execution-time component that can be recognized by various machines. Passive content is the media data to be displayed during execution. All displayed content (including active and passive) can be stored in a Container-like file format or object-relational database (object--1 8- Please read the note on the back before f * The size of the paper in this booklet is applicable to the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) 503663 A7 B7 16, V. Relational database A special header can be attached to a media object to indicate metadata information such as signature, data length (or offset), and links. Descriptive tagged language For example, the World Wide Web International Association (W3C) 's Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) generates a Presentation Specification. A container-like file format for media projections. Its content is convenient and portable. For content providers. Utilizing the flexible file specifications of media projections, a synchronized multimedia presentation provider can create presentations that can then be easily stored, distributed, or serviced like a single file. As a result, with multimedia projections, synchronized multimedia presentations can be delivered or managed as easily as GIF or JPEG advertising boards. Traditional SMIL or HTML-based rendering cannot combine multiple objects into a single container, and may need to manage and download numerous individual files for proper rendering. The completion of a media player, such as a SMIL player, according to this design, can perform and play media content according to the presentation specifications in actual time. In more detail, the individual media content objects are marked in the presentation specifications, which is equivalent to the data object information and media data in the media projection. In a further embodiment, a one-way one-to-one hashing function or other method may be used to generate a signature for the media. The signature can be a watermark of the media, and if the media is stored in a large decentralized media warehouse, the signature can also be a search key (replaced by a name). In a further specific embodiment, a media investment -19- This paper size applies to Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) Please read the note on the back first I Binding Staff of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs Printed by the Consumer Cooperative 503663 Printed by the Consumer Property Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (17) The projectile format enables a mobile platform that can only have limited software or memory pre-installed for simultaneous presentation. Fig. 1 is a block diagram of the overall architecture of a system according to various embodiments of the present invention. In the figure, there are both a drawing and a playback part, and a plurality of novel elements are included. Various viewpoints and design details are explained in detail in later chapters. The overall architecture shown in Figure 1 includes the following functional and / or organizational elements. Media Missile (MM) 12 is a container specification, which may include executable binary files (or description languages) that can be recognized by various machines, media data, and related information such as presentation specifications or metadata. (MM) may be a container containing a nested structure of containers. The executable binary (or description language) recognized by the machine is also called active media content. Active media Inner Valley can use machine-neutral programming specifications (such as

Java)或與機器相關（machine-dependent)的程式碼（例如.exe檔 案）加以實作。具有主動媒體内容的的媒體投射體在同步 即時多媒體之寫作及/或顯示方面是自給自足且不需要引 導的。媒投射體一旦顯示，且取得主動媒體内容並載入至 一機器，它就可以自己開始執行。 同步創作管理器（Synchronized Authoring Manager，SAM) 10 使用且懂得同步多媒體（包括媒體投射體）中的各種不同的 語T規範、格式及樣板。語言規範及樣板，例如與SMIL相 容者，係作爲SAM創作精靈的輸入。一 SAM精靈引導使用 者創作一同步呈現及從媒體倉庫管理器（Media Rep〇sit〇ryJava) or machine-dependent code (such as an .exe file). Media projections with active media content are self-sufficient and need no guidance in the writing and / or display of synchronized real-time multimedia. Once the media projection is displayed, and the active media content is obtained and loaded into a machine, it can start executing on its own. Synchronized Authoring Manager (SAM) 10 uses and understands the various language specifications, formats, and templates in synchronized multimedia (including media projections). Language specifications and templates, such as those compatible with SMIL, are used as input to the SAM creation wizard. A SAM wizard guides the user to create a synchronous presentation and download from the Media Warehouse Manager (Media Rep〇sit〇ry

Manager) 20取得媒體資訊。一 SAM的最終結果可爲一經過 包裝之媒體投射體。一 SAM 10亦可輸出一與國際或工業標 -20- 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公釐） I--I----- (請先閱讀背面之注意再填寫本頁) -J. · 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 503663 A7 B7 _ 五、發明說明（18) 準相容的個別呈現規格（例如一 SMIL呈現規格）。 如圖1所示，SAM 10可接收樣板、媒體投射體規格、多 媒體語言規格及媒體資料等作爲輸入，這些輸入可以接收 自一媒體倉庫。樣板，如此技藝所知者，包括描續^ 一呈現 之通用格式、配置或組織的資料。SAM 10建立一媒體投射 體及/或呈現規格，將它儲存在倉庫20中。 媒體倉庫管理器（Media Repository Manager，MRM) 20藉由 啓動（或「發射」）一媒體投射體，處理客户端所能夠存取 之即時及非即時資料的儲存及取回。即時資料（或定時性 媒體資料）22，在一特定的例子中，可能是指所儲存的或 從串流21之媒體伺服器和Caster或其它相容的視訊伺服器平 台（這些在圖上一起以資料源30代表）所傳播過來的媒體資 料或媒體投射體。非即時資料爲該呈現規格或儲存在一網 頁伺服器或檔案伺服器中之任何其它的輔助資訊。圖中， 資料儲存器40大體上爲一或多個存放額外數位資料的儲存 器。 如圖1所示，MRM 20可直接或經由一網頁或其它前端界 面55輸出至一 SMP 50。此外，如圖示，MRM 20作爲中間管 理器，用於與SAM 10交流媒體資料及管理來自資料源30和 資料儲存器40的資料。 也可以將（MRM) 20當成是代表至可供SAM 10和SMP 50使 用之任何媒體資料的通路，例如網際網路上任何經過授權 且可用的電腦。 同步多媒體播放器（SMP) 50具有一内部排程器，用於處 -21 - 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公釐) ---^----------- (請先閱讀背面之注意再填寫本頁) 訂： ¾. 503663 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 A7 B7 ___五、發明說明（19 ) 理會受延遲所影響的資料（delay-sensitive data)。它也可以處 理例如影像及文字等靜態媒體資料的排程。它符合W3C之 SMIL建議規格。因此，它可以和網頁伺服器交談以取得及 /或使用SMIL呈現規格。此外，一SMP和一媒體投射體亦可區 域性地在一單一平台上或在一分散網路環境中一起工作。 如圖1所示，SMP 50可直接或經由界面55從MRM 30接收 資料。一 SMP 50亦可被引導直接從一資料儲存器40接收媒 體資料。 媒體投射體 圖3爲一按照本發明特定具體實施例之媒體投射體的例 子。此例所示爲一各個元素每一位元非常特定的排列例子 。從本文之説明，熟知此技藝者將會了解，攔位和位元排 列及格式的變化係在本發明範圍之内。特別是，邏輯上的 眞値（True)可編碼成各種不同位元的値，且攔位長到可以 變化，包括使用1個以上位元的攔位代表以下所述的位元 攔位。以下更詳細地描述圖3所示之容器格式。 媒體投射體12爲一文件容器，文件容器可包含主動内容 及被動媒體内容。主動内容爲能夠辨識機器的可執行二進 位碼或描述語言。被動内容可包括一呈現規格、元資料資 訊及媒體資料。該媒體資料可爲另一個媒體投射體。因此 ，媒體投射體具有一巢狀結構的格式。一媒體投射體的全 部内容可儲存於一作爲倉庫303之伺服器系統或電腦上的 檔案、目錄結構或資料庫中。在進一步的具體實施例中， 按照特定的實作，一多媒體投射體傳送系統可在需要時（on -22- 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準(CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公釐) (請先閱讀背面之注意S再填寫本頁) 裝 訂· · -% 503663 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 A7 B7 -_ 五、發明說明（2G) the fly)產生一些或全部的元件。 可執行的二進位碼（或描述語言）200和呈現規格210都是 可有可無的。如果沒有可執行的二進位碼，則E-Length 205 爲0。從連續位元202可以知道往後的媒體火的結構會是如 何。如果連續位元202是1而E-Length 205是0，則表示整個 媒體投射體從一呈現規格（210)開始。如果連續位元202是 且E-Length 205是0，則表示整個媒體投射體從元資料資訊 220開始。最後，如果連續位元202是0而E-Length 205是-1 ，則整個媒體投射體由純粹的媒體資料組成。 從位在P-Length 215前面的連續位元212可以知道媒體投 射體中是（1)否（0)有包括元資料資訊。如果沒有元資料資 訊，則接在呈現規格後面的是媒體資料。 如果有元資料資訊220，則從第一個位元222可知道接在 元資料資訊之後的資料是否爲另一個媒體投射體（1)，或只 是純粹的媒體資料（0)。在元資料資訊中，簽名攔位226預 設爲128個位元，用於以例如MD4 (Message Digest 4，訊息 摘要4 )或MD5 (Message Digest 5，訊息摘要5 )等單向一對一 混雜函數（hashing function)儲存一數位簽名。簽名的長度亦 可隱含於實作中，以防止trivial breakdown及猜測。 在簽名攔位226之後，元資料220擁有一或多個長度欄位（ 例如245和295)。每一個長度攔位爲64各位元，其中有一個 位元代表URL (1)或裝載量（payl〇ad)(0)(例如242和292)。在 特定的具體實施例中，元資料220中的每一個長度攔位與 媒體資料230中的一段資料對應。實際儲存在23〇中的資料 -23-Manager) 20 to obtain media information. The end result of a SAM can be a packaged media projection. One SAM 10 can also output one with international or industrial standard -20- This paper size is applicable to Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) I--I ----- (Please read the note on the back first (Fill in this page again) -J. · Printed by the Intellectual Property Bureau Employee Consumer Cooperatives of the Ministry of Economic Affairs 503663 A7 B7 _ V. Description of the invention (18) Quasi-compatible individual presentation specifications (such as a SMIL presentation specification). As shown in FIG. 1, the SAM 10 may receive a template, a media projection specification, a multimedia language specification, and media information as inputs, and these inputs may be received from a media warehouse. Templates, as known to those skilled in the art, include descriptions of the common format, configuration, or organization of the presentation. The SAM 10 creates a media projection and / or presentation specification and stores it in the warehouse 20. The Media Repository Manager (MRM) 20 handles the storage and retrieval of real-time and non-real-time data that clients can access by activating (or "launching") a media projection. Real-time data (or timed media data) 22, in a specific example, may refer to a media server stored or streamed from Stream 21 and a Caster or other compatible video server platform Represented by the source 30) of media materials or media projections. Non-real-time data is the rendering specification or any other auxiliary information stored on a web server or file server. In the figure, the data storage 40 is generally one or more storages for storing additional digital data. As shown in Figure 1, the MRM 20 can be output to an SMP 50 directly or via a web page or other front-end interface 55. In addition, as shown, the MRM 20 serves as an intermediate manager for exchanging media data with the SAM 10 and managing data from the data source 30 and the data storage 40. (MRM) 20 can also be used as a gateway to any media material available to SAM 10 and SMP 50, such as any authorized and available computer on the Internet. Synchronous Multimedia Player (SMP) 50 has an internal scheduler for processing -21-This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) --- ^ ------ ----- (Please read the note on the back before filling this page) Order: ¾. 503663 Printed by the Consumers' Cooperative of Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs A7 B7 ___ V. Description of Invention (19) Regarding the materials affected by the delay (Delay-sensitive data). It can also handle the scheduling of static media data such as images and text. It complies with W3C's SMIL recommended specifications. Therefore, it can talk to the web server to obtain and / or render the specifications using SMIL. In addition, an SMP and a media projection can also work together on a single platform or in a decentralized network environment. As shown in FIG. 1, SMP 50 may receive data from MRM 30 directly or via interface 55. An SMP 50 may also be directed to receive media data directly from a data storage 40. Media Projection Figure 3 is an example of a media projection according to a specific embodiment of the present invention. This example shows a very specific arrangement example of each bit of each element. From the description herein, those skilled in the art will appreciate that variations in the arrangement and format of the stops and bits are within the scope of the present invention. In particular, logical 眞 値 (True) can be coded into 不同 with various bits, and the block length can be changed, including the use of more than 1 bit block to represent the bit block described below. The container format shown in FIG. 3 is described in more detail below. The media projection body 12 is a file container, and the file container may include active content and passive media content. Active content is an executable binary code or description language that identifies the machine. Passive content can include a presentation specification, metadata information, and media information. The media material may be another media projection. Therefore, the media projection has a nested structure format. All the contents of a media projection can be stored in a file, directory structure or database on a server system or computer as a warehouse 303. In a further specific embodiment, according to a specific implementation, a multimedia projection body delivery system can be used when needed (on -22- this paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm)) (please Please read the note S on the back before filling in this page) Binding · ·-% 503663 Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economy A7 B7 -_ 5. Description of the invention (2G) The fly) produces some or all of the components. The executable binary code (or description language) 200 and the rendering specification 210 are optional. If there is no executable binary code, E-Length 205 is 0. From the consecutive bits 202, it can be known what the structure of the media fire will be in the future. If consecutive bits 202 are 1 and E-Length 205 is 0, it means that the entire media projection starts from a presentation specification (210). If consecutive bits 202 are and E-Length 205 is 0, it means that the entire media projection starts from metadata information 220. Finally, if consecutive bits 202 are 0 and E-Length 205 is -1, the entire media projection is composed of pure media material. It can be known from the consecutive bits 212 that precede P-Length 215 whether (1) or (0) the media projectile includes metadata information. If there is no metadata information, the media information follows the presentation specifications. If there is metadata information 220, it can be known from the first bit 222 whether the data following the metadata information is another media projection (1) or only pure media data (0). In the metadata information, the signature block 226 is preset to 128 bits and is used for one-way one-to-one mixing with, for example, MD4 (Message Digest 4, Message Digest 4) A hashing function stores a digital signature. The length of the signature can also be implied in the implementation to prevent trivial breakdown and guesswork. After signature block 226, metadata 220 has one or more length fields (eg, 245 and 295). Each length block is 64 bits, with one bit representing the URL (1) or the payload (0) (for example, 242 and 292). In a specific embodiment, each length block in the metadata 220 corresponds to a piece of data in the media material 230. Data actually stored in 23〇 -23-

(請先閱讀背面之注意I -1 --- Γ再填寫本頁) t . 輪· 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（21〇 X 297公爱） 503663 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 A7 _B7 ___五、發明說明（21) 可爲指出一 URL的字元，或可爲媒體資料。資料的各個片 段按照長度位元的順序循序儲存。此處，URL代表全球資 訊網超連結（World Wide Web hyperlink)的統一資源定址器 (Universal Resource Locator);裝載量（Payload)代表用於媒體 播放器的媒體資料。然而，從此技藝將可了解，URL大體 上可以是指一個定址器（例如一檔案名稱或資料庫識別碼） ，指向任何可經由一電腦或一通訊系統得到的資源。在特 定具體實施例中，一 URL或其它定址器可指出串流或即時 資料源，例如現場轉播的_流資料源。 從此一討論及本文其它的説明將會了解，媒體投射體容 器規格的一項重要且創新的重點爲，一旦使用者從一特定 地點「發射」了媒體投射體，從使用者的觀點，媒體投射 體的内容就可以像是從單一地點傳送出去。相反地，使用 例如標準HTML或SMIL等格式，在使用者地點的客户端可 能必須從爲數眾多的不同地點存取爲數眾多的不同文字、 靜態影像、可執行檔或聲音和視訊檔案。使用媒體投射體 ，一客户可從單一地點存取媒體投射體所包括的全部資料 ，資料以媒體投射體的格式傳送。這一點對於資料提供者 而言也是有利的，因爲比起需要許多不同檔案的顯示方式 ，媒體投射體格式的資料更容易管理、散佈及傳送。 媒體投射體的創作例子 以下按照本發明特定具體實施例説明創作管理器10的操 作方式。以下所討論的精靈，爲一以邏輯實作的程序，以 協助且有所限制的方式，引導一使用者經由一連串的步驟 -24- 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公釐） (請先閱讀背面之注意事項再填寫本頁)(Please read the note on the back I -1 --- Γ before filling out this page) t. Wheel · This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (21〇X 297 public love) 503663 Employees of Intellectual Property Bureau, Ministry of Economic Affairs Printed by the consumer cooperative A7 _B7 ___ V. Description of the invention (21) It can be a character indicating a URL, or it can be a media material. Each piece of data is stored sequentially in the order of length bits. Here, URL stands for Universal Resource Locator of the World Wide Web hyperlink; Payload represents the media material used for the media player. However, as will be understood from this technique, a URL can generally refer to an addresser (such as a file name or database identifier) that points to any resource available through a computer or a communication system. In a specific embodiment, a URL or other locator can point to a streaming or real-time source, such as a live streaming _stream source. From this discussion and other descriptions in this article, it will be understood that an important and innovative focus of the media projection container specification is that once the user "fires" the media projection from a specific location, from the user's perspective, the media projection The content of the body can be transmitted from a single location. Conversely, using formats such as standard HTML or SMIL, clients at a user's location may have to access a large number of different text, still images, executable files, or sound and video files from a large number of different locations. With the media projection, a client can access all the data included in the media projection from a single location, and the data is transmitted in the format of the media projection. This is also beneficial for data providers, because it is easier to manage, distribute, and transmit data in the form of media projections than when many different files need to be displayed. Creation Example of Media Projector The operation of the creation manager 10 will be described below according to a specific embodiment of the present invention. The wizard discussed below is a logically implemented procedure to guide a user through a series of steps in a assistive and limited manner. -24- This paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) (Please read the notes on the back before filling this page)

Γϋ I 裝 訂： 4 503663 A7 B7 ___ 五、發明說明（22 ) ，完成一件工作，例如安裝軟體或建立一特殊的文件或檔 案型式。以下所討論的樣板，爲指定若干通用格式參數的 一組資料，可用於決定或控制一或多個最終檔案或資料的 最終格式。以下進一步解釋同步基元，並以圖6説明。 基本創作方法舉例 建立或更新一媒體投射體（SAM)(使用同步創作管理器） 10的步驟如下： 1 .同步創作管理器（SAM)提供樣板供使用者選擇，以便 建立一同步的多媒體呈現。可以讓使用者讀取現存的呈現 規格，以便更新該规格。 2 . SAM取得呈現規格及媒體資料作爲輸入，加以解析並 在内部建立一樹狀表現（tree representation)。該樹狀表現爲 同步基元之從上到下的表現。每一個中間節點爲一並聯或 串聯的同步基元。然後SAM按照媒體投射體規格取得或計 算出樹中枝葉節點（個別的媒體）所需要的攔位數。此可爲 一管道（pipeline)程序。 3 . SAM將系統需要的攔位，例如一 64位元的標尾，附加 到呈現中所指定的個別媒體上，使其變成一個僅具有媒體 資料的基本媒體投射體。 4 . SAM根據使用者的輸入，以深度優先（depth-first)的方 式在樹狀結構中來回詳查（traversal)以計算並建立選擇性的 攔位。該等選擇性的攔位適應用於樹狀結構中的任何節點 ，端視使用者的需要而定。 5 . SAM以幅度優先（breadth-first)的方式在整個樹狀結構 -25· 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公釐) <請先閱讀背面之注意再填寫本頁)Γϋ I Binding: 4 503663 A7 B7 ___ 5. Description of the invention (22), to complete a task, such as installing software or creating a special document or file type. The template discussed below is a set of data specifying a number of common format parameters that can be used to determine or control the final format of one or more final files or data. The synchronization primitives are explained further below and explained with reference to FIG. 6. Examples of basic authoring methods To create or update a media projection (SAM) (using a synchronous authoring manager) 10 steps are as follows: 1. The synchronous authoring manager (SAM) provides a template for users to choose from in order to create a synchronized multimedia presentation. Allows the user to read an existing presentation specification to update it. 2. SAM takes the presentation specifications and media data as inputs, parses them, and builds a tree representation internally. The tree-like representation is a top-down representation of the synchronization primitives. Each intermediate node is a synchronization element in parallel or series. Then SAM obtains or calculates the number of stops required by the leaf nodes (individual media) in the tree according to the specifications of the media projection. This can be a pipeline program. 3. SAM attaches a block required by the system, such as a 64-bit trailer, to the individual media specified in the presentation, making it a basic media projection with only media data. 4. Based on user input, SAM traversal through the tree structure in a depth-first manner to calculate and establish selective stops. These selective stops are applicable to any node in the tree structure, depending on the needs of the user. 5. SAM adopts breadth-first method in the whole tree structure-25 · This paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) < Please read the notes on the back before filling (This page)

P 訂·- 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 503663 A7 B7 經 濟 部 智 慧 財 產 局 員 工 消 費 合 作 社 印 製 五、發明說明（23’ 中來回評查（traversal)以建立最終的媒體投射體。 創作互動鱼序舉例^ 十玲況'•建JL 一指導課程之同步多媒體呈現： 、-精靈協助創作者經由—點選的清單選取—課程或其 匕主現I構的樣板，並顯示與清單對應之樣板的配置。 2·精靈請創作者依序選取—課程影片及相關的呈現幻燈 片。 二者可選擇使用預設的句燈片顯示時間長度或以元 貝料g理器自定呈現的時間歷程。 4 ·若使用元資料管理器， 和1曰在特疋的時間點同時 -不衫片和對應的幻燈片。創 則作者可以自由修改每一張幻 燈片的時間設定。 ^ 7 5·接著，精靈以使用者規定的格式(例如，呈 使用的SMIL，或媒體物件所使用的媒 ° 的輸出，包括呈現規格和媒體物件。’缸’’作取終 =靈詢問創作者，最終輸出是要放在本機 傳到特定的伺服器主機。 ^ 情況2 :更新一指導課程之同步多媒體呈現·· 1 ·創作者利用精靈從一伺服器 招猫处4 機返取—已經存在的呈 現規格或媒體投射體。 主 2 ·精靈詢問創作者要刪除或加 八〜片或幻燈片。 3.同情況i之步驟3，創作者可 ^ ^ . 坪1定用預設的幻燈妗 .*.>、不時間長度或以元資料管理器自 ,目疋王現的時間歷程。 4 ·和盆重覆情況1之步驟4和步壞5。 -26- 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（21〇 x 297公釐） ---^-------- -裝--- (請先閱讀背面之注意再填寫本頁) 訂· .¾. 503663 A7P Order-Printed by the Consumer Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economy 503663 A7 B7 Printed by the Consumer Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economy Example of interactive fish sequence ^ Shi Lingqian '• Jian JL A simultaneous multimedia presentation of the instructor's course:,-Elf assists the creator to select by-click on the list-the model of the course or its master is displayed, and the display corresponds to the list The layout of the template. 2. The wizard asks the creators to choose in order-the course video and related presentation slides. The two can choose to use the preset sentence lights to display the length of time or to customize the presentation with the yuanbei g. Time history. 4 · If you use the Metadata Manager, and at the same time at a special time-not shirts and corresponding slides. The author can freely modify the time setting of each slide. ^ 7 5 · Next, the sprite outputs in a user-specified format (for example, SMIL used, or media used by the media object, including presentation specifications and media objects. 'Cylinder' Take the final result = Spirit asks the creator, the final output is to be transmitted locally to a specific server host. ^ Case 2: Update a synchronous multimedia presentation of a tutorial course · 1 · The creator uses a wizard to recruit cats from a server Department 4 Machine Retrieval—Existing rendering specifications or media projections. Master 2 • The wizard asks the creator to delete or add eight to eight films or slides. 3. In step 3 of the same situation, the creator can ^ ^. Ping 1 Make sure to use the preset slideshow *. *. ≫, no time duration or use the metadata manager to see the time history of the king. 4 · Repeat step 4 and step 5 of case 1 with- 26- This paper size is applicable to Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 (21〇x 297mm) --- ^ -------- -Packing --- (Please read the note on the back before filling this page ) Order. ¾. 503663 A7

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填 寫 本 頁 k 鑣 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 503663 A7 B7 -_ 五、發明說明（25) 伺服器或網頁伺服器以串流的方式連接並載入它。一網頁 或應用伺服器的瀏覽器通常都能夠執行或儲存一遠端檔案 。爲使媒體投射體與這些伺服器相容，網頁中一媒體投射 體超鏈檢查只流通媒體投射體機器可辨識部份。然後該機 器可辨識的部份可在一本機作業平台上啓動及執行，並管 理對於媒體投射體其它部份的要求。由於該媒體投射體之 可執行檔的大小事先已經知道，因此在執行時期，該可執 行檔可以按照媒體投射體的規格操控媒體投射體的其餘部 份。 呈現一媒體投射體的方法舉例如下： 1 .同步多媒體播放器（SMP)可爲駐在本機的可執行碼或 以媒體投射體下載或以_流方式連接的可執行碼。SMP具 有一基於時間歷程（timeline-based)的排程器，用以按照呈現 規格安排播放的時間順序。同樣的，呈現規格可以存在於 媒體投射體内或得自其它來源，例如經由容納該媒體投射 體的網頁。 2 · SMP解析呈現規格以建立一呈現樹狀結構。 3 · SMP根據樹狀結構之每一中間結點的同步特徵（並聯或 串聯）從樹狀結構的頂部開始啓動該呈現。在並聯方面節 點方面，SMP建立獨立的執行緒（executing thread)以處理這 些平行的工作，且每一該等執行緒參考一全域的時間基準 。在串聯節點方面，SMP可使用單一個執行緒逐步執行連 續的工作。 4 .當SMP啓動一枝葉節點時，SMP找到並啓動媒體播放 -28- 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公釐） -------------- (請先閱讀背面之注意再填寫本頁) 訂· · -輪· 503663 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 A7 B7 _五、發明說明（26) 器和媒體資料。 如果至規格中之媒體資料的連結是相對路徑，則SMP預 設會搜尋媒體投射體本身，利用媒體資料的簽名或其它識 別方式查看媒體投射體中是否有可用的媒體資料。此一搜 尋動作可能發生於已存在於本機的媒體投射體上或發生於 仍駐在一遠端伺服器的媒體投射體上。已知有許多協定可 用於供一串流資料客户向一串流伺服器提出要求及接收回 應，及用於在媒體投射體中搜尋特定資料的協定。或者， SMP會循著媒體投射體中所指定的絕對路徑或從該媒體投 射體或呈現規格所在的伺服器的根目錄搜尋，以找到媒體 資料。 至於播放器，SMP會確認本機是否有用以播放特定媒體 資料的播放器。如果本機並無該播放器，則SMP會在媒體 投射體中或其它資料儲存器中尋找該播放器。 播放一媒體投射體 圖4大體上畫出按照本發明特定具體實施例之MM播放器 的功能元件。如圖示，MM播放器可以從很多不同地點存 取媒體和程式碼資料。可將一媒體投射體倉庫303想成是 媒體投射體資料的一個主要的資料儲存所，包括被動資料 及主動程式碼資料。在特定的實作中，該倉庫可位在一伺 服器上，可經由一區域網路、廣域網路或網際網路存取。 當該倉庫是位在一伺服器上時（相反的情況是儲存在本機) ，它應具有以串流的方式連接交談伺服器的能力，包括回 應使用者要求作尋到底、搜尋、播放和暫停等動作的能力 -29- 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準(CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公爱^ (請先閱讀背面之注意再填寫本頁)Fill out this page k 印 Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs 503663 A7 B7 -_ V. Description of the invention (25) The server or web server is connected and loaded by streaming. The browser of a web page or application server is usually able to execute or store a remote file. In order to make the media projection body compatible with these servers, a media projection body hyperlink check on the webpage only circulates the media identifiable part of the media projection body. The recognizable part of the machine can then be started and executed on a local operating platform, and manages the requirements for other parts of the media projection. Since the size of the executable file of the media projection body is known in advance, during the execution period, the executable file can control the rest of the media projection body according to the specifications of the media projection body. An example of a method for presenting a media projection is as follows: 1. The synchronous multimedia player (SMP) can be executable code that resides on the local machine or executable code that is downloaded as a media projection or connected in a _stream manner. SMP has a timeline-based scheduler to arrange the playback time sequence according to the presentation specifications. Similarly, the presentation specifications may exist in the media projection body or be obtained from other sources, such as via a web page that houses the media projection body. 2 · SMP parses the presentation specifications to establish a presentation tree structure. 3. SMP starts the presentation from the top of the tree structure based on the synchronization characteristics (parallel or series) of each intermediate node of the tree structure. In terms of parallel nodes, SMP establishes independent execution threads to handle these parallel jobs, and each such thread refers to a global time base. In terms of concatenated nodes, SMP can use a single thread to perform continuous work step by step. 4. When SMP starts a leaf node, SMP finds and starts media playback-28- This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) ------------ -(Please read the note on the back before filling this page) Order · ·-Round · 503663 Printed by the Consumers' Cooperative of Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs A7 B7 _V. Invention Description (26) Device and media materials If the link to the media data in the specification is a relative path, the SMP preset will search for the media projection itself and use the signature or other identification method of the media data to see if there is media data available in the media projection. This search may occur on a media projection that already exists on the local machine or on a media projection that is still resident on a remote server. A number of protocols are known that can be used by a streaming data client to make requests and receive responses to a streaming server, and to search for specific data in a media projection. Alternatively, SMP will follow the absolute path specified in the media projection or search from the root directory of the server where the media projection or rendering specification is located to find the media data. As for the player, SMP will confirm whether the unit is a useful player for playing specific media data. If the player is not available on the unit, SMP will look for the player in the media projector or other data storage. Playing a Media Projector Figure 4 generally illustrates the functional elements of an MM player according to a particular embodiment of the present invention. As shown, the MM player can access media and code data from many different locations. A media projection repository 303 can be thought of as a main data store for media projection data, including passive data and active code data. In a particular implementation, the warehouse can be located on a server and can be accessed via a LAN, WAN, or the Internet. When the warehouse is located on a server (or vice versa, it is stored locally), it should have the ability to connect to the chat server in a streaming fashion, including responding to user requests to find out, search, play, and Ability to pause and other actions-29- This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 specifications (210 X 297 public love ^ (Please read the note on the back before filling this page)

I 丨裝 訂： 503663 A7 B7 五、發明說明（ 27 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 。在一些具體實施例中，該倉庫通常會存放各種不平台上 播放一媒體投射體所需要的主動和被動内容，只有特定平 台所需的内容會由SMP從303下載。 本機程式碼資源305爲在本機裝置上可用的程式碼元件 。對於某些裝置而言，例如一台在LAN上的電腦工作站， 本機程式碼資源305可能會相當多。對於這些裝置而言， 一 MM排程E及各式各樣的播放器可能永久或近乎永久性 地存在於本機裝置上，因而不需要從一伺服器傳送過來就 可以播放一媒體投射體。對於其它裝置而言，例如行動電 話，應該具有很少或幾乎沒有本機程式碼資源，所有的程 式碼都必須從303下載。 網站或應用伺服器倉庫307爲一存放任何不在303或305中 之主動和被動資料的地方。如本爲所述，此資料可包括一 埠體投射體中之資源定址器（例如URL)所參照到的資料。 此種資料的例子有HTML網頁或用以完成一呈現的資料、 廣告看板或來自外部來源的資料，或任何其它媒體投射體 中所參照的或完成一播放所需的資料。 如本文其它部份所述，開始播放一媒體投射體之前，會 有一能夠解析一 MM之可執行二進位碼或描述語言在一播 放裝置上先作初始化。此一可執行碼，如本文所述，可從 303、305或307載入並初始化。在特定的例子中，一初始化 工作係解析一呈現規格402 (如果有），然後找到並執行一 即時期呈現排程器（Real-Time Presentation Scheduler) 404。然 後排程器404安排下載（如果需要）及初始化播放實際媒體資 -30- 請 先 閱 讀 背 面 之 注 意 事j 再 填 S裝 頁 訂 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公釐） 503663 A7 B7 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 五、發明說明（28) 料所需之任何播放器406的時程。這些播放器可包括各式 各樣的離櫃媒體播放器，例如QuickTimeTM或RealMediaTM播 放器’這些播放器也可能是專利的播放器。如圖所示，排 私器404初始化完成後，它就會下載及初始化任何的播放 器。因此，各種播放器及播放器元件之下載及初始化皆在 排程器所執行之整體呈現排程的控制之下。 如圖示，排程器404進一步決定呈現何時結束並終止必 要的元件。 呈現及播放一媒體投射體的步驟如下： 1 ·軟體（SW)檢查媒體投射體是否有包含用於該作業平台 之初始化程式碼部份（二進位話描述語言）。如果檢查結果 是有，則繼續步驟2。如果檢查結果是否，則跳到步驟3。 此一檢查動作可由登錄在目標裝置之用以處理MM檔案型 辱的权f豆元成’或者’如果MM本身爲一可執行檔成描述 語言，則該檢查動作可由MM自己完成。 2 ·由於媒體投射體中有機器可識別的元件，因此可以在 /荒通中啓動它，也可以把它當作系統中已有軟體的加強， 用以呈現媒體投射體内的媒體資料。 3 .如果媒體投射體中沒有機器可識別的元件，則媒體投 射體或作業系統會觸發並啓動一本機的SMP，以預設的元 件從媒體投射體讀取媒體資料。 4 · SMP以用於同步點之彈性定時器處理阻擋及事件同步 兩者。 SMP内部必須按照呈現規格320處理同步事件。某此規才欠 -31- -口 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公釐） (請先閱讀背面之注意事d再填寫本頁)I 丨 Binding: 503663 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (27 Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. In some specific embodiments, the warehouse will usually store the initiative and information required to play a media projection on various platforms. Passive content, only the content required by a specific platform will be downloaded by SMP from 303. Native code resources 305 are code components available on local devices. For some devices, such as a computer on a LAN Workstation, local code resources 305 may be quite large. For these devices, a MM schedule E and various players may exist on the local device permanently or almost permanently, so there is no need to download from A server can play a media projection as soon as it is transmitted. For other devices, such as mobile phones, there should be little or no native code resources, and all code must be downloaded from 303. Website or application server The server warehouse 307 is a place to store any active and passive data that is not in 303 or 305. As described herein, this data may include a port body Data referenced by a resource locator (such as a URL) in a project. Examples of such data are HTML pages or materials used to complete a presentation, advertisement boards or data from external sources, or any other media projection. Referenced or required to complete a playback. As described elsewhere in this article, before starting to play a media projection, there will be an executable binary code or description language capable of parsing a MM on a playback device. Initialization. This executable code, as described in this article, can be loaded and initialized from 303, 305, or 307. In a specific example, an initialization task resolves a rendering specification 402 (if any), then finds and executes a The Real-Time Presentation Scheduler 404. Then the scheduler 404 schedules the download (if needed) and initializes the actual media asset playback. -30- Please read the notes on the back first, then fill in the S-bound booklet. Paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) 503663 A7 B7 Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs Description of the invention (28) The schedule of any player 406 required by these materials. These players may include a variety of off-the-box media players, such as QuickTimeTM or RealMediaTM players. These players may also be patented players As shown in the figure, after the initialization of 404 is completed, it will download and initialize any player. Therefore, the download and initialization of various players and player components are all performed in the overall rendering schedule performed by the scheduler. As shown, the scheduler 404 further determines when the rendering ends and terminates the necessary components. The steps for presenting and playing a media projection are as follows: 1. The software (SW) checks whether the media projection contains an initialization code section (binary description language) for the operating platform. If the check result is yes, continue to step 2. If the result is checked, skip to step 3. This checking operation may be performed by the right registered in the target device to handle the MM file type, or if the MM is an executable file into a description language, the checking operation may be performed by the MM itself. 2 · Because of the machine-recognizable components in the media projection body, it can be activated in / arid, or it can be used as an enhancement of the existing software in the system to present the media data in the media projection body. 3. If there is no machine-recognizable component in the media projection, the media projection or operating system will trigger and start a local SMP to read the media data from the media projection with the preset elements. 4 · SMP handles both blocking and event synchronization with flexible timers for synchronization points. The SMP must internally handle synchronization events in accordance with the rendering specification 320. This rule is owed -31- -mouth This paper size is applicable to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) (Please read the precautions on the back before filling this page)

I --裝 0 1¾. 503663 五、發明說明（ 29 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 定義精確較時序列（timing sequenee)。其它使用不嚴 排程。任何媒體之播放可爲循序或同時（平行）進行。 播放呈現之程序舉例 情況3 :播放一網頁中林爷&夕,上 、Y心式馬多媒體投射體之物件的同 步多媒體呈現 1 ·各尸端（SMP) 5G存取1步多媒體呈現，例如以一 HTML/XML網頁的格式。 2 ·王現時間歷程中-特定時間點之媒體物件的名稱/簽 名經由-從流通中下載或駐在本機電腦中置中的播放排程 器傳給網頁中的播放器。 3 ·每-播放器開始取回_與媒體物件名稱/簽名對應的 媒體投射體標首。 4. 每-播放器檢查該標首以確認是否必須下載及登錄媒 體投射體中輕薄短小的軟體元件以便呈現媒體資料。 5. 每-播放器在執行時期獲得並載入特定媒體的呈現元 件0 6. 在同時啓動的呈現方面’排程器設定—阻播同步基元 ，以下將更進一步描述。 7. 每一播放器根據從播放排程器傳來的「啓用」訊號、 啓動時間及呈現規格中的延續時間被啓用，以播放及呈現 媒體資料。 ^況4 ·在分散網路中播放一格式爲媒體投射體之物件 的同步多媒體呈現 下載的或儲存在本機的自己自足且不需引導的媒體I-installed 0 1¾. 503663 V. Description of the invention (29 The consumer cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs prints the precise timing sequence (timing sequenee). Others are not strictly scheduled. The playback of any media can be sequential or simultaneous (Parallel). Example of playback presentation procedure Case 3: Synchronized multimedia presentation of the objects of Lin Ye & Xi, Shang and Y heart-shaped horse multimedia projections on a webpage 1 · SMP 5G access 1 Step multimedia presentation, for example, in the format of an HTML / XML web page. 2 Wang Wang time history-the name / signature of the media object at a specific point in time-downloaded from circulation or centered on the local computer playback schedule The player sends it to the player on the webpage. 3 · Every-player starts to retrieve _ the media projection header corresponding to the media object name / signature. 4. Every-player checks the header to confirm whether it must be downloaded and registered Thin and short software components in the media projection body for presenting media data. 5. Per-player obtains and loads specific media presentation components during runtime. 0. 'Scheduling for simultaneous startup presentations' Settings-blocking synchronization primitives, which will be described further below. 7. Each player is enabled for playback and presentation based on the "Enable" signal from the play scheduler, the start time, and the duration in the presentation specifications. Media information ^ Case 4 · Playing a synchronized multimedia presentation of an object in the form of a media projection in a distributed network Downloaded or stored in the machine ’s own self-contained and no-booting media

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:射體被啓動。媒體投射體一開始是執行播放排程器，兮 播放排程器可爲一與執行時期之平台相容的描述語言或二 進位可執行物件。因此，它自己可以執行。 2. 接著’該播放排程器載人—呈現規格，該呈現規格祐 附加在媒體投射體中任何目前的執行時期可執行碼區 後0 3. 媒體物件的名稱/簽名及它們在媒體投射體内呈現時 間歷程中特定時間點的位置經由播放排程器傳給媒體投射 體所指定的播m(等)播放器(它本身也可以是媒體 投射體）駐在-分散網路環境中。因此，媒體物件的名稱 有可能是一個經由網路到一媒體投射體的連結。 4 ·重覆情況3的步驟3到7。 5 ·圖5的流程圖爲一按照本發明一特定具體實施例存取 一媒體投射體的例子。 播放時間控制 爲了以精確或彈性的計時器處理媒體内容之循序或平行 播放兩者，SMP定義下列媒體播放器的控制狀態：開始、 初始化、播放、暫停及停止。圖6以同步基元及時間控制 的要求説明這些狀態的運用。SMP爲每一同步基元e附加一 定時器以控制時間長度（duration)。每一媒體播放器亦可以 備有定時器以控制延遲及時間長度。不論内容是否有内含 額外的時間控制資訊，它都可以被連續播放，好像它就是: The projectile is activated. The media projection is initially an execution scheduler, which can be a description language or a binary executable object compatible with the platform at the time of execution. Therefore, it can execute itself. 2. Then 'The play scheduler carries people-presentation specifications, which are appended to any current execution time executable code area in the media projection body. 0 3. Names / signatures of media objects and their presence in the media projection body. The position of the specific time point in the internal presentation time history is transmitted to the designated player (such as the media projector itself) in the decentralized network environment via the play scheduler. Therefore, the name of the media object may be a link to a media projection via the Internet. 4 · Repeat steps 3 to 7 of case 3. 5. The flowchart of FIG. 5 is an example of accessing a media projection body according to a specific embodiment of the present invention. Play Time Control To handle sequential or parallel playback of media content with accurate or flexible timers, SMP defines the following media player control states: start, initialize, play, pause, and stop. Figure 6 illustrates the use of these states with the requirements of synchronization primitives and time control. The SMP attaches a timer to each synchronization element e to control the duration. Each media player can also be equipped with a timer to control the delay and length of time. Regardless of whether the content contains additional time control information, it can be played continuously as if it were

連續的媒體，亦即具有時間控制資訊的媒體。因此，SMI 將一些靜態的媒體型式轉變成基於時間（time-based)的媒體 -33- 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公釐） -----------I--- ί請先閱讀背面之注意填寫本頁} 訂： %. 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 發明說明（31) ，例如文字和影像。在即時呈現排程器中的任何時間點， 貫作同步查核點的方式詳料下，並以圖6説明。 B1·使用精確定時器作循序播放 此情況中，排程器33〇將任何兩個媒體播放器的開始和 =止時間配對。如此，可根據預計的潛在因素啓動-播放 备以便在開始呈現資料之先前暫存（或緩衝）媒體資料。 B2·使用精確定時器作平行播放 此情況中’排程器檢查所有播放器在開始、初始化、播 放^止等狀態上的阻擒同p若播放器内有設^延遲定 時器’則每一播放器可在播放和暫停狀態之間切換。 B3·使用彈性定時器作循序播放 此情況中，排程器將任何兩個媒體播放器的開始和停止 時間配對。然而，必須先停止一個才能開始另一個。或者 ’它可以s-個單一的播放器’使用排定時間的循序輸入。 B4·使用彈性定時器作平行播放 此情況中，排程器只檢查所有播放器的開始和停止狀態 的阻擋同#。每-播放器控制其自己的狀態，五排程器忽 略任何來自播放器的事件，除了開始和停止事件以外。 熟知此技藝者從本文的説明將可了解，多個播放器的同 步使得多部份媒體呈現（則lti_part medla presentati〇n)能夠顯 :。例如B2的情況’可以説明—發表者或演講者正在講述 一視訊資訊（dip)或幻燈片呈現的情形1表者將會講到要 開始播放視訊剪貼資訊（clip)的時間點，視訊資訊⑷⑻會 開始播放，而發表者的聲音或聲音和影片會在視訊資訊 503663 A7 B7 五、發明說明（32) (clip)進行的同時繼續。視訊資訊（clip)可能佔掉整個螢目 畫面的空間，或可能佔螢幕空間中一個子視窗，而發表者 的錄影佔另一個不同的視窗部份。如圖6所示，播放器2之 初始化可開始在播放器1之啓始期間中某時刻。因此，播 放器2或播放器3元件不需提早下載，甚至完全不需下載’ 如果使用者停止對一呈現之端點存取。從本文之説明將可 了解，如關於圖3之討論，媒體投射體的格式允許一多播 放器呈現（multi-player presentation)從一媒體火件的地點繼續 ，在需要時按照圖4所示之定時器策略下載輕薄短小妳軟 體元件。 應用舉例（WebAds) 從以下所提供的例子可更進一步了解本發明。提供此一 特定例子是爲了解釋本發明，不應以此處所述的任何細節 降制本發明。此例係關於按照本發明特定具體實施例使用 此處所述之媒體投射體格式，以達成一 WebAds争流呈現。Continuous media, that is, media with time-controlled information. Therefore, SMI transforms some static media types into time-based media-33- This paper standard applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) -------- --- I --- ί Please read the note on the back and fill out this page} Order:%. The Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs's Consumer Cooperatives printed the description of the invention (31), such as text and images. At any time in the real-time presentation scheduler, the method of performing a synchronous checkpoint is described in detail below, and illustrated in FIG. 6. B1. Sequential playback using precise timer In this case, scheduler 33 matches the start and end times of any two media players. In this way, a play-back can be initiated based on anticipated potential factors to temporarily stage (or buffer) the media material prior to the start of presentation. B2 · Use precise timer for parallel playback. In this case, the 'Scheduler checks all players' blocking on start, initialization, playback, and other states. Same as p. If a delay timer is set in the player, then each The player can switch between play and pause states. B3 · Sequential playback using flexible timer In this case, the scheduler matches the start and stop times of any two media players. However, you must stop one before you can start the other. Or ‘it ’s a single player’ using scheduled input in sequence. B4 · Use flexible timer for parallel playback. In this case, the scheduler only checks the start and stop status of all players. Each-player controls its own state, and the five scheduler ignores any events from the player, except for start and stop events. Those skilled in the art will understand from the description of this article that the synchronization of multiple players enables multi-part media presentation (then lti_part medla presentati0n) to display:. For example, the situation of B2 can be explained—the situation in which the presenter or speaker is telling a video information (dip) or a slide show. 1. The presenter will talk about the time when the video clip information is to be played. It will start to play, and the publisher's voice or sound and video will continue while the video information 503663 A7 B7 V. Invention Description (32) is carried out. The video information (clip) may occupy the entire screen space, or may occupy a sub-window in the screen space, while the video of the publisher occupies a different window portion. As shown in Fig. 6, the initialization of the player 2 may start at a certain time during the start period of the player 1. Therefore, the player 2 or player 3 components do not need to be downloaded early, or even need not be downloaded at all 'if the user stops accessing an endpoint of a presentation. As will be understood from the description of this article, as discussed in relation to FIG. 3, the format of the media projection allows a multi-player presentation to continue from the location of a media firework. Timer strategy to download thin and light software components. Application Examples (WebAds) The present invention is further understood from the examples provided below. This particular example is provided to explain the invention and should not be used to limit the invention to any of the details described herein. This example is about using the media projection format described herein to achieve a WebAds contention presentation in accordance with a specific embodiment of the present invention.

使用一包裹工具程式包裝一 MM 舉一簡單的例子，可以如下述從一現有的HTML呈現建 立一 MM。在一特殊的具體實施例中，可以如下述方式啓 動一包裹軟體工具程式： package webAdsUrl [WebAdsDir startingHtmFile] 此例中，webAdsUrl代表，在MM被存取時，包裹檔案的 其餘部份已損毀或是空的時，一指向一外部HTML地點的 URL。webAdsDir代表一絕對或相對路徑，用以指定一個路 徑以便存放要包括在MM中的檔案，而startingHtmnie代表一 -35- 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公釐） 請 先 閱 讀 背 面 之 注 意 再 I έ 本· 頁 訂 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 503663 A7 ___B7 五、發明說明（33 ) 個作爲MM初始輪廓的html檔。如下例，考慮一包括下列檔 案的Web Ads目錄： c:\webAds\s21WebAds.htm c:\WebAds\otherLinks.htm c:\WebAds\logo.gif c:\WebAds\sponsor\abcCo.jpg 此例中，可使用如同下以之命令列執行包裹工具程式： c:\s21\bin\package 丨丨http://www.abcCo.com" c:\mbAds s21WebAds.htm 參考圖7到圖13可進一步了解此例。圖7之標準瀏覽器畫 面所示爲按照本發明特定具體實施例的一個例子中可被包 裹到一媒體投射體的來源檔範例。按照本發明各個不同的 特定具體實例，而且從此處之説明將會了解，此一來源資 料檔可爲任何型式的媒體資料。此處，所舉媒體資料的例 予包括一 HTML檔及它所包含的影像檔。包括一 GIF及一 JPG檔案。該HTML檔尚包含一參照另一 HTML檔 (otherLinks.htm)的關聯，otherLinks.htm檔案中可包括任何額 外的連結或html型式的資料。 圖8爲一按照本發明特定具體實施例，用於將來源檔案 包裹到一媒體投射體的界面的例子。有各統不同的包裹工 具程式可用在本發明不同的具體實施例中，包括在此所述 之用於建立MM的進階精靈。然而，在此例中，使用一簡 單的包裹工具來建立WebAds，而且此一包裹工具只要求前 述4個參數。 播放此一檔案時，一播放器會將包裹檔案解到一暫存目 -36- 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準(CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公釐) (請先閱讀背面之注意再填寫本頁) 裝 · 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 503663 A7 -----—__B7 -_____ 五、發明說明（34) 錄中。如果該檔案是一個只有聲音的資訊（dip)，則可能會 出現一預設的瀏覽器網頁，或在播放器視窗中顯示一起始 html檔案（例如圖13所示之s21WebAds htm)。當播放器退出 時’它通常會移除暫存構和暫存目錄。 如果缺少player· dat，則一播放器可使用位在中央伺服器 的檔案（例如www.Streaming21.com/ads)或顯示錯誤訊息然後 停止應用程式。如果player da_毁或不包含任何檔案，則 可能的話，一播放器會使用player dat内預設的URL，最壞 的情況下，播放器可顯示播放聲音的預設點陣圖。 圖9所示爲一按照本發明特定具體實施例之僅含一般元 資料之媒體投射體格式的例子。如圖示，該元資料 (metadata)包含一或多個與串流呈現相關之檔案的URL。跟 在π資料之後的是媒體資料區塊（mediaDataB1〇ck)，此擋案 中包含眞正的媒體物件資料或媒體物件資料的定址器。 圖10所示爲一按照本發明具體實施例之僅含元資料之媒 體資料結構的例子。必須説明，此例中，圖上方的數俊是 假設的。如圖示，所有的來源檔案都整合到媒體投射體檔 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 案中的媒體資料區域中，以元資料區域指出資料部份在媒 體資料區域中的識別。 圖11所示爲一按照本發明特定具體實施例之媒體投射體 資料結構的例子。比較本圖與圖3可看出根據本發明特定 具體實施例的-特定媒體投射體資料結構例 意其中物件。 ' ^ 圖12所示爲一按照本發明特定具體實施例之僅含以 -37- 503663 A7B7 五、發明說明（35〕 位編碼之元資料的媒體投射體的例子。 例如，如圖11所示，在一在媒體投射體中，WebAd的選 擇性處理，允許當媒體投射體中有描述語言之二進位可執 行碼部份及呈現規格部份兩者任何一項時，可以將它們忽 略。在一媒體投射體中作搜尋以略過此一資料的一個例子 如下：Packaging a MM with a Wrapping Tool Program As a simple example, you can build an MM from an existing HTML presentation as follows. In a specific embodiment, a package software tool program can be started as follows: package webAdsUrl [WebAdsDir startingHtmFile] In this example, webAdsUrl represents that when the MM is accessed, the rest of the package file is damaged or When empty, a URL pointing to an external HTML location. webAdsDir represents an absolute or relative path, used to specify a path to store files to be included in MM, and startingHtmnie represents a -35- This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 specifications (210 X 297 mm) Please Please read the note on the back first, and then make an order. Pages are printed by the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Consumer Cooperatives. 503663 A7 ___B7 5. Invention Description (33) HTML files as the initial outline of MM. As an example, consider a Web Ads directory that includes the following files: c: \ webAds \ s21WebAds.htm c: \ WebAds \ otherLinks.htm c: \ WebAds \ logo.gif c: \ WebAds \ sponsor \ abcCo.jpg In this example , You can use the following command line to execute the package tool program: c: \ s21 \ bin \ package 丨 丨 http: //www.abcCo.com" c: \ mbAds s21WebAds.htm Refer to Figure 7 to Figure 13 for further understanding This example. The standard browser screen of FIG. 7 shows an example of a source file that can be wrapped into a media projection in an example according to a specific embodiment of the present invention. According to various specific specific examples of the present invention, and as will be understood from the description herein, this source data file may be any type of media data. Here, examples of the media data include an HTML file and an image file contained in the HTML file. Includes a GIF and a JPG file. The HTML file also contains a reference to another HTML file (otherLinks.htm). The otherLinks.htm file can include any additional links or html-type data. FIG. 8 is an example of an interface for wrapping a source file into a media projection body according to a specific embodiment of the present invention. There are a variety of different parcel tool programs that can be used in different embodiments of the present invention, including the advanced wizards described herein for building MMs. However, in this example, a simple package tool is used to build WebAds, and this package tool only requires the aforementioned four parameters. When playing this file, a player will unpack the parcel file to a temporary storage item -36- This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) (Please read the note on the back before filling This page) Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs 503663 A7 -----__ B7 -_____ V. Description of Invention (34). If the file is a sound-only information (dip), a default browser web page may appear, or an initial html file may be displayed in the player window (for example, s21WebAds htm shown in Figure 13). When the player exits, it usually removes the staging structure and staging directory. If player · dat is missing, a player can use a file located on a central server (such as www.Streaming21.com/ads) or display an error message and then stop the application. If the player da_ is destroyed or does not contain any files, a player will use the preset URL in the player dat if possible. In the worst case, the player can display a preset bitmap of the sound. FIG. 9 shows an example of a media projection body format containing only general metadata according to a specific embodiment of the present invention. As shown, the metadata contains one or more URLs of files related to streaming presentation. Following the π data is the media data block (mediaDataB10). This file contains the correct media object data or the addresser of the media object data. Fig. 10 shows an example of a metadata-only media data structure according to a specific embodiment of the present invention. It must be noted that in this example, the numbers above the figure are hypothetical. As shown in the figure, all source files are integrated into the media projection file. The media data area in the printing of the employee's consumer cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs indicates the identification of the data part in the media data area in the metadata area. FIG. 11 shows an example of a data structure of a media projection body according to a specific embodiment of the present invention. Comparing this figure with FIG. 3, it can be seen that according to a specific embodiment of the present invention-an example of a specific media projection data structure is an object therein. ^ FIG. 12 shows an example of a media projection body containing only -37-503663 A7B7 according to a specific embodiment of the present invention. The invention includes (35) bit-encoded metadata. For example, as shown in FIG. 11 In a media projection, WebAd's selective processing allows to ignore any of the binary executable code part and the presentation specification part of the description language in the media projection. An example of a search in a media projection to skip this information is as follows:

OpenFile Seek to ending-8bytes BOOL contination_bit = readlBit(); —int64 'eLength = readNextBits(63); SeekBackToBeginning； if (eLength==-l) error else if (eLength) skipFirstBytes(eLength) if (p一blk_exist) { BOOL next一blk_is一meta_data // required metaDataBlock is absent // skip Executable Block rea*dlBit ()； if (inext一blk—is—meta一data) error； // required metaDataBlock is absent else {一int64 p一blk一len = readNextBits (63)； skipFurtherBytes(p一 blk—len); // skip Presentation Block } ~ 一 // Reach Meta Data 請 先 閱 讀 背 面 之注 意 再 填 1I裝 頁 訂 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 圖13所示爲一按照本發明特定具體實施例之一播放器中 一媒體投射體的一個呈現的例子。在進一步的具體實施例 中，一播放器器可預設使用一本機的ads. html網頁，而不必 總是向一伺服器要html網頁。該本機ads. html可包括指向其 它檔案（例如avi、gif、jpeg或類似的黨案）的參考連結。在 特定具體實施例中，可將這些檔案限制在與ads. html相同的 目錄及其子目錄中。Ads· html及其相關的檔案可包裹到一 媒體技射體的格式中’其名稱可爲，例如，「player.dat」。 同步創作管理器f作藍例 -38- % 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公釐） 503663 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 ΚΙ Β7 _五、發明說明（36) 按照本發明特定具體實施例，一 SAM提供一容易操作的 使用者界面（user-fViendly GUI)，讓使用者只需點按滑鼠及 按鍵盤就可以完成一媒體投射體，不需要程式的寫作的基 礎。SAM提供一利用精靈驅動的引導以協助不會寫程式的 使用者產生多媒體呈現。SAM的精靈根據一係列的樣板產 生MM，因此經由SAM所產生的多媒體呈現合乎既定的格 式，可以由任何相容的播放器加以解析及呈現。在進一步 的具體實施例中，SAM提供一用以預覽文字、影像、html 檔案、聲音及視訊資訊（dip)等不同媒體的工具。可以用 Java或其它程式設計系統實作SAM。圖14所示爲一按照本 發明特定具體實施例，用於引導一使用者建立一媒體投射 體或呈現資料的一般方法。 樣板支援 .按照本發明，一 SAM提供一組不同的標準樣板，讓創作 者可以建立例如錄影敎學、頭條新聞及幻燈片等呈現。 例如，一錄影敎學樣板讓創作者很容易產生一錄影敎學 (與HTML幻燈片同步的影片）。 一頭條新聞樣板係設計用於例如下列場合的虛擬簡報（ 文字幸流同步顯示在影片底部）：頭條新聞-具有主持人 的影片及含有標題的文字；線上活動-具有活動介紹的影 片及含有登記資訊的文字；產品廣告-具有產品廣告的影 片及含有價格資訊文字。 一幻燈片樣板係設計用於例如下列場合之語音解説：旅 遊導覽-地圖解説加上風景照片用以引導使用者至某地之 -39- 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公釐) (請先閱讀背面之注意事項再填寫本頁)OpenFile Seek to ending-8bytes BOOL contination_bit = readlBit (); --int64 'eLength = readNextBits (63); SeekBackToBeginning; if (eLength ==-l) error else if (eLength) skipFirstBytes (eLength) if (p_blk_exist) { BOOL next_blk_is_meta_data // required metaDataBlock is absent // skip Executable Block rea * dlBit (); if (inext_blk_is_meta_data) error; // required metaDataBlock is absent else {_int64 p_blk One len = readNextBits (63); skipFurtherBytes (p one blk—len); // skip Presentation Block} ~ one // Reach Meta Data Please read the note on the back first and then fill in the 1I binding page. The employee property cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs Printing FIG. 13 shows an example of a presentation of a media projection in a player according to a specific embodiment of the present invention. In a further specific embodiment, a player may preset the use of a native ads. Html web page without having to always request a html web page from a server. The native ads. Html can include reference links to other files, such as avi, gif, jpeg, or similar party cases. In certain embodiments, these files may be restricted to the same directory and its subdirectories as ads. Html. Ads · html and its related files can be wrapped into a media shooter's format, and its name can be, for example, "player.dat". Synchronous creation manager f as an example -38-% This paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) 503663 Printed by the Intellectual Property Bureau Employee Consumer Cooperatives of the Ministry of Economic Affairs ΚΙ Β7 _V. Description of the invention ( 36) According to a specific embodiment of the present invention, a SAM provides an easy-to-operate user interface (user-fViendly GUI), allowing the user to complete a media projection body by simply clicking the mouse and pressing the keyboard, no program is required The basis of writing. SAM provides wizard-driven guidance to assist non-programmer users in generating multimedia presentations. The wizard of SAM generates MM according to a series of templates, so the multimedia presentation produced by SAM conforms to the established format, and can be parsed and presented by any compatible player. In a further specific embodiment, SAM provides a tool for previewing different media such as text, images, html files, sound and video information (dip). SAM can be implemented in Java or other programming systems. FIG. 14 shows a general method for guiding a user to create a media projection body or present data according to a specific embodiment of the present invention. Template support. In accordance with the present invention, a SAM provides a set of different standard templates for creators to create presentations such as video studies, headlines, and slide shows. For example, a video science template makes it easy for creators to generate a video science (a movie synchronized with an HTML slideshow). A headline news template is designed for use in virtual presentations, for example, where the text stream is displayed at the bottom of the video simultaneously: headline news-video with moderator and text with title; online event-video with event introduction and registration Informational text; product ads-videos with product ads and text with price information. A slide template is designed for audio commentary in the following occasions, for example: travel guide-map commentary and landscape photos to guide users to a certain place -39- This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 specifications ( 210 X 297 mm) (Please read the notes on the back before filling this page)

Γϋ I 裝 * - 4 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印制衣 503663 A7 _B7 _ 五、發明說明（37) 旅遊·，程序示範-幻燈片程序展示之語音解説；或線上出 版-附帶圖片參考資料的有聲書或雜誌。 有些先前之多媒體創作工具只支援非串流的資料型態， 但一按照本發明之SAM允許同時包括串流媒體及其它媒體 型式。圖15所示爲一按照本發明特定具體實施例之同步創 作管理器（SAM)的例子，也稱爲同步創作工具（SAT)。 SAM核心元件 在特定具體實施例中，SAM包括4項元件：呈現精靈、 預覽管理器、呈現規格及媒體投射體產生器。 呈現精靈爲SAM的核心，它提供一種很容易的方法，可 以將完全不同的媒體整合成爲整體性及動態的多媒體内容 。它引導使用者以很少的步驟建立一呈現。 預覽管理器可顯示任何允許的媒體内容。如果該媒體和 時間並不相干，例如一影像、一文字串流或一 html檔案， 則其正確的内容會出現在預覽視窗中。如果該媒體具有時 間性的本質，例如聲音或視訊資訊（clip)，則會在預覽視窗 中從開頭連續播放。如果該媒體是來自一現場轉播的串流 來源，例如一現場攝影或錄影傳播，則可在預覽視窗播放 該媒體的樣本。可以從呈現精靈的内部和外部啓動預覽管 理器。在將媒體整合到一多媒體呈現之前，使用者可以用 預覽管理器先對它作預覽。 呈現规格資料管理器負責建立呈現規格資料（此情況中 有時稱爲元資料，雖然它在此是指用於呈現規格的資料而 不是以上所述的媒體投射體元資料）資訊及一用以使一多 -40- 本紙張尺度適兩中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公釐） ILIIIII1— --·丨——----訂-------- (請先閱讀背面之注意事項再填寫本頁) 503663 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 A7 B7 -__五、發明說明（38) 媒體呈現内之不同媒體同步的呈現規格。使用者可以在播 放一聲音或視訊資訊（clip)的同時，根據該等資訊（clip)的 内容錄下靜態媒體的相關時間控制資訊。例如，有一使用 者想要建立一顯示一地圖解説（使用聲音）的呈現，顯示一 些風景照片（使用影像），以及利用一户外的現場攝影機指 出目前的天氣狀況。使用呈現規格資料管理器，該使用者 可以根據聲音内容決定顯示下一張幻燈片的時間點，或打 開一視窗，用以顯示串流（或現場）資料。該資訊係儲存到 一資料結構中，供將來建立相關的呈現内容時使用。 文件產生器的特點是自動建立一呈現規格及/或媒體投 射體。文件的結構係根據其中一個樣板，且媒體和時間控 制資訊係從呈現精靈得到。文件產生器可以將各式各樣的 媒體資料與呈現資料以及任何必要的或可執行的内容一起 包裹起來以建立一媒體投射體。也可以選擇讓文件產生器 只輸出一 SMIL型式的呈現規格。 使用SAM建立一媒體投射體 步驟1 -選擇一個樣板 首先，使用者選擇他們所想要建立之呈現的型式。每一 樣板之設計有其特定的目的。SAM可支援的樣板有’： 錄影敎學樣板 錄影敎學通常包含一或一來自例如現場攝影之串流資料 源的串流傳播或連續編碼的電視廣播，與HTML幻燈片同 步之視訊資訊（dip)。該影片可爲一目標播放器所能支援之 任何的媒體格式。該等HTML幻燈片爲任何相容的HTML檔 -41 - 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公釐) (請先閱讀背面之注意事項再填寫本頁) 裝 *. 4 503663 A7 B7 _ 五、發明說明（39) 案或一播放器所能處理的其它檔案。在一些具體實施例中 ，如果該等幻燈片原來是其它的格式（例如Microsoft PowerPoint)，要先用「另存新檔」把它們轉換成HTML格式。 頭條新聞樣板 頭條新聞通常包含一與文字串流同步之視訊資訊（clip)或 串流傳播。該影片資訊（clip)可爲一目標播放器所能支援之 任何的媒體格式。該文字串流通常爲經過格式化之ASCII文 字。在一特定的具體實施例中，使用者可在步驟2直接輸 入任何文字。 幻燈片樣板 幻燈片樣板通常包含與影像幻燈片同步之一聲音剪貼資 訊（clip)或φ流聲音傳播。該聲音剪貼資訊（clip)可爲一目 標播放器所能支援之任何的媒體格式。該等影像幻燈片爲 QIF、JPEG或任何有支援之其它格式的影像檔案。 步驟2 -增加及預覽媒體（預覽管理器） 第二個步驟是增加呈現所需的媒體。使用者可利用開啓 檔案對話方塊選擇他們想增加的檔案或•流來源。使用者 也可以利用預覽管理器預覽任何所選擇的媒體。在各種情 沉中，使用者可利用呈現規格資料管理器或SAM的預設値 來決定如何建立呈現資料。如果是選擇使用呈現規格資料 管理器，則在第三個步驟，精靈會啓動呈現規格資料管理 器。如果是選擇使用SAM的預設値，則SAM會假設，例如 ，幻燈片會循序顯示，每一張幻燈片的顯示時間相同，且 每次呈現開始時會播放第一張幻燈片。因此，SAM可自動 -42- 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公釐) (請先閱讀背面之注意事項再填寫本頁) tr------- 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 503663 A7 B7 -_ 五、發明說明（4()) 計算呈現規格資料，而不需要啓動呈現規格資料管理器。 步驟3 -建立呈現规格資料（呈現规格資料管理器） 此步驟中，啓動呈現規格資料管理器來建立呈現規格資 料。呈現規格資料係用於使一多媒體呈現内之不同的媒體 達到同步。如定時資料一樣簡單，要變換下一畫面（影像 ，文字，或html檔案）或要打開現場媒體串流視窗，儘可能 與内容或時間性媒體（如視訊或聲音剪貼）同步。資訊（clip) 。使用呈現規格資料管理器，使用者可以根據另一個正在 播放之聲音或視訊資訊（dip)的時間歷程來決定一幻燈片或 視窗要在那一個時間點開始顯示。以一個錄影敎學的實作 爲例，其中，根據以下所示之呈現規格資料檔案使兩個幻 燈片檔（以HTML檔案的格式）及一串流來源的開始部份同 步而成爲一示範的視訊資訊（clip): sld001.htm>1231646556_ sld002.htm>5464312313_ livesource.s21>7634537334_ 在該呈現规格檔案中，字元「>」之前的字串爲一幻燈 片檔案或串流來源的指標（indicator)或把手（handle)，而「> 」後爲該幻燈片或串流來源應開始顯示的精確媒體時間。 每當目前的媒體時間超過呈現規格資料檔案中的一個媒體 時間，就會觸發對應的顯示。由於媒體時間與一視訊資訊 (clip)的時間歷程相關聯，因此可達成該視訊及該等幻燈片 之間的同步。 步驟4 -產生媒體投射體呈現（文件產生器） -43- 本紙張尺度適S中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公釐) I--I---I I --·丨丨丨丨—丨丨訂-丨----I I (請先閱讀背面之注意事項再填寫本頁) 503663 A7 五、發明說明（ 經 濟 部 智 慧 財 產 局 員 工 消 費 合 作 社 印 製 最後，精靈顯示摘要資訊，例如該呈現之樣板名稱、所 選擇媒體之彳虽案名稱或URL及用於同步的呈現規格資料。 點按「完成J按鈕之後，呈現精靈將所有的資訊傳送給文 件產生器。文件產生器根據一被選擇的樣板檔案建:一 SMIL呈現规格或MM文件。在一具體實施例中，它逐行地 讀取該樣板檔案，加以解析並收集對應的媒體資料、檔案 名稱、URL或呈現資料，，然後將它們放到媒體投射體= 中。 ° SAM元件及畫面實作盛制 圖16所示爲一按照本發明特定具體實施例之預覽管理器 GUI的一個例子。預覽管理器爲單一視窗，區分成—媒髀 預覽區域及-位於視窗頂部的控制區域一文字攔帅： 項含有目前媒體檔案的位置。使用者可以用任何已㈣擇 檔案的万法或是藉由指出位置或辛流來源等方式選擇—媒 體，例如，在文字在欄位中鍵入新的路徑；或按旧㈣ .··按鈕以選擇位置。選擇的路徑會出現在文字欄位中 。選擇好以後，使用者可按「預賢 體。 欠預見」按叙以開始顯示該媒 按照特定的具體實施例’呈現精 斗士机kA 呼個步驟可以設 计成對居万塊的形式。每一個對話 Μ吏用者可點按「前一步」按心猜二個共同的按 或點按「下-步」前進到精靈的下-個步碟。=^步蘇 件。 按取“按-將猜靈關閉而不產生文 -44 - 本紙張尺度適用中關家標：J7^i)A4規格⑽X 297公釐） (請先閱讀背面之注意事項再填寫本頁) _· 裝 訂： έ -ϋ n n n ϋ - 503663 A7 —-------—--- B7 _______ 五、發明說明（42) 圖17A-C所不爲按照本發明特定具體實施例選擇各種呈 現樣板的例子。 (請先閱讀背面之注意事項再填寫本頁) 增加及預覽媒體的功能會隨著所選擇的樣板而改變。圖 18A所tf爲錄影敎學樣板之增加及預覽媒體畫面。「新增 視訊資訊（dip)」、「新增幻燈片檔案」、「影片長度」和 「每一張幻燈片的長度」等標簽係根據此樣板所支援的媒 to而。使用者可以在這個對話方塊中新增、移除或預 見媒體。使用者可點按移除按鈕以刪除列示方塊中被選取 的幻燈片樓。使用者也可以點按預覽來啓動預覽管理器以 播放所選擇的媒體檔。圖7 - 19所示爲被選取的HTML幻燈 片顯示於預覽管理器中的情形。 圖19A所示爲在步驟1是選擇頭條新聞樣板的情況。頭條 新聞包含與文字解説同步的影片，該等文字解説係直接輸 、而不疋來自文字檔。因此，提供一如圖19B所示之對話 方塊供直接輸入文字，而且此對話方塊在新增文字解説按 短被按下時會觸發。 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 根據所選擇的樣板，使用者界面（GUI)也可以提供不同 的呈現規格資料建立方法。例如，圖19A顯示「使用呈現 規I ;貝料管理器」選項鈕，這表示，精靈的第三個步驟會 啓動呈現規格資料管理器對話方塊。使用預設値選項鈕表 示使用者只需要輸入時間長度的資料。精靈會假設每一張 幻燈片的時間長度相同，而且呈現每次都會從第一張開始 顯π。因此，精靈不需要啓動呈現規格資料管理器，而是 直接進到下一個步驟一步驟4。 -45- 本紙張ϋ適用_規格（21〇 X 297公釐_)一 - 503663 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 A7 B7 五、發明說明（43) 如同步驟2，呈現規格資料管理器的功能會根據第一步 所選擇的樣板而改變。圖20A所示爲使用者在步驟1是選擇 錄影敎學樣板且在步驟2選擇一些媒體檔的例子。「錄影 敎學」標簽會顯示在呈現規格資料管理器中。「影片構案 」、「HTML幻燈片預覽」及Γ HTML幻燈片檔案名稱」等 標簽係根據錄影敎學樣板所支援的媒體而設定。呈現規格 資料管理器的左邊部份爲影片監視區域。檔案路徑顯示在 影片檔案文字欄位中，影片由預覽模組加以呈現並播放。 當影片開始播放時，在步驟2啓動的媒體進度監視器 (MediaProgressMonitor)會每50毫秒更新影片的目前時間。 對話方塊的右邊部份爲幻燈片時間歷程設定區域。每一 幻燈片不✓、疋包含在HTML列示方塊中，也會依序出現在 幻燈片時間歷程記錄控制板上。使用者可點按重置（Reset) 择紐將控制板中每一時間歷程的文字攔位重設爲〇〇及點按 時間歷程排序（Sort TimeLine)按鈕將幻燈片按照時間歷程的 順序排列。圖20B所示爲使用在步驟i是選擇頭條新聞樣板 的情況。 如圖20A所示，呈現規格資料管理器中的幻燈片時間歷 程記錄控制板係根據使用者在步驟1及2所作選擇而動態產 生的GUI邵份。每一幻燈片檔對應一個由檔案名稱文字攔 位、一記錄按鈕及一時間歷程文字攔位所組成的小的子控 制板。由於影片時間歷程爲整個錄影敎學呈現的時間歷程 ，因此，使用者可根據影片内容，點按記錄按鈕來設定對 應t幻燈片的開始時間。當一記綠按扭被按下時，會在時 -46- 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（21〇 x 297公釐） (請先閱讀背面之注意事項再填寫本頁) 裝 . 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 503663 A7 ___ B7 _ 五、發明說明（44) 間歷程的文字攔位顯示對應的精確時間，其後的幻燈片會 顯示在HTML幻燈片預覽區域中。 按照本發明特定具體實施例，進一步選項爲，當使用者 點按「排序」按鈕時，幻燈片時間歷程記錄控制板中的幻 燈片會按照時間歷程的順序排列，這表示，開始時間最早 的幻燈片會顯示在控制板的第一行。氣泡排序法既簡單又 有效率，可以作爲時間歷程的排序演算法。 由於產生呈現是精靈引導的最後一個步驟，因此例如樣 板名稱、所選擇的媒體檔案、自動或手動產生（利用呈現 規格資料管理器）之呈現規格資料等呈現資訊會整理於呈 現資訊文字區域中。此時，使用者可定義呈現標題、作者 名稱及版權資訊。點按「完成」按鈕之後，文件產生器會 收集所有的資訊並獨立建立一呈現。圖21所示爲一呈現產 生器最後一個步驟的例子。 SAM可藉由利用即時傳輸協定（Real-Time Transport Protocol，RTP)來串流連接媒體物件，及以即時傳輸控制協 定（Real-Time Transport Control Protocol，RTCP)以如同傳統 VCR的方式（播放、停止及暫停）控制及管理遠端串流物件 。RTP爲一網際網路標準，用於傳送即時資料，包括聲音 及視訊串流。RTP可用於隨選媒體（media_on-demand)的應用 ，也可以用在例如網際網路電話等交談式服務。RTCP爲設 計用以與RTP—同使用的控制協定。 來源檔案的進一步例子 以下爲一 SMIL型態之呈現規格檔案的例子，可爲一按照 -47- 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公釐） ----------—-----訂-------- (請先閱讀背面之注意事項再填寫本頁) ^3663 A7Γϋ I equipment *-4 Printed clothing by the Consumers ’Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs 503663 A7 _B7 _ V. Invention Description (37) Tourism ·, Program Demonstration-Audio explanation of slideshow program display; or online publication-with picture reference materials Audiobook or magazine. Some previous multimedia authoring tools only support non-streaming data types, but a SAM according to the present invention allows including both streaming media and other media types. Figure 15 shows an example of a synchronous authoring manager (SAM), also called a synchronous authoring tool (SAT), according to a specific embodiment of the present invention. SAM core components In a specific embodiment, SAM includes four components: a rendering wizard, a preview manager, a rendering specification, and a media projection generator. The rendering wizard is the core of SAM. It provides an easy way to integrate completely different media into holistic and dynamic multimedia content. It guides users to create a presentation in few steps. The Preview Manager can display any allowed media content. If the media and time are irrelevant, such as an image, a text stream, or an html file, the correct content will appear in the preview window. If the media is of a temporal nature, such as sound or video clips, it will play continuously from the beginning in the preview window. If the media is from a live streaming source, such as a live photography or video broadcast, a sample of the media can be played in the preview window. The Preview Manager can be launched from inside and outside the rendering sprite. Before integrating media into a multimedia presentation, users can preview it using the Preview Manager. The presentation specification data manager is responsible for creating the presentation specification data (sometimes referred to as metadata in this case, although it refers here to the data used for the presentation specifications rather than the media projection volume data described above) and a Make Yiduo-40- This paper is suitable for two Chinese National Standards (CNS) A4 specifications (210 X 297 mm) ILIIIII1 —-· 丨 ——---- Order -------- (please first Read the notes on the back and fill out this page) 503663 Printed by the Consumers' Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs A7 B7 -__ V. Description of the invention (38) Different media presentation specifications in the media presentation. The user can record a sound or video information (clip) while recording relevant time control information of the static media according to the content of the information (clip). For example, a user wants to create a presentation that displays a map commentary (using sound), displays some landscape photos (using video), and uses an outdoor live camera to indicate the current weather conditions. Using the presentation specification data manager, the user can decide when to display the next slide based on the sound content, or open a window to display the streaming (or live) data. This information is stored in a data structure for future use when creating relevant presentations. The feature of the file generator is to automatically create a presentation specification and / or media projectile. The structure of the document is based on one of the templates, and the media and time control information is obtained from the rendering wizard. The file generator can wrap a variety of media materials with presentation materials and any necessary or executable content to create a media projection. You can also choose to have the file generator output only a SMIL-type rendering specification. Creating a Media Projector Using SAM Step 1-Select a Template First, the user selects the type of presentation they want to create. Each template is designed for a specific purpose. The models supported by SAM are: Video Recording Template Video recording usually includes one or one stream broadcast or continuously encoded TV broadcast from a streaming data source such as live photography, and video information synchronized with HTML slides ). The video can be in any media format supported by a target player. These HTML slides are any compatible HTML file -41-This paper size is applicable to the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) (Please read the precautions on the back before filling out this page) Pack *. 4 503663 A7 B7 _ V. Description of Invention (39) or other files that a player can handle. In some specific embodiments, if the slides are originally in other formats (such as Microsoft PowerPoint), they must first be converted into HTML format using "Save As". Headline news template Headline news usually includes a clip or stream that is synchronized with the text stream. The clip information can be any media format supported by a target player. The text stream is usually formatted ASCII text. In a specific embodiment, the user can directly input any text in step 2. Slide template A slide template usually contains one of the sound clip information or φ stream sound transmission synchronized with the image slide. The sound clip information (clip) can be any media format supported by a target player. These image slides are image files in QIF, JPEG or any other supported format. Step 2-Add and Preview Media (Preview Manager) The second step is to add the media needed for rendering. Users can use the Open File dialog box to choose the file or stream source they want to add. Users can also preview any selected media using the Preview Manager. In various situations, the user can use the preset specification manager or SAM's presets to determine how to create the presentation data. If you choose to use the Render Specification Manager, in the third step, the wizard will launch the Render Specification Manager. If you choose to use SAM's presets, SAM will assume that, for example, slides will be displayed in sequence, each slide will be displayed at the same time, and the first slide will be played at the beginning of each presentation. Therefore, SAM can automatically -42- This paper size is applicable to China National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) (Please read the precautions on the back before filling this page) tr ------- Ministry of Economic Affairs Printed by the Intellectual Property Bureau employee consumer cooperatives Printed by the Ministry of Economic Affairs Intellectual Property Bureau employee consumer cooperatives printed 503663 A7 B7 -_ V. Description of Invention (4 ()) Calculates the presentation specifications without the need to start the presentation specifications data manager. Step 3-Create Presentation Specification Data (Presentation Specification Data Manager) In this step, launch the Presentation Specification Data Manager to create the presentation specification data. Presentation specifications are used to synchronize different media within a multimedia presentation. As simple as timing data, you need to change the next picture (image, text, or html file) or open the live media streaming window, and synchronize with content or temporal media (such as video or audio clip) as much as possible. Information (clip). Using the presentation specification data manager, the user can decide at which point in time a slideshow or window should be displayed based on the time history of another sound or video information (dip) being played. Take an example of video science as an example, in which two slide files (in the format of an HTML file) and the beginning of a stream source are synchronized into a demonstration video according to the presentation specification data file shown below Information (clip): sld001.htm > 1231646556_ sld002.htm > 5464312313_ livesource.s21 > 7634537334_ In this presentation specification file, the string before the character ">" is an indicator (indicator of a slide file or stream source) ) Or handle, and ">" is the exact media time at which the slide or stream source should start showing. Whenever the current media time exceeds a media time in the presentation specification file, the corresponding display is triggered. Since the media time is associated with the time history of a clip, synchronization between the video and the slides can be achieved. Step 4-Generate Media Projector Presentation (File Generator) -43- This paper is compliant with China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) I--I --- II-· 丨 丨 丨丨 — 丨 丨 Order- 丨 ---- II (Please read the notes on the back before filling out this page) 503663 A7 V. Invention Description (Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs Finally, the wizard displays summary information, such as The template name of the presentation, the name or URL of the selected media, and the presentation specification data for synchronization. After clicking the "Complete J button, the presentation wizard sends all the information to the document generator. The document generator is based on a The selected template file is built: a SMIL presentation specification or MM file. In a specific embodiment, it reads the template file line by line, parses it and collects the corresponding media data, file name, URL or presentation data, Then put them into the media projection body. ° SAM components and screen implementation Sheng Figure 16 shows an example of a preview manager GUI according to a specific embodiment of the present invention. The preview manager is A single window is divided into a media preview area and a control area at the top of the window. A text block: The item contains the current media file location. The user can use any method of the selected file or indicate the location or location. Stream source selection—media, for example, type a new path in the text field; or press the old ㈣ ··· button to select a location. The selected path will appear in the text field. After selection, the user You can press "Pre-sage. Under-seen" to start showing the media according to a specific specific embodiment 'Presentation of the fighter kA. The steps can be designed in the form of tens of thousands of people. Each conversation is for users You can click "previous step" to guess the two common buttons or click "down-step" to advance to the next step of the wizard. = ^ Stepsu. Generating text -44-Zhongguanjiajia: J7 ^ i) A4 size ⑽ X 297 mm) (Please read the precautions on the back before filling this page) _ · Binding: -ϋ nnn ϋ-503663 A7 —- ----------- B7 _______ V. Invention theory (42) Figures 17A-C are not examples of selecting various presentation templates according to a specific embodiment of the present invention. (Please read the precautions on the back before filling this page) The function of adding and previewing media will follow the selected template The change is shown in Figure 18A. The tf is the addition of the video learning model and preview of the media screen. "Add video information (dip)", "Add slideshow file", "Video length" and "length of each slide" "" And other tags are based on the media supported by this template. Users can add, remove or foresee media in this dialog. The user can click the remove button to delete the selected slideshow in the list box. The user can also click Preview to launch the Preview Manager to play the selected media file. Figures 7-19 show the selected HTML slide show in the preview manager. FIG. 19A shows a case where a headline template is selected in step 1. The headline news includes videos that are synchronized with text commentary, which is typed directly instead of from a text file. Therefore, a dialog box as shown in FIG. 19B is provided for directly inputting text, and this dialog box is triggered when a new text commentary button is pressed for a short time. Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs According to the selected template, the user interface (GUI) can also provide different methods for establishing the presentation specifications. For example, Figure 19A shows the "Use Rendering Specification I; Shell Manager" option button, which means that the third step of the wizard will launch the Rendering Specification Data Manager dialog box. Use the default 値 option button to indicate that the user only needs to enter the length of data. The wizard assumes that each slide is the same length of time, and that the presentation will start from the first slide each time. Therefore, the wizard does not need to start the presentation specification data manager, but proceeds directly to the next step-step 4. -45- This paper is not applicable _Specifications (21〇X 297mm_) I- 503663 Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (43) As in step 2, the specification data manager is presented. The function will change according to the template selected in the first step. FIG. 20A shows an example in which the user selects a video recording template in step 1 and selects some media files in step 2. The "Video Recording" tab will be displayed in the presentation specification data manager. The tags such as "Video Archive", "HTML Slideshow Preview", and "HTML Slideshow File Name" are set according to the media supported by the video learning template. Presentation Specifications The left part of the data manager is the video surveillance area. The file path is displayed in the video file text field, and the video is presented and played by the preview module. When the movie starts playing, the MediaProgressMonitor launched in step 2 will update the current time of the movie every 50 milliseconds. The right part of the dialog box is the slide time history setting area. Each slide is not ✓, 疋 included in the HTML list box, and will also appear on the slide time history dashboard in order. The user can click the Reset button to reset the text block of each time history in the control panel to 〇〇 and click the Sort TimeLine button to arrange the slides in the order of time history. Fig. 20B shows a case where the headline template is selected in step i. As shown in FIG. 20A, the slide time history record control panel in the presentation specification data manager is a GUI component dynamically generated according to the selection made by the user in steps 1 and 2. Each slide file corresponds to a small sub-control board composed of a file name text block, a record button, and a time history text block. Since the time history of the movie is the time history of the entire video science, the user can click the record button according to the content of the movie to set the start time of the slideshow. When a green button is pressed, it will be at -46- This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (21〇x 297 mm) (Please read the precautions on the back before filling this page) Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs 503663 A7 ___ B7 _ V. The description of the process (44) shows the exact time corresponding to the text block, and subsequent slides will be displayed in the HTML slide preview area . According to a specific embodiment of the present invention, a further option is that when the user clicks the "sort" button, the slides in the slide time history control panel are arranged in the order of time history, which means that the slide with the earliest start time The slice will be displayed on the first line of the dashboard. The bubble sorting method is simple and efficient, and can be used as a sorting algorithm for time history. Because rendering is the last step of wizard guidance, rendering information such as template name, selected media file, and rendering specification data generated automatically or manually (using the rendering specification data manager) will be organized in the rendering info text area. At this time, the user can define the presentation title, author name and copyright information. After clicking the "Finish" button, the document generator will collect all the information and create a presentation independently. Figure 21 shows an example of the last step of the generator. SAM can use the Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP) to stream media objects, and use the Real-Time Transport Control Protocol (RTCP) in the same way as traditional VCRs (play, stop And pause) to control and manage remote streaming objects. RTP is an Internet standard for transmitting real-time data, including sound and video streaming. RTP can be used for media-on-demand applications, as well as chat services such as Internet telephony. RTCP is a control protocol designed to be used in conjunction with RTP. Further examples of source files The following is an example of a SMIL-type presentation specification file, which can be a -47- this paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) ------ ----—----- Order -------- (Please read the notes on the back before filling this page) ^ 3663 A7

B7 、發明說明（45) 本發明特定具體實施例之媒體投射體的一部份’且可經t —按照本發明特定具體實施例之同步的媒體播放器加以： 取。若要使此檔案顯示於一目標機器上’舉例:言:曰= 要例如視訊、聲音、HTML文字及影像等播放$ ’以上母 一種播放器可駐在-目標機器上或包裹到媒體投射體中。 csmil> <head> ctneta name ="author" contents··S · Shim” /> <meta name=HcopyrightM content= MSJSUH /> · <layout> <root-layout background-colors"192,192,192" heig.ht="620"/> cregion id=?, videoregionM lef t=,,40H top=H10, height="100H z-index="0" color="192,192,192__/> <region id=" lectureregion，· left heighc= "200，· coloy]^, 192,192"/$ <region id-n slideregionM left = height= "200·· 、 color=H192,192,192H/> </layout> </head> <body> <par> <video src="demo\gm.mpg" region= uvideoregionn/> <seq> <html src="demo\carl .gifH begin="5s丨， region="slideregion"/> <html src=Mdemo\car2 .gif» dur=r,5sM region=,,slideregion,7> <html src=Mdemo\car3.gif» dur="5s" region=nslideregion"/> <hcml src=11 demo\car6 .gifM dur=n5sM r6gion=Mslideregion11/> <html src=lldemo\car5.gif·· dur=«'5s«· region^Mslideregion1*/> <html src=««demo\car4.gif» dur=：»5s*· region^*·slideregion"/> <html src="demo\car5 .gir" dur=H5sM re9ion=,,slideregion"/> </seq> 5n10n top="220丨 z-index="0" •240” top«"10" z-index="0" width="1200" widthsM150" background- width=H450" background- width="250·丨 background- I I I 訂 dur="3s' 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 <seq> <html begin=M 6s" s rc = ” demo\gml.html" region=uleccureregion"/> <html src=Mdemo\gm2.htmlM dur="6s" region="lectureregion"/> <html src=udemo\gm3 .htmln dur="6s" region=Mlectureregion1'/> <html src= ndemo\gm4.htmlH dur="6s" region="lectureregion"/> <html src= "demo\gm5 .htmlM aur=" 6sn region»'* lectureregion" /> </seq </par </body> -48- f紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 χ 297公釐)B7. Description of the invention (45) A part of the media projection body of the specific embodiment of the present invention 'and can be applied via t—the synchronized media player according to the specific embodiment of the present invention: fetch. To make this file display on a target machine 'Example: Word: Said = To play, for example, video, sound, HTML text and video, etc. $' More than one parent player can reside on the target machine or wrapped in a media projection . csmil > < head > ctneta name = " author " contents ·· S · Shim "/ > < meta name = HcopyrightM content = MSJSUH / > · < layout > < root-layout background-colors " 192,192,192 " heig.ht = " 620 " / > cregion id = ?, videoregionM lef t = ,, 40H top = H10, height = &100; z-index = " 0 " color = " 192,192,192 __ / > < region id = " lectureregion, · left heighc = " 200, · coloy] ^, 192,192 " / $ < region id-n slideregionM left = height = " 200 ..., color = H192,192,192 H / > < / layout > < / head > < body > < par > < video src = " demo \ gm.mpg " region = uvideoregionn / > < seq > < html src = " demo \ carl .gifH begin = " 5s 丨, region = " slideregion " / > < html src = Mdemo \ car2 .gif »dur = r, 5sM region = ,, slideregion, 7 > < html src = Mdemo \ car3.gif »dur = " 5s " region = nslideregion " / > < hcml src = 11 demo \ car6 .gifM dur = n5sM r6gion = Mslideregion11 / > < html src = lldemo \ car 5.gif ·· dur = «'5s« · region ^ Mslideregion1 * / > < html src = «« demo \ car4.gif »dur =:» 5s * · region ^ * · slideregion " / > < html src = " demo \ car5 .gir " dur = H5sM re9ion = ,, slideregion " / > < / seq > 5n10n top = " 220 丨 z-index = " 0 " • 240 "top« " 10 " z-index = " 0 " width = " 1200 " widthsM150 " background- width = H450 " background- width = " 250 · 丨 background- III order dur = " 3s' employee consumption Printed by the cooperative < seq > < html begin = M 6s " s rc = '' demo \ gml.html " region = uleccureregion " / > < html src = Mdemo \ gm2.htmlM dur = " 6s " region = " lectureregion " / > < html src = udemo \ gm3 .htmln dur = " 6s " region = Mlectureregion1 '/ > < html src = ndemo \ gm4.htmlH dur = " 6s " region = " lectureregion " / > < html src = " demo \ gm5 .htmlM aur = " 6sn region »'* lectureregion " / > < / seq < / par < / body > -48- f paper Of the applicable Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 size (210 χ 297 mm)

dur=u6sM 503663 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 五、發明說明（46) 具備程式之資訊家電中的具體實施例 圖22爲一本發明可實作於其中之邏輯裝置的典型例子的 方塊圖。本發明可實作於硬體及/或軟體中。在本發明之 —些具體實施例中，本發明的不同方面可實料-客户: 邏輯或伺服器端邏輯中。從此技藝將會了解，本發明或: 元件可實作於—含有邏輯指令及/或資料之固定的媒體程 式，該邏輯指令或資料當載入到適當規劃的電算裝置時會 使該裝置按照本發明所述的方式執行。從此技藝將會了& ，一固足的媒體程式可以在一固定的媒體上傳送给使用者 以便載入到-使用者的電腦中，或者，—固定的媒體程式 也可以駐在一遠端伺服器中，使用者經由一通訊媒介存取 該伺服器以便下載一程式元件。 圖22所示爲一資訊家電（或數位裝置）700，可把它看成是 -邏輯裝置，如此技藝所了解者，它可以從媒體717及/或 網路埠719讀取指令。裝置7〇〇可隨後使用該些指令以導引 伺服器或客户端邏輯，如業界所知者，而實施本發明。一 種能夠實作本發明的邏輯裝置型式如電腦系統7〇〇所示， 匕包含CPU 707、可有可無的輸入裝置7〇9和71丨、磁碟裝置 715及可有可無的監視器7〇5。固定的媒體717可用於規劃此 一系統’而且可爲碟片型式之光或磁性媒體、磁帶、固態 記憶體等。本發明可全部或部份實作成記錄在此一固定媒 體上的軟體。通訊埠719亦可用於在一開始接收用以規劃 此系統之指令，而且可爲任何型式之通訊連線。 本發明亦可全部或部份實作於_特定應用之積體電路 -49 本纸張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公釐） (請先閱讀背面之注意事項再填寫本頁)dur = u6sM 503663 Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs 5. Description of the invention (46) Specific embodiments in information appliances with programs Figure 22 is a block diagram of a typical example of a logic device in which the present invention can be implemented Illustration. The invention can be implemented in hardware and / or software. In some specific embodiments of the present invention, different aspects of the present invention may be real-customer: logic or server-side logic. From this skill, it will be understood that the present invention or: the elements may be implemented in a fixed media program containing logical instructions and / or data that, when loaded into a properly planned computer device, will cause the device to operate in accordance with The method described in the invention is executed. From then on, the technology will be & a sturdy media program can be sent to the user on a fixed medium for loading into-the user's computer, or-the fixed media program can also reside on a remote server In the server, the user accesses the server through a communication medium to download a program element. FIG. 22 shows an information appliance (or digital device) 700, which can be regarded as a logic device. As known to the art, it can read instructions from the media 717 and / or the network port 719. The device 700 can then use these instructions to guide the server or client logic, as known in the industry, to implement the invention. A type of logic device capable of implementing the present invention is shown in the computer system 700, which includes a CPU 707, optional input devices 709 and 71, a magnetic disk device 715, and optional monitors. 705. The fixed media 717 can be used to plan such a system 'and can be a disc type optical or magnetic media, magnetic tape, solid state memory, etc. The present invention can be implemented in whole or in part as software recorded on such a fixed medium. Port 719 can also be used to receive instructions for planning this system from the beginning, and can be any type of communication connection. The present invention can also be implemented in whole or in part for integrated circuits of specific applications -49 This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 specifications (210 X 297 mm) (Please read the notes on the back before filling (This page)

r-— I 裝 ·. 4 503663 A7 B7 經 濟 部 智 慧 財 產 局 員 工 消 費 合 作 社 印 製 五、發明說明（47) (ASIC)或一可程式邏輯裝置（PLD)的電路中。此情況中，本 發明可實作於一電腦能夠了解的描述語言中，此描述語言 可用於建立一如本文所述方式運作之八81(：或pLD。r-— I equipment ·. 4 503663 A7 B7 Printed by the Intellectual Property Office of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Consumer Cooperatives 5. In the circuit of the invention description (47) (ASIC) or a programmable logic device (PLD). In this case, the present invention can be implemented in a description language that can be understood by a computer, and the description language can be used to build an eighty-eighth (: or pLD) that operates as described herein.

基它具體實施H 本發明到目前爲止係參考特定具體實施例加以説明。其 它具體實施例對於熟知此技藝者將是顯而易見的。特定地 説，一使用者數位資訊家電一般而言係以一部個人電腦作 爲例子。然而，該數位電算裝置可代表任何與一遠端資料 應用交談的裝置，此裝置可包括一數位功能的電視、行動 電話、個人數位助理等。 雖然以前述説明及附件解釋本發明各個不同的觀念/具 體實施例，但所揭示之特定程序/步驟及所包括之關於更廣 之方法及系統的規格並不能限制本發明的範圍，如熟悉本 抹藝者所知本文所揭露及説明的範圍有許多變換的特徵。 此外，雖然有些情況以客户/伺服器系統描述本發明， 但不應將本發明限制在所述之客户/伺服器系統的邏輯環 境中。在此，客户一詞係廣義地代表任何從一遠端系統存 取資料的邏輯，而伺服器係廣義地包含用於任何提供資料 給遠端系統的邏輯。 應了解，本文所描述的例子和具體實施例只是爲了說明 的目的，熟知此技藝者利用本文之説明即可稍微對它們所 作修改或變更，這些修改或變更包括在本發明申請案的精 神及申請專利的範圍内。 50- 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公爱） ttw— ^--------^-------- (請先閱讀背面之注意事項再填寫本頁} 503663Basic Embodiments The present invention has been described so far with reference to specific embodiments. Other specific embodiments will be apparent to those skilled in the art. In particular, a consumer digital information appliance is generally exemplified by a personal computer. However, the digital computing device may represent any device that talks to a remote data application. The device may include a digitally-enabled television, mobile phone, personal digital assistant, and the like. Although the various concepts / specific embodiments of the present invention are explained with the foregoing description and attachments, the specific procedures / steps disclosed and the specifications of the broader methods and systems included should not limit the scope of the present invention. The artisan knows that the scope disclosed and illustrated in this article has many changing characteristics. In addition, although the invention is described in terms of client / server systems in some cases, the invention should not be limited to the logical environment of the client / server system described. Here, the term client refers broadly to any logic that retrieves data from a remote system, while server refers broadly to any logic that provides data to a remote system. It should be understood that the examples and specific embodiments described herein are only for the purpose of illustration. Those skilled in the art can make slight modifications or changes to them using the descriptions in this article. These modifications or changes are included in the spirit and application of the present application. Within the scope of the patent. 50- This paper size is in accordance with Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 public love) ttw— ^ -------- ^ -------- (Please read the precautions on the back before Fill out this page} 503663

第089120898號專利申請案 91. 7. - !修JL 中文說明書修正頁(91年7月） A7 年月曰 五、發明説明（47a ) 元件符號說明 10 同步創作管理器(SAM) 220 元資料資訊 12 媒體投射體(MM) 222 第一個位元 20 媒體倉庫管理器(MRM) 226 簽名攔位 22 即時資料(定時性媒體資料） 230 媒體資料 30 資料源 303 媒體投射體倉庫 40 資料儲存器 305 本機程式碼資料 50 同步多媒體播放器(SMP) 307 網站或應用伺服器倉庫 55 前端界面 330 排程器 102 中央伺服器 340 媒體播放器 104 視訊/聲音資料庫 402 呈現規格 106 資料網路 404 即時呈現排程器 108、 110 代理伺服器 406 播放器 112、 114 資料網路 700 資訊家電(或數位裝置） 116 - *H9 終端裝置 705 監視器 200 可執行的二進位碼(或描述語茗） 707 CPU 202 連績位元 709、 711 輸入裝置 205 E-Length 715 磁碟裝置 210 呈現規格 717 媒體 215 P-Length 719 網路埠 -50a -Patent Application No. 089120898 91. 7.-! Revised JL Chinese Manual Correction Page (July 91) A7, July 5th, Invention Description (47a) Component Symbol Description 10 Synchronous Creation Manager (SAM) 220 Metadata Information 12 Media Projector (MM) 222 First Bit 20 Media Warehouse Manager (MRM) 226 Signature Block 22 Real-Time Data (Timed Media Information) 230 Media Data 30 Sources 303 Media Projector Warehouse 40 Data Storage 305 Local code data 50 Synchronized multimedia player (SMP) 307 Website or application server warehouse 55 Front-end interface 330 Scheduler 102 Central server 340 Media player 104 Video / sound database 402 Presentation specifications 106 Data network 404 Real-time Rendering Scheduler 108, 110 Proxy Server 406 Player 112, 114 Data Network 700 Information Appliance (or Digital Device) 116-* H9 Terminal Device 705 Monitor 200 Executable Binary Code (or Descriptor) 707 CPU 202 consecutive bit 709, 711 input device 205 E-Length 715 disk device 210 presentation specifications 717 media 215 P-Length 719 network port -50a-

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第089120898號專利申請案 益 中文申請專利範圍修正本(91年7月） ？雪 D8 5、申請專利範圍 1. 一種存取_流媒體内容之方法，包括： 初始化一媒體投射體； 執行一排程器，該排程器載入一呈現規格； 在該排程器的控制下，初始化一或多個播放器； 將該媒體投射體中的媒體物件指標傳給一或多個播放 器；並咀在該等一或多個播放器上，於該排程器的控 制下，從該媒體投射體呈現該等媒體物件。 2. 如申請專利範圍第1項之方法，該方法進一步包括步騾： 於該等一或多個播放器，檢查投射體媒體的一或多個 標首相當於該等一或多個播放器指示的該媒體物件； 於該等一或多個播放器，檢查該一或多個標首以決定 是否需要從該媒體投射體下載輕薄短小的軟體元件以 便呈現媒體資料；及 於該等一或多個播放器，如果需要存取該媒體資料， 則在執行時期載入與特定媒體相關（media-specific)的元 件。 3 .如申請專利範圍第1項之方法，其中該存取動作係在一 只能預先安裝有限容量的軟體的行動平台上進行。 4 .如申請專利範園第1項之方法，其中該存取動作係在一 記憶體容量有限的行動平台上進行。 5 .如申請專利範圍第1項之方法，其中該存取動作使一行 動平台能夠作同步呈現。 6 .如申請專利範圍第1項之方法，該方法進一步包括步驟： 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準(CNS) A4規格(210 X 297公釐) -7Patent Application No. 089120898 Benefit Amendment to Chinese Patent Application Scope (July 91)? Snow D8 5. Application for patent scope 1. A method for accessing _ streaming media content, including: initializing a media projection body; executing a scheduler, the scheduler loads a presentation specification; control of the scheduler Next, initialize one or more players; pass the media object pointer in the media projection to one or more players; and set the one or more players under the control of the scheduler , Presenting the media objects from the media projection. 2. If the method of claim 1 is applied, the method further includes the step of: on the one or more players, checking that one or more headers of the projection media are equivalent to the one or more players The media object as instructed; on the one or more players, inspecting the one or more headers to determine whether it is necessary to download thin and light software components from the media projection in order to present the media information; and If multiple players need to access the media data, they load media-specific components during execution. 3. The method according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the access operation is performed on a mobile platform that can only pre-install a limited amount of software. 4. The method according to item 1 of the patent application park, wherein the access operation is performed on a mobile platform with a limited memory capacity. 5. The method according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the access action enables the action platform to perform synchronous presentation. 6. The method according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, the method further comprising the steps: The paper size is applicable to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) -7 申請專利範圍Patent application scope ； 或夕個播放器，設定一或多個阻擒同步盖元。 7 ·如申請專利範園第 甘a、、 ^ — 員又万法，其中藏一或多個播放器 根據一來自該挑聽$ ^ 非私蟲的啟用訊號播放媒體資料。 8·如申請專利範圍第1項之方法，其中該初始化包括從本 機儲存裝置發射_媒體投㈣，該㈣㈣ 能夠在本機裝置$ — ^ & 執仃時期平口執行的初始播放器。 9 ·如申請專利範圍第 _弟1項疋万法，其中該初始化包括從遠 諸存裝置發射—描：_机L 、 媒m投射目豆，孩媒體投射體包括一 能夠在本機裝置之勃# & 正A i I執仃時期千台執行的初始播放器。 10·如申請專利範圍第1項少女 乐i /、（万法’其中該初始化包括存取 一格式化成一網頁的呈現。 其中該排程器係從該媒 其中該排程器係預先安 其中該呈現規格係從該 其中該等媒體物件指標 其中該媒體投射體為 11·如申請專利範圍第1項之方法 體投射體得到。 12·如申請專利範圍第i項之方法 裝於一存取裝置中。 13. 如申請專利範圍第1項之方法 媒體投射體載入。 14. 如申請專利範圍第1項之方法 包括一簽名。 15·如申請專利範圍第1項之方法 包含主動内容及被動内容的文件容器，該主動内容包 含機器能夠辨識的可執行元件，而該被動内容包含呈 現規格、元資料資訊及媒體資料。 2- 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準(CNS) A4規格(210 X 297公釐〉; Or a player, set one or more blocking synchronization cover element. 7 · If you apply for a patent, you can use one or more players to hide media or play one or more players according to an activation signal from the non-private worm. 8. The method according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the initialization includes transmitting a media input from a local storage device, which is an initial player that can be executed by the local device during the execution period. 9 · If the scope of the patent application is 1st item, the initialization includes launching from a remote storage device-description: _machine L, media m projecting eye, the media projection body includes a device that can be used in the local device博 # is the initial player that Chiba executed during the Ai I execution. 10. If the application for the scope of the patent application is the first girl music i /, (Wan Fa 'where the initialization includes access to a formatted presentation of a web page. Where the scheduler is from the media where the scheduler is pre-installed therein The presentation specifications are obtained from the media object indicators in which the media projection is 11. The method projection of item 1 in the scope of patent application. 12. The method of item i in the scope of patent application is installed in an access In the device. 13. If the method of the scope of the patent application item 1 is loaded with the media projection. 14. If the method of the scope of patent application item 1 includes a signature. 15. If the method of the scope of patent application item 1 includes active content and Document container for passive content, the active content contains executable components that the machine can recognize, and the passive content contains presentation specifications, metadata information, and media information. 2- This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 specifications (210 X 297 mm> 々、申請專利範圍 16. 如申請專利範圍第1項之方法，其中該媒體資料可包括 另一媒體投射體。 17. 如申請專利範圍第15項之方法，其中，可以從一單一的 争流檔案位置存取該媒體投射體之主動及被動内容。 18. —種存取_流媒體内容之方法，包括步騾： 初始化一媒體投射體； 其中該媒體投射體為一文件容器，能夠容納可辨識機 器的主動内容和各種不同格式的被動内容；及 將該媒體投射體中之媒體物件指標傳送給一或多値播 放器。 19. 如申請專利範圍第18項之方法，其中該初始化步騾包 括： 使用一瀏覽器，以滑鼠點按的方式發射該媒體投射體。 20. 如申請專利範園第18項之方法，其中該初始化步騾包 括： 使用一命令列界面發射一自給自足的媒體投射體。 21. 如申請專利範圍第18項之方法，其中該初始化步騾包 括： 使用媒體投射體名稱作為輸入來初始化一播放器。 22. 如申請專利範圍第18項之方法，其中該初始化步騾包 括： 其中該媒體投射體包含一可執行的完整元件，而且能 夠載入它自己並根據一特定作業平台上之執行時期載 -3-本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準(CNS) A4規格(210 X 297公釐) 503663 9L 7. - I ：r 年月C/Γ 不1¾ A8 B8 C8 D8 、申請專利範圍 入器的特性執行。 23. 如申請專利範圍第18項之方法，其中至少該等一或多 個播放器包含在該媒體投射體中》 24. 如申請專利範圍第18項之方法，其中至少該等一或多 個播放器為一外部播放器。 25. 如申請專利範圍第18項之方法，其中該外部播放器為 一 MPEG播放器。 26. 如申請專利範圍第18項之方法，其中一超連結檢查該 媒體投射體在網頁中只流通該媒體投射體起始主動機 器可辨識部份而該媒體投射體的剩餘部份在該主動機 器可辨識部份控制下流通。 27. 如申請專利範圍第18項之方法，其中該存取_流媒體 内容可以在一只能預先安裝有限容量的軟體的行動平 台上進行。 28. 如申請專利範圍第18項之方法，其中該存取串流媒體 内容係在一記憶體容量有限的平台上進行。 29. 如申請專利範圍第18項之方法，其中一媒體投射體之 播放進一步包括傳送、重組及呈現媒體投射體和其它 内容等可能有重疊的程序。 30. —種播放一同步多媒體呈現之方法，包括步騾： 初始化一媒體投射體； 其中該媒體投射體為一文件容器，能夠容納機器可辨 識之主動内容及各種不同格式之被動内容； -4- 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準(CNS) A4規格(210 X 297公釐) 503663范围. Scope of patent application 16. For the method of the first scope of patent application, the media material may include another media projection body. 17. The method of claim 15 in which the active and passive content of the media projection can be accessed from a single contention file location. 18. A method of accessing and streaming media content, including the steps of: initializing a media projection; wherein the media projection is a file container capable of containing the active content of a recognizable machine and the passive content of various formats; and Sends the media object pointer in the media projection to one or more players. 19. The method of claim 18, wherein the initialization step includes: using a browser to launch the media projection body with a click of a mouse. 20. The method of claim 18, wherein the initialization steps include: using a command line interface to launch a self-contained media projection. 21. The method of claim 18, wherein the initialization step includes: initializing a player using a media projection name as an input. 22. The method of claim 18, wherein the initialization step includes: wherein the media projection body includes an executable complete component, and can be loaded into itself and loaded according to the execution period on a specific operating platform- 3- This paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) 503663 9L 7.-I: r year and month C / Γ not 1¾ A8 B8 C8 D8, implementation of the characteristics of the patent application scope. 23. The method according to claim 18, wherein at least the one or more players are included in the media projection "24. The method according to claim 18, wherein at least the one or more The player is an external player. 25. The method of claim 18, wherein the external player is an MPEG player. 26. If the method of claim 18 of the scope of patent application, a hyperlink checks that the media projection body circulates in the webpage only the starting machine identifiable part of the media projection body and the remaining part of the media projection body is in the active Circulation under the control of machine identifiable part. 27. The method of claim 18, wherein the access to the streaming content can be performed on a mobile platform that can only be installed with a limited amount of software in advance. 28. The method of claim 18, wherein the access to the streaming media content is performed on a platform with limited memory capacity. 29. If the method of claim 18 is applied, the playback of a media projection further includes procedures for transmitting, reorganizing, and presenting media projections and other content that may overlap. 30. A method for playing a synchronized multimedia presentation, including the steps of: initializing a media projection body; wherein the media projection body is a file container capable of containing active content that can be recognized by the machine and passive content in various formats; -4 -This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) 503663 使用一基於時間歷程之排程器，初始化一同步多媒體 播放器’以便根據呈現規格，按照排程播放；及 將該媒體投射體中之媒體物件傳送給一或多個播放 器。 j 1 ·如申請專利範圍第30項之方法，其中該呈現規格可經 由一網頁得到。 32·如申請專利範圍第3〇項之方法，其中該呈現規格可經 由該媒體投射體得到。 33.如申請專利範圍第3〇項之方法，其中該同步多媒體播 放器在該初始化步騾之前係駐在一平台上。 34·如申請專利範圍第3〇項之方法，其中該同步多媒體播 放器在該媒體投射體之主動内容中。 35.如申請專利範圍第3〇項之方法，該方法進一步包括步 騾： 解析該呈現規格以建立一呈現樹狀結構；及根據該樹 狀結構之中間節點的同步特性，從該樹狀結構的頂部 開始啟動播放。 36·如申請專利範圍第35項之方法，該方法進一步包括步 騾： 對於一或多個並聯的節點而言，建立獨立的執行緒以 控制每一個平行的工作，每一獨立的執行绪一 域時間基準。 ^ + 37·如申請專利範圍第35項之方法，該方法進一 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準(CNS) Α4規格(210 X 297公董)Using a time history-based scheduler, initialize a synchronized multimedia player 'to play according to the schedule according to the presentation specifications; and transmit the media objects in the media projection to one or more players. j 1 · The method according to item 30 of the patent application scope, wherein the presentation specification can be obtained through a web page. 32. The method of claim 30, wherein the presentation specification can be obtained by the media projection body. 33. The method of claim 30, wherein the synchronous multimedia player is resident on a platform before the initialization step. 34. The method of claim 30, wherein the synchronized multimedia player is in the active content of the media projection. 35. The method of claim 30, further comprising the steps of: parsing the presentation specification to establish a presentation tree structure; and from the tree structure according to the synchronization characteristics of the intermediate nodes of the tree structure Start playing at the top. 36. According to the method of claim 35, the method further includes the following steps: For one or more nodes in parallel, establish independent threads to control each parallel task, and each independent thread Domain time base. ^ + 37 · If the method of applying for the scope of the patent No. 35, this method is further applied to the paper size applicable to China National Standard (CNS) A4 specifications (210 X 297 public directors) 裝 訂Binding 503663 8 8 8 8 A BCD503663 8 8 8 8 A BCD 七、申請專利範圍 驟· 對於一或多個串聯的節點而言，使用一個單一的執行 緒循序逐步進行工作。 3 8.如申請專利範圍第3 5項之方法，該方法進一步包括步 驟： . 在發動一枝葉節點後，即尋找一正確的媒體播放器及 媒體資料。 39. 如申請專利範圍第30項之方法，該方法進一步包括步 騾： 若在該呈現規格中，至一媒體的連結為一相對路徑， 則在該媒體投射體中尋找該媒體資料；及 若在該呈現規格中，至一媒體的連結不是一相對路 徑，則循著一絕對路徑找到該媒體資料。 40. 如申請專利範圍第39項之方法，其中該絕對路徑若非 完整地於該連結中指定，就是從一媒體投射體被串流 連接時所在之伺服器的根目錄開始尋找。 41. 一種存取一多媒體呈現之方法，包括步騾： 檢查一媒體投射體以確定該媒體投射體是否包含一可 在目前平台執行的部份； 若該檢查的結果是有，則在流通中啟動該媒體投射體 中之機器可辨視的元件，或把它當作本機軟體的加 強，以呈現該媒體投射體内的媒體資料； 若檢查的結果是否，則用預設的元件啟動一本機的媒 -6 - 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準(CNS) A4規格(210 X 297公釐) 503663 A B c D7. Scope of patent application Procedures · For one or more nodes connected in series, use a single thread to work step by step. 38. The method according to item 35 of the scope of patent application, the method further comprising the steps of: After starting a leaf node, it searches for a correct media player and media information. 39. If the method of claim 30 is applied, the method further includes the following steps: if the link to a media in the presentation specification is a relative path, then look for the media data in the media projection; and In the presentation specification, the link to a media is not a relative path, and the media data is found following an absolute path. 40. The method of claim 39, wherein the absolute path, if not specified in the link in its entirety, is searched from the root directory of the server where a media projection is streamed. 41. A method for accessing a multimedia presentation, comprising the steps of: inspecting a media projection to determine whether the media projection includes a part that can be executed on the current platform; if the result of the inspection is yes, it is in circulation Activate the machine-recognizable element in the media projection body, or use it as an enhancement of the native software to present the media data in the media projection body; if the result of the check is not, use a preset component to start a Native Media-6-This paper size is applicable to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) 503663 AB c D 、申請專利範圍 體播放器，從該媒體投射體讀取媒體資料；其中該媒 體投射體為一文件容器，能夠容納機器可辨識之主動 内容及各種不同格式之被動内容。 42. 如申請專利範圍第41項之方法，該方法進一步包括步 騾： k 使用一基於時間(timeline-based)之排程器初始化一同 步多媒體播放器，以按照呈現規格安排播放的時程； 將媒體投射體中該等媒體物件的指標傳送給一或多個 播放器。 43. 如申請專利範圍第42項之方法，其中該播放器以彈性 定時器處理阻擔（barrier)及事件兩種同步。 44. 如申請專利範圍第42項之方法，其中該播放器按照一 呈現規格從内部處理同步事件。 45. 如申請專利範圍第44項之方法，其中一呈現規格可定 義精確的定時順序（timing sequence)或一不嚴格的排程。 46. 如申請專利範圍第44項之方法，其中一播放動作可為 循序的或同時的（平行）。 47. —種可串流傳送之媒體投射體檔案，包含： 一用以容納可執行内容之第一個部份； 一用以容納一呈現規格之第二個部份； 一用以容納元資料之第三個部份； 一用以容納一或多個媒體資料物件之第四個部份。 48. 如申請專利範圍第47項之可串流傳送之媒體投射體檔 -7- 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準(CNS) A4規格(210 X 297公釐) A B c DScope of patent application A media player reads media data from the media projection body; the media projection body is a file container that can hold active content that can be recognized by the machine and passive content in various formats. 42. If the method of claim 41 is applied, the method further includes the steps of: k using a timeline-based scheduler to initialize a synchronous multimedia player to schedule the playback schedule according to the presentation specifications; The indicators of the media objects in the media projection are transmitted to one or more players. 43. The method of claim 42 in which the player applies a flexible timer to handle both barrier and event synchronization. 44. The method according to item 42 of the patent application, wherein the player handles synchronization events internally according to a presentation specification. 45. As for the method of claim 44 in the scope of patent application, one of the presentation specifications can define an accurate timing sequence or a non-strict schedule. 46. For the method in the 44th scope of the patent application, one of the playback actions may be sequential or simultaneous (parallel). 47. A streamable media projection file containing: a first part to hold executable content; a second part to hold a presentation specification; a metadata part The third part; a fourth part to contain one or more media data objects. 48. For example, the media projection body file that can be streamed in item 47 of the scope of patent application -7- This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 specifications (210 X 297 mm) A B c D 503663 々、申請專利範圍 案，其中該等一或多個媒體資料物件可包括另一媒體 投射體，構成一巢狀格式。 49. 如申請專利範圍第47項之可争流傳送之媒體投射體檔 案，其中該媒體投射體檔案能夠如同一個單一檔案在 一伺服器加以處理及從一伺服器散佈出去。 50. 如申請專利範圍第47項之可串流傳送之媒體投射體檔 案，其中該媒體投射體檔案係在流通中產生，但以一 單一的串流檔案傳送給一使用者。 51. 如申請專利範圍第47項之可串流傳送之媒體投射體檔 案，該可串流傳送之媒體投射體檔案進一步包含： 一第一個長度欄位，指出是否有可執行的機器碼， 及，若有，該執行碼的長度；及 一第一個連續攔位，指出該媒體投射體檔案中是否有 其它部份。 52. 如申請專利範圍第51項之可串流傳送之媒體投射體檔 案，其中： 若該第一個連績欄位為邏輯真值且該第一個長度攔位 顯示0長度，則該媒體投射體的開頭為該呈現規格； 若該第一個連續欄位為邏輯偽值且該第一個長度欄位 顯示0長度，則該媒體投射體的開頭為該元資料；及 若該第一個連續欄位為邏輯偽值且該第一個長度欄位 顯示0長度，則該媒體投射體包含純粹的媒體資料。 53. 如申請專利範圍第47項之可_流傳送之媒體投射體檔 -8 - 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準(CNS) A4規格(210 X 297公釐) 503663 A BCD503663 (1) The scope of application for a patent, in which the one or more media information objects may include another media projection, forming a nested format. 49. In the case of contentionable media projection file of item 47 of the application, the media projection file can be processed and distributed from a server as a single file. 50. For example, a streamable media projection file file in the scope of patent application 47, wherein the media projection file is generated in circulation, but is transmitted to a user as a single stream file. 51. If the streamable media projection file of item 47 of the patent application scope, the streamable media projection file further includes: a first length field indicating whether there is executable machine code, And, if there is, the length of the execution code; and a first consecutive block indicating whether there are other parts in the media projection file. 52. For example, a media file that can be streamed and transmitted in item 51 of the scope of patent application, where: if the first consecutive field is a logical truth value and the first length block displays 0 length, the media The beginning of the projection is the presentation specification; if the first continuous field is a logical pseudo-value and the first length field displays 0 length, the beginning of the media projection is the metadata; and if the first If the consecutive fields are logical pseudo-values and the first length field shows a length of 0, then the media projection contains pure media data. 53. If the scope of application for the scope of patent 47 can be _streamed media projection file -8-This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 specifications (210 X 297 mm) 503663 A BCD 申請專利範圍 案，該可串流傳送之媒體投射體檔案進一步包含： 一第二個長度欄位，指出是否有一呈現規格，及，若 有，該呈現規格的長度；及 一第二個連續欄位，指出該媒體投射體檔案中是否有 其它部份。 54. 如申請專利範圍第53項之可串流傳送之媒體投射體檔 案，其中： 若該第二個連續位元為邏輯真值，則跟在呈現規格後 面的是元資料資訊；及 若該第二個連續位元為邏輯偽值，則跟在呈現規格後 面的是媒體資料。 55. 如申請專利範圍第53項之可.争流傳送之媒體投射體檔 案，該可事流傳送之媒體投射體檔案進一步包含： 一第三個長度攔位，指出是否有元資料，及，若有， 該元資料的長度；及 _ 一第三個連續欄位，指元資料之後的資料是另一 媒體投射體還是媒體資料 56. 如申請專利範圍第55項流傳送之媒體投射體檔 案，其中： 該元資料包含一或多個媒體物件長度攔位，指出該媒 體投射體中之該等一或多個元資料物件的長度。 57. 如申請專利範圍第56項之可_流傳送之媒體投射體檔 案，其中： 9- 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準(CNS) A4規格(210 X 297>^¥Τ 503663 A B c D 91 年 7 11.¾ 正充 六、申請專利範圍 該等一或多個媒體物件係按照該等媒體資料長度的順 序依序儲存。 58. 如申請專利範園第55項之可_流傳送之媒體投射體檔 案，其中該等一或多個媒體資料長度欄位包括一指出 一對應的物件是一資源定址器還是一裝載量的欄位。 59. —種協助一使用者建立一同步多媒體呈現之方法，包 括步驟： 提示該使用者為該同步多媒體呈現選擇一個樣板； 提示該使用者選擇一或多個媒體資料物件； 提示該使用者選擇一產生呈現規格資料的選項；及 製作最終輸出，包括一呈現規格。 60. 如申請專利範圍第59項之方法，其中該最終輸出包含 一多媒體投射體，該多媒體投射體可將若干媒體物 件、一呈現規格、元資料及若干個主動元件包含於一 容器中，該容器可以從一單一華流來源的地點以串流 的方式傳送出來。 61. 如申請專利範圍第59項之方法，其中該最終輸出包含 一格式為標準描述標簽語言的呈現規格。 62. 如申請專利範圍第59項之方法，其中該方法強制產生 一既定格式的同步多媒體呈現。 63. 如申請專利範圍第59項之方法，其中該最終輸出同時 可包含精確及彈性的同步基元。 64. 如申請專利範圍第59項之方法，該方法進一步包括步 -10- 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準(CNS) A4規格(210 X 297公釐) 一 503663 9!· 7· -i'fiLIn the scope of the patent application, the streamable media projection file further includes: a second length field indicating whether there is a presentation specification, and if so, the length of the presentation specification; and a second continuous column Bit, indicating whether there are other sections in the media projection file. 54. For example, a streamable media projection file file in the scope of patent application item 53, where: if the second consecutive bit is a logical truth value, the metadata information follows the presentation specification; and if the The second consecutive bit is a logical pseudo-value, followed by the media information is the presentation specification. 55. If the media projection file that can be streamed for item 53 of the scope of the patent application, the media projection file that can be streamed further includes: a third length block indicating whether there is metadata, and, If yes, the length of the metadata; and _ a third consecutive field, refers to whether the data following the metadata is another media projection or media data 56. If the media projection file of the 55th stream of the patent application file is transmitted , Where: the metadata includes one or more media object length stops, indicating the length of the one or more metadata objects in the media projection. 57. For example, the media file of the media projection body which can be transmitted in the 56th scope of the application for patent, among which: 9- This paper size applies to the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 > ^ ¥ Τ 503663 AB c D 91 years 7 11.¾ Positive charge 6. The scope of patent application The one or more media objects are stored in order according to the length of the media data. 58. Media Projectors that can be streamed as Item 55 of the patent application park Files, where the one or more media data length fields include a field indicating whether a corresponding object is a resource locator or a load. 59.-A method to assist a user in establishing a synchronized multimedia presentation, The steps include: prompting the user to select a template for the synchronized multimedia presentation; prompting the user to select one or more media data objects; prompting the user to select an option to generate presentation specification data; and producing the final output, including a presentation Specifications. 60. For the method according to item 59 of the patent application, wherein the final output includes a multimedia projection body, the multimedia projection body can convert several media The body object, a presentation specification, metadata, and several active components are contained in a container, and the container can be transmitted in a streaming manner from a single source of Chinese current. 61. For example, the method of the 59th scope of the patent application , Wherein the final output includes a presentation format in a standard description tag language. 62. For example, the method in the scope of patent application 59, wherein the method forcibly generates a synchronous multimedia presentation in a predetermined format. 63. In the scope of patent application 59 Item 64, in which the final output can also contain accurate and flexible synchronization primitives. 64. If the method in the scope of patent application No. 59, the method further includes steps -10- This paper size applies Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 Specifications (210 X 297 mm)-503663 9! 7 -i'fiL 提π使用者修改媒體資料物件的時間長度設定值；及 提不遠使用者利用一呈現元資料管理器，自訂一呈現 時間歷程。 Μ.如申請專利範圍第64項之方法，該方法進一步包括步 驟： 在一特定的時間點顯示影片及對應的幻燈片以協助使 用者建立一呈現。 66·如申請專利範圍第6〇項之方法，該方法進一步包括步 騾： 提示該使用者選擇是要將最終輸出放在本機，還是要 上傳到一特定的伺服器主機上。 67·如申請專利範圍第59項之方法，該方法進一步包括步 騾： 接受呈現規格及媒體資料作為該建立方法的輸入。 68.如申請專利範圍第59項之方法，該方法進一步包括步 騾： 建立一同步基元之從上而下的樹狀結構，其中每一中間 節點不是並聯的同步基元就是串聯的同步基元； 並根據一媒體投射體規格決定該樹狀結構中之末端枝 葉節點所必須要有的欄位。 69·如申請專利範圍第68項之方法，該方法進一步包括步 驟： -11- 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準(CNS) Α4規格(210 X 297公釐） A BCDThe user can modify the time length setting value of the media data object; and the user can use a presentation metadata manager to customize a presentation time history. M. The method of claim 64, the method further comprising the steps of: displaying a movie and a corresponding slide at a specific point in time to assist the user in establishing a presentation. 66. If the method of claim 60 is applied, the method further includes the step of: Prompting the user to choose whether to put the final output on the local machine or upload it to a specific server host. 67. If the method according to item 59 of the application for a patent, the method further includes the step of: (i) accepting the presentation specifications and media data as inputs to the establishment method. 68. The method of claim 59, which further comprises the steps of: establishing a top-down tree structure of synchronization primitives, wherein each intermediate node is either a parallel synchronization primitive or a serial synchronization primitive And determine the required fields for the end leaf nodes in the tree structure according to the specifications of a media projection. 69. If the method of applying for item 68 of the patent scope, the method further comprises the steps of: -11- The paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) A BCD 503663 六、申請專利範圍 附加欄位到一呈現中所指定的個別媒體資料上，使得 該等個別媒體的格式為僅含媒體資料的媒體投射體。 70. 如申請專利範圍第69項之方法，該方法進一步包括步騾： 根據使用者的輸入，以深度優先（depth-first)的方式在 樹狀結構中來回詳查（traversal)以計算並建立選擇性的 攔位； 以幅度優先（breadth-first)的方式在整個樹狀結構中來 回詳查（traversal)以建立最終的媒體投射體。 71. —種用於串流同步多媒體呈現之系統，包含： 一即時資料源，提供複數個串流媒體物件； 一資料儲存器，用於容納及接收呈現規格或媒體投射 體；及 一倉庫管理器，將一串流媒體投射體傳送到一目標裝 置，其中，該媒體投射體可包含來自該即時資料源的 包裹指標（packaged indications)，可包含靜態媒體資料， 以及包含呈現規格。 72. 如申請專利範圍第71項之系統，該系統進一步包含： 一創作管理器，用於接收一串流呈現之規格。 73. 如申請專利範圍第71項之系統，其中該創作管理器接 受一創作者所提供的指標，並以一預先定義之描述標 簽語言，利用該等指標製作一既定格式的串流呈現。 74. 如申請專利範圍第71項之系統，其中該倉庫管理器操 控可執行元件之傳輸，這些元件係一同步多媒體播放 -12- 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準(CNS) A4規格(210 X 297公釐) 503663 年 A8 B8 C8 D8 々、申請專利範圍 器所需並且要求，用於存取該串流呈現的一部份。 75. 如申請專利範圍第74項之系統，其中該倉庫管理器及 該播放器能夠預先取回會受延遲影響（delay-sensitive)的 媒體資料。 76. 如申請專利範圍第71項之系統，其中資料係從該倉庫 管理器的一個提供機器能夠辨識之可執行碼、媒體資 料及相關資訊的容器中傳送。 77. 如申請專利範圍第76項之系統，其中該容器包含一或 多個额外的容器，形成一巢狀結構。 78. 如申請專利範圍第76項之系統，其中該容器容納播放 同步多媒體呈現所需之全部的主動及被動内容。 79. 如申請專利範圍第71項之系統，其中該創作管理器懂 得同步多媒體中各種不同的語言規格、格式及樣板。 80. 如申請專利範圍第71項之系統，其中該創作管理器包 含一精靈，可引導使用者創作一同步呈現及從一媒體 倉庫管理器取回媒體資訊以產生一媒體投射體。 81. 如申請專利範園第71項之系統，該系統進一步包含一 同步多媒體播放器，此同步多媒體播放器包含内部排 程器，用以處理會受延遲影響（delay-sensitive)的媒體資 料。 82. 如申請專利範園第81項之系統，其中該同步媒體播放 器可根據同步多媒體整合語言（SMIL)呈現資料顯示呈 現。 -13- 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準(CNS) A4規格(210 X 297公釐)503663 6. Scope of patent application Additional fields are added to the individual media materials specified in a presentation, so that the format of these individual media is a media projection containing only media materials. 70. If the method according to item 69 of the patent application is applied, the method further includes the following steps: According to the user's input, a depth-first method is used to traverse the tree structure to calculate and establish Selective stopping; breadth-first way to traversal through the entire tree structure to establish the final media projection. 71. — A system for streaming synchronous multimedia presentation, including: a real-time data source providing a plurality of streaming media objects; a data storage for receiving and receiving presentation specifications or media projections; and a warehouse management A device that transmits a stream of media projections to a target device, wherein the media projections may include packaged indications from the real-time data source, may include static media data, and include presentation specifications. 72. If the system of claim 71 is applied for, the system further includes: an authoring manager for receiving a stream presentation specification. 73. For the system of claim 71, the creative manager accepts indicators provided by a creator, and uses a predefined description tag language to use these indicators to create a stream presentation in a predetermined format. 74. If the system of the scope of patent application No. 71, in which the warehouse manager controls the transmission of executable components, these components are a synchronous multimedia playback-12- This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 specifications (210 X 297 (Mm) 503663 A8 B8 C8 D8 々, required and required by the patent application scope, to access a part of the stream presentation. 75. If the system of the scope of patent application No. 74, the warehouse manager and the player can retrieve the delay-sensitive media data in advance. 76. If the system of the scope of patent application No. 71, the data is transferred from a container of the warehouse manager that provides executable code, media data and related information that the machine can recognize. 77. The system of claim 76, wherein the container contains one or more additional containers forming a nested structure. 78. The system of claim 76, wherein the container contains all the active and passive content required to play a synchronized multimedia presentation. 79. For the system under the scope of patent application No. 71, the authoring manager knows to synchronize various language specifications, formats and templates in multimedia. 80. For example, the system of claim 71, wherein the authoring manager includes a wizard that guides users to create a synchronized presentation and retrieve media information from a media warehouse manager to generate a media projection. 81. If the system of claim 71 of the patent application park, the system further includes a synchronous multimedia player, the synchronous multimedia player includes an internal scheduler for processing delay-sensitive media data. 82. For example, in the patent application system No. 81, the synchronous media player can display and present according to the synchronous multimedia integrated language (SMIL) presentation data. -13- This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm)
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